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Our consultancy of qualified counsellors / therapists
can provide for you the following professional services:
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Tai Chi
Classes
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What is Tai Chi? (Great Internal Energy)
Tai Chi is a soft martial art (originally) used for Self-Defence.
Today, most people practice it for the great health benefits it has to
offer and for self and spiritual development.
The central part of any Tai Chi system is the FORM - this is a single
person, empty-handed series of continuous, smooth, circular, precise,
flowing movements. There are many different styles of the Form.
The term SOFT in Tai Chi means that during training there is no tension in
the muscles or mind, this allow for greater ease of movement which
strengthens and mobilises joints and muscles, improving physical fitness,
this in turn increases the circulation of blood and energy (Chi) around
the body which produces a state of relaxation and calm. These
aspects of Tai Chi have made it attractive to many people as a type of
stress release exercise.
Tai Chi balances you energy, which connects with both mind and the body,
harmonizing them both.
"Be as still as a mountain and flow like a river."
(Anon).
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Chi Kung
(Cultivation of the vital energy)
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Chi Kung means exercises that work with energy. These
exercises can be either active or passive. Chi Kung is excellent for
aiding relaxation at any time, day or night; and in helping the body
unwind from a busy schedule.
Chi Kung compliments Tai Chi practice - Chi Kung is usually practiced
before a Tai Chi training session as a warm up and afterwards as a cool
down (settling), but it can also be performed independently, and use for
healing purposes by Advanced Practitioners.
It is moulding the Body's energy in Chi Kung that strength to practice Tai
Chi energies - it aims to instil deep natural breathing and to Focus and
Balance the mind.
Most commonly students begin with a combination of Chi Kung and Tai
Chi. Feeling the benefits of Tai Chi and Chi Kung is a gradual
process.
- Calm, regular breathing
- Slow, gentle movement
- Mental focus
- Inner stillness
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Enquiries |
If you are interested in any of these
professional services - either on a personal or group basis or if you have an
arranged venue - please contact Sean Bradley at:
Sean Bradley
Therapeutic Pathways Consultancy
Chapel Gap
Storth
Milnthorpe
Cumbria
LA7 7JL
United Kingdom
Email:
seansacademy@aol.com
Tel:
+44 1524 762292 / +44 7808 212387
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