About Chris

More recently I discovered Jing Advanced Massage and Training in Brighton and pursued their excellent training in Hot Stone and Holistic Medical Massage. I am a volunteer complementary therapist at my local hospice which involves additional training and supervision to suit the clinical setting.

Movement has always been a part of my life. I danced as a child and in my early twenties qualified as a Keep Fit Instructor. At a Keep Fit Leaders' Day we were shown some Tai Chi and I knew immediately it was what I really wanted. I started to practise in 1984, training with Quincy Rabot at Surrey University and Tang Thean Hock from Malaysia. I taught for 8 years in the University of Surrey's extra-mural department and other Surrey venues before moving to West Sussex in 1996. I now teach for West Sussex Adult and Community Learning Department, where I act as Advanced Skills Practitioner, co-ordinating the work of the department's Tai Chi tutors. I also run classes privately in my local area. I hold the TCCKF's Certificate in Teaching Tai Chi and Chi Kung for Health and a City & Guilds Teaching Certificate in Further and Adult Education. I continue to attend short courses and seminars in both Tai Chi and massage whenever possible and maintain an up-to-date First Aid qualification.

In 1997 I went to University as a mature student and graduated from University College Chichester in 2000 with a first class honours degree in Study of Religions and Women Studies.