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A beginner’s perspective on practicing alone

A beginner’s perspective on practicing alone

Scott started his Taoist Tai Chi journey with a beginners weekend last year. When classes were suspended earlier this year due to COVID-19,  he initially thought he was craving further instruction, and missing doing the set as part of a group. “Taoist Tai Chi® arts have become a pretty big part of my life in […]
Chanting at 2 am – ‘I was transported to another world’

Chanting at 2 am – ‘I was transported to another world’

New Zealand has been in a strict lockdown for a month – some participants have shared photos and reflections on their Taoist Tai Chi practice during this time. “At 2.00 am on Sunday morning (New Zealand time) I was fortunate and honoured to tune into the chanting organised by Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism […]
Field testing our new banner in Brisbane shopping centre

Field testing our new banner in Brisbane shopping centre

Participants from the Brisbane branch in Australia took our new banner promoting classes to a local shopping centre. The eye catching banner gave us the opportunity to talk to shoppers about the many benefits of practising Taoist Tai ChiTM Arts and invite them to join a beginning class in their area.  
Do you want to change?

Do you want to change?

“You enter the Taoist training through the body.” Participants worked hard on finding the feeling and the stillness as the leader of a five-day International Retreat in Perth helped us to go deeper in our Taoist Tai Chi ® practice. We began each day with chanting at the Shrine – and an intention to work […]
All Souls Festival 2019

All Souls Festival 2019

Master Moy taught us to honor the living and the dead, to promote cultural exchange, and to help others. The All Souls Festivals of 2019 has given the opportunity to express all of these aims. Around the world, participants gathered to engage in something greater than themselves. We chanted, prepared plaques honoring the deceased, folded […]
International Programme, Gatton, Queensland

International Programme, Gatton, Queensland

That great Australian expression “No worries” came into its own during the International Programme held at the University of Queensland Gatton campus from 17 – 21 July 2019. More than 230 members from across Australia, New Zealand and the US enjoyed a residential retreat in peaceful rural surrounds that are just perfect for ‘letting go’. […]
Mayor visits Bayswater National Centre

Mayor visits Bayswater National Centre

Yesterday the Bayswater Mayor Dan Bull dropped by to see our National Centre and enjoy lunch with 135 of our Taoist Tai Chi workshop participants. During a tour of the centre he was introduced to the finer points of the Taoist shrine, and saw a demonstration of Taoist Tai Chi® arts.  
Getting the bigger picture!

Getting the bigger picture!

There was a sense of great excitement around the National Centre at Bayswater, Australia as 141 participants from the new Perth Branch gathered to attend their first “welcome to continuing” session. The Perth Branch was recently formed by amalgamating 5 branches and 13 locations around the Perth city area. Participants from each of the locations […]
Volunteer Weekend at the National Centre in Bayswater, Australia

Volunteer Weekend at the National Centre in Bayswater, Australia

The National Centre in Bayswater was a hive of activity across the weekend of September 23 and 24, 2017. The centre got a head-to-toe spring clean. Members were popping in and out both days, volunteering their time to assist with rehanging, cleaning, clearing, and preparing surfaces for painting the guest bedrooms. On Saturday afternoon Peter […]
National Workshop in Canberra, Australia

National Workshop in Canberra, Australia

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) branch of the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Australia had good reason to smile on Saturday 29th April when 82 members from Canberra, Perth, Sydney and Adelaide joined together to celebrate ACT’s 25th anniversary at a national workshop.  A high tea, delightfully prepared by local members with an abundance of treats […]
National Instructors’ Workshop in Adelaide, Australia

National Instructors’ Workshop in Adelaide, Australia

There were 82 participants from around Australia who gathered in Adelaide the first weekend in May for a national instructors’ workshop to explore substance and sensitivity.  Some participants had only begun practising Taoist Tai Chi® arts a short six weeks earlier.  Here are comments from only the first day of the event: Supportive and friendly, […]
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