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Living in Melbourne, we are certainly lucky to have an amazing selection of parks and reserves that we can use and enjoy. Whether it is to ride our bikes, walk our dogs or just enjoy nature. The recent upgrade of Jocelyn Reserve in East Doncaster was a special reason for celebration, so Manningham Council held…

Our recent Philosophy Q&A afternoon on the 1st of June saw Grand Master Eng Chor once again delight his audience with insightful pearls of wisdom about Tai Chi and Qigong, their origins and benefits, applications and styles and much more.  As always, these sessions help in giving great knowledge on this ancient exercise as we…

On Saturday 27 April at Central Park in Malvern, nearly 40 participants came together to celebrate World Tai Chi and Qigong Day. This special day is celebrated across the world to share our enjoyment and appreciation of the health benefits of doing Tai Chi and Qigong. It was wonderful to see our current students and…

Over 30 enthusiastic students attended a very interesting workshop on Six Healing Sounds (Liù zì jué qìgōng) or Six Word Formula, on Saturday 6 April 2019. I was quite eager to attend as I’d never heard of this form of Qigong, and I’d never experienced a type of Qigong that combined movement AND vocal sounds…

Shark Fin House in Chinatown provided the ideal venue for the annual College Banquet on 25 November, 2018. The focus of the banquet was on the food and social interaction of all of the 135 participants who were lucky to attend (sorry for those on the waiting list, but better luck for the next one).…

In December 2018 we lost our much loved and respected senior instructor, Margie Brett. Margie has been with Celestial Tai Chi College since 1996. She has run the Moonee Ponds centre since 2005 and it seems like she’s been a senior instructor forever. She was such a natural leader; the role of senior instructor just…