Taiji has brought my life into balance.

Taiji is now and always has been a martial art, but don’t let this put you off .

In addition it has so many other facets which will remain hidden unless you are prepared to throw away your preconceptions and open your mind.

How can you know what is on the other side of a door unless you open it and at the least look through to the other side. You can be taught the moves and the alignment but that is only the beginning. Who knows what you may find if you look.

You will almost certainly not find the same as the person standing next to you but you are not that person - you are your own person with our own path to travel and Taiji is a great place to begin.

So open your mind and have a try - you may be as pleasantly surprised as I was and who knows where that could lead.

Rena is a Senior Instructor within the School.