The Spinal Line. 1. Crown of head (not to be confused with the hair whorl) 2. Perineum 3. Point between the feet...

When practicing taiji and qigong, we are often conscious of the forwards/backwards and the left/right of the movements, but it’s easy to for

Maybe it’s only because I’m older now (or having an off day), but life appears to be more stressful these days, particularly in a city.  Pol

I mentioned something that had happened many years ago in a class: I had a student who, through my own inexperience of teaching, learnt the

Following  the previous blog, a question was posted about it: “… How does Song relate to the other thing which is said regularly, that...

Some can, some sometimes can, and some find it almost impossible. Why can some people balance and others not? According to The Harvard ...

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 ...

Aspects of the Yang 24-Step with Master Huang Ping – Saturday 24th February 2018 – 10.00am – 4.30pm This course will look at various...

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 were to lie a cartwheel on its axle and then spin it around, a point on the rim of the wheel would move yards, whereas a point on ...

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...

I had a problem in a class recently. Someone stopped ‘feeling’ and began ‘doing his moves’. We were doing some partner work, and one of ...

Most people who do tai chi or qigong come along to a class because they want some exercise, perhaps also to meet likeminded people, maybe...