Cheyne Towers

Cheyne For the past 27 years Cheyne has been training in and continues to study various forms of martial arts, with a focus on Tai Chi and Chi Kung for both health and Self-Defence. He is a fully trained professional Hypnotherapist, and has served as a committee member of the British Association of Therapeutical Hypnotists (Est. 1951).

With a wealth of experience as a teacher of these wonderful methods of self-empowerment and healing, he has worked with people from 7 - 80+ years old, including those with M.E., M.S., Crones Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Asthma, and various other conditions, as well as with personal trainers, pilates, yoga and martial arts instructors from various disciplines.

Here at Highgate Fitness Studios Cheyne teaches both small group and one-to-one sessions in Taiji, Qigong and Self-Defence. All sessions focus on the development and cultivation of one's internal energy (Qi), relaxed vitality and the harmony of Heart, Mind and Body, as well as the application of these principles for Self-Defence.

Cheyne has trained with numerous high-level instructors and masters from China, Malaysia, Australia, Singapore, and the U.S.A. including:

  • Lin Qui Ping (3 times world taiji champion)
  • The late Grand Master Chee Kim Thong (5 Ancestor Fist Kung Fu)
  • Master Kim Han (5 Ancestor Fist Kung Fu and Coach of the British wushu team)
  • Chris Turner (Cheng Man Ching Yang style taiji and Wudang Shen Quan Qigong
  • Guru Jak Othman (Harimau Berantai Pencak Silat)
  • Master Tan Suoh Teng (5 Ancestor Fist Kung Fu)
  • Sifu Nathan Menaged (Water Style Boxing)
  • Dr. Vernon Bell (Founding-father of the British Karate-do movement in 1957, and co-founder of the British Association of Therapeutical Hypnotists, 1951)

He has a warm, generous, patient and respectful approach to all who attend his classes, and a genuinely infectious enthusiasm for the disciplines he teaches.