Tai chi in the park

It’s that tai chi in the park time of year. Normal classes are over for the summer and we are heading outside. There will be outdoor sessions in Parr Fold Park, Walkden; Bramhall Park, Bramhall; Pennington Hall Park, Leigh; and Leyland Park, Hindley.

Outdoor classes are less formal than the indoor classes — there will be no teaching as such, we are just going to warm up and run through a few forms together.

Although the weather has been iffy lately the forecast is good for this week.

Summer timetable

 See website for details.😀

Tai chi in the parks

 We have been so lucky with the weather this week. It was wonderful being able to do tai chi in the park again and it was so nice to be able to see people in person.

Tai chi in the park

 

From next Monday, organised outdoor sports can start up again. And you know what  that means. Tai chi in the park! Times and places are listed here. 

Tai chi in the park

We are now allowed to meet up outside in groups of six, as long as we practise social distancing, so it seems like a good time for tai chi in the park. I will be continuing with online classes but am going to try a couple of small outside classes, weather permitting, venues below. For these to work I need to strictly restrict class size to five people. This means that you do need to book in advance for every class. These classes will be £6/class. There is no monthly discount because I don't know how long they will continue, but like the online classes you can pay for more than one class at a time if you want to. Contact me to book a place. 😀

• Mondays, 10am-11am, Walkden Park, Walkden Road, Walkden, M28 7EA, Yang 24 step form.
• Mondays, 11.15am-12.15pm, Walkden Park, Walkden Road, Walkden, M28 7EA, Yang 24 step form.
• Wednesdays, 2.30pm-3.30pm, Leyland Park, Leyland Avenue, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3SB, Yang 8 step form.

Outdoor tai chi

Well done to the dedicated group who braved ice, frost and friendly dogs to do tai chi in Walkden Park today.

Fingers crossed we will be back inside in the warm next week!

I'm back from the Mediterranean and I brought the sun with me. 🌞 Classes started again last week, except for the Monday classes which will start after the bank holiday.

There is lots of exciting stuff coming up. First off is World Health Qigong Day on Saturday 14 September. We will meet at 10 am by the Chinese umbrella tree in Lilford Park, Elmridge, Leigh WN7 1HN. The weather was not kind to us last year, but a hardy few of us had a great time doing qigong sheltering from the rain under the tree. So, barring extreme weather, the event will go ahead.

I'm also looking forward to starting my first regular weekly health qigong class on Wednesdays at 10am at Leigh South Community Centre, 32 Hope Carr Road, Leigh WN7 3ET. The first form we will look at is Ba Duan Jin (Eight Strands of Brocade).

World Tai Chi and Qigong Day 2016

It was a great day out and there was a good turnout to enjoy tai chi in the beautiful backdrop of the Festival Gardens. I only managed to take a few pictures but there should be more available from other photographers.

I have also shared the pictures on my new Facebook page (please like if you are on Facebook). And if you haven't yet seen the pictures of my Great Glen Canoe Trek, you can find them here.

Luminous Landscapes pictures

As promised, here are some pictures of last night's Luminous Landscape event. The evening started with rain which soon cleared up and I had a fantastic time doing tai chi and qigong with Angela Howarth and students as well as fellow instructor Steve Kennedy. We also had time to have a look round and enjoy the rest of the event.

Sheltering from the rain

It didn't rain all morning though, as you can see from the pictures on the NWNW World Tai Chi Day Facebook page. We got to do lots of lovely tai chi and qigong out in the open, and also under the shelter of the Chinese pagoda. It was a great day out in spite of the weather.

If you missed the event, there will be another chance to do tai chi outdoors on Saturday 9 May in Wepre Park in Deeside. More details closer to the time.

WTCQD nearly here

It's less than a week to World Tai Chi and Qigong Day.

Join the celebrations in the Festival Gardens in Liverpool. The event starts at 10am. There will be tai chi through the morning followed by a picnic lunch (don't forgot to bring your picnic lunch) and demonstrations in the afternoon.

It should be a great day out. I hope to see you there.

Tai chi in the park postponed

Sitting here listening to the rain, I've decided to postpone this afternoon's tai chi in the park for another week. It's not so much fun in the wet. Even if you have one of those umbrella hats the grass is going to be wet and slippery.

This seemed like such a good idea when we having that long, hot, dry spell!

Tai chi in the park

All this nice weather we've been having has inspired me to organise a free regular outdoor tai chi session in Lilford Park, Leigh on Wednesdays at 2pm, starting next Wednesday 31 July and continuing while the good weather lasts.

Anyone is welcome to join in, so if you are free on Wednesday afternoons, come along and bring your friends!

Pictures from World Tai Chi Day

As promised, you can find more pictures from World Tai Chi Day here. There is also a video, but it is too big to upload to Blogger so I will have to see if there is anything I can do with it.

Getting ready for World Tai Chi Day

I visited the Liverpool Festival Gardens in the snow over the weekend, getting together with some other tai chi instructors to plan an event for World Tai Chi Day on 27 April. It's a beautiful place to do tai chi and I'm really looking forward to it. Put the date in your diaries!

British Weather!

After having definitely decided to cancel the outdoor tai chi because of the rain, I wake up this morning to beautiful sunshine! However, I think it is still a no-go. The grass will be much too boggy to do tai chi on and the other spot I considered was at the edge of the car park by the lake. Because it is the first sunny day after a lot of rain as well as a bank holiday, I think there will be too many people there feeding the ducks, and I always had doubts about doing it right next to the car park anyway. Perhaps we can do it another time - maybe in the summer.