Movement and Stillness for Health and Wellbeing Isle of Wight charity the Independent Arts are launching a new project entitled ‘ReMap’ on 20th March in conjunction with the ‘Chronic Pain’ department at St Mary’s Hospital. This project is designed to … Read More
Exploring the potential of Tai Chi and qigong exercises to aid the genetic connective tissue disorder called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS). Instructor Nicola lives with EDS, you can read her journey in health here. Living with a different health base-line from … Read More
Spring is near and life is beginning to return to the earth. My favourite time of year is about to erupt into pink and white blossom. Isle of Wight – Private Tuition My doors are open to Tai Chi, Qigong … Read More
As student, you can expect many challenges to come up during your training in a group class and your practice at home. Try to hold a positive approach, seeing challenge as opportunity. Tai Chi and Qigong are life-long practices, there … Read More
Training Tai Chi and Qigong during times of injury, chronic and acute pain can offer some unusual benefits. Simply put, pain instructs. It’s one of the responses in the body that is not subtle, it hurts and we react to … Read More
Back to School! It’s that time of year again. September rolls around quickly and with that a renewed enthusiasm for extra-curricular activities. In my experience autumn sees a surge in people wanting to start a new exercise routine and/or hobby. … Read More
The Importance of the Lymph System to Health Most of us know that a sedentary lifestyle causes health to decline, and yet a large part of the population of all ages do not move or exercise regularly. Sitting at a … Read More
Training Physical Health for Life I remember a training session a few years ago with Tina Chunna Zhang from Qigong for Women in NYC. She said that qigong practice is for ‘finding your weak spots’. To me, this means training … Read More
Using Tai Chi and Qigong to Recover from Injuries Over the last months I’ve been actively involved in recovering from a spine injury. It’s been a difficult journey, to suddenly become so restricted with movement of any kind was not … Read More
Instructor John Blue has a great youtube channel, with a friendly and informal style of teaching. As John describes: “This video explores some of the aspects of qigong & Taiji Quan that makes them incredibly superior forms of physical exercise. … Read More
Sharing peer Phoenix qigong training with Emma from Tai Chi For You I’m very proud of us both…. we both live with chronic health conditions, Emma has MS and I have EDS. Proving martial arts and qigong are a way … Read More
Following on from our workshops in June 2015, Master Joe Lok is returning from Hong Kong to Horsham in September 2015 to continue his teachings of the Phoenix Alchemy Qigong system. In Joe’s words; “In this workshop I … Read More
World Tai Chi and Qigong Day photographs with the students of Earth Balance Tai Chi Thank you to all of the students for coming along to our celebration in Horsham Park. Enjoy the photos! Return from World Tai Chi Day … Read More
“The ancient practice that energy flows in the human body like heavenly cycles through the 8 channels and 12 meridians to strengthen the body and mind.” Master Joe Lok. Workshop Title: An introduction to Phoenix in Graceful Clouds of Blessing. … Read More
Celebrating Tai Chi and Qigong World-Wide Coming in April 2015, our school community will celebrate World Tai Chi and Qi Gong day in Horsham Park with instructor Nicola Jones of Earth Balance Tai Chi. This is our 4th year of … Read More
