Homeless Tai Chi in Salt Lake City
Homeless people take part in a free Tai Chi program run by Bernie Hart and his wife Marita, a retired couple, who started the classes three years earlier in Salt Lake City. Now, more than 50 people regularly attend.
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In this Oct. 7, 2019, photo, people perform tai chi at the Salt Lake City Public Library, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people who take part in a free tai chi program run by a retired couple who started the classes three years ago by knocking on tents and peering around grocery carts near the Library to encourage people to join them. Bernie and Marita Hart had one participant in their first class. Now, more than 50 people regularly attend.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
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In this Oct. 7, 2019, photo, Bernie Hart, foreground, teaches tai chi in front of the Salt Lake Police headquarters, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people who take part in a free tai chi program run by Bernie and his wife Marita, a retired couple who started the classes three years ago by knocking on tents and peering around grocery carts near the Salt Lake City Public Library to encourage people to join them.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
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In this Oct. 2, 2019, photo, Whitey Christian performs tai chi at the Salt Lake Main Library, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people who take part in a free tai chi program run by a retired couple who started the classes three years earlier. Now, more than 50 people regularly attend.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
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In this Oct. 2, 2019, photo, Biti Arelong performs tai chi at the Salt Lake City Public Library, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people who take part in a free tai chi program run by Bernie and his wife Marita, a retired couple who started the classes three years ago by knocking on tents and peering around grocery carts near the Library to encourage people to join them.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
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In this Oct. 14, 2019, photo, Biti Arelong performs tai chi at the Salt Lake Police headquarters, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people who take part in a free tai chi program run by a retired couple who started the classes three years earlier.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
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In this Oct. 7, 2019, photo, Allysha St. Clair performs tai chi at the Salt Lake City Public Library, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
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In this Oct. 14, 2019, photo, Bernie Hart, center, teaches tai chi in front of the Salt Lake Police headquarters, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people who take part in a free program run by a retired couple who started the classes three years ago by knocking on tents and peering around grocery carts near the Salt Lake City Public Library to encourage people to join them. More than 50 people regularly attend.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
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In this Oct. 2, 2019, photo, Whitey Christian performs tai chi at the Salt Lake Main Library, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people who take part in a free program run by a retired couple.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
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In this Oct. 21, 2019, photo, Eden Petersen performs tai chi at the Salt Lake City Public Library, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people who take part in a free tai chi program run by a retired couple who started the classes three years earlier by knocking on tents and peering around grocery carts near the Library to encourage people to join them. Now, more than 50 people regularly attend.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
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In this Oct. 2, 2019, photo, a man performs tai chi during a class at the Salt Lake Main Library, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people who take part in a free tai chi program run by a retired couple who started the classes three years earlier.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
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In this Oct. 2, 2019, photo, David Christopher Coons performs tai chi at the Salt Lake City Main Library, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people who take part in a free tai chi program run by a retired couple who started the classes three years earlier. Coons was fired from his job as an electrician about five years ago. He has been homeless since, vacillating between sleeping in shelters or on the streets of Salt Lake City.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press
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In this Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, photo, Adrian Bell performs tai chi at the Salt Lake City Public Library, in Salt Lake City. The participants are homeless people who take part in a free tai chi program run by a retired couple who started the classes three years earlier.
Rick Bowmer Associated Press