Barbara Helm has been teaching Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan form for over 30 years. 

She started her studies in 1985 at the "Grandmaster William C.C. Chen's Tai Chi Chuan Body Mechanics" with Master Laura Stone in Bloomington, Indiana.  She began teaching Tai Chi Chuan at The Awareness Center and Deaconess Hospital's Resource Center for Healthy Living in Evansville, Indiana while under the supervision of Master Stone.  In 1986 she started studying with Grandmaster William C.C. Chen.  She was certified in Tai Chi Chuan Short Form in 1994 by Grandmaster William C.C. Chen's School of Body Mechanics in New York City and is listed as a Worldwide Certified Instructor of Tai Chi Chuan Short Form on his website - http://www.williamccchen.com/teachers.htm#nc. 

In 1995 Barbara moved to Western North Carolina and taught in Hot Springs, Weaverville, Asheville and AB-Tech.  In 2000 she moved to Franklin, North Carolina where she now leads workshops, groups and private lessons in Tai Chi Chuan, Sword Form, Mindfulness Meditation, and Feldenkrais at her studio Somatic Motion.  She is also well-known in Highlands, North Carolina for teaching at the world renowned 4-star resort - Old Edwards Inn and Spa and at the Highlands-Cashiers Mission Memorial Hospital's Health Tracks (Cardiac Rehabilitation Program) - recognized as one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems (2012-2014) three years in a row. 

Barbara worked with Richard Hotchkiss as a certified instructor of ETTA (Exercise Thru The Ages) in Franklin, North Carolina.  In 2016 she became the owner after seeing the incredible results that the RenX protocol Resistance Training program provides.  She firmly believes that between the mind and total body transformation of her programs, a person can feel years younger and stronger from the inside out (cellular rejuvenation).

Barbara continues her studies with her teachers Grandmaster William C.C. Chen  and Master Laura Stone.   After much persuasion by her students, Barbara was endorsed as a "Master" on her class instructional video published in 2014.