Tai Chi and Mind-Body Coaching
​for Leaders 

Tai Chi Chuan is a martial art and a movement-meditation that fosters stress release, balance, focus, agility and overall health. It can be easily taught per Zoom or Skype.  Read more about Shaolin Tai Chi.
We also offer executive coaching sessions that combine mental and physical methods to help leaders increase their effectiveness and satisfaction at work. 

Custom-designed to your needs

Tai Chi Chuan Private Lessons:
​You can book Zoom or Skype sessions at a time that suits you (can be scheduled until 11.00pm UK, also 'just-in-time' to prepare you for a difficult presentation or negotiation.

Mind-body Coaching Sessions: 
We can custom-design a program for you that combines executive coaching methods with physical elements, breathing exercises and mental training (visualisation, meditation, mindfulness). We will agree the frequency and time of the sessions at a time that suits you. 

Andrea is a Leadership Coach, Meditation Teacher & Martial Artist 

Andrea Bugari has been a leadership coach and team facilitator for the last 30 years.  She also had in-house roles and knows the highs and lows of executive work from the inside-out. 
Over the last 15 years, she has combined her business coaching methods with new and innovative approaches inspired by physical intelligence, meditation/ mindfulness and the martial arts. She is a licensed meditation teacher and Tai Chi Chuan instructor.
You can read more about her background on the About page. If you like to know more about her corporate work, visit the ​​corporate website. 

Benefits of Tai Chi and Coaching

Each session will make you feel relaxed, energised and calm. After a few sessions, you will have a set of tools that you can use whenever you need them; ranking from two-minutes breathing exercises that get you ready for a presentation, to longer physical sequences that help you focus and relax.
If you combine Tai Chi with coaching,  you will also gain important insights about leadership, presence and vitality.

Leadership Competencies

​Leadership is about engaging and developing others – it calls for a different mindset and a different skill set than 'managing’.  Mindfulness and martial arts principles relate to many qualities of modern-day leadership. You will deep-dive into some of these themes and find out how they are anchored in your body and mind.  This will lead to: 

• Increased self-awareness and ability to listen
• Agility and courage when leading change
• Whole-picture view when making decisions
• Commitment and focus when implementing strategy
• More patience and positive assertiveness

Vitality and Resilience

Successful leaders are full of positive energy - they enjoy their activities, can create sustainable relationships and make meaningful decisions.
Our sessions will help you increase your vitality and resilience.  If stress release is a crucial issue for you, please go to our stress management page.

Executive Presence and Public Speaking

We can design specific sessions to help you improve your presentation skills and increase the impact of all your personal interactions. Engaging your audience or communication partner requires skills on many levels. Again, we will use a mix of tools, including executive coaching, improvisation practices, martial arts principles, and meditation/ breathing exercises.
We will work on the following drivers of Executive Presence

• Clarity and simplicity - what is the core essence of your message?
• Physical aspects: Your stance, your use of gestures and an appropriate tone of voice.
• Rapport building with your audience: How to use empathy, storytelling and personal examples.
• Engagement: Working with powerful questions and listening to create innovative dialogue, as opposed to 'downloading' your point of view.

Corporate Training Offers

We offer training and  team workshops for companies who want to create a climate of vitality that fosters high performance, engagement and continuous learning without causing stress. These sessions are custom-designed and may combine executive coaching methods, Tai Chi principles, and visualisation exercises. They can be delivered by Zoom or Skype during the Lockdown. Here are some development ideas:

• for Employees/Professionals: Mindfulness, vitality and stress management, including mind-body work to learn to relax and gain better balance and self-efficacy
• for Leaders: Effective leadership styles, public speaking, stress management, resilience, staff engagement, role-modelling a vitality climate

Inspiration: Working with your 'Chi'

When martial artists train, they practice kicks and punches, but more importantly, they train their inner energy - called 'Chi'.
Having strong and balanced 'Chi' is a core ingredient of Vitality:
feeling fully alive, inspired and happy.
Many of the body, mind, and spirit lessons we learn when studying martial arts are also applicable outside of the training hall. Creating energy, finding balance, unblocking barriers, focusing intent and following through - all these are important skills that we can learn from the ancient masters.