Autumn

Autumn is a time for going back to school. Summer is over and with it playing at tai chi in the park. We don't have the climate for regular outdoor sessions all year round.

The nights are getting longer and it gets darker earlier every day, which makes many of us feel sad as we miss the daylight.

Although the darker, wetter evenings can make us feel like staying at home with a cup of cocoa, a better way of dealing with seasonal blues is getting out and being active. So if you haven't been to tai chi classes for a while or are new to tai chi and thinking about starting, now is a good time to do it.

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!

Upcoming events

There are lots of good tai chi and qigong workshops coming up this month.

On Sunday 16 June Master Faye Yip will be leading a workshop on the seated version of Daoyin Yang Sheng Gong 12 Method Health Qigong in Denshaw, Oldham.

If you have been learning the tai chi kungfu fan form or would like to start, Angela Howarth will be giving a one-day workshop on section 1 in Liverpool on Saturday 22 June.

And to finish the month I will be going down to Wolverhampton for the Deyin Taijiquan Institute's annual summer camp on 29/30 June where you can choose from workshops on the 24 step form, tai chi spear form, Yang sheng tai chi stick health qigong, Sun style tai chi sword and combined 42 step tai chi.

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.

Day after World Tai Chi Day

I had a fantastic day out yesterday at the World Tai Chi Day celebration in the Festival Gardens in Liverpool. Many thanks to Angela for organising the event and Steve for letting me join his group. I'll post more pictures later when I get them.

What I did over Easter...

...was meet up with a friend to practise tai chi. We got a chance to do some pushing hands and compare traditional and modern Yang style long forms. And he took this video of me doing the fan form.