Summer Schedule 2024
Summer Schedule 2024
Tai Chi and Qigong classes on the Isle of Wight
Here is our summer schedule for classes and workshops in Ryde and Newport on the Isle of Wight. Covering the months of May, June, July and August 2024. Please contact instructor Nicola with any questions or for more information. For details on our Zoom classes over the summer, please visit this page.
School Holidays
Island Classes
- No classes from Friday 16 August until week commencing Monday 2 September.
Zoom Classes
- No live classes on Zoom from Friday 16 August until week commencing Monday 2 September.
- Pre-recorded videos will be released on Patreon on Thursdays (Qigong) and Saturdays (Chen Tai Chi) during this time.
Qigong @ Ryde
Learn the ancient art of integrated body movements, embodied awareness, structural efficiency, energetic sensitivity, somatic relaxation and breath work.
- Day: Mondays.
- Time: 12.00pm - 1.00pm.
- Upcoming Dates: 3, 10, 17, 24 June, 8, 15, 22, 29 July 2024.
- No Classes: Bank holiday Mondays and Monday 1 July 2024.
- School Holidays: 5, 12, 19, 26 August 2024.
- Cost: £9 per class advance bookings only.
- Location: The Studio, Ryde Chiropractic, 81 George Street, Ryde, PO33 2JF.
- Directions: Use the door to the left of the main chiropractic clinic door.
Chen Tai Chi @ Ryde
Chen Tai Chi classes cover the traditional syllabus of silk reeling and form training. Develop posture and alignment awareness, movement choreography, Tai Chi principles and breath work.
- Day: Tuesdays.
- Time: 6.30pm - 7.30pm.
- Upcoming Dates: 7, 14, 21, 28 May, 4, 11, 18, 25 June, 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 July, and 6, 13 August.
- Cost: £8 per class drop in.
- Location: Prep School Hall, Ryde School with Upper Chine, Queen's Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 3BE.
- School Gates Code: The school gates are locked. You will need to use a code to open the gate. Please contact Nicola by email ahead of your first class to receive the code.
- Directions once through the Locked Gate: Enter through the gate to the right of the inner car park barrier. Follow that building line on the right down a path until you reach a corner. There are signs on the wall opposite and the wall on the right with "PREP years 3-6" written on. These are arrows to the Prep School Hall. Turn into the alley on the right and head for the building entrance, it's a curved bay front with double doors. Also see the photographs in the gallery.
Tai Chi Qigong @ Newport
Learn how to move the body slowly whilst improving your posture, releasing tension, strengthening your muscles and settling the mind.
- Day: Wednesdays.
- Time: 10.30am – 11.30am.
- Upcoming Dates: 5, 12, 19, 26 June, 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 July, and 14 August.
- No Class: 7 August.
- Cost: £8 per class drop in.
- Location: Newport and Carisbrooke Community Hub, 64 High St, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1BA.
- Directions: Come through the main community hub doors on the High Street, walk to the back of the space there is a door into the back studio.
Chen Tai Chi @ Newport
Chen Tai Chi classes cover the traditional syllabus of silk reeling and form training. Develop posture and alignment awareness, movement choreography, Tai Chi principles and breath work.
- Day: Thursdays.
- Time: 7.00pm – 8.00pm.
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Upcoming Dates: 6, 13, 20, 27 June, 11, 18, 25 July, and 1, 8, 15 August.
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No Class: 4 July due to the venue being used as a polling station.
- Cost: £8 per class drop in.
- Location: Victoria Recreation Ground Pavilion, Recreation Ground Road, Newport, PO30 5AH.
Silk Reeling Workshop @ Ryde
Silk reeling spirals are the foundation of traditional Chen style Tai Chi practice. Silk reeling is a set of repetitive rotating, curving, coiling and spiralling movements. Explore the art of the Tai Chi spiral and integrated body movements.
- Day: Saturday.
- Time: 11.00am to 2.00pm.
- Date: 25 May 2024.
- Cost: £27 book in advance.
- Location: The Studio, Ryde Chiropractic, 81 George Street, Ryde, PO33 2JF.
- Directions: Use the door to the left of the main chiropractic clinic door.
Summer Solstice Qigong Workshop @ Ryde
Join me for a Qigong celebration of the summer solstice in 2024. Learn to release physical tension and balance the heart-mind through mindful movements and breath work. Explore Qigong movements and Taoist meditation.
- Day: Saturday.
- Time: 1.00pm – 4.00pm.
- Date: 22 June 2024.
- Cost: £27 book in advance.
- Location: The Studio, Ryde Chiropractic, 81 George Street, Ryde, PO33 2JF.
- Directions: Use the door to the left of the main chiropractic clinic door.
Circle Walking Qigong Workshop @ Ryde
The Eight Energies circle walking Qigong is an integrated mind and body movement practice exploring the 8 Trigrams through movement. Learn the art of walking the circle in this foundation level Qigong workshop.
- Day: Saturday.
- Time: 11.00am to 2.00pm.
- Date: 20 July 2024.
- Cost: £27 book in advance.
- Location: The Studio, Ryde Chiropractic, 81 George Street, Ryde, PO33 2JF.
- Directions: Use the door to the left of the main chiropractic clinic door.
