Taijiquan

Taiji translates as ‘Supreme Ultimate’. Originally a martial art developed in China, Taichi has grown into a worldwide phenomena involving many branches and forms, masters and grand masters and often makes all manner of bold claims.

In truth it is a system of movements designed to be performed with an embodied awareness of one’s own physiology, alignment and structure. Psychologically, one is centred, congruent and balanced. The use of breathing, expanding, contracting, compressing, releasing is exercised throughout –leading the practitioner to develop a kind of moving meditation.

One can’t forget however that Taiji is a devastating martial art based on the principles of body mechanics, physics and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

I am a qualified Level 2 Instructor with Deyin Institute for Taiji and a Level 1 Qigong coach certified by the British Health Qigong Association (BHQA).