Welcome to Tai Chi Ireland

Jan Golden practices Tai Chi in Yangshuo

In a time of ecological degradation and material excess, we humans suffer from chronic illness, fatigue and stress as well as unprecedented depressions, addictions and suicides. Any key to getting better is to start first on your internal environment. Tai Chi Ireland offers the most detailed, most comprehensive tuition in the powerful, life-changing movement and mind arts of Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Ba Gua and Meditation in Ireland. With 20 years experience working with some of the world’s leading masters in their respective fields, Jan Golden and his instructors can offer you an eye-opening education in body awareness, movement and mindfulness.

 

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Rent the Studio

Our beautiful studio is for hire during the day and for most weekends.
With a warm bamboo floor and teak mirrors, flooded with sunlight,
the studio is a wonderful place to learn yoga, pilates, or any other discipline.

 

Read our Blog

Sturm und Drang

Nietzsche

” In individual moments we all know how the most elaborate arrangements of our life are made only so as to flee from the tasks we actually ought to be performing, how we would like to hide our head somewhere … Read More »

Ataraxia

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There are really only 2 kinds of addiction: I want it, I don’t want it. However, the roots of I Want It may not dwell solely in the dark bowels of childhood exposure or some Damascene Teen Epiphany.

Sugar, Salt, … Read More »

Perfect makes Practice

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One of my teachers of yore used to say that his teacher used to say to him, ” Practise like you were doing it perfectly” and ” What you practise, you become”.

Given his propensity for Pinocchio Quantum Speechifying, we’re … Read More »

A Word from our Students

Fiona Byrne

“I have come to define my weekly Chi Gung class as my Serenity Hour. Simply because I emerge a calmer me. Restored.
Jan¹s classes are informative and educative all the while delivered with personality, integrity and speckles of his innate … Read More »

Ian Harkin

Ian Harkin

Ten years of Tai Chi with Jan and Tai Chi Ireland

 “I first took Tai Chi lessons with Jan Golden in spring of 1999, in Westwood Gym, we tore through the Wu style short form in an amazing six weeks … Read More »

Mairead Hennessy

“From time to time I join my husband as pillion passenger on his motorbike. As it’s not a regular occurrence, very quickly my legs used to get really tired from being in the same position. I assumed this was normal … Read More »