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Debbie has been practising T’ai chi for nearly 5 years and wishes she had discovered it many years earlier.  She practises Chen and Yang style T’ai chi for health rather than as a martial art and is a member for the Chinese Internal Arts Association, which is affiliated to the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts and the Tai Chi Union of Great Britain. After a career in nursing and health care management, Debbie started teaching T’ai chi  18 months ago.

She has recently completed the City and Guilds certificate 7407 in Teaching Adults part 1.  She is part way through the T’ai chi instructors course run by the CIAA.

Debbie lives in Kidmore End with partner James and daughter Rebecca.  Debbie’s other great love in life is pottery.

Tai Chi Chuan ( Taijiquan) is translated as The Grand Ultimate Boxing, and is one of the Chinese internal martial arts. The most known and popular aspect of Tai Chi Chuan is the form, a flowing sequence of movement that harmonises the physical, mental and spiritual self to cultivate the internal energy, or Chi. It does not require any specialist equipment, diet or way of life. The unhurried movements are made with a calm concentration, which is why the practice of a form is often described as a meditation in movement. The benefits of practice are multiple, and include on the physical level, improved posture, a greater flexibility, and enhanced poise and gracefulness in movement. Mentally, even after a fairly short period of practice, there is relief of stress and tension, improved concentration and clarity of thought. Collectively, these benefits open the potential for preventing and healing both mind and body of particular disorders.