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Pain Instructs

02/10/2018 by admin

Training Tai Chi and Qigong during times of injury, chronic and acute pain can offer some unusual benefits. Simply put, pain instructs. It’s one of the responses in the body that is not subtle, it hurts and we react to … Read More

Hibernating Bear Tai Chi

26/08/2018 by admin

The last school newsletter in April advised that new changes were afoot at Earth Balance Tai Chi. As many of you know instructor Nicola has a unique insight into training Chen style Tai Chi and Qigong when living with chronic … Read More

Physical Symmetry

02/03/2017 by admin

Training Physical Health for Life I remember a training session a few years ago with Tina Chunna Zhang from Qigong for Women in NYC. She said that qigong practice is for ‘finding your weak spots’. To me, this means training … Read More

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Tai Chi Qigong for Injury Recovery

20/05/2016 by admin

Using Tai Chi and Qigong to Recover from Injuries Over the last months I’ve been actively involved in recovering from a spine injury. It’s been a difficult journey, to suddenly become so restricted with movement of any kind was not … Read More

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Prolonged Sitting is Killing You

16/04/2015 by admin

Red Ice Radio – Dr. Joseph Mercola – How Prolonged Sitting Kills You “Dr. Joseph Mercola is a licensed osteopathic and board-certified family medicine doctor who believes that natural “whole person” treatment is the best way to maintain a healthy … Read More

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Qigong for Parkinsons Disease

12/11/2012 by admin

Please also read Travel with Hope – A Parkinson’s Disease Interview Condition A nervous system disorder where the nerve cells found within the brain that produce the chemical called dopamine start to die off. This leads to the many symptoms … Read More

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Method Not Mimic

20/06/2012 by admin

Your Tai Chi Journey As a beginner when learning the internal martial art of Tai Chi or Qi Gong, it is important to learn how to move rather than mimicking the instructor. Without guided and personal instruction, the movements become … Read More

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Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

31/07/2011 by admin

Beginner students often say that they find it difficult concentrating on every part of their body at one time as they move through the Tai Chi form. As when the focus on the alignment of their knees, their hands … Read More