Qigong With Angela

💖 Awwww thank you, thank you, thank you! It's incredible to hear this, especially as September 10th is Teachers' Day in China, marking how the heart of a teacher extends beyond the classroom, to influence the lives of their students by sparking or rekindling a passion in life.

💗 And may I add, that it is YOU - as my students - that make Qigong and Tai Chi so special for me. Watching you grow, from your first try of a class, to fully experiencing the joy and health that Qigong and Tai Chi bring!

🥾 Out and about during the last week of the August holiday season...

🍃 Visiting the spectacular topiary and planting at Felley priory gardens . I will definitely revisit each again to see the gardens change with the seasons! 🌱🌻 🍂🌲

Discovering the heritage of Derwent Mills at Cromford Mills , and the beautiful wall paintings in St Mary's Church!

How do you like these Tree of Life earrings I picked up at Heritage Antiques in ?

And I really liked this swing seat at East Midlands Designer Outlet !

🙌 What more could you possibly ask for, from a Qigong class!

👀 STOP & LOOK 👀

Two online courses starting September!

Last chance this year to learn step-by-step Five Animals Frolics and Tendon/Muscle Strengthening Health Qigong with me!

Sign up by noon on Monday 2nd September to join us on Monday evenings or Friday afternoons...or both! What are you waiting for?!

🐘 Loving my new Gonex yoga mat carry bag! Have bag, will travel!

🧘‍♀️ But for now, enjoying some Qigong and post-run stretching in the peace of my own garden!

PS Three and a half years on, and still loving my studio by Cabin Master 💚

💖 Now I know why you keep returning to my classes...thank you so much!

🫵 As well as someone who is qualified and insured, what do you look for in a Tai Chi and Qigong instructor?

🤗 Someone welcoming
✅️ Someone precise in their instructions
🙌 Someone encouraging

🍅 By Jove she's done it! Those of you who know me well, will know I am most certainly not . So earlier this year, when I posted a picture of me with two little tomato plants donated by my neighbours, I was not confident I would be able to share a follow-up post.

🙌 Guess what, here is my first home-grown ripened tomato! This may seem like nothing to those gardeners out there, but for me this is a big thing and it makes me so happy.

🤩 My tomato plants have not grown into the traditional shape, a little misshapen, but they are bearing fruit galore, and I am looking forward to all these little green beauties when they're ripe and ready for picking!

❔️Have you found what works for your mental wellbeing?

🎰 Being outdoors? Catching some sunshine? Finding your place of calm and stillness? The list of opportunities is endless, but the winning combination is unique to you!

☯️ Maybe, like this student of mine, weekly Qigong and Tai Chi can contribute to your mental and physical health. How about adopting these practices into your lifestyle!

🧠 I know, I know, all our human brains have their limits! At my Qigong and Tai Chi classes, rest assured there will be a chance to learn a movement in detail, so that you can build on this week by week, plus the opportunity to flow through a beautiful routine from start to finish, to let go, to feel your Qi moving and reinvigorating your whole body and mind!

Come and try with me, if you haven't already experienced this Meditation In Motion! 🩷

🧭 🛟 Navigating rough seas to find an escape from difficult times? See how this student of mine finds Qigong can help her focus her mind, whilst gaining the health benefits. How about you...how does Qigong help you reset our thoughts and refresh your mind? 🧠

Thinking forwards to this Sunday which is National Parents' Day, what better way to celebrate than to play together...Tai Chi "toys" with my mum and dad! 💖

🫁 What feedback! You know, anyone can get ill, but it's all about a strong and steady recovery so we can get back to what we most enjoy doing! Delighted that Qigong can help this student of mine - both physically and mentally - in her recovery from Covid 🤗

👩‍🍳🥧 Now that's what I call a weekend with a difference! Scotch egg making and hand-pulled pork pies at The School of Artisan Food

Using fresh locally-sourced ingredients, and with expert tuition from Chef Sally, thank you for a fabulous time, I can't wait to try making these again at home!

PS I topped one of the pork pies with Stichelton, a raw milk traditional blue cheese made on the Welbeck Estate, delish!
Welbeck Estate
Stichelton Dairy

🔂 Some students learn a routine in detail with me, then are happy to self-practise at home, with the occasional follow-up lesson with me.

🔁 Others prefer to come every week, as a part of their wellbeing routine, to hone their skills, and to make progress with others in the class.

🫵Whichever way suits your style of learning, your best way of keeping up practice, you choose and I'll tailor it to your needs!

Just 1️⃣ taster session is all it takes!

Letting me guide you through the movements so that you can immediately feel the relaxing properties of Qigong and Tai Chi. Then experiencing for yourself the reinvigorated levels of energy afterwards!

What's stopping you from trying your first session of Tai Chi and Qigong?

I know how frustrating it can be to not be as active as you used to be. Time to shift the mindset to match the physical being.

How often do you hear people say "my body is falling apart"? Joking aside, let's find ways to be active that suit how our body is feeling, to help nourish, strengthen and challenge the body in the right measure. 💚

How about trying Qigong...it's gentle, all movements are in standing or chair-seated positions...we can adjust all moves to suit you. Come and see for yourself, just like this student whose discovery of Qigong changed her life!