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For students wishing to purely study from the Tai Chi, Qigong and Taoist meditation video course and audio resources in our school library. The Mountain Patreon subscription tier gives access to our video and audio resource library. Watch via video on demand anytime on any device. Livestream recordings are in 1080p HD.
Learn Chen Tai Chi from the comfort of your own home with our foundations / jibengong class on Zoom. Our lessons aim to give momentum to your home practice. Learn movement and stillness principles, body mechanics, silk reeling exercises, stepping drills and form movements. Bring your quality of Tai Chi movements to life. Beginners welcome.
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The Hibernating Bear lessons offer a more gentle approach to training Tai Chi and Qigong. This video programme includes seated and standing movements, guiding you through gentle tension relief, physical relaxation and meditation techniques. Give momentum to self-care, boost your mental health and support your physical body with kindness. Open to everyone, for all abilities, for all ages especially those living with chronic health, chronic pain and chronic fatigue, senior citizens, and anybody who would like to nourish the mind and body through relaxing movement and stillness. Beginners welcome to join.
Join our Qigong classes on Monday lunchtimes in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Learn the ancient art of integrated body movements, embodied awareness, structural efficiency, energetic sensitivity, somatic relaxation and breath work. Where movement meets mindfulness. Instructor Nicola will guide you through the class with in-depth instruction, feedback and adjustments to help support and deepen your experience. Open to all levels practising and learning together, beginners welcomed.
Cut off time for booking Monday 11am
Join our friendly and welcoming Chen Tai Chi classes in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Our community group meets on Tuesday evenings at the Ryde School Upper Chine. Learn the traditional Chen Tai Chi syllabus with loosening exercises, standing practice, silk reeling exercises and form training. Develop posture and alignment awareness, movement choreography, Tai Chi principles and breath work. Instructor Nicola will guide you through the class with in-depth instruction, feedback and adjustments to help you learn, develop and digest the traditional practices. This class welcomes all levels practising and learning together, join anytime.
Join our weekly evening classes in Newport on the Isle of Wight. Learn traditional Tai Chi and Qigong movements in a friendly and welcoming community class. Discover your health potential with nourishing and strengthening movements that blend ancient wisdom with modern techniques. Become part of our community that fosters balance, strength, resilience and wellbeing, where movement meets mindfulness.
Each class is a stand alone lesson, what we call ‘casual study’. You can dip in and out of the classes as you wish or come regularly to develop and refine your movements. Instructor Nicola will guide you through a variety of loosening exercises, breath work techniques, Tai Chi and Qigong movements, stillness principles and movement body method. Helping you towards improving your quality of physical life whilst supporting your mental health. This class is open to all levels of students, all fitness levels and any age. New beginners are encouraged to join anytime.
Learn Tai Chi and Qi Gong on the Isle of Wight with instructor Nicola. Available outdoors across the island and open to all ages, abilities & fitness levels. Everyone can benefit from learning the traditional movement practices. Whether you are looking for traditional form training from the Chen Tai Chi syllabus, or to learn Qigong to support recovery from ill health or injury. Instructor Nicola supports you as an individual, in a person centred way, to ensure you are working towards your movement goals.
Learn Tai Chi and Qi Gong in the Ryde studio with instructor Nicola. Open to everyone, all ages, abilities and fitness levels. Whether you are looking to learn the art of progressive relaxation with Qigong, or want to learn traditional Chen Tai Chi forms, or you live with chronic illness and would like to explore the Hibernating Bear programme. Nicola supports you as an individual with a person centred approach.
The ultimate self care Tai Chi and Qigong training package gives access to our live Zoom group classes, the video library and a one hour 1-2-1 private class on Zoom each month. Taking your training to the next level with in depth instruction and ongoing support from instructor Nicola.
Learn Chen style Tai Chi from the comfort of your own home via Zoom with instructor Nicola. Progress through the Chen Tai Chi syllabus at your own pace and develop authentic Tai Chi movements and skills. Learn the signature Chen style body mechanics, principles of movement, silk reeling drills, Zhan Zhuang and the empty hand forms. This online private class is for the type of person who enjoys being engaged in the learning process and active in their training.
Learn Qi Gong exercises in the comfort of your own home in a private lesson that is tailored to your needs, physical ability and learning style. Discover a variety of healthy movements that combine the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with an aligned posture, focused movement and deep breathing. Dating from around 2-5000 years ago, Qi Gong (the modern name for Dao Yin) is a movement and exercise practice that helps to support health and wellbeing. Make a positive step to improve your personal health and wellbeing.
Learn to manage your health baseline with gentle and dynamic Tai Chi and Qi Gong movements. Hibernating Bear Tai Chi is for those living with chronic illness, degenerative health, during injury recovery, living with a different baseline from the norm, senior citizens and the elderly. These lessons are tailored individually to your physical ability, to help improve your quality of life. Classes are held on Zoom, or in our studio in Ryde, or outdoors across the Isle of Wight. Read about instructor Nicola’s own personal journey with chronic health.
“Every movement I make in my practice has purpose, focus, principles and alignment. I meet each day no matter how challenging with hope and perseverance. My aim is to show people that there are other routes to improved health and wellbeing, rather than reliance on allopathic medicine and our crumbling health service. Healthy, frequent and accurate Tai Chi/Qigong movements are a key part of my life and I hope that I can inspire others with my passion and dedication.” Nicola.
Learn traditional Zhan Zhuang / standing like a tree practice via Zoom with instructor Nicola. The foundation practice of Tai Chi and Qigong, rooted in Taoism. Learn how to align your posture, soften and release physical tension whilst breathing deeply with mind intent. Develop integrated muscle strength whilst standing still. With step by step development of the principles and body method. Give your standing practice a boost with this 121 class.
Learn Tai Chi, Qi Gong or Taoist meditation from wherever you live in the world.. This distance learning format is for students who live in a time zone that is outside of our UK schedule. You will learn remotely via personalised videos uploaded to the Tai Chi cloud. You will be the type of person who enjoys working from a range of resources, is engaged in the learning process, is self led in your practice and happy videoing your progression. If you enjoy a challenge and like being active in your training, this is for you.
Learn the eight postures in a circle walking Qi Gong and discover the energies of the eight trigrams in Taoist philosophy. There are many health benefits of circle walking, from helping to balance emotions, connecting the upper and lower body, increase circulation, help create more energy and harmonise the activities of the brain and heart.
An introduction to the ancient Qigong routine of the ‘Five Animals’, known as Wu Qin Xi. Join our online livestream covering the 10 animal postures over a 6 week course. Learn to imitate the animals characteristics and movements for health preservation. This Qi Gong routine is dated circa 25-220 A.D., with the source attributed to Hua Tuo, a Classical Chinese Medicine doctor from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Beginners welcome to join, open to all levels to practice together. Join anytime, each lesson is a stand alone class.