** PLEASE NOTE FROM TUESDAY 24 MARCH 2020 - CLASS CLOSED **
To be reviewed in September 2021. Any changes will be sent out in the school newsletter and on the blog.
Autumn 2019
Join our community Tai Chi and Qigong class in Newport town centre on the Isle of Wight. Open to all levels and abilities, these classes are for the casual learner, there is no need to book, simply turn up on the day. Enjoy an hour of energising whole body movements, deep breathing and mindful body awareness.
These lessons will include:
- Warm ups
- Qigong breathing.
- Zhan Zhaung – Standing / sitting stillness practice.
- Chen Tai Chi foundation movements
- Health Qigong movements
- How to breathe correctly.
- Working with baselines.
- Learning through method not mimic.
- How to truly relax physical and mental tension.
- Working with your posture in a stable range of motion.
- How to have healthy knees.
- How to strengthen the muscles while relaxing.
- The importance of the pelvis and the psoas muscle.
- How to hydrate the joints through movement.
- The meaning of physical symmetry.
- The workings of the relaxation response.
- The mind and body connection.
- Motivation and challenges.
- Fall prevention, balance and grounding.
- How to improve your health naturally.
- How to work through struggle in the learning process.
