Tai Chi: Energy Work for Healing and Development

After having taught Tai Chi in the traditional class-format for almost 20 years, I recently developed a selection of sequences and moving meditations that can support you on your healing and development journey in a very targeted way. For example, there are sequences that enable you to:

• raise your energy or calm it down
• explore where you give your energy away and how you can take it back
• guard and protect your space in a peaceful manner
• balance and harmonise energy in all your body parts
• explore Yin and Yang aspects of energy, which allow you to move from a hard and fast to a soft and flowing approach. This is useful for situations where you feel a bit stuck or caught up in a conflict.
• learn how to shape-shift (using Shaolin animal styles), which will allow you to change your emotions. For example, you can shift from feeling like a focused, assertive Cobra to feeling like a playful Butterfly (or the other way round).  
• energise the space around you; if your home feels a bit flat - you can use specific Tai Chi moves to revive it.
• explore the Great Mystery by visiting the deepest place within yourself and the universe - the place between the Yin and Yang. The place of deep silence.

What is Tai Chi?

Tai Chi Chuan is a Chinese martial art and moving meditation, that uses gentle, flowing movements to balance inner energy (called Chi). It has mental, emotional and physical benefits, such as increased agility, stress release, self-confidence and mindfulness. It also has a spiritual side; using movement and energy work to connect yourself to your essence, to who you really are. ​

The Shaolin style of Tai Chi Chuan is a bit 'harder' than some other traditions. Some of our moves may look almost like 'slow motion Kung Fu', others are clearly a moving meditation. Every single move in our system has a  a health and a martial arts application. For example, lifting your arms in a certain way may strengthen some muscles and massage the glands. At the same time, it also could serve as a blocking motion for an incoming strike. The core goal is always building and balancing your energy, so that you can live a healthier and happier life. Read more on our Tai Chi website: http://www.vitalityleap.com/shaolin.html

You will benefit from these sessions if ...

• You have always wanted to learn tai chi, but your schedule or circumstances do not allow you to attend classes
• You would like to meditate but can't sit still
• Balancing  your energies is one of your challenges, you are always 'low' or 'high'
• You are on a healing journey and want to access your physical intelligence
• You are going through a life change or challenge, and need some extra 'power' to make it through
• You feel stressed or anxious and look for a simple way to release tension
• You practice a 'hard' martial art, such as Karate or Kung Fu, and would like to explore a more internal style and the corresponding energy work.