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Borrowing Energy
When pushed, you have a choice:
1) Do you allow the energy of that push to meet its target (in this case probably the point on your spine that is level with the arms of the person pushing)?
2) Do you redirect that energy to where YOU want it to go?
If the latter, then how do you do it?
James Drewe
Jul 243 min read


Playing With Energy
Everything is energy
Everything is Energy.
There is nothing other than energy, and it vibrates at different rates to form different shapes, but whatever shape it creates, it is still energy.
A stone will vibrate slower than anything mobile, and the rate of vibration in mobile objects will be determined by its state of consciousness.
Every part of us consists of energy vibrating at different rates; the bones will be slower than the skin, the skin will be slower than the body
James Drewe
Jul 14 min read


Tai Chi & Qigong Online Classes
There's a lot to be said about the value of online classes. I've done something like 400 of them since 2020 although I now only do one session per week online, and the rest are face to face. During lockdown, there were about 70 people per class which, right from the start, made watching everyone on my screen impossible; I therefore ran the class like a kind of one-man show - it became a daily (sometimes twice daily) TED talk.
James Drewe
Jun 13 min read


Recovery from Illness, Tai Chi and Qigong
The author reflects on their experience with illness recovery while teaching Tai Chi and Qigong. They find that continuous practice during teaching terms helps shorten recovery time from minor ailments, contrasting with longer recovery during breaks. They emphasize the holistic benefits of these practices for overall health and functional efficiency of the body.
James Drewe
May 94 min read


Breathing to De-Stress
As I’m sure you know, there are several methods of breathing. If you type ‘breathing methods’ into your search engine, you’ll discover them
James Drewe
Apr 11 min read


Peng
The concept of 'Peng' is often explained as feeling as though you are balloon being blown up, or a feeling as though you are simultaneously
James Drewe
Mar 14 min read


Connecting Your Microcosm
If everything is a microcosm of everything else, then when doing tai chi or qigong we need to pay attention to the inter-connectivity of ...
James Drewe
Feb 13 min read


Why is Tai Chi Practised So Slowly?
When you first start learning either tai chi or qigong, it's all about learning a set of movements. For some people, it never goes beyond..
James Drewe
Jan 13 min read


Song Between Movements
It’s impossible to jump off the floor without first of all bending your knees and sinking into the ground.
The implication of this is that
James Drewe
Dec 1, 20243 min read


Speeding & Tai Chi
I've noticed that, when I have a 'plan' - I'm in one place and I want to drive somewhere else several miles away, I feel as though ...
James Drewe
Nov 1, 20242 min read


‘Testing’ Postures
Working with a partner, you held a tai chi posture, and your partner would push against you; I seem to remember that it was a bit hit and ..
James Drewe
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Cold Hands / Cold Feet
I come across a large percentage of people who suffer from cold hands and/or cold feet. This doesn’t seem to be restricted to any age group
James Drewe
Sep 1, 20244 min read


Dealing with Life’s Problems and Tai Chi
We could describe an ‘unpleasant event’ as something that happens to us that we perceive that we don’t want.
There are many correlations ...
James Drewe
Aug 1, 20245 min read


Doing Nothing About It
I know a lot of people who, when they hurt themselves, just wait for the problem to get better. Sometimes this will work, but often it sets
James Drewe
Jul 1, 20244 min read


In Support of Finishing Schools and Deportment
I used to think that the art of learning deportment was a bit of a joke, something to do with being upright in society as well as being upri
James Drewe
Jun 1, 20243 min read


Moving Energy in the Body
The action is therefore like a wave passing down through the major joints of the arm, one after the other; a transference of energy from one
James Drewe
May 1, 20243 min read


Opening Joints & Connecting The Body
When pushing or pulling an object, we usually tighten muscles automatically.
If you want to push something heavy, you compress, If you want
James Drewe
Apr 1, 20244 min read


Controlling Energy From The Feet
This has a major impact on the way in which we do not only Tai Chi or Qigong but any sport or activity that involves movement.
In whatever..
James Drewe
Mar 1, 20244 min read


'Full' and 'Empty'
When we walk, we need to create 'full' and 'empty' in the legs. Most of the time we do it without thinking; it just happens...
James Drewe
Feb 1, 20243 min read


Using Your Legs.
One of the first things that beginners can feel is aching legs; they discover that their legs are weaker than they thought. ...
James Drewe
Jan 1, 20243 min read
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