Classes
All classes are currently virtual (see timetable below).
Our virtual classes use Zoom. Please download the “ZOOM Cloud Meetings” app from the App Store or Google Play, or zoom.us/download for laptops.
Start the app, and use the meeting number:
918 735 2527
(contact us if you need the password)
Read more on setting up and participating in Zoom meetings here.
Timetable
This table of classes will be updated as soon as we hear of changes.
| Day | Name | Start | End | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Tai Chi for Health (beginners) | 5.30pm | 6.30pm | VIRTUAL |
| Joe's Stretches (donation) | 7pm | 8pm | VIRTUAL | |
| Tuesday | Women's Tai Chi Breeze | 6pm | 7pm | VIRTUAL |
| Unwind with Itricia 16th Feb moved to Saturday 20th Feb. | 8pm | 9pm | VIRTUAL | |
| Wednesday | Women's Tai Chi | 10am | 11am | VIRTUAL |
| Joe's Fitness (donation) | 4pm | 5pm | VIRTUAL | |
| Tai Chi for Beginners Level 1 (beginners - 1st form and Qi Gong) | 5.30pm | 6.30pm | VIRTUAL | |
| Thursday | Tai Chi in Higham Hill Level 4 (advanced - 56 step form) | 5.30pm | 6.30pm | VIRTUAL |
| Tai Chi for Health | 6.30pm | 7.30pm | VIRTUAL | |
| Friday | Women's Tai Chi Corner | 10am | 11.30am | VIRTUAL |
| Zumba with Chloe (donation) Trial classes February 2021 Details here 26th Feb cancelled and rescheduled to 5th March | 5pm | 5.45pm | VIRTUAL (non Dao Lu) |
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| Yin Yoga & Mindfulness Mediation with Sarah (donation) | 7pm | 8.15pm | VIRTUAL (non Dao Lu) |
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| Saturday | Qi Gong & Tai Chi Silk with Marianne (guest instructor from York) 16th Jan - 6th March 2021 27th Feb - combined into CNY/awards | 9.45am | 10.45am | VIRTUAL |
| Chinese New Year and Awards Event on 27th Feb. See specials below for programme. | 09.45am | 11am | VIRTUAL | |
| Joe's Fitness | 11am | 12noon | VIRTUAL | |
| Sunday | Senior Tai Chi Corner Level 3 (intermediate - 3rd and Yang forms) | 9.30am | 11am | VIRTUAL |
| Beginners' Tai Chi Corner Level 2 (beginners - 1st and 2nd forms) | 11.30am | 12.30pm | VIRTUAL |
Virtual Café
| Friday | 11:45am - 12:30 | 19th February | Chinese New Year by Jin Jie |
Specials!
| Sundays | Board Games with Marilyn | 4pm - 5.30pm | VIRTUAL |
| Saturday 27th Feb | Chinese New Year and Dao Lu Awards Event Provisional programme: 9.45-10.00 Arrival / Virtual chat room / hello / showing CNY deco in each student's Zoom background (Sankofa) 10.00-10.10 Warm up (Marianne) + Welcome (Aileen) 10.10-10.15 Drum (Itricia) + Looking back / Awards (first batch) - Sankofa 10.15-10.30 Instructors performance - 5 teachers 10.30-10.45 Together Tai Chi - everyone - 4 Qi Gong movements - Marianne - Chen First Form - Aaron - Tai Chi Kung Fu Fan (first and second Duan/Segment) - Aileen 10.45-10.50 Awards (second batch, Sankofa) + Jin Jie's dance 10.50-11.00 Close + Party/Feel Good music / everyone dance little bit (Joe) + toilet break / leading to Joe's fitness class at 11am | 09.45 - 11am | VIRTUAL |
Monthly Tai Chi Forms Workshops
| No forms workshops booked at the moment |
Donation classes
Donations are entirely optional and anonymous – feel free to join in if you can’t afford to donate easily. Please donate using online banking (see Join Dao Lu) with references as below:
- Joe’s Fitness: suggested donation £5 per week (either or both classes) with reference JOES FITNESS so we can pass donations onto him. Feedback form for Joe’s Fitness
- Yoga with Sarah: direct donation (not to Dao Lu), details on request
- Zumba with Chloe: suggested donation £5 per session, direct donation (not to Dao Lu), see details here
Virtual class requirements
- You must be well enough to take part in your home
- Participation is at your own risk
- You must have a quiet area suitable for Tai Chi training – enough space around, suitable (non-slip) flooring and a solid chair for balance if required
- Please be aware that classes may be recorded
Physical class requirements for Covid-19
Our physical classes are in line with government guidance. Organised sport and exercise is exempt from the “rule of 6”. Please see our page on Current Goverment Guidance.
- Social distancing (2m) at all times
- Carry your own hand-sanitiser – clean hands on arrival and departure
- Use your own equipment such as fan (do not share)
- Let the instructor know your access needs and/or health issues (particularly new students and/or regular students who had a change in circumstances)
- If unwell, do not attend physical classes
- If feeling unwell during a class, please let the instructor know and leave for home immediately to rest / self-isolate
- Bring water, sun hat and cream if hot, and stay in shady spot
- Train within the allocated area
- A register of attendee’s names will be taken at each session. Dao Lu has other contact information
- If wet, classes will be virtual
