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Tai Chi Arm Spirals

admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:31:21 +0000

Tai Chi Arm Spirals Ni and Shun Chan is a Chinese term for negative and positive spirals within the limbs and torso in Tai Chi. An internal quality that refers to rotations and spirals through the tendons and bones, rather than muscle involvement. It is trained in Tai Chi, Qigong and Bagua. It is an...

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Stages in the Learning Process

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:58:31 +0000

Stages in the Learning Process Your handy guide as a new beginner Tai Chi and Qigong student. When starting out, it's important to not become overwhelmed with the learning process. Read through this handy guide that explains the stages in the learning process, to support your home practice. Level 1 as noted below, takes a...

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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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Stages of Awareness

admin — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:01:00 +0000

Stages of Awareness When starting out as a beginner Chen Tai Chi student, as you learn the movements and copy the instructor you begin to develop different levels of awareness. This article "stages of awareness" looks at common progression to expect when learning Tai Chi. The duration of time spent in one stage is down...

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Self Managing Chronic Illness

admin — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 13:48:16 +0000

Self Managing Chronic Illness Your guide to self care. This article on self managing chronic illness looks at the impact of chronic health conditions on every day life and offers suggestions for ways to self manage alongside or outside of Western medical treatment. I myself as a Tai Chi, Qigong and meditation instructor live with...

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Qi Gong Principles

admin — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 18:24:14 +0000

Qi Gong Principles What Are The Key Concepts in Training Qi Gong is a term from the 1960s, historically known as Dao Yin. It is an ancient Chinese health preservation system dated 4-6000 years ago. Active Qi Gong is the widely known physical exercise system that is typically performed standing up or seated. Passive Qi...

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Awareness in Taiji Qigong

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:30:36 +0000

Awareness in Taiji Qigong The fundamental concepts when training Tai Chi and Qigong are posture, awareness and breath. Awareness is an important aspect of training to explore, as you need to be present in your movements to be able to move well. Body sensitivity and sensory awareness are expressions of mindfulness, as you maintain a...

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Cross Lateral Movements

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 09:00:49 +0000

Cross Lateral Movements Connecting Left and Right Brain Hemispheres The Power of Natural Movements For fully functioning physical movements and motor control the whole brain must work in a co-ordinated way. There are 6 patterns of total body connectivity; breathing, core, spine, upper & lower body, body half and cross lateral. This article looks at...

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Attending Group Tai Chi Classes

admin — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 07:00:57 +0000

Attending Group Tai Chi Classes Blending to Green One of my teachers passed on this method to me in my earlier days of teaching group Tai Chi and Qigong classes. This message is so important when working in any group environment, to consider and become aware of how you hold yourself. One aspect of Tai...

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