May 16th – 23rd 2026

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We are 400m from the coast for this one week holiday retreat.

We have access to a spectacular roof top and shaded decking for our daily learning and practice.

The apartments that will be our home for this Tai Chi holiday retreat, are called Claudi Agapi, The name Agapi is a Greek word that means ‘love’ or ‘affection’. Shared apartment or private studio available.

Michael Richards aims to teach and promote high quality Tai Chi and Chi Gung. These arts help people of all ages to maintain and increase their health, well being and vitality. Good quality teaching allows you to obtain a foundation in the basics of Tai Chi and then progress to learn and understand subtle aspects of the energy work of Tai Chi.

We will visit DancingTreeFarm. This is a permaculture nature reserve, unique on the island of Corfu. We will use the naturally potent environment there to help us understand how principles of pure nature relate to principles of Tai Chi practice.

This is a special opportunity to make friends, energise body and mind, while building a deeper level of health and confidence. How would it feel to spend most of your time outdoors on this Tai Chi Holiday and perhaps discover some new directions for your life?

Taking a break from your usual routine, you can create an opening for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Many participants have reported this!

A typical day may look like this:

7.30 am: Optional early morning Chi Gung or energising exercise
8.30 am: Breakfast
10.00 – 12 pm: Learning Tai Chi Form and principles
1 pm: Lunch and free time      
4 – 6 pm: Learning Tai chi Form and principles
7.00 pm: Dinner/meditation/music/discussion

You will be encouraged to spend time listening to your body and respond sensitively. Perhaps you will take the option of sometimes spending free time alone. You may need fun and laughter or time for quiet reflection. It’s your choice.

On this Retreat, the focus will be on learning and practicing sound Tai Chi principles that can produce a strong, relaxed body and quiet mind, to embrace the nourishment and healing of Mother nature.

Meditation for self reflection and stillness will be a part of the holiday, all supported by an ethos of self-cultivation for strengthening spirit

………and yes, we’ll have lots of fun as well!

Early booking is suggested to make sure you get a place on this retreat.

Shared apartment £850 pp. Private studio £930pp

CONTACT

Michael

mobile 07788630097
landline +44 (0)1923 262260

A Big Thank You To The Hundreds Of Participants Who Made The Tai Chi Holiday Retreats In The UK and Abroad so Memorable over the last 27yrs. Each one was Awesome!

In fact they were some of the best holidays ever!

For myself and for those who took part

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Previous Tai Chi Holiday

Villa Amatista, Lanzarote

We worked on a Yang Style Tai Chi Form, eating great home cooked food, making excursions around the island and having a good time! On this Tai Chi Holiday we all used the opportunity to deepen the relationship with ourselves and with other people.

Villa Amatista was our home for the week. We discovered this unique venue lovingly built by someone who is sensitively tuned in to the island. Each apartment has it’s own design, which you could share with others or stay in by yourself. This holiday is generally for smaller groups so plenty of room for everyone. Food was prepared with good health and vitality in mind.

The programme is designed to fulfil the needs of whoever joins the holiday. Generally, for three days we immersed ourselves in learning or progressing our Tai Chi. The daily schedule then changed so we could go on excursions and or spend time alone if preferred.

Early morning session
Breakfast
10am -12pm       Tai Chi Form and principles
Lunch
4 – 6pm               Tai Chi Form and principle
Dinner
Meditation

Everyone participated in this holiday to the level that supports them relaxing and that allowed them to generate their well-being.

We explored the nearby island of La Graciosa, a genuine “No news, no shoes” island, where the pace of life is slow, with a capital “S”.

Previous participants have said……

Thank you for this very special Tai Chi holiday.I am very grateful for all the stillness and grace that has been arriving in me; for all the wisdom and teachings you have shared with such patience and humour;for the privilege for being able to practice Tai Chi in all the wonderful places in nature that you have chosen to help attune me with the elements and myself;for  all the relax, all the fun and all the ease, and the revelations that have come to me about my life and myself.   ZB

Relax!  Michael led our group with a gentle authority, opening up the possibility of “doing less so more can happen”. Daily practise of Tai Chi and Chi Quing and meditation created space for body, mind and spirit to connect. The group was supportive and created fun alongside working hard. ST – England

All my business thoughts calmed down. It gave me a lot of joy to follow Michael’s relaxed, concentrated  movements. First to be totally in the body to let the energy flow.The ocean, the sun, the earth, the waves helped us ….breathing in……breathing out. Michael shows us how to be where the inside meets the outside. NOW, that’s a holiday.        T- Germany

I went on this holiday with the intention to have fun whilst re-connecting to Tai Chi. I enjoyed practicing the form focusing on various principles he explained: flow, breathing, yin-yang, moving from one’s centre.     SH

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Previous Tai Chi Holiday

Nikos Apartments, Arillas, Corfu

The Greek island of Corfu with its tranquil beaches and breathtaking sunsets was a truly enchanting location for this one week holiday retreat.  The dense olive and cypress groves, historic villages and friendly locals extended a warm welcome to lovers of nature and Tai Chi enthusiasts alike.

The Nikos apartments in the friendly Corfu village of Arillas was our home for this Tai Chi retreat. The Complex was set beneath a wooded hillside in a fertile valley beside a stream, approximately 900m from the beach on the north west coast of the island.

The Retreat is designed to help reduce the effects of stress in your life and for you to gain valuable knowledge and insights into the profound art of Tai Chi that will become a foundation for your health and enjoyment.

This proved to be a uniquely potent opportunity to make friends and energise body and mind, while building a deeper level of health and confidence. How would it feel to spend most of your time outdoors, and perhaps discover some new directions for your life? Taking a break from your usual routine, you can create an opening for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

A typical day:

7.30 am                Optional early morning Chi Gung or energising exercise

8.30 am                Breakfast

10.00 – 12 pm      Learning Tai Chi Form and principles

1 pm                     Lunch

4 – 6 pm               Learning Tai chi Form and principles

7.00 pm                Dinner/meditation/dance/excursion

You are encouraged to spend time listening to your body and then to respond sensitively. Perhaps you will take the option of sometimes spending free time alone; you may feel to join in with others. You may need fun and laughter or time for quiet reflection. It’s your choice.

In addition to having great beaches and excellent tavernas, Arillas is home to several alternative holiday/retreat centers, which gives the village a unique feeling.

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