I am accredited to teach T’ai Chi Chih and Certified T’ai Chi Shibashi Qigong Session Leader, beautiful non martial art forms of moving meditation practice.
This is suitable for all abilities and ages, you can be seated or standing.
T’ai Chi Shibashi Qigong is a gentle, flowing set of 18 movements based upon Medical Qigong for de stressing and relaxation. Sessions are about an hour long and begin with guided instruction regarding the 3 stances used throughout the 18 movements. We all move within our own abilities, and we go through the golden guidelines for comfortable safe practice. There is the opportunity to learn some gentle ‘warm up exercises’, time to ask questions and settle into the session. There is no expectation upon you to remember or learn anything, it is simply about relaxing and enjoying your time within a small group. In the second part of the session there is soft music playing and I guide you through the 18 movements, you can stand or sit and move at your own pace and in your own way.
T’ai Chi Chih (TCC) is an easy to learn set of 19 movements and a posture, the classes last for an hour and we learn the sequence of movements over a few weeks (maybe 8-12 weeks). The classes are guided and can be seated or standing and you learn at your own pace and within your abilities. TCC is a relaxing practice, we learn to bring awareness to the soles of the feet as we Yin and Yang weight shift to circulate and balance our bodies chi (energy)
TCC is also known as “joy thro’ movement” and is an evidence based practice shown to improve immunity, improve sleep quality, reduce pain, strengthen muscles, ligaments and tendons, and improve balance. People report many other benefits when they practice regularly.
Justin Stone the originator used to say “you can not appease the hunger by reading the menu”. That said just 10 minutes a day practicing a few movements can be really beneficial.
I look forward to welcoming you to a session soon. Contact:
Kate Angell www.calmerminds.co.uk 07478 276891 T’ai Chi @Aynho Monday 10-11 and 11.30-12.30 and Friday 10-11 with tea/coffee after
@ Sports Pavilion, free parking and tea/coffee after each session.
£8.00 pp per session