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Mental Health Awareness Week

admin — Fri, 02 May 2025 09:15:48 +0000

Mental Health Awareness Week "This years focus for Mental health awareness week is COMMUNITY so we thought why not bring people together to raise awareness, find coping techniques and mindful activities in a safe space." Join me for a somatic movement session, as part of the many fabulous practitioners sharing their arts across Mental Health...

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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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Hypermobility Support Programme

admin — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 09:50:23 +0000

Hypermobility Support Programme Tai Chi, Qigong, meditation and relaxation practices can help support the hypermobile body. Whether you live with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Hypermobility Joint Syndrome, Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder or other Hypermobile Syndromes. It is possible to learn how to stabilise the joints, self manage pain, self manage fatigue, learn the skill of pacing, develop stability...

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Winter Solstice Qigong

admin — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 13:59:22 +0000

Winter Solstice Qigong Workshop Live on Zoom Friday 22 December 2023 at 6pm UK time zone Join my virtual winter solstice workshop to warm your joints and soften physical tension. With relaxing Qigong movements, seated stillness and nourishing breath work. Open to everyone to come in out of the cold to warm your essence, energy...

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Hibernating Bear Patreon

admin — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 09:30:06 +0000

Hibernating Bear Patreon Movement & stillness for chronic illness. Join our Hibernating Bear programme via our community on Patreon. Learn to live gracefully with your health baseline through online movement classes, relaxation sessions, natural health resources and connection with others. A private community group to support those living with chronic health, degenerative illness or a...

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Self Managing EDS

admin — Mon, 08 May 2023 07:56:27 +0000

Self Managing EDS Ehlers Danlos Syndrome / Hypermobility Syndromes Supporting the hypermobile mind & body Here are a collection of natural resources for people living with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, hypermobility joint syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorder, to help self managing EDS. All are genetic collagen defects that have an affect on every aspect of life...

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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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Winter Solstice Livestream

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:00:39 +0000

Winter Solstice Livestream Online Taoist Meditation Workshop 2022 Wednesday 21 December at 6pm UK time zone Join our virtual winter solstice gathering for a nourishing dose of seated breath work, relaxation and Taoist meditation. In the Chinese calendar this is the time of absolute yin, known as Dong Zhi, with the shortest day and the...

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