Anlaby T'ai Chi

No Class Tonight 10 Oct 22

Hi everyone, I think I have managed to contact everyone separately, so this is ‘just in case’😊….

Hope everyone’s practice is going well🙏

Please note there will be no class on Monday 15th August.

Next class will be Monday 22nd August at the usual time.

Great class tonight, the guys are really progressing and we had a new starter who fit right in…

Always room for more members, we have a Facebook group to help support your training too…

Lots of stress and anxiety about at the moment with COVID still hanging around and the state of the economy. T’ai Chi is a great way to release all that tension, why not give it a go?

My personal preference is to practice in silence, but I know some practitioners like to have accompanying music...

For anyone wanting music to play in the background while practising Qigong or Tai Chi, I can recommend this:

Zhan-Zhuang Gong Music - Martial Arts Music for Physical Fitness by Wang Xu-Dong & Wang Jian-Yuan Album · 1980 · 4 Songs

Latest video is available on the group page... this time with sound ☺️

Here's a link to the Harvard Medical School review of T'ai Chi:

The Health Benefits of Tai Chi - Harvard Health Publishing - Harvard Health Tai chi is gentle and not strenuous. Benefits have been shown to include a positive effect on muscle strength, flexibility, and balance, and it can be practiced by people in nearly any state of hea...

The Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organisation committed to clinical practice, education and research...

Follow this link to read what they have to say about the benefits of T'ai Chi:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/tai-chi/art-20045184

T'ai Chi classes every Monday evening (excl. Bank Holidays).

New members always welcome, classes will suit beginners and intermediate practitioners.

Classes focus on Yang style T'ai Chi Ch'uan and supporting Qigong practices.

The practice of T'ai Chi is good for:

Relieving Stress, Anxiety & Depression
Improving Mood
Improving Aerobic capacity
Increasing Energy & Stamina
Improving Flexibility, Balance and Agility
Improving Muscle Strength and Definition

We have a dedicated Group page to support you outside of classes.

1st class completed… thanks to everyone who came, great to meet you all🙏

Next week we’ll progress a little further with the T’ai Chi form and look closely at our footwork and body alignments.

If you can, find five or ten minutes each day to practice the movement of commencement… start with just the movements - arms raising out to the front, turn palms to face forward, draw back then push down.

Then practice coordinating breathing with the movement.

Then practice focussing on the feel of the energy of each movement -

Peng/expanding and raising as the arms raise
Ji/projecting forward as you turn the palms
Liu/drawing in as you bring the arms back
An/pressing down as you push the palms down