ALISON WARLOW

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I remember sensing quite early on that T'ai Chi was something I could happily practice for the rest of my life - despite spending the first few months of classes feeling completely baffled! I wasn't a quick learner and that hasn't changed - what has changed though is that I have learned a little patience and perseverance. Before I began T'ai Chi my usual pattern of learning something new was like this: full of enthusiasm at the beginning, quick progress until I hit a 'plateau', then impatient and bored and probably would give up. And I would have expected the amount of repetition (in learning a 'form' for example) to drive me crazy. Now it seems that I can happily trundle along the plateau for some time, and sooner or later some small insight, or sense of something falling into place, will give me a glimpse of another level.</div> <bR> <div> Like many people, I took up T'ai Chi to help me relax. Now however I see it more as a framework to help me progress through life in harmony with the environment I live in and the people (and other creatures) I meet. I relish (particularly as a woman, and a rather small one) the opportunity to engage in the martial aspects of T'ai Chi. I also like to think about how these martial principles may come into play in the everyday arguments and emotional conflicts we are more likely to experience. </div> <bR> <div> I started teaching T'ai Chi in 1999. I teach beginners level T'ai Chi and Chi Kung, and am registered as a teacher with the T'ai Chi Union of Great Britain. I have participated in a number of seminars run by the T'ai Chi Forum for Health and Special Needs. Since January 2002 I have been teaching a group of people with learning difficulties and mental health problems. I feel that T'ai Chi can offer a very robust challenging and supportive context for people of all sorts of abilities, and that often what appear to be our problems can also give us opportunities to learn.</div> <bR> <div> I feel very aware that in T'ai Chi we are reaping the benefits of a long Chinese tradition, where practitioners have devoted incredible amounts of time and energy into developing the art. I also recognize that we in the West, in the twenty first century, live in a very different world. I would like to feel that we can practice in a way which does not `dumb down' the tradition but honours and continues it.</div> <bR> <div> My interests are fairly wide-ranging and have at times taken me into related areas of Chinese culture - Feng Shui and the I Ching - as well as movement and dance. I have worked - amongst other things - with homeless people, as a printer, with people with learning disabilities, with young people, for a women's refuge and in a photography gallery. I currently work as the Finance and Admin Manager of an advice centre.</div> <bR> <div> To contact; <A HREF="mailto:Alison@taichicambridge.co.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Alison@taichicambridge.co.uk"><U>Alison@taichicambridge.co.uk</U></A>. Phone 01223 277864</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>Other 'Grey Heron' tutors:</U></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MIKE TABRETT"><U><B>Mike Tabrett   </B></U></A><B>   </B><B>Richard Miller</B><B>   </B><A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Faradena Afifi"><U><B>Faradena Afifi</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>