GP Referral Scheme - Lambeth Council

As part of Lambeth Council’s Healthy Lifestyles GP referral Scheme, South London Taichi runs weekly classes:  Syllabus generally contains: Balance Improvement movements and seated meditation, T’ai Chi Walk, partner work and selection of movements from T’ai Chi Short Form. All movements are carefully chosen to cater for people with medical conditions. 

Thursdays, 14.00-15.30, Ferndale Community Sports Centre - Nursery Road, Brixton, SW9 8PB

For eligibility and further information contact: Andrea Kesler, Healthy Lifestyles Co-ordinator at London Borough of Lambeth on: 020 7926 0761 or

WORKPLACE

South London T’ai Chi works directly with employers to look at developing a weekly or lunch time programme of T’ai Chi in their workplace.

Definition of Stress
Stress is to refuse to accept a circumstance in your life for which you have no control, stress is measured by the amount of energy that you invest resisting those circumstances. Stress is to waste energy attempting with your thoughts and feelings to change a person, an event or a circumstance surrounding you. The trick to avoid stress is to realise that no amount of effort can ever change the circumstances while they are happening to you, no matter how bad, do not oppose, live the moment instead, accept and feel what is occurring “Source Unknown”.

T’ai Chi is well regarded to combat stress “Meditation in Motion”. Stress is perhaps one of the most serious problems facing us today, stress concerned with economical down turn, political uncertainty, job, home life, organising daily activities and above all managing relationships and contradictions in life. 

* Stress costs UK industry 3.7 billion pounds each year
* Affects one in five of the working population
* It is now the single biggest cause of sickness absence in the UK
Statistics from: Stress Management Society

A number of companies are now integrating the powerful health and personal growth tools of T’ai Chi and other alternative therapies into the workplace to help to combat stress at work.

South London T’ai Chi has completed a short introductory course for corporate company “Black Sun PLC” employees in Fulham, South West London November 2009 - January 2010.

“We cannot solve the problems we have created with the same thinking that created them” Albert Einstein

PRIVATE TUITION FOR BUSY PROFESSIONALS

Intensive private tuition can be provided to suit your time on agreed premises.

These sessions offers comprehensive and graduated tuition in T’ai Chi Ch’uan.; including Qigong, Warm up, Meditation, Pushing Hands, Spirals (silk-reeling), Professor Cheng Man-ch’ing’s Yang style Short Form, Yang Chengfu’s traditional Long Form and Ta Lu.

Should you be interested or have any queries please contact:  Mobile: 07932 671 258 or E-mail:

Qi Gong / T’ai Chi Seated Exercises

In South London T’ai Chi, we have developed a series on one hour Chair Based Qigong / T’ai Chi session for people with a range of physical mobility needs.
These classes contain; Qigong and T’ai Chi movements combined with meditation while one is seated. These movements are carefully chosen to stimulate the various points/organs in the body. 

South London T’aichi has been running T’ai chi and Qigong sessions for the elderly sisters of The Society of The Sacred Heart Since 2008 .  An hour weekly exercise has been offered to cater for for sisters unable to stand or using wheelchairs as well as other sisters.  Cheng Man-ch’ing’s Short Form is also taught to those with greater mobility.

T’ai Chi for Mature People

This programme used to run as part of the Wandsworth Council’s Active Lifestyles 50+ Programme, which was dedicated to promoting and encouraging physical activity and exercise amongst over 50s in Wandsworth. These weekly classes now run in collaboration between the Katherine Low Settlement and South London Taichi.

The class syllabus includes: Warm up and Meditation exercises, Partner Work and the Yang style Cheng Man-ch’ing’s Short Form.

This class is open to all over 50 years of age with mixed abilities and subsidised by the Katherine Low Settlement as part of their service to the community. The cost of the class is 3.50 per session.

Thursdays, 10.15am - 11.30am, Katherine Low Settlement, 108 Battersea High Street, London, SW11 3HP.

Wandsworth Council runs other physical activity and exercise sessions. For more information contact the Active Lifestyles Team at Wandsworth Council on: (020) 8871 6373.