Pytt Geddes

Pytt Geddes (born Gerda Meyer Bruun) 17 July 1917 – 4 March 2006 was responsible for bringing t'ai chi to the UK. She taught classes at The Place in London, UK. She was born Gerda Meyer Bruun at Bergen, Norway the daughter of a successful businessman and politician who served in the Norwegian government as Minister of Trade.

During the Second World War, she joined the Norwegian Resistance. She married David Geddes in 1948 and was later a friend of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. She studied psychology in the USA and then Reichian analysis in Oslo.

With her husband she moved to Shanghai and witnessed t'ai chi and decided to seek a teacher. She studied in Hong Kong with Choy Hawk Pang and then his son Choy Kam Man.

Publications

 * Looking for the Golden Needle: An Allegorical Journey (Paperback) by Gerda Geddes
 * Paperback, 124 pages, MannaMedia (1991) ISBN 1-872606-01-6
 * Paperback, 116 pages, Paul H Crompton Ltd (1995) ISBN 0-9525104-0-5