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10 Qigong Health Benefits

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:14:54 +0000

10 Qigong Health Benefits This article will look at the top 10 Qigong health benefits from regular training of this ancient Chinese health preservation system. There's no special equipment or clothing needed. The majority of the movements are performed standing up. Take 20 minutes out of your day, to spend time in your body, moving...

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Mental Health Awareness Week

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 09:15:48 +0000

Mental Health Awareness Week "This years focus for Mental health awareness week is COMMUNITY so we thought why not bring people together to raise awareness, find coping techniques and mindful activities in a safe space." Join me for a somatic movement session, as part of the many fabulous practitioners sharing their arts across Mental Health...

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Mindful Movement

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:32:36 +0000

Mindful Movement Somatic Qigong is a mindful movement practice exploring embodied awareness, state shifting and reunion with your authentic self. Through slow, focused movements, breath work, and mindfulness. Unlike traditional exercises that focus purely on choreography and external movements, somatic movements and breath work creates a mindful space to come into a natural state of...

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Is Qigong A Somatic Movement Practice

admin — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:00:04 +0000

Is Qigong a Somatic Movement Practice? You may have heard of the somatics within the study of human movement and bodywork, however did you know that Qigong is one of the origins of somatic movement practice? At circa 5,000 years old Qigong was originally called Dao Yin pre circa 1960's, and is a health preservation...

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Balancing Chronic Fatigue

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:00:13 +0000

Balancing Chronic Fatigue Living with chronic fatigue means balance is needed across all activities to avoid favouring one particular task during a day or week and falling into the boom and bust cycle. This article will look at balancing chronic fatigue in your daily life to help limit the impact. Across your daily routine, consider...

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Tai Chi Qigong for Menopause

admin — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:07:37 +0000

Tai Chi Qigong for Menopause As a Tai Chi and Qigong instructor who is going through menopause, I wanted to share my experience of using these ancient movement practices to support my symptoms. In 2024, aged 48 years old, I started experiencing hot flushes at night along with night sweats, which progressed after a couple...

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Hypermobility Support Programme

admin — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 09:50:23 +0000

Hypermobility Support Programme Tai Chi, Qigong, meditation and relaxation practices can help support the hypermobile body. Whether you live with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Hypermobility Joint Syndrome, Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder or other Hypermobile Syndromes. It is possible to learn how to stabilise the joints, self manage pain, self manage fatigue, learn the skill of pacing, develop stability...

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Hypermobility Syndromes Zoom Class

admin — Thu, 09 May 2024 15:07:45 +0000

Hypermobility Syndromes Zoom Class In May and July I will be giving a series of Hypermobility syndromes Zoom classes, introducing Tai Chi and Qigong to the members of the 'Hypermobility Syndromes Association". This is a wonderful opportunity to share Tai Chi and Qigong as effective self management strategies to manage the symptoms of hypermobility. I...

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Tai Chi for Dementia

admin — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:31:16 +0000

Tai Chi for Dementia Tai Chi and Qigong are effective ways to help support people living with dementia. Here are two examples of my professional experience teaching Tai Chi, Qigong and meditation within care homes for the elderly. This article on Tai Chi for Dementia will explore if movement and meditation can aid the symptoms...

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What is Movement Therapy

admin — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:00:47 +0000

What is Movement Therapy This blog post explores the question "What is Movement Therapy?". It is not just about moving your body. It’s about discovery, understanding, healing, acceptance and release through movement. Movement Therapy Movement therapy is an umbrella term for practices that use physical motion, movement and mobility to support bio-mechanical health, physiological health,...

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