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For students looking to study via our online video school library, the Mountain Patreon tier gives access to our Chen Tai Chi, Qigong and Taoist meditation library. Watch our online classes via video on demand anytime on any device. Livestream recordings are in 1080p HD.
Learn traditional movements from the comfort of your own home through our online classes. Create momentum with your home practice. Learn movement and stillness principles, body mechanics, silk reeling and form movements. Bring your quality of Tai Chi to life with our virtual classes. Everyone welcome.
Discover your health potential with Qigong from the comfort of your own home in our weekly class on Patreon. Learn how to concentrate the mind, release physical holdings, develop body sensitivity, move gracefully, grow strong and improve resilience. Dip into the world of dynamic relaxation whilst aligning the body, and breathing deeply, it is a profound way to move with mindfulness. These classes will draw on Qigong movements from a variety of routines and sets, with weekly themes to help deepen your practice. Everyone welcome.
The Hibernating Bear 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.
Are you over bendy, living with a hypermobile syndrome or Ehlers Danlos? Want to learn how to support your unique hypermobile body and nourish your mental health? Join my community of students to gain access to video classes, information articles, support and connection. Learn mindful Tai Chi and Qigong movements along with nourishing stillness practices from the comfort of your own home. Take a positive step to improve your quality of life, building physical resilience and increasing the ability to cope.
Join me online via MsTeams or Zoom for private online tuition: Chen Tai Chi, Qigong, Hibernating bear, Taoist meditation or breathwork. I offer personalised instruction to help you build strength, reduce stress, and increase mental clarity. Whether you’re a beginner or have some experience, these one-on-one sessions are tailored to fit your specific goals. With expert guidance, you’ll learn how to integrate these powerful practices into your daily routine, helping you feel more balanced and energised, to truly come home to your body.
Welcome to the Eight Pieces of Brocade Qigong / Ba Duan Jin video course. A beginners routine that is a great introduction to Qigong as a movement system. Learn the movement choreography, structural alignment and applied relaxation. Develop your Qigong movements at your own pace and from the comfort of your home.
Welcome to the ‘Five Animals Chair Qigong for Beginners’ video masterclass. A foundation routine introducing Qigong as a movement practice through the postures of the five animals: Tiger, Deer, Bear, Monkey, and Bird. This class is adapted for seated practice to accommodate individuals with reduced mobility.
New Qigong students start here! This beginner Qigong course covers foundation Qigong movements, posture and body alignment, body method, natural lengthening, state shifting, flow state, and breath work. A comprehensive introduction to six stages in the learning process of traditional Qigong practice.
The Somatic You course is a series of video lessons focusing on traditional Qigong and seated Taoist breathwork practice. This video course offers a soothing counterbalance to the overstimulation of modern life. It gently quiets the thinking mind that is full of questions, judgement, anticipation and mental chatter, and opens the door to a more spacious, centred, and compassionate way of existing. Return to a simpler, more playful version of yourself that is curious, open-hearted, and at ease.
Welcome to the ‘Eight Energies Circle Walking Qi Gong for Beginners’ video course. Learn the foundations of walking the circle, along with guidance with posture, choreography, and the eight postures. An energising and uplifting routine that will keep your fingers and toes warm! This series of video classes was recorded during our livestream in 2023!
Learn a variety of breathing practices that aid health, relaxation, focus and grounding. In ancient Eastern cultures breathing is seen as fundamental to life-long health. Oxygen is vital to a healthy mind and body. Learn how to bring more oxygen into all body systems, how to switch on your natural relaxation response and how to improve toxin removal from your body. It’s all in the breath!
Instructor Nicola has been a regular Tai Chi and Qigong blogger since 2010. This Tai Chi Qigong Ebook is a collection musings, covering the learning process, expectations, principles and movements. Purchase of this book helps support this website and is an opportunity to read all of the articles in a formatted way.
Join me virtually on Zoom for Qigong, nourishing breath work and Taoist meditation near the winter solstice 2024. Learn relaxing movement and stillness techniques to foster a calm state and release physical tension. Dip into the world of internal cultivation practices for health, happiness and longevity.
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Renew – Grow – Blossom
Welcome the arrival of spring with an energising and awakening Qigong masterclass live on Zoom. We are gathering one day after the equinox on Friday, 21 March, at 10am GMT to explore Soma Dao Qigong, with a focus on nourishing the liver and strengthening the wood element. Through graceful movements, intentional breathing, and Taoist practice, to align with the vitality of spring. Shed tension, enhance your mobility, and restore balance as we embrace this season of growth and renewal.
Join me on the summer solstice 2025 for an online Qigong masterclass on Zoom. In conjunction with our dear friends across the pond at Long Island Tai Chi in the USA. Explore expansive and radiating mindful movements and conscious breath work to celebrate the height of summer.