Pain Instructs
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
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Hibernating Bear Tai Chi
26/08/2018
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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
Chen Taiji Silk Reeling | Female Health | Health | Posture | Qi Gong | Qi Gong Women | Shoulder Health | Taoist Qigong | Zhan Zhuang
Physical Symmetry
02/03/2017
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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
Tai Chi Qigong for Injury Recovery
20/05/2016
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My Personal Experience, May 2016. 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 like me. I have … Read More
Prolonged Sitting is Killing You
16/04/2015
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If you have attended my Tai Chi and Qigong classes, you’ll know how emphatic I can be regarding frequent healthy movements and postural health in your daily life. By practicing the Classical Chinese arts regularly, the corrections to your posture … Read More
Travel with Hope
15/04/2014
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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
Qigong for Parkinsons Disease
12/11/2012
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‘Travel with Hope’ This excerpt is from ‘Travel with Hope’, a Parkinson’s Disease interview with one of my Qigong students. “What would be the message that you would like to give to others with Parkinsons? It would be one of … Read More
Method Not Mimic
20/06/2012
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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
Psoas Muscle in Tai Chi
29/01/2012
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The psoas (pronounced so-az) muscle isn’t well known and yet plays a huge role in our bodies. It is the deepest muscle in the body and unlike most other muscles it lays buried. This muscle is vital for appropriate alignment/structure, … Read More
Doing One Thing Correctly
05/11/2010
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As a beginner, Tai Chi can be perceived as something quite simple. Yet the emphasis on achieving the correct posture whilst relaxing the body and breathing deeply can be quite difficult at first. As soon as you concentrate on dropping … Read More
