Five Islands Tai Chi

24/09/2026

Thank you everyone who joined us in the Wollongong Botanic Garden these last four weeks for our Spring into Tai Chi class. We were blessed with beautiful weather every Thursday, a gorgeous location and joyful birdsong. We’re told the wobbly bush turkey is doing well. If you want more practice we have videos on our website and of course you are always welcome at one of our regular indoor classes in Balgownie, Wollongong, and starting next term, the Polish Centre in Keiraville

13/09/2026

What a lovely morning at the Illawarra Rhododendron Gardens on Sunday. Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the gardens. It was a perfect day for tai chi outdoors. Illawarra Rhododendron and Rainforest Gardens

11/09/2026

The weather is expected to be lovely this Sunday, so if you would like to join us for a community taichi class at The Illawarra Rhododendron Gardens, we would love to see you. The class will be held at 10.30am and a donation of $5 is to be paid for entry to the gardens. Everyone is welcome. The class will be suitable for beginners.
Jen and Kara.

10/09/2026

Our second class in the Botanic Garden this morning. The gentle birdsong was not so gentle 🤣

08/09/2026

A little cool this morning after a brief taste of summer last week. Warming up with Shibashi Set 1 in our Tuesday 9am class in Balgownie. A few new faces doing a great job for their first time. Welcome to Five Islands Tai Chi!

06/09/2026

Next Sunday Jen and I will be offering a free Tai Chi class in the Illawarra Rhododendron and Rainforest gardens at 10.30am.
There is a cost of $5 donation to enter the garden, and all profits go toward maintaining this beautiful garden which doesn't receive council funding.
You can find details about the garden, how to get there, and how lovely it is at their website https://irrg.au/
We hope to see you there; the weather is expected to be lovely.

03/09/2026

This morning we ran our first Tai Chi class in the Wollongong Botanic Garden. What a perfect day for it.
We are learning the Baduanjin and it was lovely in the shade of the trees listening to the wind rustle among the branches. We even had an odd bush Turkey wander through!

30/08/2026

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Analysis finds ‘high certainty evidence’ of their effectiveness for the 1.7bn people worldwide with musculoskeletal conditions

25/08/2026

It felt colder this morning so we did extra Qigong, Rooster crowing, Shibashi 1 and some silk reeling to move our chi. What a fabulous way to start the day.