TAI CHI CLASS

Service Description

Tai Chi classes run on Tuesdays. You can attend the day time sessions at 10-11am or evening session at 6.15pm-7.15pm. You can pay as you go or pay for a 6 week block. £50 for 6 sessions (£8.33 per session) or £10 per session pay as you go. Payable to Chris directly. Tai Chi is many things but at its heart it is an art focused on cultivation. It brings a deep understanding of martial arts, philosophy, Qi Gong, Nei Gong and Meditation together to create something unique. It is practiced by many as a way to keep the body and mind strong and healthy and was taken up by the Chinese during the Cultural revolution as a way the keep the masses fit. It is estimated that 250 million people practice this art around the world today! In the classes we focus on building a strong, healthy, relaxed and balanced body. We do this by practicing standing exercises (Zhan Zhuang), which teach us how to align, release, open and link the body and with exercises that help to release tension and send a force from our feet, through the body and into our palms. The expansion and contraction of the body gently opens the joints and breaks down tension, strengthening the whole system and improving health. The mind leads the breath and the breath leads the body. In each class we look to properly align the body, sink the breath, relax the muscular tension and engage the ligaments, tendons and facia. The mind all the while remains calm and focused. Students often quickly find that their posture and balance have improved. Old aches and pains start to disappear, their mind body connection grows and their full body power greatly increases. There are many reasons to practice Tai Chi and many benefits to its correct study. It can be medical, to improve health and fitness, to cure injuries or for injury prevention, to relieve stress, to learn to defend yourself or as a path of cultivation. ---