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title: Tai Chi for Beginners | Qi Gong Warm Up | Dr Paul Lam Technique
teacher: Ann Swanson Wellness
runtime: 5 min
url: https://tai-chi.app/library/tai-chi-for-beginners-qi-gong-warm-up-dr-paul-lam-technique-aFloElusLtQ
lang: en
source: Tai Chi — https://tai-chi.app
---


# Tai Chi for Beginners | Qi Gong Warm Up | Dr Paul Lam Technique

5 min with Ann Swanson Wellness. Standing, and safe to do holding a chair. Works for joints and balance. Suits beginners. Runtime verified against YouTube, and where it fits in a session explained.

Taught by **Ann Swanson Wellness**. Not hosted by Tai Chi — it is embedded from YouTube with attribution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFloElusLtQ

- **Runtime**: 5 min (311 seconds, verified against YouTube on 2026-08-02)
- **Posture**: Standing, and safe to do holding a chair
- **Style**: Sun style — high stance, short steps and no deep knee flexion, which is why it is the usual starting point for stiff or painful joints
- **Trains**: joints, balance
- **Suits**: someone in their first weeks
- **Intensity**: gentle
- **Phases it can fill**: Warm up
- **Teaching style**: talks you through each movement as you go
- **Spoken language**: English

Tai Chi places this class into a session automatically rather than asking you to choose it: https://tai-chi.app