Classes
Some 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 | 8pm | 9pm | VIRTUAL | |
| Wednesday | Women's Tai Chi | 10am | 11am | Pimp Hall Nature Reserve (weather dependent) Click to open Google map |
| 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 | Lloyd Park (weather dependent) |
| Yin Yoga & Mindfulness Mediation with Sarah (donation) | 7pm | 8.15pm | VIRTUAL (non Dao Lu) |
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| Saturday | Joe's Fitness | 11am | 12noon | VIRTUAL |
| Sunday | Senior Tai Chi Corner Level 3 (intermediate - 3rd and Yang forms) | 9.30am | 11am | Lloyd Park (weather dependent) |
| Beginners' Tai Chi Corner Level 2 (beginners - 1st and 2nd forms) | 11.30am | 12.30pm | Lloyd Park (weather dependent) |
Virtual Café
| Saturday | 17th April | 12:30 - 1:30pm | Wellbeing (Mudra science) - Shephali |
| Saturday | 1st May | 12:30 - 1:30pm | Book club/review - hosted by Sankofa |
| Saturday | 8th May | 7pm | Qi Gong video evening with Belinda #3 |
| Saturday | 22nd May | 12:30 - 1:30pm | Drawings / art - Ann Korner + other artists latest work |
| Friday | 4th June | 11:45am - 12:30 | Covid-19 ICU ward front line info other Covid-19 volunteering work Ewa/Belinda/Sankoka + others |
| Saturday | 26th June | 7pm | Qi Gong video evening with Belinda #4 |
Specials!
| Sundays | Board Games with Marilyn | 4pm - 5.30pm | 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
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
