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Tai Chi Experience with Steve Whiddett – July 19th 2025
Tai Chi Experience Workshop
£59 per person (includes welcome drink, lunch, and sweet treat)
Date: Saturday, July 19th
Location: Ash Farm
Join us for a relaxing and enriching day at Ash Farm as we introduce you to the timeless art of Tai Chi. Under the guidance of experienced local instructor Steve Whiddett, you’ll explore a series of Tai Chi exercises designed to improve both your physical and mental wellbeing.
Tai Chi, with its roots in traditional Chinese medicine, is a gentle yet effective form of exercise that promotes balance, strength, and mindfulness. During this workshop, you’ll learn essential techniques that combine hand, leg, and breath work, as well as the harmonious principles of Qigong, which together focus your mind and enhance your body’s energy flow.
The day will also include a delicious, homemade lunch served in our Ash Farm Cafe, accompanied by a welcome drink and a healthy sweet treat to round off the experience.
Whether you’re a beginner or have some prior experience, this workshop is designed to help you reconnect with your inner balance and leave feeling refreshed and centred.
Here’s a look at your Day:
10am – 11am Session one: Introduction and warm up exercises
Introduction to details of the day ….
- Describe the day
- What is Tai Chi Chuan
- Posture, breath work, relaxing and stretching
11.00 am – Break – Tea /Americano station
11.30 – 12.30 Session two: (60 minutes) – Tai Chi principles and practice. Basic exercises and hand work
- Dao yin – upper body exercises and loosening the waist
- Principles of Tai chi ‘play’, posture/movement ……
- Preparation, open and close handwork
- Hold the ball left and right – moving from the waist
- ‘Part the wild horse’s mane’ both sides and close
12.30 pm – Homemade Lunch in the cafe
1.15pm Session three: (60 minutes) Tai Chi exercises, legwork and working in pairs
- Dao Yin – upper body and forward stretching
- Turning left and right and shifting weight to each side
- Stepping
- Two-person work – Sticking hands practice
2.15pm – Break – americano/tea and sweet treat
2.45pm Session four: (45 minutes) Tai Chi movement, warm down and close of the day
- Putting steps and moves together
- Opening
- Part the wild horse’s mane, left and right
- Warm down – stretches, massage
- Close with questions
Finish at 3.30pm
About Steve Whiddett…
Steve is local to us at Ash Farm, and is a highly experienced tutor who has studied Tai Chi for more than 30 years in the UK, China and the USA. Steve trained and qualified as a senior coach with the Wu Kung Federation (a member of the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts) and has been teaching Tai Chi Chuan for over 25 years! You will be well looked after under Steve’s calm guidance and expertise, and with our spacious studio at your disposal, you are sure to be immersed in these eye-opening practices and philosophies to enhance your state of mind and physicality.
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Janet Milne (verified owner) –
Excellent Day experience, Steve was excellent in explaining moves and benefits, very relaxing and the Sian’s cooking and dishes were exceptional. Delightful surroundings and a first class experience.
Shirley Cox (verified owner) –
Wow….what a brilliantly organised and well executed workshop.
The warm welcome from Sian put everyone at ease and her sweet treats and fabulous soups, along with warm drinks certainly put a smile on everyone’s face (and probably an inch on our waistlines!)
Steve was brilliant in his delivery of knowledge in Tai Chi, and also a very patient teacher.
A thoroughly enjoyable day topped off with seeing the beautiful alpacas.
A highly recommended experience…..thank you.
Ellen Picton –
A lovely relaxing day and a very detailed insight into Tai chi, amazing food as always and a stunning peaceful setting.
Karen (verified owner) –
What a wonderful day! A fabulous introduction to Tai Chi with Steve and amazing food from Sian…..lovely people in a beautiful place! Thank you so much….
Donna (verified owner) –
A really well organised day in a lovely place. Steve was an excellent teacher. He paced the sessions well and explained and
demonstrated everything clearly and
methodically. We were made to feel so welcome by everyone and Sian’s lunch and treats were absolutely delicious. Thank you.
Moira (verified owner) –
Another great workshop at Sian’s with delicious food. Steve was a very good teacher of tai chi and I’m sure his 12 week class will be very successful.