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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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    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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    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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    Qigong – Why all the Stretching & Twisting?
    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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    Pulling up Your Undercarriage.
    James Drewe
    • Jan 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    Pulling up Your Undercarriage.

    Feeling it. If you are unsure where it is, it’s the same muscle you use when trying to stop urination in mid-flow, as well as the one...
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    Pelvic Tilting and your Health.
    James Drewe
    • Dec 12, 2018
    • 2 min

    Pelvic Tilting and your Health.

    What is a pelvic tilt? How does it affect you? Amongst other things: More flexibility in the lower (lumbar) spine.  Ultimately, less...
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    Sinking your Boat: (4) Results.
    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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    Sinking your Boat: (3) Practising Scuttling.
    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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    Sinking your Boat: (2) Above the Waterline.
    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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    Sinking your Boat: (1) The Hull.
    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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    Qigong – is it Yoga?
    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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    Putting Backbone Into It (Shadow Boxing)
    James Drewe
    • Jul 15, 2018
    • 3 min

    Putting Backbone Into It (Shadow Boxing)

    Crown of head (not to be confused with the hair whorl) Perineum (muscle between genitals & anus) Point directly on the line between your...
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    Playing with your Spine.
    James Drewe
    • Jun 30, 2018
    • 2 min

    Playing with your Spine.

    From head to foot. When practicing taiji and qigong, we are often conscious of the forwards/backwards and the left/right of the...
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    Stress, Tai Chi, & Qigong
    James Drewe
    • Jun 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    Stress, Tai Chi, & Qigong

    A brief ‘whinge’. The ‘Quiet Place’. When doing Tai Chi or Qigong, I can return to myself; it’s like finding the quiet place, where the...
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    What is a Tai Chi ‘Form’?
    James Drewe
    • May 29, 2018
    • 1 min

    What is a Tai Chi ‘Form’?

    Is Tai Chi just a sequence of movements? In a previous blog, I mentioned something that had happened many years ago in a class: I had a...
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    Song 松 & Peng
    James Drewe
    • May 15, 2018
    • 2 min

    Song 松 & Peng

    Following the previous blog, a question was posted about it: “… How does Song relate to the other thing which is said regularly, that...
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    Balance – Walking the Tightrope.
    James Drewe
    • Mar 25, 2018
    • 4 min

    Balance – Walking the Tightrope.

    Balance. “An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady”. According to The Harvard Medical...
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