2019 Art-Flow-Plant at Jocelyn Reserve

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…

TaiChi & Qigong Master Class

With Senior Master Chin Min Lian Don't miss this opportunity to work with Senior Master Chin Min Lian to advance your Tai Chi and Qigong and acquire skills for healthy living. Highlights of the workshop: Introducing: Wu Qin Xi Qigong (Five Animals Qigong) Ba Duan Jin Qigong (Eight Golden Treasure Qigong) Yi Jin Jing Qigong…

Can Tai Chi stop frailty?

We consider it acceptable becoming frail as we get older. Frailty is associated with a lower quality of life and a higher risk of falls leading to hospitalisation and institutionalisation. But is this preventable or even reversible? Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, has recently published the results of their research on frailty in populations across…

What I have learnt on my Tai Chi journey

How time flies. It has been nearly 9 years since I started my Tai Chi. I have enjoyed it and benefited from it. It has been a slow learning curve but the journey continues. Starting initially as a novice, there is always the temptation to want to learn more and more. There are different School…

From powerlifting to Tai Chi

I have only been a student of Tai Chi since the start of this year, under the guidance of Joy Muir at the Moonee Ponds branch. Joy asked if I would consider writing an article regarding my experiences so far and I feel it appropriate to offer a bit of my background to give some…

2019 Wild Goose Qigong Workshop

Grand Master Eng Chor Khor will present and teach you Part 1 of 64 movements of Wild Goose (or Dayan) Qigong. He will also answer your questions about Tai Chi. Dayan Qigong or Dayan Yangsheng Gong is a health exercise system which helps to improve people’s quality of life. It originated around 200 Common Era…

2019 World Tai Chi and Qigong Day

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…

2019 Six Healing Sounds Qigong Workshop

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…

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