For This 92 Year Old Tai Chi Teacher, It’s All About Balance

Doreen Hynd is a 92 year old Tai Chi teacher. She has been practicing Tai Chi for over 30 years, originally learning at the Sydney University in Australia,. She moved to the United States in 1984 to seek out Sophia Delza, a Wu style Tai Chi teacher who studied in China under the famous master Ma Yueh Liang, who was a senior disciple of Wu Chien Chuan.

On April 20th, she was invited to the U.N. building in New York for the ninth United Nations Chinese Language Day to be awarded a special honor for her outstanding work and achievement in promoting the culture of Tai Chi.

The video below is of Doreen Hynd performing parts of the traditional Wu style of Tai Chi Chuan, and of her talking about the importance of Tai Chi in her life.

Doreen Hynd is a great example of how not only practicing Tai Chi, but also teaching the art can improve a person’s quality of life well into one’s later years.