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    Muscle Atrophy the Fast & Easy Way.
    James Drewe
    • Apr 3
    • 5 min

    Muscle Atrophy the Fast & Easy Way.

    I’ve learnt a lot about recovery from illness in the last 12 months. I realise now how difficult it can be, and in particular how easily...
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    Our Perspective of Time
    James Drewe
    • Mar 11
    • 4 min

    Our Perspective of Time

    Who is Moving? Most of us think of ourselves ‘travelling through time’ – we start the day, the sun has risen; we finish the day, the sun...
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    Stepping – Putting a Foot Forward
    James Drewe
    • Feb 1
    • 4 min

    Stepping – Putting a Foot Forward

    When learning tai chi and qigong, one of the first problems encountered is learning how to step correctly. Most beginners ‘fall’ into a...
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    Grief and the Present, Past, & Future
    James Drewe
    • Oct 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    Grief and the Present, Past, & Future

    Over the last year, following a bereavement in Autumn 2020, I learnt what you might call a technique that I thought was very relevant to...
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    QIGONG & TAI CHI LIVE ZOOM SESSIONS – 6 days a week.
    James Drewe
    • May 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    QIGONG & TAI CHI LIVE ZOOM SESSIONS – 6 days a week.

    TAI CHI & QIGONG LIVE ZOOM SESSIONS. There are 6 sessions a week: 11.00am (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Saturday) 4.00pm (Tuesday, &...
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    Tai Chi, Qigong, & the Immune System.
    James Drewe
    • Mar 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    Tai Chi, Qigong, & the Immune System.

    Topical. If you’re interested, I have put a number of articles on to the tai chi website here which discuss those benefits, particularly...
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    Wave Hands Like Clouds – it’s 3-Dimensional.
    James Drewe
    • Mar 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Wave Hands Like Clouds – it’s 3-Dimensional.

    Every move in tai chi has a 3-dimensional aspect, although sometimes it’s not obvious. The legs: Cloud Hands is performed with bent legs....
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    What is ‘Hollowing the Chest’ in Tai Chi & Qigong?
    James Drewe
    • Mar 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    What is ‘Hollowing the Chest’ in Tai Chi & Qigong?

    Connecting movements in tai chi & qigong. Sitting back. Moving your energy. Try jumping! This is easily tested: Try jumping off the...
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    Ting (listening) in Tai Chi & Qigong.
    James Drewe
    • Mar 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    Ting (listening) in Tai Chi & Qigong.

    What is ‘listening’ in tai chi & qigong? Ideally, listening is very light; it is being able to sense and respond to the gentlest of...
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    Buoyancy – letting go.
    James Drewe
    • Jan 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Buoyancy – letting go.

    Is it possible to relax and still hold up your arm? Strictly speaking, and depending upon your interpretation of ‘relax’, it’s a bit of...
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    Change in Taiji & Qigong
    James Drewe
    • Oct 31, 2019
    • 5 min

    Change in Taiji & Qigong

    Going with the ups & the downs. How do you ‘convert’ one movement to another in Tai Chi or Qigong? Perhaps, if I can understand these...
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    Practise, Repetition, & Questions.
    James Drewe
    • Sep 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    Practise, Repetition, & Questions.

    Who practises? Your ‘norm’. By this I mean the way that you usually make your body move, sit, stand, function.  This is the way that...
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    Revolving Doors
    James Drewe
    • Aug 3, 2019
    • 1 min

    Revolving Doors

    Revolving doors work because they have perfect central equilibrium, and therefore use minimum energy. In movement, we are aiming, as far...
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    Tai Chi, The Arts, Intention and Interpretation.
    James Drewe
    • Jul 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    Tai Chi, The Arts, Intention and Interpretation.

    Speaking. When speaking, you speak in phrases. If you take a phrase like, “Don’t you know what I want?”, by putting the stress on...
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    Stress.
    James Drewe
    • Jun 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    Stress.

    Stress. There are many reasons for stress.  What stresses one person might to another be a positive drive to action. And after the...
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    How on Earth do you ‘Relax’?
    James Drewe
    • May 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    How on Earth do you ‘Relax’?

    Relaxation v. De-stressing. You might think that relaxation is the same thing as de-stressing,  but there’s a difference.  De-stressing...
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    Song Yao / Kai Kua
    James Drewe
    • Apr 2, 2019
    • 1 min

    Song Yao / Kai Kua

    Further to the previous blog… “Song Yao” = Release the waist (see previous blog on ‘Song’). “Kai Kua” = Open the Kua, or inguinal...
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    Tucking Under… Don’t FORCE it.
    James Drewe
    • Mar 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Tucking Under… Don’t FORCE it.

    The mechanics. When you sit down on to a chair, you automatically, and without forcing it, do a pelvic tilt.  If you don’t, you run the...
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    The Breathing of Movement in Tai Chi & Qigong.
    James Drewe
    • Mar 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Breathing of Movement in Tai Chi & Qigong.

    Walking & ‘Open/Close’. If you picture your body as a mobile vertical line, what allows you to be mobile is your ability to split that...
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    Flapping Around in Tai Chi & Qigong.
    James Drewe
    • Feb 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    Flapping Around in Tai Chi & Qigong.

    Copying movements. When seeing Tai Chi or Qigong for the first time, it appears that all those graceful movements are the result of...
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