This Forum has been built using Flarum, a simple discussion platform for our website. It's fast and easy to use, with all the features you need to run a successful community.

Unlike most Forums it does not have Topics, it uses Tags. The idea is this: When you post a new discussion (this is referred to from now as a Post) you assign one or more Tags to the Post (currently limited to 3 by Admin). It has been set up with 7 Primary Tags: General, Tai Chi, Qigong, Buqi, Meditation, Courses and Training. However this can and will change based on feedback.

In addition there are Secondary Tags, currently only 2 have been setup, Dates and Costs. The idea being that a Post about Training my want to flag it has Costs and/or Dates associated with it, so secondary Tags can be added to highlight this.

The beauty of this is that you can assign more than one Tag to a Post and associate secondary Tags to any Post. It may be this Post is relevant to both Qigong and Meditation for example, so you add both Tags to the Post. Anyone searching for Qigong or Meditation Posts will see this particular Post, or indeed if they are just browsing Qigong or Meditation Posts. Thes ame applies to Secondary Tags.

To use the Forum press the 'Go to Forum' button below, initially you will see the front page where you can browse the Posts. You cannot however reply or add a new Post unless you login. If you are not registered select 'Sign Up' enter your preferred username, your email address and your chosen password.

An email will be sent to you to confirm the email address (this is Bot protection!) and to the site administrator who generally will approve the Sign Up (again this is Bot protection!). Until this has been done you will only have browsing rights, not posting rights. Once the Administrator has set your Permissions (either Admin, Moderator or User) you will have the approprate access to the forum.

Forums are a much more structured way to share thoughts, ideas, information etc. searching is way more powerful than 'group chats' such as in WhatsApp where finding what you are after can be hard and 'chats' merge making life complicated. I have added a few Posts to give you a flavour of what is possible under the Using this Forum Tag. View Discussions from the bottom up to see in the order they were created.

So go ahead, have a go and Sign Up.