Redding Tai Chi Meditation Garden To Be Constructed At Turtle Bay

By Bill Campbell and Iraja Sivadas

Redding, CA – Turtle Bay Exploration Park has provided land for a dedicated Tai Chi practice area to be called the Redding Tai Chi Meditation Garden (RTCMG). On Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 10:00 AM, members of Redding Tai Chi unveiled a large sign marking the location of the future site. Twenty-eight people were present for this important event. A mixture of Tai Chi students and supporting donors were in attendance to hear Tai Chi instructor Michel Czehatowski give an informative talk on the project’s status at the proposed site within the McConnell Arboretum and Botanical Gardens at Turtle Bay Exploration Park.

Below is the Tai Chi site at the McConnell Aroboretum.

When this project is completed, Czehatowski hopes that Redding will become a center for Tai Chi. A place where classes and seminars are held for all styles of Tai Chi. The Redding Tai Chi Meditation Garden project is a Tai Chi practice area modeled after the David Chen Memorial Tai Chi Court in Rockville, Maryland. The goal is to have one specific outdoor space where people can practice Tai Chi or other meditative exercises such as Yoga. Another distinction of the project is that it would be the only Tai Chi court of its kind on the west coast. As of today, there are only two known public Tai Chi Courts in the United States: One in Houston and the second in Maryland.

The Wuwei Tai Chi Club and David Chen Foundation have been very generous with their plans and experience. The large sixty-foot concrete circle is to be capped with beautiful flagstone. The stone will depict the flowing lines of the Yin-Yang symbol. Everything that is at this Meditative Garden is about balance. The circle will be ringed with natural- colored benches that complement the surrounding native oaks and pines that are part of the Arboretum. Of most importance is the least amount of disturbance to the natural environment, adjacent to a series of duck ponds and wetlands. The placement of the Redding Tai Chi Meditation Garden is an incredibly special complement that balances what is purely, natural namely: Tai Chi, Yoga, or just peaceful contemplation.

Redding Tai Chi has created a 501(c)3 non-profit organization to help fund the project. They have raised almost $50,000 towards their goal. For more information on how you can help support this project please go to https://www.reddingtaichi.com/tai-chi-meditation-gardenUnveiled sign Bill Campbell Iraja Sivadas

Below Bill Campbell and Iraja Sivadask unveil the sign for the Redding Tai Chi Meditation Garden.

Bill Campbell resides in Cottonwood, California and has studied Tai Chi with instructor Michel Czehatowski.Iraja Sivadas resides in Redding, California and is on the Redding Tai Chi Meditation Garden Board. He has also studied Tai Chi with Michel Czehatowski.