Five Islands Tai Chi offers Tai Chi classes in the Illawarra region. Our classes are gentle and welcoming. Move your body and calm your mind.
We have classes available in Balgownie on Tuesdays at 9 and 10am, and Wollongong on Fridays at 9am.
11/09/2026
The weather is expected to be lovely this Sunday, so if you would like to join us for a community taichi class at The Illawarra Rhododendron Gardens, we would love to see you. The class will be held at 10.30am and a donation of $5 is to be paid for entry to the gardens. Everyone is welcome. The class will be suitable for beginners.
Jen and Kara.
Our second class in the Botanic Garden this morning. The gentle birdsong was not so gentle 🤣
A little cool this morning after a brief taste of summer last week. Warming up with Shibashi Set 1 in our Tuesday 9am class in Balgownie. A few new faces doing a great job for their first time. Welcome to Five Islands Tai Chi!
06/09/2026
Next Sunday Jen and I will be offering a free Tai Chi class in the Illawarra Rhododendron and Rainforest gardens at 10.30am.
There is a cost of $5 donation to enter the garden, and all profits go toward maintaining this beautiful garden which doesn't receive council funding.
You can find details about the garden, how to get there, and how lovely it is at their website https://irrg.au/
We hope to see you there; the weather is expected to be lovely.
This morning we ran our first Tai Chi class in the Wollongong Botanic Garden. What a perfect day for it.
We are learning the Baduanjin and it was lovely in the shade of the trees listening to the wind rustle among the branches. We even had an odd bush Turkey wander through!
30/08/2026
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It felt colder this morning so we did extra Qigong, Rooster crowing, Shibashi 1 and some silk reeling to move our chi. What a fabulous way to start the day.
18/08/2026
Well, it seems many of you are just as keen to practice Tai Chi outdoors as Jen and I are! Thank you to all of you who so promptly enrolled, the class is now full. We cant wait to see you in the gardens in Spring.
If you would like to go onto a wait list message me and I'll add you to our waitlist.
Some times magic happens in a Tai Chi class.
This morning in our 9am class, we practised our form a couple of times and then Jen put on some beautiful music and just quietly led the group and they quietly flowed together and it was pure magic.
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