Tai Chi in Lewes - Calm, Balance and Better Movement
If you’re looking for a calm, structured way to improve balance, posture, and ease of movement, Tai Chi offers a steady and accessible starting point.
At the Tai Chi School of Central Equilibrium, classes are taught step by step in a supportive, non-pressured environment. You don’t need prior experience, fitness, or flexibility to begin.
If you’re new to Tai Chi, the best place to start is the beginners’ course below.
A Clear Starting Point for Beginners
Many people arrive wanting better balance, better posture, or a calmer way to move through daily life. Others come because they’re stressed, recovering from burnout, or looking for a physical practice that is gentle but genuinely grounding.
Tai Chi supports these aims through a clear process: releasing unnecessary tension, improving whole-body connection, and learning to move with stability and ease.
Beginners start with the Kickstarter Tai Chi block, a structured introduction that builds confidence before moving into ongoing weekly classes.
👉 View Beginner Tai Chi Classes
What You’ll Learn Over Time
Tai Chi is not about memorising shapes or performing well. It’s about learning how your body organises itself in movement.
Students gradually learn to:
release tension and unnecessary effort
improve balance and posture
develop calm, coordinated movement
move with greater clarity and connection
To understand the ideas behind this process in more depth, you can explore the principles here:
👉 Tai Chi Principles
Watch: Grasp Sparrow’s Tail
A short demonstration of one of the foundational sequences in the 37-step form, expressing Peng, Lü, Ji, and An with clarity, softness, and internal connection.
This clip shows the qualities cultivated in class: rootedness, elasticity, and calm, connected movement.
This clip shows exactly the qualities we cultivate in class: rootedness, elasticity and calm, connected movement.
A System Built on Experience, Not Performance
I teach the Yang-style 37-step form in the lineages of Cheng Man-Ching and Huang Sheng-Shyan, with an emphasis on ease, grounding, and internal connection rather than external appearance.
Movements are introduced progressively so students can feel how their body responds, rather than copying shapes or trying to “get it right.”
If you’re interested in the deeper context behind the practice, you may enjoy the articles here:
👉 Tai Chi Insights
For Beginners and Continuing Students Alike
Whether you’re completely new or returning after a break, the teaching structure adapts to where you are. Beginners can start with the Kickstarter Tai Chi block, while continuing students deepen their understanding of the 37-form and partner work through weekly sessions.
Learn more about the approach and class atmosphere here:
👉 About the Classes
Advanced students learn to connect movement, breath and intention in a way that builds stability, clarity and resilience. Partner work (fixed patterns, sensing hands, and free pushing) is introduced gradually once the foundations are in place.
Classes for Beginners and Continuing Students
Teaching is structured to meet students where they are.
Beginners start with the Kickstarter Tai Chi block
Continuing students deepen their understanding of the 37-step form and partner work
More advanced training integrates movement, breath, intention, and structured partner practice
You can learn more about the class structure and atmosphere here:
👉 About the Classes
A Calm, Supportive Environment
Classes take place at the Lewes Subud Centre, a quiet, spacious venue well suited to calm movement practice.
Students learn at their own pace, supported to soften, notice, and integrate what the practice reveals over time.
Ready to Begin?
If you’re ready to start Tai Chi, or want to join the next beginners’ block, you can book directly below.