The School and Gardens

Christina

Welcome!  My name is Christine Chin and I am Choy’s wife and assistant director here at the School.  We have 5 acres of beautiful organic gardens which includes a wooded valley with a stream and ponds, our circle vegetable garden, the 60 foot polytunnel where we grow the Beloved Potimarron! and the swimming pool (‘polypool’).  Plus a whole lot more …..

Celebration in the Garden

 

History of the School

The Rainbow Tai-Chi School Programmes started with its first Foundation Teacher Training Course in France in 1982.  Seventeen years later in 1998, the founder, Peter Chin Kean Choy bought Creek Farm and transformed it into a school, at the same time ‘15 Ways to a Happier You’ was published.  The School celebrated its 10th year in 2008 with 50 beautiful participants at the Summer School.

 

Tai Chi & Nature

The Heart of Tai Chi is connected to Nature so practising outside with the trees, wind, flowers, birds, streams, ponds, sunshine and rain enables us to connect directly with the heart beat of nature and experience a sense of oneness with the earth which we often ground by gardening.  For example, long term students each plant their own tree to symbolise their own commitment to growing themselves.

 

Photo Gallery 

The Pottimarron message!

Student Yvonne planting her pear tree.

Getting to know the INNER/OUTER MAGIC OF COMPOSTING  -   Left to right :  Leon, Aisling, Joanne, Yvonne, Pam, Choy, Meileen, Bernadette, Frances and Petra at the Light Being Intensive Weekend Meeting.

At the School’s Polytunnel and Sunflowers growing food for the Summer School Participants.

Choy with a basket of cauliflower, courgettes and salads harvested from School gardens.

Summer School participants relaxing and sharing Zhineng Chi  energy with each other and with Nature.

Sensitivity training during The Fusion one month intensive, Heather with the Lavender, School Herbal Gardens 

 

STAYING AT THE SCHOOL ACCOMODATIONS

We have a 5 acre of beautiful and relaxing opportunities for everyone to come and enjoy camping (12 places), three caravans, Main Student Guest House for up to 8 guests. Besides the accomodations, we have a 60 foot by 20 foot Tai Chi hall, our own canteen (40 foot by 20 foot), Camping Cabin (in case it rains) with 3 hot showers, 30 foot diameter Mongolian Yurt, 5 ponds, swimming pool, jacuzzi and organic vegetable gardens and fruit orchards.

Photo  The large building is the Guest House where up to 8 visitors stay. There is also an Ensuite room for couples (photo below) with panoramic views of Dartmoor hills.


A few feet away is also a full bathroom facility with a six foot long bath!!

There is also a lounge for relaxing by a fireside (photo below).


And a self equipped kitchen with refrigerator, washing machine, dish washer and cooking facilities. These facilities are only used by the occupants of this Main Guest House. There is a separate School Canteen with its own facilities.


In front of the main house, there is ample spaces and benches for people to relax and sit to have a cup of tea or chat.


The School grounds also have a pagoda for groups of 10 to meet, a Mongolian Yurt for groups up to 50 people to meet.


Entrance to the hall for general meetings (photo above). Pagoda below.


And a large water llly pond in the valley (photo below) with benches to sit and feel peaceful.