July 29, 2026
Tai Chi-Gong Practitioner Brain Thompson. Photo courtesy Tony V. Martin, The Times
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Local Tai Chi-Gong Practitioner Helps South Suburban Seniors Reclaim Their Balance
For twenty years, Brian Thompson has stood in senior centers and library meeting rooms across the South Suburbs — Park Forest, Lansing, Richton Park, Calumet City — leading residents through slow, deliberate movement many had never tried before. Tai Chi-Gong. And before every session, Brian begins each class the same way, asking participants a simple but profound question: “How do you want to feel?”