Food preparation is a hallmark at Long Tou Shan Tai Chi School. Traditionally, many Qigong and Tai Chi schools in China have provided flavoursome but sometimes too oily meals to their students. Only rarely have schools like ours incorporated a lower fat vegetarian menu, also excluding dairy products (except eggs if desired). As we know since Dr Colin Campbell’s publication of the world-renowned China Study such a diet lays the foundation for a long and healthy life.

All students receive a delicious and healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner every day of the week. All food is home cooked, Chinese-style, and we eat together. Food is typically vegetarian, including all the local ingredients such as tofu, broccoli, green vegetables, carrots, bean sprouts, eggs, tomatoes, and the like, with occasional meat dishes depending on students’ needs. And of course there is always rice! At every meal there are many dishes on our big round table to sample from.