https://earthbalance-taichi.com Chen Tai Chi, Qi Gong & Taoist Meditation for Mind & Body Health Fri, 14 Mar 2025 13:05:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://earthbalance-taichi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Earth-Balance-Tai-Chi-Logo-150-Square-100x100.jpg https://earthbalance-taichi.com 32 32 https://earthbalance-taichi.com/2023/01/chronic-health-warrior/ Sun, 15 Jan 2023 13:53:43 +0000 https://earthbalance-taichi.com/?p=25882 Chronic Health Warrior I'd like to introduce you all to Ren, a young man with complex health needs who has channelled his experience into song writing and music. I've not been blown away by new music for a while. Ren has released a song called "Hi Ren", which details his inner conflict over living with...

The post Chronic Health Warrior first appeared on Earth Balance Tai Chi.]]> https://earthbalance-taichi.com/2022/08/attending-group-tai-chi-classes/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 07:00:57 +0000 http://earthbalance-taichi.com/?p=5024 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...

The post Attending Group Tai Chi Classes first appeared on Earth Balance Tai Chi.]]> https://earthbalance-taichi.com/2022/07/fixed-vs-growth-mindset/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:46:14 +0000 http://earthbalance-taichi.com/?p=5049 Fixed vs Growth Mindset What kind of Tai Chi student are you? If you were to divide the population down into two types of learning styles, you could use the fixed vs growth mindset approach.  Read through the characteristics of each, which mindset do you feel you are most like?  In reality, it is not...

The post Fixed vs Growth Mindset first appeared on Earth Balance Tai Chi.]]> https://earthbalance-taichi.com/2020/04/emotions-and-body-awareness/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:40:43 +0000 http://earthbalance-taichi.com/?p=11629 Emotions and Body Awareness For over-thinking, cyclical thinking and catastrophising when you get into a certain mindset it can be difficult to stop the mind getting carried away with itself.  The mind will latch on to memories and stories from the past or it will make stories up about the future. Try this simple exercise to...

The post Emotions and Body Awareness first appeared on Earth Balance Tai Chi.]]> https://earthbalance-taichi.com/2020/02/the-anti-guru/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:30:41 +0000 http://earthbalance-taichi.com/?p=1234 The Anti Guru Person Centred Teaching Style I describe myself as the anti-guru. My role as a Tai Chi and Qigong instructor is not to elevate myself onto a pedestal, and to ensure that you as a student don’t elevate me either. I’m the average person, living the same complex life, experiencing through the same...

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