Alan Skirving - Body Mind & Movement

23/03/2026

Tai Chi & Qigong Day Retreat
Partickhill Bowling & Community Club
Saturday 28th March 2026
11:30am to 4:30pm

A day of Tai Chi & Qigong practice in Partickhill, Glasgow West End.
The day follows an informal, relaxed format, allowing time to settle and go deeper - practice elements include:

Yoga & Meditation
Qigong & Tai Chi
Co-operative Partnerwork

Partickhill Bowling & Community Club
46 Partickhill Road
Glasgow G11 5BY

£70

Concession rates available on request.

Booking contact - alan.skirving@gmail.com

Payment via link below, bank transfer or in cash.

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18/03/2026

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06/03/2026

Free taster sessions in May 2026 - book via Eventbrite links - Glasgow West End (Partickhill), Southside (Langside), Milngavie, Ayrshire (Largs & Fairlie) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alan-skirving-75843764843

03/03/2026

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A panel discussion on Liu Hsi-Heng's lecture 'The Concept of Central Equilibrium in Taijiquan'.The panel included Bill Tucker, Russ Mason, Daniel Altschuler ...

23/02/2026

Another Bagua Workshop This Weekend...

Baguazhang for Beginners
Partickhill Bowling & Community Club
Saturday 28th February 2026
11:30am to 2:30pm
Bagua Beginners Workshop this Saturday in Partickhill, Glasgow West End.

Baguazhang is a Chinese internal martial art, which is less widely practiced than Tai Chi - it is characterised by coiling, spiralling movement, circle walking and continual changes - known as the 'dragon body' method.

It is an interesting complement to Tai Chi & Qigong practice, with a dynamic and systematic approach - including opening, closing, rotation, flexion and extension in motion - which also overlaps with Yoga practice.

Beginners workshops are open to all levels and cover foundation practices, including:

- warm up exercises
- hand techniques
- body shapes (' 8 mother palms')
- linear stepping drills
- circle walking
- palm changes while walking the circle
- basic partnerwork

Partickhill Bowling & Community Club
46 Partickhill Road
Glasgow G11 5BY

£30

Booking contact - alan.skirving@gmail.com

https://alanskirving.co.uk/product/drop-in-workshop

16/02/2026

Ayrshire Workshops 2026

Foundations, Forms & Partnerwork

A series of workshops intended for ongoing students to go deeper and develop their practice which will cover:

1. - Foundations - Qigong, Neigong (21st February)
2. - Cheng Man-ch'ing Style Tai Chi (25th April)
3. - Scaravelli-Inspired Yoga & Meditation (13th June)
4. - Wu Style Tai Chi (26th September)
5. - Baguazhang (17th October)
6. - Partnerwork & Pushing Hands (21st November)

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Workshop 1 - Foundations
Saturday 21st February
11:30am to 2:30pm

This workshop will cover Tai Chi & Qigong Foundations including:

- loosening & mobilising ('song gong')
- stretching & opening ('kaimen' / yoga standing postures)
- structure, shape & stance work ('zhan zhuang' / 'ding shi')
- mind-body connection ('yi / qi')
- movement refinement (qigong / neigong movement forms)
- co-operative partner exercises

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Fairlie Village Hall
72 Main Road
Fairlie
KA29 0AB

£30

Suitable for beginners and regular students

Booking contact - alan.skirving@gmail.com

https://alanskirving.co.uk/product/drop-in-workshop/

11/02/2026

Wu Style Tai Chi - Beginners Workshop

Partickhill Bowling & Community Club
Saturday 14th February 2026
11:30am to 2:30pm

Wu Style Tai Chi is one of the five main traditional Tai Chi styles, which still retains the older training methods, long forms and martial techniques. The Wu Style is regarded as a version of 'old Yang style'.

This approach to Wu style, comes from the lineage of our teacher Paul Rogers - from his teacher Long Wei De, a student of Cheng Wing Kwong, who in turn was a disciple of Wu Jianquan.

The workshop will cover:

- Foundation Exercises (Wu Style Qigong / Neigong)
- Wu Style Standing Postures (Ding Shi / Form Standing Postures)
- Wu Style Tai Chi Walking & Single Form Practice
- Introduction to Wu 108 Tai Chi Form (first section)
- Wu Style Pushing Hands.

Partickhill Bowling & Community Club
46 Partickhill Road
Glasgow G11 5BY

£30

Suitable for beginners and regular students

Booking contact - alan.skirving@gmail.com

https://alanskirving.co.uk/product/drop-in-workshop/

07/02/2026

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28/01/2026

Tai Chi Partnerwork & 'Pushing Hands' Workshop

Partickhill Bowling & Community Club
Saturday 31st January 2026
11:30am to 2:30pm

A three hour workshop exploring Tai Chi & Qigong partnerwork and 'pushing hands' practice.

Partnerwork and 'pushing hands' (tui shou) is a fundamental aspect of Tai Chi practice - it also of great benefit to Qigong practice, through co-operative 'pressure testing' to guide the development of various practice attributes and body-mind qualities.

This workshop will introduce and develop the following elements:

Partnerwork Foundations - loosening, yeilding, listening, neutralising, receiving and returning, fixed and moving step, developing the Yi / mind-body connection.

Cultivating Tai Chi's 8 Energies - ward off, roll back, press, 'push', pluck, split, elbow, shoulder

Pushing Hands Practice - single & double pushing hands, Cheng Man-ch'ing, Huang Sheng Shyan & Wu style pushing hands + freestyle practice.

Suitable for beginners and regular students.

Partickhill Bowling & Community Club
46 Partickhill Road
Glasgow G11 5BY

£30

Booking contact - alan.skirving@gmail.com

https://alanskirving.co.uk/product/drop-in-workshop/

16/01/2026

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05/01/2026

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29/12/2025

Free taster sessions in January - book via Eventbrite links - Glasgow West End (Partickhill), Southside (Langside), Milngavie, Ayrshire (Largs & Fairlie) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/alan-skirving-75843764843