There will be a free 4 week course for beginners starting on Wednesday 7 July. It will be on Wednesday afternoons 2.30pm-3.30pm at Hurst Dance Studios in Hindley. Places are strictly limited. Contact me to book a place.
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Friday 18 June 2021
Free class
There will be a free 4 week course for beginners starting on Wednesday 7 July. It will be on Wednesday afternoons 2.30pm-3.30pm at Hurst Dance Studios in Hindley. Places are strictly limited. Contact me to book a place.
Sunday 13 June 2021
Wednesday 2 June 2021
"Just One Thing" episode
Over the bank holiday weekend I finally caught up with the "Just One Thing" episode that my brother and Mike told me about. I'm really glad I did. I've always known about the benefits of tai chi from first-hand experience but it is good to have them validated.
The podcast is actually about standing on one leg, and the benefits are amazing. As Dr Michael Mosley says: "Improving your balance really can have a life changing impact. It improves core strength, posture and coordination. Do that and you are more likely to walk upright rather than hunched, which will make you look younger and might even improve your mood. There's even research showing that balance is a great predictor of healthy life expectancy."
He asked Professor Dawn Skelton of Glasgow Caledonian University whether tai chi would work as well and this was her response: "Tai chi is one of the best activities to improve your balance. It's slow and controlled; it's three-dimensional so your head moves at different times to the rest of your body; you get all that feedback from the joints because it's slow and controlled. It's one of the best things to help prevent your first fall... really is a lot of evidence for that."
I always tell people that you don't have to stand on one leg to do tai chi. You can improve your balance and coordination just by paying attention to your posture and being aware of where your weight is.
Standing on one leg is a simple thing that you can do at home. Tai chi has all the health and wellbeing benefits of that and more: it can reduce stress, increase energy, and improve focus and inner calm. And if you join a class you get the social benefits as well. There is nothing quite like the feeling of being in a group moving and breathing as one.
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