The part of our brain that memorises events could never be said to be reliable; we remember the parts we want to remember (and even then ...

There are many positions In which to do Standing Qigong, but I’ll use the one with feet a shoulder’s width apart, knees bent, and hands ...

Your neck controls your future comfort. It’s never too late to do something about your posture, although it’s probably true to say that the

How do you position your neck? How does it sit on your body? How does it control you? How does it affect your comfort or discomfort levels?

In fact it’s the act of not-doing… definitely a verbal contradiction. I spent many years thinking that ‘sinking your qi’ was something that

If you’ve ever been at the seaside and put your foot on a raised rock, and then attempted to push yourself up using only the leg on the rock

To practise Standing Qigong is to practise what you should aim to feel in every moving tai chi posture.  What you’re intending to achieve

We don’t usually think much about the way that we move around in our everyday lives; we just do it. However, when people take up tai chi or

If you want to take a step forwards, it’s impossible to move efficiently if you still have weight on one foot, even a minute percentage.

Each of your arms weighs about 8-10lbs (roughly 3.5-4.5Kg). That’s heavy… though we don’t really notice it because either the arms are ...

Sometimes when you move in tai chi or qigong you just know you’ve got it right. You don’t need anyone to tell you, you instinctively know...

When you first begin tai chi and qigong, you spend most of your time trying to remember the positions of arms and legs in the various ...

Quite regularly, a beginner in tai chi or qigong is put off from continuing classes because he/she is experiencing a bit of discomfort.

The main point is that you keep dropping in order to step, and what most people do is to drop, then stop dropping, and then stick the foot..

In both in taiji and in qigong there is often the need to raise the knee, either to kick, or perhaps as an exercise for the pelvis, or ...

How do you get your pelvis to tilt? I’ve found that for most people, it’s very difficult to move the pelvis (other than turning it to ...

Don’t think about it…  Try lifting your arm sideways. Almost everyone will involve both the shoulder & neck.  Alexander Technique calls ...

Whilst teaching, I’ve noticed that people do a number of unusual things when turning their heads. Some tilt one ear nearer the shoulder ...

In the majority of my classes I teach some qigong as a warm-up. I do this for a number of reasons:- 1. to introduce the various different...

Partner-work explains the differing uses of the torso and limbs – i.e. the ‘units’ of attack/defence: 1) the body, 2) the shoulders, 3) the