Tai Chi
Bishop's Castle Shropshire
Weekly Tai Chi Course starting 14
January is now fully booked. Please email me to register
your interest in my next set of classes starting in June
2026.
A
10-week Tai Chi course for beginners in Bishop's
Castle! Discover the benefits of these gentle
exercises from an ancient Chinese tradition that
have so much relevance and can really help you relax
in today's hectic world (you need to be over 18).Email me if you
have any questions and to register your
interest
What you'll be learning
I teach a short
form of the Yang style Tai Chi of Yang Chen Fu, as
taught to me by my teacher Paul Cavel.
This is an ideal Tai Chi for beginners, designed
to open up the body and move smoothly through the
form with relaxation, balance and circularity - it
is a truly beautiful and beneficial thing to be
able to do!
Benefits of Tai Chi
Research by Harvard
Medical School indicates that Tai Chi is
beneficial for the heart, nerves, muscles and bones,
as well as the mind and the immune system. It can also
benefit your proprioception, flexibility and balance,
helping to reduce the risk of falls in older people.
Tai Chi can reduce stress, and it’s even suggested
that it can enhance your productivity, your creativity
and your sports performance. Recently, the BMJ
published a study
into the benefits of Tai Chi for treating
insomnia. And those are just a few of the benefits of
Tai Chi and Qigong that Taoist masters have known
about for hundreds or thousands of years.All these benefits and more don’t come just from attending a class once a week. There, you will start by learning the outer form before going deeper into Tai Chi. However, most importantly, to benefit and enjoy your Tai Chi, you need to establish a personal daily practice, a time for you that you can look forward to every day. Daily practice helps you learn and embody the movements of the form, so you are ready to move on in the form at your next weekly class. Practising every day, even if just for a short time, will also help you re-educate your body to move without stress and strain as you evolve your movement to be softer and more circular, relaxing your muscles rather than tensing them, getting your mind into your body, and softening the action of your joints.
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in Craven Arms
Bishop's Castle is an ancient market town close to the Welsh / English border between Shropshire and Powys.
I welcome people attending these Tai Chi classes from all the surrounding towns and villages, such as Church Stoke, Craven Arms, Montgomery, Chirbury, Newtown, Clun, Knighton, Lydbury North, Church Stretton and more. Just send me an email if you have any questions or to register your interest
Bishop's Castle is an ancient market town close to the Welsh / English border between Shropshire and Powys.
I welcome people attending these Tai Chi classes from all the surrounding towns and villages, such as Church Stoke, Craven Arms, Montgomery, Chirbury, Newtown, Clun, Knighton, Lydbury North, Church Stretton and more. Just send me an email if you have any questions or to register your interest