Indoor tai chi is back (soon) :)

It has been announced today that from 25 July indoor gyms, leisure centres and other indoor exercise will be allowed.

This is good news but it doesn't mean that all indoor classes will be starting up again from that date as procedures need to be agreed with each centre for the safe start-up of classes.

Dates I have so far are as follows:

Wednesday 29 July: 2.30pm class at Hurst Dance Studios will restart. Until then it will continue in Leyland Park.
Tuesday 1 September: 10am tai chi at Leigh South Community Centre will restart. Until then it will be in Pennington Park.
Wednesday 2 September 10am qigong at Leigh South Community Centre will restart. Until then it will be online.

I will let you know dates for other classes as I get them.

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.

World Tai Chi and Qigong Day

Hi everyone

I hope you are enjoying the bank holiday weekend.

As you know, World Tai Chi and Qigong Day was rescheduled this year because of lockdown. The revised date is next Saturday 30 May, and as we will still be in lockdown we are going to have another online celebration.

There will be qigong with Anna Kiriakoulakis, Angela Howarth will focus on Grasping the Bird's Tail, I will be doing Beijing 10 step and Barbara Shields will finish up with Yi Jin Jing.

Places are limited so please let me know if you would like to book a place.

Online tai chi/qigong classes still free

All online classes next week, 20-26 April, will still be free. After that they will be £3/session. Classes are listed here. Email me at taiji@ahigherporpoise.com to book a place.

Online tai chi and qigong classes

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Hope you all have a happy Easter, safe and well at home.

I'll be starting a free trial of online Zoom classes next week.

On Tuesday at 10 am will be tai chi and then Wednesday at 10 am will be qigong. The classes will be shorter than normal at about 40 minutes.

If you would like to take part let me know and I will send you the meeting code and password before the class.

All classes cancelled until further notice

Hi everyone. The prime minister has announced today that pubs, restaurants, night clubs, theatres, cinemas, gyms and leisure centres will close. In light of this I have decided that all classes will be cancelled until further notice. Stay safe and well.

Classes cancelled this week

Hi everyone

I have been down with a cold over the weekend which has turned into a cough this morning. There are a lot of bugs going around at the moment and I have no reason to believe it is Covid19, but to be on the safe side I am cancelling classes this week.