A structured movement pathway your patients can actually stay with
Ptah Khi School delivers Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung as a graded, evidence-informed practice, accredited, insured, and built to sit alongside clinical care, not replace it. This page is for GPs, physiotherapists, social prescribers, and NHS teams considering a referral or commissioning route.
Clients & Partners
Why Tai Chi & Chi Kung
A low-impact practice with a genuine dose-response
Every course in the Ptah Khi Academic Science Series is built on the same principle: movement instruction grounded in functional anatomy, breath mechanics, and nervous-system regulation, not folklore. That’s the same foundation patients meet in every class.
Low impact, high accessibility
Seated and standing variations mean the practice can be adapted for limited mobility, post-injury recovery, and older adults, without stopping participation.
Nervous-system focused
Breath coordination and slow, controlled movement are taught explicitly as a stress and nervous-system regulation tool, not an incidental side effect.
Graded and progressive
Patients move through a defined belt and course structure, so progress is visible and pacing can be matched to individual capacity.
Observation & Correction
Classes are run as an ongoing community, supporting the social and adherence benefits that one-off exercise referrals often struggle to sustain.
THE REFERRAL PATHWAY
What happens after a referral lands
A deliberately simple, four-stage route from first contact to an ongoing practice, designed so a referring clinician always knows where their patient is in the process.
REFERRAL IN
Referral or self-referral received
A practitioner, service, or the patient themselves gets in touch. We confirm suitability, any relevant health context, and the nearest appropriate entry point, in-person in Streatham or via the online Ptah Khi Academy.
INDUCTION
Free introductory session
Every patient begins with a no-cost introduction either the Tai Chi Walking gateway course or an in-person taster class, so there is no financial barrier to finding out whether the practice is right for them.
STRUCTURED PRACTICE
Placement on the Foundation Pathway
Patients progress through graded classes at their own pace, with instructors briefed on any relevant precautions flagged at referral. Progress is visible through the belt and course structure rather than left informal.
REVIEW & FEEDBACK
Attendance and progress summary back to the referrer
Where a formal referral pathway is agreed, we can provide attendance confirmation and general progress notes back to the referring team, on request and with patient consent.
Who This Suits
Populations we regularly support
Ptah Khi classes are a complementary movement practice and are not a substitute for medical treatment, diagnosis, or physiotherapy. We ask referrers to confirm any activity precautions before a patient begins.
Standards & Safeguards
What sits behind every class
Accredited instruction
Ptah Khi School holds BCCMA, CIMSPA/MCIMSPA, and TCUGB accreditation, with training delivered under Sifu Sahu Tao Shen’s Wudang lineage instruction.
NHS Experience
Sahu has 4 years’ experience working within St Paul’s hospital, London, oncology department, as an complimentary therapist honorary consultant.
Structured curriculum, not improvisation
The Ptah Khi Academic Science Series gives every instructor and every referring clinician who wants to review it a documented functional-anatomy basis for what’s being taught.
Both in-person and remote access
Patients unable to attend Streatham in person can begin through the online Ptah Khi Academy, removing a common access barrier.
Considering a referral pathway or commissioned provision?
We’re happy to talk through fit for a specific service, share the Provider Information Sheet, or arrange a taster session for your team to observe.
