RELAX!! What Does That Even MEAN?
I don’t like negative instructions, but sometimes they seem to work better than a positive one. Leaving the pelvis out of it for the...
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James Drewe
- Mar 29, 2022
- 4 min
Why Tai Chi & Qigong as Exercise?
I’ve always loved both tai chi and qigong. Initially my interest was sparked by a close encounter with violence in the street, and it...
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James Drewe
- Mar 11, 2022
- 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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James Drewe
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
‘Connecting’ the Body.
What does ‘relax’ mean? Try holding your arm out in front of you, stretching it out ahead of you. Leaving it in that position, relax 1)...
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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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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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James Drewe
- Jan 26, 2019
- 2 min
Qigong – Why all the Stretching & Twisting?
Leaving aside ‘Standing’ qigong (aka Zhan Zhuang, Standing Pole, Standing Like a Tree , etc.), there are many types of Qigong which are...
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James Drewe
- Nov 20, 2018
- 1 min
Sinking your Boat: (4) Results.
Posture. If you constantly try to sink your boat, your posture will improve, and if you have back problems, sinking your hull will...
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James Drewe
- Nov 4, 2018
- 1 min
Sinking your Boat: (3) Practising Scuttling.
Practising. Practising the art of sinking is essential; it’s not going to happen on its own. When? The good thing is that you can...
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James Drewe
- Oct 27, 2018
- 1 min
Sinking your Boat: (2) Above the Waterline.
Above the hull is the equipment that makes the sailing boat functional – mast & boom, shrouds & sails, sheets & cleats, and a burgee if...
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James Drewe
- Oct 12, 2018
- 1 min
Sinking your Boat: (1) The Hull.
Behaving like a boat. Your body has a keel and a mast. The question is, how do you experience it? The hull & keel. CONTACTS:...
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James Drewe
- Aug 29, 2018
- 2 min
Qigong – is it Yoga?
One of the aspects of both yoga and qigong is to enhance your potential. If we always move in ways in which we are ‘comfortable’,...
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