The Longevity Center

03/02/2022

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TIMELESS WISDOM FOR FAST-CHANGING TIMESCan an ancient system of interpreting hexagrams really help you make the right decision on important life questions? T...

29/01/2022

Timeless Wisdom for Fast-Changing Times... Online I Ching Class Registration is Now Open.

This class introduces students to the practice of the I Ching for self-cultivation. The I Ching system was created by the ancients from their careful observations of nature. We “moderns” can use the sixty-four hexagrams found in the I Ching as a predictive tool to enhance our lives and reconcile...

05/09/2021

Register for Beginning/Ongoing Qigong Class - New Streamlined Format

As summer winds down and cooler months return, we need to prepare for more physical and mental health challenges coming our way. Now is the time to balance ourselves and remember that misfortune is embedded in good fortune.

20/01/2021

New classes and a new Web site!

Have you visited the Research section of our Web site? You'll find a lot of articles about medical studies that have been done focusing on the use of Tai Chi and Qigong to help treat or prevent various diseases and injuries.

07/01/2021

The first batch of Longevity Center 2021 classes are open for registration. But it also means a re-designed Web site will go live on Saturday, 1/9! Here is our recent email newsletter with all the information. Not signed up for our email newsletter? You can do that when the new longevity-center.com goes live on Saturday with a new look and a streamlined registration/pay process (among other things). If you want to register for a class before Saturday, email or call us (info@longevity-center.com or 408-554-8008). Happy 2021 (fingers crossed)!

It's finally happening! The new Web site will be live on Saturday, January 10. To accomplish this, we will be taking the Web site offline for approximately 2 days. 

04/09/2020

Tai Chi 36-Posture Yang Style Series - Starts Sept. 13

Tai Chi 36-Posture Yang Style is the most popularly practiced in the world. Relative to other styles, 36 Yang is easier to learn. Its soft, slow, circular healing movements make it ideal for energetic cultivation for health and spirituality. For the martial artist, this form can serve to balance out “harder” movements, thus developing a higher level of awareness.

This series teaches a warm-up section followed by the study of the 36-posture form.

The class is taught by Kai Tayam, Associate Director of The Longevity Center. It is directed by Arnold Tayam, Prof., D.M.Q., D.T.C.M. (China) Master Instructor-Shifu.

More information and registration link at: https://

Prerequisite: NoneModality: OnlineStart Date: Sunday, September 13, 2020Class Length: 8 weeks on consecutive SundaysTime: 1 – 2:30 PM Pacific Time(approximately 90 minutes)Tuition: $200 if paid by 9/12/2020 $250 if paid on 9/13/2020

04/09/2020

Infini8Bagua Circle Walking 1

In this intensive, in-depth class, you will learn the Infin8Bagua Circle Walking Form 1 as well as Qigong, warm up, and meditation practices. The focus will be on learning the energy movement sequences for practical healing and self-transformation purposes.

In addition, you will be introduced to the traditional explanations for the connections of the Form 1 movements to the I Ching: The Book of Changes. This book is the master template for the entire Infin8Bagua energy system.

If you didn’t attended the previous time the Introductory Bagua Circle Walking class was offered (7/26/2020), you must complete it before attending Infinit8Bagua Circle Walking 1.

To find more about Infin8Bagua Circle Walking 1, please visit

In this intensive, in-depth class, you will learn the Infin8Bagua Circle Walking Form 1 as well as Qigong, warm up, and meditation practices. The focus will be on learning the energy movement sequences for practical healing and self-transformation purposes.

04/09/2020

We're bringing back the popular 2-hour online Introductory to Bagua Circle Walking (last offered on 7/26/2020). This is the prerequisite to the Infini8Bagua Circle Walking 1 class. Introductory Bagua Circle Walking is offered in the morning of 9/12/20, while its follow-up class, Infin8Bagua Circle Walking 1, is offered in the afternoon of 9/12/20. Introductory Bagua Circle Walking is taught by Arnold Tayam, Prof., D.M.Q., D.T.C.M. (China). For more information and to register for the Introductory Bagua Circle Walking class, go to

Bagua Circle Walking is a complete practice and is simple to learn. It yields powerful benefits similar to other energetic arts, but with fewer movements.

24/07/2020

QIGONG FOR KIDS

You want the best for your children as they grow and develop. But how can you help them focus, learn, and gain the skills they need to reach their full potential?

One way is for you and your child to join us virtually on Sunday, August 2, at 1 PM Pacific Time as The Longevity Center presents Qigong for Kids.

It’s a fun, interactive, one-hour online class that introduces young children to simple but powerful Qigong techniques. These practices are designed to activate the higher energy potential in the child which can help raise their intelligence level.

Professor Arnold Tayam will be assisted by his son Kai, who was introduced to Qigong techniques at an early age and now, at 18, is an accomplished student as well as an instructor in Qigong, Tai Chi, and Bagua zhan practices.

Register you and your child today. Bring the entire family. https://longevity-center.com/qigong-for-kids/

Want to know more? Here's Professor Tayam explaining the class and what you and your child can expect.
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Professor Arnold Tayam, Director of the Longevity Center, describes his online class Qigong for Kids.

24/07/2020

BAGUA CIRCLE WALKING

Bagua Circle Walking is simple to learn, but yields powerful benefits similar to other Chinese Energetic Arts. Not only is Bagua Circle Walking the basis for the advanced internal martial art of Bagua Zhang, it is also an effective healing art.

Learn Bagua Circle Walking with Professor Arnold Tayam in a 2-hour online virtual class on Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 1 PM Pacific Time. Register now at https://longevity-center.com/bagua-classes/

Want to know more? Here's Professor Tayam explaining the course and what students can expect.
https://vimeo.com/438718857

Professor Arnold Tayam, Director of The Longevity Center, talks about the online Bagua Circle Walking class and what students can expect.

08/07/2020

Begin transforming your life force energy. If you've ever wanted to get started practicing one of the Chinese energy modalities, now is your chance. The Longevity Center is offering three new beginner-level, real-time online classes: Introductory Tai Chi (July 19), Bagua Circle Walking (July 26), and Qigong for Kids (August 2). The Tai Chi and Bagua classes are 2 hours long and Qigong for Kids is an hour. Registration is now open.
https://longevity-center.com/introductory-tai-chi/
https://longevity-center.com/online-bagua-circle-walking/
https://longevity-center.com/qigong-for-kids/

30/06/2020

The Beginning/Ongoing Qigong class is back and starting Saturday, July 11, 2020. But now it's online in real-time!

Join Professor Tayam for an in-depth 16-week class that presents the beginning student to foundational Qigong exercises, meditations, and theories, to help them begin energy cultivation. The class emphasizes self-healing and consciousness transformation through still and moving postures, breathing techniques, and imagery.

Beginning/Ongoing Qigong is composed of an 8-week Section A (starting July 11) and then an 8-week Section B starting September 26, 2020. Register for the entire 16 weeks or either 8-week Section on its own.

Register and pay before July 2 for the biggest discount on an 8-week Section. Other discounts are in place as well. Get all the information and register at

This in-depth 16-week course will present the beginning student to foundational Qigong exercises, meditations, and theories, to help them begin energy cultivation. The class emphasizes self-healing and consciousness transformation through still and moving postures, breathing techniques, and imagery.