Hibernating Bear Online Tuition
1 hour live online private lesson
£37 – £48 per hour
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.
Description
Instructor: Nicola.
Level: Open to all levels from new beginners upwards.
Your Location: We are based in the UK and operate on either GMT or BST (GMT+1) time zones. Lessons are available globally.
Payments / Tuition Fees: The cost is per hour for private online tuition. If you would like to be considered for a discounted rate please contact Nicola. Thank you. To book a 10 week course specifically focusing on living with chronic pain, visit this page.
About: The online hibernating bear lessons are without expectations, judgement or disadvantage. This class is designed for those who would like to learn how to be active in their health recovery and self-management. Nicola embraces this ethos in her teachings. She has distilled her professional training to pass on the most effective methods for improving health and wellbeing through authentic Tai Chi and Qigong movements. Find out more information about Hibernating Bear through this link. Read ‘Travel with Hope‘, an interview from one of Nicola’s students who lives with Parkinson’s disease and practices qigong.
LESSON FORMAT – Option 1: Online Lesson Zoom
Cost
- £37 per hour for one person.
What is included in the lesson?
-
- The cost of this class includes a one hour live online tuition with instructor Nicola.
- These classes are interactive and are a mixture of instructor demonstration, student observation, practice and correction.
- Within the lesson, we work within the small space of the web cam view.
What is included outside of the lesson?
- The cost is for one hour of online tuition only.
- No further resources provided.
LESSON FORMAT – Option 2: Online Lesson Zoom + Notes/Homework
Cost
- £45 per hour for one person.
What is included in the lesson?
- The cost of this class includes a one hour live online tuition with instructor Nicola.
- These classes are interactive and are a mixture of instructor demonstration, student observation, practice and correction.
- Within the lesson, we work within the small space of the web cam view.
- The bulk of your practice and exploration is done outside of the online class.
What is included outside of the lesson?
- After the lesson you will be sent homework. This may be a review of the previous lesson or self-led learning to prepare for the next lesson.
- Practice.
- Upload your video to the ‘Tai Chi cloud’ and send your questions via email.
- You will receive an email with corrections and feedback.
- Practice.
- Next lesson.
Instructor Nicola will provide you with links to books and DVDs to purchase as a supplement to your training.
LESSON FORMAT – Option 3: In Person Lesson – Ryde Studio
Cost
- £48 per hour for one person.
What is included in the lesson?
- The cost of this class includes a one in person lesson with instructor Nicola.
- These classes are interactive and are a mixture of instructor demonstration, student observation, practice and correction.
What is included outside of the lesson?
- The cost is for one hour of tuition only.
- No further resources provided.
Location
- The Studio, Ryde Chiropractic, 81 George Street, Ryde, PO33 2JF.
LESSON FORMAT – Option 4: In Person Lesson – Outdoor Training, Isle of Wight
Cost
- £37 per hour for one person.
What is included in the lesson?
- The cost of this class includes a one in person lesson with instructor Nicola.
- These classes are interactive and are a mixture of instructor demonstration, student observation, practice and correction.
What is included outside of the lesson?
- The cost is for one hour of tuition only.
- No further resources provided.
Location
- Outdoors, a local park or green space.
- Any location on the Isle of Wight: Ryde, Wootton Bridge, St Helens, Bembridge, Brading, Sandown, Lake, Shanklin, Newport, Ventnor, Freshwater, West Cowes, East Cowes etc.
Travel Fees
- Travel costs apply for home visits. Classes in Ryde do not incur travel fees. Please contact Nicola for a travel quotation.
HIBERNATING BEAR
What you will learn
- Gentle loosening exercises to warm the body.
- The warm up exercises are a diagnostic to show where the body/mind are on that day, the lesson is then guided by that position.
- Relaxing deep breathing and soft movement techniques to calm the mind.
- Standing or seated meditation practice.
- Standing or seated Qigong movements.
- Chen style Tai Chi and Qigong exercises and drills that train both sides of the body.
- What makes Tai Chi and Qigong sophisticated forms of healthy movement exercises, why they are different to other exercises.
- Learn how posture, breathing and awareness apply to your daily life.
- Develop body sensitivity to understand the different types of pain within the body, to use pain as a diagnostic.
- Learn how to progressively build up to a regular exercise routine and the importance of frequency.
- The importance of not pushing passed your body’s tolerance, to avoid extremes and train moderately at 60-70-80% (ebb and flow).
- Learn to stop fighting the body and how to truly relax the muscle and soft tissue structure.
- How to maximise the lymph system to detox and flush out toxins.
- How to self manage life with chronic pain and chronic fatigue.
N.B. This is not tuition where you will learn a Tai Chi routine or a qigong set. The focus is on Tai Chi movements, drills and exercises for health. Especially correcting and maintaining physical alignment, with deep muscular / soft tissue /joint movements and diaphragmatic breathing.
Hibernating Bear Tai Chi is for students looking to/for…
- Be flexible and adaptive in your Tai Chi and Qigong practice, to be able to sit or stand.
- Aid recovery from injury or illness.
- Help ease the symptoms of living with chronic or degenerative health conditions.
- A more gentle and relaxed approach to exercise.
- To gain confidence before attending a public class.
- To get back into exercise after being sedentary.
- Would like to learn in the privacy of the home.
- A class where all ages and all abilities are welcome.
Flexibility: You have the flexibility to set the pace of learning to suit your needs. Whether monthly, bi-monthly, weekly whatever works for you and the available time you have to practice.
Suited to: These lessons are open to beginner level students upwards, where no experience is needed. Everyone is welcome from 18 years to 80 plus. New Hibernating Bear students will be required to complete a questionnaire and medical history form prior to their lesson.
Medical history: As with all medical conditions, injuries and/or ill-health, please consult with your Doctor prior to starting a class. Tai Chi, Qigong and Meditation are not a replacement for conventional medical treatment. Please advise instructor Nicola prior to class of any medical conditions, injuries and/or ill-health that may prevent you from safely taking part. Our privacy policy is noted here.
TERMS
Duration: One hour for one person.
Advance Payment Method: Debit or credit card via the booking system. Contact Nicola for details and a link to book.
Terms: 24 hours notice for cancellations, no refunds within this time frame.
Legal: We are based in the UK and governed by UK jurisdiction.
