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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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Discover your health potential with Qigong from the comfort of your own home in our weekly class on Zoom. 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.
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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 cross continent Zoom class focusing on spine health with students of Earth Balance Tai Chi in Europe and Long Island Tai Chi from the United States. Instructor Nicola will guide you through a variety of nourishing movements that open the spine, loosen the joints, soften physical tension and soothe the nervous system. This class is the ultimate self care tool for relaxation and release.
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.
Earth Qigong for women is a soft and powerful mindful movement routine, making it accessible to women of all ages. Draw from ancient traditions and Traditional Chinese Medicine to restore balance in the body and heart-mind. The focus is on supporting female health naturally using the internal healing and strengthening art of Qi Gong. Learn to re-align your posture, nourish through breath work, develop embodied awareness and foster the skill of listening inwardly. To aid inner healing, improve flexibility, release physical tension, level the emotions, support menopause & menstrual health, whilst fostering a calm state. Places are limited to 8 students per workshop, please book early.
The Eight Energies circle walking Qigong is an integrated mind and body movement practice exploring the 8 Trigrams through movement. The routine helps to integrate the lower and upper body through dynamic movements that loosen the joints, lengthen the connective tissue, open the lower back and mobilise the waist. Explore the art of alignment efficiency and physical release whilst harmonising the heart-mind. The external movements exercise the whole body, coiling and spiralling to help coordination and balance. Learn the art of walking the circle in this foundation level Qigong workshop open to all levels including new beginners.
Silk reeling spirals are the foundation of traditional Chen style Tai Chi practice. Also known as Chan Si Gong; Chan (pulling), Si (silk) and Gong (skill achieved through applied effort over time). Silk reeling is a set of repetitive rotating, curving, coiling and spiralling movements combined with whole body relaxation, opening and closing movements, body alignment, rooting and breath work. This workshop will explore the art of the Tai Chi spiral and integrated body movements. Everyone welcome, all levels training together.
Join me in Ryde on the Isle of Wight for a Qigong celebration of the summer solstice 2024. Learn to release physical tension and balance the heart-mind through mindful movements, breath work and Taoist meditation. In the Chinese calendar this is the time of absolute yang, known as Xiàzhì, and marks the beginning of summer with the longest day and the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The summer solstice is the 10th solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar, beginning on the 21 June and continuing for 15 days. In ancient Chinese culture Xiàzhì is a time for festivities, family gatherings and a time for the farmers to pray to the god of agriculture for a fruitful harvest, and a time to honour their ancestors through worship. Come along to our studio in Ryde to celebrate the sun sitting over the Tropic of Cancer where it becomes the “upright pole with no shadows”.
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.