Corporate Tai Chi

Tai Chi at Work offers low-intensity, accessible wellness sessions

Reduce stress, improve posture, and boost employee focus

Corporate Tai Chi

Tai Chi at Work offers low-intensity, accessible wellness sessions in-person or remote, designed to reduce stress, improve posture, and boost employee focus.

Our programs use gentle, flowing movements and deep breathing to alleviate desk-related fatigue and enhance mental clarity, promoting relaxation without needing special clothing or the need for a shower.

 

Key Benefits for the Workplace – the science

  • Reduced Stress & Anxiety: Lowers cortisol levels and promotes relaxation through mindful, meditative movement.
  • Physical Health Improvement: Eases aches from prolonged sitting, increases flexibility, and improves circulation.
  • Enhanced Productivity: Improves focus and mental clarity, reducing distractions from pain and lowering absenteeism.
  • Team Building: Fosters a supportive, collaborative, and relaxed workplace environment.

 

Stress reduction through taiji: a systematic review and meta-analysis
National Library of Medicine (US) 

The health benefits of tai chi
Harvard Health Publishing  

Tai Chi and Qigong for a healthy workplace

Qigong and Tai Chi are both ancient Chinese, low-impact, moving meditative practices that improve health and reduce stress.

What’s the difference?

Qigong is a broad term focusing on simple, repetitive, and often gentle movements for energy healing. Tai Chi is a specific, martial arts-derived system that uses more complex, flowing sequences.

What to expect on the day
Patrick will take a group session, beginning with slow breathing and simple stretches that will incorporate balance and core.

The aim is to wake up the mind and body as a gentle start to the one-hour session.

Movements will include:

  • BA DUAN JIN – Eight Fine Exercises practised eight time
  • CHEN BAR CHUN – Standing in place with long stretches, perfect in an office environment
  • FIVE IMMUNE BOOSTERS – A Qigong (health) exercise timed with slow breathing
  • TAI CHI WALKING – Can be done anywhere, it incorporates core and balance
  • YANG 8 is a series of slow martial arts moves:
    1. Raising Chi
    2. Repulse Monkey
    3. Brush Knee
    4. Part the Wild Horse’s Mane
    5. Clouded Hands
    6. Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg
    7. Press and Fall Back,
    8. Closing Form
  • THE LOTUS BREATHING PATTERN – a mindful breathing and movement exercise used to ground the nervous system, reduce stress, and promote mental clarity.
Tai Chi with Patrick Bonello

About Patrick

Originally working in the media as a radio journalist in Geelong, Patrick began his Tai Chi journey in 1993 learning a short Yang 8 form. It took 12 years for him to take up Tai Chi again, this time in Melbourne where he learned the Yang 10, 24 and the 32 Sword form.

A tree change saw him move away from the city to the rural town of Ballan where he discovered the Lilac Moon Tai Chi school. Over the next (almost) two decades he has graduated from a passionate student to a Tai Chi instructor.

His training has included three trips to China which has included competing in the Yang 24 style where his group was awarded first place.

Patrick Bonello is also an Instructor with Sword Exemption with the WTQA: Wushu Tai Chi Qigong Australia.