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I started learning T’ai Chi Chih by accident! I was looking for a suitable space for a Reiki Share and put the request out on a health and wellbeing group Facebook page. Tina Wells posted a photo of her garden room, where she teaches her T’ai Chi Chih classes and invited me to visit. Although it was in the wrong location, I felt compelled to go and see it. Tina suggested I might like to learn T’ai Chi Chih, and I decided to give it a go.

A few moths later, when Tina did a demonstration workshop at an event, Laurin McDonald joined the classes as well. Thanks to Tina and Tracy Gibbons, we were prepared and ready to travel to the US for our Teacher Accreditation course from 1/11th March 2018, just when the “Beast from the East”was due to hit the UK!

On our return, Laurin and I began setting up our classes in and around Banbury. I set up several public classes, which proved very popular. The feedback we’ve had from our students is that it’s easy to learn and implement into daily life, and that the health benefits gained are well worth the investment of time and money.

As we only had four accredited teachers in the UK we knew we had to have more teachers over here so that we could spread this effective practice. So, Laurin and I worked together to create the T’ai Chi Chih Discovery Workshop, designed especially for complementary therapists which we planned to take on a UK tour. That was just before the Covid 19 pandemic invaded the UK, completely derailing our plans. However, post pandemic, we managed to gather a group of students interested in becoming teachers. This culminated in a total of five new teachers becoming accredited, three in the U.K. and two in The Netherlands, helping to build a European community to spread the practice even further.

Zoom Classes

At the start of the pandemic, I began leading guided practices for my students, and teaching new students via Zoom, which worked very effectively.

Although I am based in the centre of the UK, the exciting thing about teaching online, is that it demolishes geographical barriers, allowing me to teach students across the whole of Europe. So, do contact me on [email protected] or [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you!