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…

Tai Chi could cut risk of falls by a fifth

Oxford University in the UK and University of Sydney have completed an interesting study that demonstrates how Tai Chi can reduce the rate of falls by 19 per cent in the elderly population compared to those who do no exercise. The key element is that Tai Chi focuses on improving balance to enhance the quality…

2019 Six Healing Sounds Qigong Workshop

Celestial Tai Chi College is delighted to continue with Qigong workshops on Saturday 6 April, teaching one of the four major Qigong forms, recognised by the Chinese Health Qigong Association, Six Healing Sounds Qigong (Liù zì jué qìgōng) or Six Word Formula. You can join in even if you haven’t done the previous forms as…

New College clothing

We wish to announce a new option to obtain Celestial Tai Chi College (CTCC) branded clothing. This process will be managed by Senior Instructor Yvonne (contact details at bottom). We have made arrangements with a supplier to provide a range of clothing embroided with the CTCC logo. We also have an option to have 'bring-your-own'…

Trekking in Nepal

“Look, that is Mt Everest” our Sherpa AD coolly pointed to a distant snow capped mountain peak amongst a couple of other similarly snow capped peaks. I, along with 11 other trekkers from Malaysia and Australia looked excitedly towards the direction where AD was pointing. It is difficult to describe how I felt at that…

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