Balance. “An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady”. Some can, some sometimes can, and...

Memory & the “Moment”. The part of our brain that memorises events could never be said to be reliable; we remember the parts we want to...

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...

How is it at the moment? How do you position your neck? How does it sit on your body? How does it control you? How does it affect...

It’s a  feeling , you can’t actually  do it. In fact it’s the act of not-doing… definitely a verbal contradiction. I spent many years...

The smallest movement is the strongest. If you were to lie a cartwheel on its axle and then spin it around, a point on the rim of the...

Feeling that sinking feeling. If you’ve ever been at the seaside and put your foot on a raised rock, and then attempted to push yourself...

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

‘Natural’ movement. We don’t usually think much about the way that we move around in our everyday lives; we just do it. However, when...

The art of effortless movement. If you want to take a step forwards, it’s impossible to move efficiently if you still have weight on one...

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...

When it feels right. 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,...

Getting heavy. I had a problem in a class recently. Someone stopped ‘feeling’ and began ‘doing his moves’. We were doing some partner...

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...

Changing the way I teach. I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that teaching in too basic a way in order to make tai chi and qigong...

… or to put it another way, if something around me changes, I need to change as well. Change By and large we don’t like change, unless...

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....

Body Efficiency. The efficiency of the body’s movements largely depends upon how relaxed you are. Our amazing network of muscle &...