Tai Chi for Wellbeing
A welcoming Yang-style Tai Chi class for mindful movement,
balance, mobility, and a more present way of meeting life.
What is Tai Chi
Tai Chi is formally known as Tai Ji Quan in Chinese. Quan means the fist and Tai Ji (chi) is the philosophic symbol in Daoism that gives rise to Ying and Yang. Together, it means the Gong Fu form inspired by Daoism. Tai Chi is one of the best-known internal martial arts, with a long and rich tradition. It commonly has five famous variations outside the monastery, one of them is Yang-Style, which is what I teach.
I teach Tai Chi as a non-combat practice, so this is not a self-defence or combat training class. It remains rooted in the genuine foundations of traditional Yang-style Tai Chi. That matters to me. It means the practice is a real introduction to the art through its essential principles: posture, alignment, coordination, grounding, awareness, and movement.
For some students, that foundation is valuable purely for wellbeing. For others, it is also a foundational training into the wider tradition of Tai Chi, even without any prior martial background.
Classes
In my Tai Chi for Wellbeing classes, the practice is approached as something both grounding and enlivening: a way to move with more awareness, to learn through the body, and to explore a rich tradition in an accessible and welcoming setting. For some, the draw is wellbeing. For others, it is curiosity. Often, it becomes both.
Tai Chi practice carries oceans of quiet depth and mountains of enjoyment.
Available in London Bridge and Greenwich. Private class with personalised instructions.
Public class coming soon
My teaching approach
The Tai Chi I teach is from the traditional Yang-style lineage, with an emphasis on accessibility, mindfulness, and foundations for internal martial art.
My intention is to offer a class that honours the depth of Tai Chi while remaining open, enjoyable, and relevant to everyday life — whether the interest is wellbeing, movement, curiosity, or the wish to begin exploring the wider art.
Wellbeing classes follow the traditional teaching of Yang-style Tai Chi, while offering a slower and more accessible learning curve. The aim is to teach it in a way that allows people to build confidence and understanding step by step. This makes the class open to beginners, to those returning to movement, and to people who are simply curious to try something that is both gentle and substantial.
The teaching includes all foundational training for Traditional Yang-Style Tai Chi. Through these practices, students realises benefits of movement flexibility, mindfulness and physical wellbeing:
Yang-Style Tai Chi: Qi Going set 1 (standing meditation)
Yang-Style Tai Chi foundational form (short form)
Traditntal Yang-Style Tai Chi form (long form)
Applications of the forms in non-combat drills.
Qi and its cultivation, control and projection in Tai Chi
Grounding, rooting and structure stability.
A practice for everyday life
Tai Chi can support wellbeing in practical ways. With regular practice, many people notice benefits in mobility, balance, joint health, coordination, and general body awareness. Research has also explored Tai Chi in relation to stress reduction, fall prevention, and overall wellbeing.
Alongside these physical and mental benefits, there is often another quality that begins to develop: a more spacious and steady way of meeting everyday life.
This is one of the reasons I value the practice so much. It is gentle, but it is not passive. It asks for attention, consistency, and participation — and in return, it offers depth.
A social and welcoming class space
These classes are not only about individual wellbeing. They are also shared practice spaces.
I want the class environment to feel safe, welcoming, and enjoyable — somewhere people can explore mindful movement in company with others, learn at a steady pace, and simply enjoy the process of practising together.
For many people, that social element becomes part of what makes the class valuable.