Wisdom of the Body
Developmental movement through turning, reaching, crawling and rising — then balance, coordination and more complex practice.
Study with Allen — From Anywhere
Online Training
Weekly Zoom classes, private one-to-one lessons and a deep archive of recorded teaching. Choose the amount of contact your question needs.
I teach online because most of my students are not where I am. The internet, for all its faults, has made one thing possible that was not possible when I started — you do not have to move house to study with someone.
There are three ways in. Join the weekly live hour on Zoom — Saturdays for Hsing-I, Sundays for the reflective S.P.A.N. circle. Work independently through the archive— twenty-one subject areas and more than eighty recorded lessons. Or book a private sixty-minute lesson when one question needs Allen’s concentrated attention.
The archive gives you reference material; the group sessions give you regular practice and conversation; a private lesson gives you individual observation. In-person workshops remain a different kind of encounter. Together, they let serious students build a practice wherever they live.
Private online lesson · 60 minutes
Bring a question. Leave with something precise to practise.
Allen watches, asks, tests and gives you a small number of useful things to work with. You do not need to know which discipline your question belongs to before booking. It may begin with Wisdom of the Body, one of Allen’s transmitted arts or a system you already practise.
One-to-one on Zoom · fixed price shown and paid when you book. While Allen is based in Zürich (until the end of October), slots are offered mainly at European (CEST) times. Educational work; not medical assessment or therapy.
Request a private session→Martial practice
Hsing-I, Ba-Gua, stepping, structure, forms and the practical ideas inside them.
Yoga, breath & bodywork
Egyptian Sun Yoga, Body Restructure, breathing and bodywork you can practise at home.
Meditation & attention
Sitting practice, perception, recovery and ways of bringing attention into movement.
A system you already practise
Bring a form or method from another tradition. Allen can help you examine structure, timing, attention and how it lives in your body without claiming its lineage as his own.
Every Week on Zoom
Saturdays· Running
Hsing-I — Essentials vs Nuance
16:00–17:00 Zürich time (CEST)
A one-hour Zoom session. The five fists, the twelve animals, and what lives between them. Structured as a recurring series; new students welcome at the start of a cycle.
See dates & bookSundays· Running
S.P.A.N. — Study, Practice, Attention, Notice
19:00–20:00 Zürich time (CEST)
An evening hour. Slower, more reflective — a reading-and-discussion circle on mind–emotion–body integration. Open to newcomers: download the text and pick up where the group is.
See dates & bookBoth sessions are billed per-lesson at $20 — you can pay as you go, or take a student membership that covers live attendance and the full archive. Times are currently set for Europe while Allen teaches from Zürich; US students, please check the CEST conversion.
The Lesson Archive
21 subject areas · 80+ recorded lessons · from $15Twenty years of teaching, organised by subject.
01from $20
Hsing-I — Essentials vs Nuance
The five fists and the twelve animals, each examined first for what it must be, then for what it can become. Our Saturday morning series, taught live via Zoom.
weekly + archive
02$20 / lesson
Ba-Gua Circle
Walking the circle — the mother palm, single and double palm changes, the hidden geometry of the I-Ching. The longest-running body of lessons in the library.
40+ archived
03$20 / lesson
Ch'i-Gung & Ba-Gua
Where the qi-gung opens the body for the palm changes to land. A cycle of weekly lessons, recorded and available individually.
20+ archived
04from $20
Hsing-I Dragon
The dragon form — one of the twelve animals — taken apart slowly, with attention to the spine and the moving centre.
05from $20
Hsing-I Origins
The older strata of the art — Dai family, Yue Fei, and what came before the orthodox five-elements framing.
06from $20
Chen-Pan-Ling
The form as codified by Chen Pan-Ling in Taiwan, taught in the lineage I received through Robert W. Smith and Hung I-Mien.
07Bundle $110
Gao Yi-Sheng
The linear Ba-Gua of Gao Yi-Sheng — the material of my book. Full package bundle available.
08from $20
Phoenix and Bagua
The phoenix form woven with the palm changes. For students with some foundation in either.
09from $20
Phoenix and Weaponry
The phoenix work applied to short and long weapons — sword, staff, spear.
10from $20
Tiger and Bag-Work
The tiger form, conditioned against the heavy bag. Close work; serious contact.
11from $20
Snake and Bag-Work
The snake form against the bag — yielding, coiling, issuing. A subtler body of work than the tiger.
12from $20
Egyptian Sun Yoga
The little-known yogas of the Nile — Akhenaten's inheritance, cross-referenced through the Walewski and Hanish transmissions.
13from $20
Egyptian Yoga — Body Restructuring
The restorative side of the Egyptian work. Posture, spine, breath — patient, undramatic, lasting.
14from $20
Remote Sensing
A study in the subtler senses — what the body knows from further away than the eye. Taught carefully, in small groups.
15from $20
Remote Sensing & Chakras
The energetic-body dimension of the remote-sensing work. Cross-referenced with the classical Indian chakra system.
16from $20
Remote Viewing
A more focused protocol — for students who want to test the instrument under specific conditions.
17from $20
Wisdom of the Body — Lessons
The core WoB curriculum, broken into weekly recorded sessions. Pairs with the published Foundation texts.
18$35
Ba Sho
A longer-form Ba-Gua package, one of the more requested items in the archive.
19varies
Workshop Recordings
Full recordings of past live workshops — WoB, Hsing-I, weapons — archived and available individually.
20from $20
Creating the Training
For teachers: how I build a lesson, structure a seminar, and sequence a year of practice.
21from $15
Archived Classes
Everything from earlier cycles, searchable by topic. The deep catalogue.
Ways to Study
Single Lesson
$15 – $20
Buy any lesson you like, keep it forever.
The simplest way to try the work. Pick a subject, watch, practise, come back. Bundles on specific topics (like Gao) run $110.
Browse lessons ↗Most take this oneStudent Membership
$25 / month
Live sessions + the full archive.
Unlimited access to both weekly Zoom hours, the complete lesson library, members-only reading, and the monthly Q&A. The way most serious students work.
Choose membership↗Private Lesson
60 minutes
One-to-one on Zoom · fixed price.
For a specific movement practice, martial form, meditation, recovery question or another defined trajectory that wants concentrated attention. Book one session first; continue only if it is useful.
Request a private session →The Shop
The full catalogue lives in the original shop.
Individual lessons, bundles, books, and workshop recordings — all available for direct download through the existing allenpittman.com shop.