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Chen Tai Chi Livestream

Byadmin 07/08/202221/01/2023

Chen Tai Chi Livestream Online Group Classes via Zoom UK Join our Tai Chi and Qigong group livestream this autumn. Learn strengthening and relaxing movements from the comfort of your own home with our monthly subscription. These classes cover a variety of Chen Tai Chi movements with a dash of Qigong and loosening exercises. The…

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Online Tai Chi Testimonial

Byadmin 09/01/202214/12/2022

Online Tai Chi Testimonial Learning Chen Tai Chi via Zoom Dated January 2022 This online Tai Chi testimonial is written by one of my Chen Tai Chi students, who studies privately with me via Zoom. He came to my classes during lockdown after searching for a Chen style teacher that would teach online. “Nicola is…

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The Anti Guru

Byadmin 07/02/202014/08/2022

The Anti Guru Person Centred Teaching Style I describe myself as the anti-guru. My role as a Tai Chi and Qigong instructor is not to elevate myself onto a pedestal, and to ensure that you as a student don’t elevate me either. I’m the average person, living the same complex life, experiencing through the same…

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How Do You Do What You Do?

Byadmin 30/09/201914/04/2022

How Do You Do What You Do? This questions was posed to me by one of my students who lives with chronic health. She was aware of my health baseline, and asked how I do what I do as a Tai Chi and Qigong instructor. This is a great question. Delving deeper into her question,…

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Ask the Teacher

Byadmin 03/09/201927/04/2022

Ask the Teacher I’ve recently received a number of similar questions into my email inbox which I’ll be answering in next month’s newsletter. I thought this would make a great opportunity for you lovely folk to get involved. If you have any pressing questions about your Tai Chi training, or need some advice about your Qigong…

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Online Tai Chi Review

Byadmin 14/07/201914/12/2022

Online Tai Chi Review A student shares their testimonial of learning Chen Tai Chi online via Zoom with instructor Nicola of Earth Balance Tai Chi. Dated July 2019 “Tai Chi and Qigong are wonderful teachings. They are truly accessible to all. No matter age, physically ability or fitness, you can improve your health. You can…

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Challenges in Tai Chi Training

Byadmin 20/12/201816/01/2023

Challenges in Tai Chi Training As a student, you can expect many challenges to come up during your training in a group class and your practice at home. Try to hold a positive approach, seeing challenge as opportunity. Tai Chi and Qigong are life-long practices, there will be times you are enthusiastic and highly motivated…

Hibernating Bear Tai Chi

Byadmin 26/08/201823/01/2023

Hibernating Bear Tai Chi “Build a Strong Foundation for Mind and Body Health” The phrase “Hibernating Bear” comes from instructor Nicola’s ethos to make authentic Tai Chi and Qigong available to all abilities of students, no matter age, physical ability or location. The online hibernating bear lessons follow the Taoist principles of kindness, modesty and…

Who I Teach

Byadmin 17/09/201516/08/2022

Who I Teach I talk to a number of prospective Tai Chi and Qigong students each week, finding out what their reason is for joining a class and what they are looking for in their training. Students come to my private and public classes from all walks of life. Often students are surprised to find…

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When Resources aren’t Enough

Byadmin 29/08/201416/10/2022

When Resources aren’t Enough A delve into the Tai Chi learning process, looking at the ebb and flow of training a life-long art. When learning Tai Chi, there are several highs and lows along the way. Sometimes students will say “The resources aren’t enough”. As an instructor and student, I would like to share my…

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Travel with Hope

Byadmin 15/04/201418/11/2022

Travel with Hope A Qigong student interview. Meet ‘John Doe’ and read his story of learning to live with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). How practicing the Classical Chinese movement and stillness arts can help the symptoms of PD. This interview is dated April 11, 2014 is an update to a previous interview on March 15, 2013. John…

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Taiji Qigong Chronic Fatigue

Byadmin 12/08/201316/01/2023

Taiji Qigong Chronic Fatigue How the Classical Chinese Arts can aid the symptoms of CFS One of my students has written a personal account of her Qigong practice relating to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: “I had been diagnosed with CFS in 2009, following a bout of swine flu and a chest infection, which left me with…

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Not a Quick Fix

Byadmin 18/12/201215/04/2022

Not a Quick Fix Is Tai Chi or Qi Gong what you think? Lots of new students come into a class saying “I’ve always wanted to do Tai Chi, it looks so soft and gentle, with the wavy hands in the air.” People are drawn to the Classical Chinese practices for many reasons, and often…

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Chen Style Warm Ups

Byadmin 04/12/201229/01/2023

Chen Style Warm Ups Joint Loosening Exercises Sharing with you a number of online resources for Chen style Tai Chi warm ups. There are a variety of joint and soft tissue loosening exercises that we start all of our classes with, warming up every major joint in the body prior to practicing Tai Chi and…

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I Forgot the Moves

Byadmin 19/07/201226/12/2022

I Forgot the Moves “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee Beginner students often get hung up on memorising the movements. This can make Tai Chi and Qi Gong a stressful and frustrating experience. Students often report…

Chen Tai Chi Livestream

Online Tai Chi Testimonial

The Anti Guru

How Do You Do What You Do?

Ask the Teacher

Online Tai Chi Review

Challenges in Tai Chi Training

Hibernating Bear Tai Chi

Who I Teach

When Resources aren’t Enough

Travel with Hope

Taiji Qigong Chronic Fatigue

Not a Quick Fix

Chen Style Warm Ups

I Forgot the Moves

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