Welcome to the Power of Balance Website – Excellence Since 1985
What is
Power of Balance?
Balance is underestimated in our Now culture, which celebrates excess and the Wow factor. Ageless Wisdom teachers point to Balance as the real, enduring source of Power.
as great teachers have observed. We are in obvious relationship with partners, family, friends, and co-workers, but also wider relationships – cultural, religious, political, national, international, virtual and more.
Evidence suggests we individually and collectively overestimate our ability to change or set a low bar for “real change”. Changing partners, jobs, countries, religion, political party or diet are recognized as major “life stresses”, yet even such changes rarely alter our deep, behavioural patterns, which we may regard as our personal “software”.
Tai Chi Chuan (taijiqian) means “Yin-Yang Fist” and aims to embody Yin-Yang principles at all levels – physical, emotional, mental, energetic and spiritual. When you flow with Life, you harmonize the “opposites”.
Announcement
Changes are Coming to the Tai Chi and Meditation Centre!
Please take notice the Tai Chi and Meditation Centre will be ceasing its non-profit operations as of November 30, 2025. All online payments and e-transfers and bookings can be made until mid November, and thereafter any unbooked classes are to be paid by cash to your instructors.
Beginning in December, your instructors can continue to rent the space at 320 Broadview to continue to teach classes as independents from December onwards and Michael will continue his online classes.
Going forward, current class information will still be found on our class schedule until year end, and thereafter remain available for general information only. Contact information for your instructors will be posted so you can book classes with them directly. We look forward to, and will continue to share the teachings with you.
Please continue to visit www.powerofbalance.com to be updated on this process and the classes as they may change and evolve accordingly.
Please direct any general questions or enquiries to info@powerofbalance.com or to the class instructor.
One door closes and another opens. Thank you for your support during transition.
Sincerely, the Instructors of the Tai Chi and Meditation Centre
We now have an Monthly Unlimited Class option!
CChoose any or all of our Weekly Classes from the Class Schedule.
Pre-registration is required for all classes except the Unlimited Option - click here to register and pay from the Class Schedule.
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New Qigong Class Series In-person
We will practice Medical Qigong exercises and advanced meditations. May include partner exercises. All welcome.
10 Sessions: Wednesdays Weekly from 6-7pm, Oct 1-Nov 26. $150 in advance by e-transfer, $20 cash or transfer per session, or use your unlimited monthly Class Pass to attend.
Foundational Medical Qigong and Tai Chi exercises to focus on building alignment and flexibility. Suitable for beginners or as a review of Medical Qigong Level A.
Our space is available for rent to those offering other mind-body practices.
Please contact info@powerofbalance.com for rental information.
Classes available from our renters:
Biodanza with Diana Ojeda
The Dance of Life.
For more info please contact diana.biodanza@gmail.com
Mindfulness Everyday mindfulnesseveryday.org
Mindfulness Everyday offers a wide variety of evidence-based options in core programs including Personal Growth, Education, Organizational, and Training Certifications.
For more info please contact: info@MindfulnessEveryday.org
The Tai Chi and Meditation Centre (TCMC) was founded by Shifu Andy James (Wu Andao), who in 1984 gave up being a Chartered Accountant to become a fulltime teacher of Mindfulness-Vipassana meditation, Tai Chi Chuan, the Chinese “internal” martial arts, Qigong, Enneagram of Personality and more. His intent was to provide comprehensive mind-body-spirit tools for robust health, individual transformation of consciousness and “real”, positive life changes (Power of Balance). He wanted to help reintroduce the traditional Chinese “internal arts” (neijia) aspiration of embodying the Warrior, Healer, Scholar and Sage.
Shifu James has learned from world-renowned teachers including Miss Rose Li (taijiquan, baguazhang, xingyiquan), Dhiravamsa (Mindfulness-Vipassana meditation and Buddhism), Prof. Jerry Alan Johnson (Qigong and baguazhang) and has collaborated with other esteemed teachers (see Lineage etc). TCMC students have won many medals in national and international competitions in Canada and the USA (see details). TCMC has for decades been covered by local and national media in Canada. At present, we also have accredited teachers in the UK and Portugal.
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