Raymond Sol, MS.Ed, AWA, Renaissance Guy
Tai Chi Body Balance, LLC
Tai Chi:
Certified, Educator, Consultant
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Tai Chi / Body Balance
 
NEW Zoom
Classes
are
Available
SEE
Zoom Page
Tai Chi
Body Balance

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Long Sleeve: $30

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World Tai Chi Day
in
Phoenix, AZ
Ray's 
Group Zoom Classes
See 
Zoom Page
Ray Hiking
Rim-to-Rim
in the
Grand Canyon
NATIONAL EXHIBITION
Irving, TX
WFWCS, 2004
"Twin-Towers 9-11"
By Raymond Sol, MS.Ed
Award Winner
2025 Fall Exhibition
Arizona Watercolor Association
Award Winner
National 
Art Exhibitions
Awards
Tai Chi Hikes
McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
Ray hiking
in
New Zealand
Tiger Staff in
New Zealand
Group Classes
in
New Zealand
Zoom Tai Chi
Classes
 2026/27 
Sabbatical
Arizona Classes Suspended
Until Further Notice

One Body / One Universe
Live Long and Prosper
Birth age 85
Estimated Cellular age circa 60*
*(When 76, a DNA test showed my cellular age to be only 48)

This is the website of
Raymond Sol, MS.Ed.
Master's Level Teacher/Educator
Certified Level III - ATCQA
Certified Taiji for Balance - GPYTCA
Adjunct Professor - PVCC
Instructor & Scholars Event Presenter - ASU & Penn State OLLI
Owner Consultant Tai Chi Body Balance LLC **
Signature Member, Arizona Watercolor Association

artist, writer, sculptor, poet, and avid hiker.  


Selected
2026 
AARP 
Senior Planet Sponsored Athlete
National ZOOM Presentations
July 15th and August 19th
https://seniorplanet.org/sponsored-athletes




Tai Chi Body Balance LLC
Established 2015
2026
Annual Business Planning Meetings
June 15th to June 19th
Panama City, Panama


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YouTube Website
 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwa_Yk5BADh-ckHqlXzvFCQ

Raymond Sol
the tai chi guy
*Introduction to Tai Chi for Healthy Aging
*Tai Chi for Seniors
*Tai Chi Weapon Forms
*Healthy Aging (Lecture Series)



NEW ZOOM Tai Chi Classes:  See Zoom Page for Details  

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2026 ZOOM Lectures: Suspended During Sabbatical

Healthy Aging, What I am Doing to stay healthy as I age. We will all die, we just don't know when. I want to live as healthy as I can until I die. This is just my journey, these are my facts.

Healthy Aging Series: Specifics:  Lectures start TBD
Overview     Date: TBD
Telomeres     Date: TBD
Exercise     Date: TBD  
Relaxation     Date: TBD
Sleep     Date: TBD
Nutrition     Date: TBD
Social Interactions Date: TBD
Sunlight Date: TBD
Why can't we live forever Date: TBD

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Coming this Spring & Fall 2026
Arizona State University's
ZOOM Video
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Tai Chi for Health and Wellness
Introduction to Tai Chi For Health and Wellness
Friday June 19th and Friday June 26th
10:30am to 12:00pm (Phx Time)
Register:   https://lifelonglearning.asu.edu/  
Call:  602-543-6440
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Penn State University's
Zoom Video
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Tai Chi for Health and Wellness
Introduction to Tai Chi For Health and Wellness
Wednesday Sept. 19th, at 1:30pm to 2:30pm (ET zone)
Register:  https://olli.psu.edu/university-park/courses/
Call:  814-867-4973

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*MCCCD** Twice in 3 years
2015/2016 
Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Winner
2012/2013 
Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Winner
**Maircopa County Community College District, Arizona.

**Tai Chi Body Balance, LLC

Ray's "Tai Chi Hikes" Featured in the 2016 "Experience Scottsdale" Visitor's Guide, published by the Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Ray's short story "Black Bear Necklace" and watercolor painting "Celtic Cross" were selected for publication in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at ASU 2018 First Anthology "Our Community: A Collection of Writing and Art" 

Please read, understand, and comply with the caution statement below 


Grasshopper Tai Chi Classes
"Dark and Stormy Night"
Short Story Series
By Raymond Sol
Made it !
Ray hiking multiple Rim-to-Rim Hikes
in the Grand Canyon
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Arizona State University
Phoenix. AZ.   2018
"Our Community: A Collection of Writing and Art"
An OLLI at ASU Anthology
"Celtic Cross" 
By Raymond Sol, MS.Ed
"Black Bear Necklace"
By Raymond Sol, MS.Ed
Writing and Art Double Winner
Awarded by the Phoenix Poet Laureate Dr. Rosemarie Dombrowski
Ray's Sculptures
Celtic Art
Ray Hiking the Milford Track
in New Zealand
Grand Master
the late
Henry Look
Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Association
Office Tai Classes
With 
Local, Regional, and National Corporations 
NATIONAL EXHIBITION
Albuquerque, NM
Western Federation of Water Color Societies
27th National Exhibition, 2002
Signature Member Group Award
Honorable Mention
The Three Badb

A WORD OF CAUTION

PLEASE CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR

BEFORE BEGINNING ANY EXERCISE PROGRAM.

 

NOT ALL EXERCISE PROGRAMS ARE SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE.

ALTHOUGH THIS TAI CHI PROGRAM WILL TAKE ALL REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS TO HELP PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING HURT,

THIS EXERCISE PROGRAM COULD RESULT IN INJURY.

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ANY POSSIBLE INJURY, NEVER FORCE OR STRAIN YOURSELF DURING THE TAI CHI EXERCISES.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY DISCOMFORT DURING TAI CHI, PLEASE STOP IMMEDIATELY AND CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR.

PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL HEALTH ISSUES SUCH AS ARTIFICIAL KNEES OR HIPS, OR PAIN IN THE NECK OR BACK, ETC., SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS AND NOT GO BEYOND ANY EXERCISE ACTIVITY WHERE PAIN OR DISCOMFORT IS BEING EXPERIENCED.

HAVE FUN EXERCISING AND LEARNING,

BUT NOT AT THE COST OF INJURY TO YOUR BODIES.

USE COMMON SENSE AND STOP WHENEVER YOU NEED TO, FOR HEALTH REASONS.
Office Tai Classes
for Health and Wellness 
HR Programs
Local Businesses and National Corporations
                                                         
Peace and Long Life