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  • Tai Chi for Menopause
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    Tai Chi Qigong for Menopause

    Byadmin 03/01/202525/04/2025

    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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  • Earth Qigong for Women Course
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    Womens Qigong Video Series

    Byadmin 25/11/202316/06/2025

    Womens Qigong Video Series A Traditional Chinese medical Qigong routine to nourish the needs of a women’s unique anatomy. Follow along with our 12 part / 15 hour video on demand series on Vimeo, where you will learn the complete Earth Qigong for Women routine. The focus is on generating female energy through a series of gentle, conscious, enjoyable,…

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  • Earth Qigong for Women Movements
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    Qi Gong for Women Livestream

    Byadmin 22/11/202216/06/2025

    Qi Gong for Women Livestream Online Group Classes via Zoom UK Join our virtual earth Qigong for women classes to explore healthy powerful movements for physical resilience and mental ease. This qigong routine is for all levels of students and is a great way to improve the efficiency of all body functions, from hormone to…

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  • Spring Qi for the Liver
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    Spring Qi for the Liver

    Byadmin 14/03/202126/06/2025

    Spring Qi for the Liver Spring is a time of re-birth and new growth. A time for outward expression, like the first signs of plant life that burst out of the earth. A time for new beginnings and waking up. Spring is governed by the wood element and the liver organ in Traditional Chinese Medicine…

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  • Winter Qi for the Kidneys
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    Winter Qi for the Kidneys

    Byadmin 06/12/202026/06/2025

    Winter Qi for the Kidneys Winter is yin by nature, a time for consolidating, stillness and retreating within. It is a dark, cold, wet and icy time. The winter solstice is seen as absolute yin, with the tiniest spark of light within. It is easy for our vitality to become depleted in this season, as…

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  • Ebb and Flow
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    Ebb and Flow

    Byadmin 14/02/201921/08/2023

    Ebb and Flow In your Tai Chi and Qigong Training 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. Over the last months, my online lessons have flowed into similar paths. In the winter the challenges that come up…

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    Horsham Holistic Practitioner

    Byadmin 25/11/201327/03/2024

    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…

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    Fertility Acupuncture Horsham

    Byadmin 13/04/201303/01/2025

    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…

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  • Tai Chi for Cancer
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    Tai Chi for Cancer

    Byadmin 05/04/201226/06/2025

    Tai Chi for Cancer Over my years of teaching, I have had the honour of teaching many students who have cancer or are in recovery from cancer. Whether through private tuition in their own home, in my public community classes, teaching as a volunteer within cancer support groups, to teaching care-givers. Some of my students…

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  • The Absence of Resistance
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    The Absence of Resistance

    Byadmin 15/01/201219/05/2025

    The Absence of Resistance The meaning of relaxation Through practice, effort and patience you can learn to release physical and mental tension. This helps to reduce pain and fatigue and increases the ability to cope.  We are not designed to live in a tight body, it’s a nasty by product of modern life. What if…

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    Qi Gong Women Brighton

    Byadmin 11/12/201103/01/2025

    Qi Gong Women Brighton Join us in May 2012 for Earth Qi Gong for Women workshops in Brighton with Sifu Tina Zhang Qi Gong for Women is a Qi Gong programme for Women’s health. It is based on the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine and classic Qi Gong (Chi Kung) to feed the needs of…

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  • Tai Chi for Pregnancy
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    Tai Chi for Pregnancy

    Byadmin 11/01/201125/06/2025

    Tai Chi for Pregnancy Tai Chi and Qi Gong combine a well aligned posture with graceful powerful movement and deep breathing.  Often referred to as meditation in motion, Tai Chi and Qi Gong can be practiced by everyone no matter age, fitness level or physical condition.  Everyone can benefit from regular practice including mums to…

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  • Tai Chi Health Benefits
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    Tai Chi for Better Health

    Byadmin 23/11/201025/07/2025

    Tai Chi for Better Health A method of slow movement that uses aligned body mechanics, applied relaxation and body awareness to help the functions of the body to work better. There are many health and wellbeing benefits that come with regular Tai Chi and Qigong practice. Collated here are a number of resources I have…

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