Coming soon! A new monthly online livestream will start in December 2019 for those living with chronic pain who would like to explore gentle and powerful movements for both mind and body. Join instructor Nicola from the warmth and comfort … Read More
How Do You Do What You Do? This questions was posed to me by one of my students who lives with chronic health. She was aware of my health baseline, and asked how I do what I do as a … Read More
ReMap Course Summary Movement and Stillness for Life Long Health and Wellbeing March to June 2019 Wednesday 12 June 2019 saw the completion of the 12 week ReMap course in Newport on the Isle of Wight, a movement and stillness … Read More
Learning to Take Care of Yourself In my classes I often talk about exercising and training gracefully to your own physical baseline.This phrase comes from my teacher Casey Kochmer, from Personal Tao. Read his article on baselines here. We all … 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 hypermobility EDS, you can read her journey in health here. Living with a different health base-line … Read More
Introducing Hibernating Bear Tai Chi “Build a Strong Foundation for Mind and Body Health” The phrase “Hibernating Bear” comes from instructor Nicola’s ethos to make authentic Tai Chi and Qigong available to all abilities of students, no matter age, physical … Read More
During May 2014 it is Ehlers Danlos awareness month. I have written my account of living with EDS and wanted to share this with you all. Here is my story, it is a little raw and gives honest insight into … Read More
A Parkinsons Disease Interview Introduction This interview on April 11, 2014 is an update to a previous interview on March 15, 2013. Meet ‘John Doe’ and read his story of learning to live with Parkinsons Disease (PD). He studied Qigong … Read More
How the Classical Chinese Arts can aid the symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome One of my students has written a personal account of her Qigong practice relating to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): “I had been diagnosed with CFS in 2009, … Read More
Living with pain and fatigue, I cannot now remember a day without either. As a Tai Chi and Qigong instructor, who also lives with chronic fatigue, this article aims to make the invisible visible. Raw Chronic Fatigue Chronic fatigue is … Read More
Chronic pain is continuous and can range from low-level aches to high level pain. The source of pain can come from injury, illness, disease and disharmony in the body. Pain is a signal that tells us there is a problem … Read More
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