Angela from Holistically Balanced
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Horsham Holistic Practitioner

Horsham Holistic Practitioner My name is Angela Abbott. I am a Kinesiologist, Reiki and Touch For Health practitioner. My aim as a holistic practitioner is to help bring my clients back into balance. Offering Kinesiology and Reiki treatments allows me to work with all aspects of the person. I draw upon my knowledge and experience…

Chen Taiji Cloud Hands
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Chen Taiji Cloud Hands

Chen Taiji Cloud Hands The Chen style Tai Chi movement “Wave Hands like Clouds” (Yun Shou) can be performed as a standing silk reeling drill known as ‘double palm front silk reeling’ where both arms follow a positive/yang circle, or in the form the same movement is coordinated with a side stepping motion. The hands…

Knee Health in Tai Chi
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Knee Alignment Tai Chi

Knee Alignment Tai Chi Improving Posture in your Tai Chi Practice In Tai Chi and Qigong practice, correct knee alignment is often neglected which can lead to pain, injury and long-term damage. As the largest and most complex joint in the body the knee is more likely to get damaged than other joints. The knee…

Qigong Chronic Fatigue
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Taiji Qigong Chronic Fatigue

Taiji Qigong Chronic Fatigue How the Classical Chinese Arts can aid the symptoms of CFS One of my students has written a personal account of her Qigong practice relating to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: “I had been diagnosed with CFS in 2009, following a bout of swine flu and a chest infection, which left me with…

Organ Health in Taiji Qigong
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Organ Health in Taiji Qigong

Organ Health in Taiji Qigong There are over 70 organs in the human body which work together to keep us alive. The core of our health and longevity stems from how well our internal organs function.  Poor lifestyle can reduce the effectiveness of our organs leading to ill-health and reduced wellbeing.   In the practices of…

Silk Reeling Chan Si Gong
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Importance of Silk Reeling

Importance of Silk Reeling Silk reeling is at the centre of Chen style Tai Chi training, helping the student to develop strength, co-ordination, body awareness, unity in movement, relaxation and grounding. Also known as Chan Si Gong; Chan (pulling), Si (silk) and Gong (skill achieved through applied effort). Chan Si Jin = A spiralling and…

Improve Health Naturally
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Improving Health Naturally

Improving Health Naturally Are you happy with your health? Imagine this scenario: ‘You go to the Doctors surgery for a general check up with a few nagging problems and he offers you a course of tablets that could offer the following health benefits.  There aren’t any side effects and the tablets are totally natural, would…

Womens Health
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Fertility Acupuncture Horsham

Fertility Acupuncture Horsham Pia Grönroos Lic.Ac. MBAcC is a fully licensed acupuncturist running a clinic in Horsham and Hookwood.  She has been working as an acupuncturist since 2003 and has a keen interest in assisted fertility. I have a number of students who combine acupuncture with Tai Chi or Qigong as an alternative natural approach…

Meditate on Love
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Meditate on Love

Meditate on Love The art of happiness, compassion and love comes from within.  Meditating on love can be done anywhere and at any time. It is one of the open secrets of meditation, it’s simple, effective and requires very little instruction. Training Love and Compassion Qong/Kung in Chinese means ‘skilful work, hard training or endeavour’….

Rooting in Tai Chi
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Rooting in Tai Chi

Rooting in Tai Chi One of the main principles in Chen Tai Chi training is rooting / grounding / sinking / balancing. This principle combines three concepts: Chen (pronounced chuen) which means rooting and sinking Qi to Dantian Zhongding which means central equilibrium, stable and balanced. Song which means applied relaxation. Without a root there…