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Set up and run by Patricia Kent, Lilac Moon Tai Chi is based in the rural township of Trentham, Victoria.

Patricia also runs classes at community centres and halls in the neighbouring towns of Ballan, Gisborne and Kyneton.

For more information about Patricia, go to the About Patricia page.

I was born and raised in Geelong, Victoria. I worked in Sydney before marrying my husband Ron, we had three children before moving back to Victoria, living in Meredith.

In 1998 I asked if we could get a Tai Chi tutor to come and teach in Meredith Community Centre. We had Jeff Davis for eight years, then Patricia Kent from Lilac Moon Tai Chi came to tutor us, and she has been my teacher, mentor and great friend ever since. I have also trained with Master Liu Wan Chan from Melbourne, and Grand Master Lu in Beidaihe, China.

In 2013 I began teaching classes in Bannockburn, where I now live, and in 2014 Teesdale, which I am enjoying immensely.

Patricia has taught me so much more and given me a greater appreciation of this gentle but powerful Tai Chi martial art form, which I endeavour to pass on to my students, so they benefit too. After 20 years of doing Tai Chi I have a greater sense of well-being, balance, strength and inner peace. I hope to pass this on to my children and five grandchildren, who already have a respect for their ‘strong’ grandmother.

Patrick has been training with Patricia since 2010 and instructs in Ballan and Bacchus Marsh.

I began my Tai Chi journey in 1993 learning a short Yang form, the venue didn’t offer more advanced classes so I began looking for a new teacher. A brief stint at another training centre helped me understand that some teachers are not the right fit. It took me 12 years to take up Tai Chi again, this time in Melbourne where I learned the Yang 10, 24 and the 32 Sword form.

When I moved away from the city to the rural town of Ballan I discovered Patrica Kent and the Lilac Moon Tai Chi school. I was, and continue to be awed by her skill, compassion and enthusiasm. Patricia has become more than a teacher, she is my Tai Chi master.

I have been honoured to spend these years training with Patricia, we have visited China and trained with her master and grand master. She constantly inspires me to greater things and convinced me in 2016 to use my training skills to teach Tai Chi. I am very humbled to share Tai Chi with my students and forever appreciate being part of the Lilac Moon Tai Chi family.

You can find out more about me at TaiChiatHome.com.au