Shoulder Alignment: The Practicalities (2)
If you’ve read the blog ‘Shoulder Alignment: The Mechanics (1)’, and played around with it, and particularly if you’ve noticed that...
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James Drewe
Mar 14, 20204 min
What is ‘Hollowing the Chest’ in Tai Chi & Qigong?
Connecting movements in tai chi & qigong. Particularly in tai chi, but also in some moving Qigong sets, there comes a moment when you...
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James Drewe
Jun 16, 20195 min
Stress.
Stress. There are many reasons for stress. What stresses one person might to another be a positive drive to action. You would possibly...
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James Drewe
Feb 16, 20193 min
Flapping Around in Tai Chi & Qigong.
Copying movements. When seeing Tai Chi or Qigong for the first time, it appears that all those graceful movements are the result of...
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James Drewe
Jun 30, 20183 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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James Drewe
Dec 10, 20172 min
Sinking Qi (2)
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...
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James Drewe
Nov 19, 20173 min
I’ve Got That Sinking Feeling.
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...
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James Drewe
Jul 23, 20172 min
Heavy Arms
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...
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James Drewe
Jan 23, 20173 min
Making a Connection in Taiji & Qigong – Sinking Qi
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...
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James Drewe
Jul 17, 20164 min
Using Qi to produce Movement.
You breathe (hopefully). Maybe you breathe efficiently, maybe you don’t, but in order to live you obviously need both an ‘in’ and an...
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James Drewe
Feb 20, 20164 min
Energy, Flow, & Learning
Energy Energy is flow; without flow there is no energy. A shortage of energy is therefore partly about a lack of flow … i.e. partial...
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James Drewe
Jan 31, 20164 min
Qigong… Why bother?
In the majority of my classes I teach some qigong as a warm-up. I do this for a number of reasons:- to introduce the various different...
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James Drewe
Dec 4, 20152 min
2-Person Exercises in Taiji – Maintaining Your Integrity (4)
Continuing … the next point from Blog 1 … What’s the point of 2-person work? To understand our own stability is obvious when we’re...
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James Drewe
Jul 9, 20153 min
Testing Postures in Taiji & Qigong – Making Sure the World is Round (Peng Energy)
Balancing the body When performing tai chi and qigong, you need to organise your body so that it feels as though all aspects of the body...
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James Drewe
May 19, 20152 min
Sinking to Move (2) – Connecting the Upper Body
Sinking to Move (1) was about sinking the qi from the waist downwards. Sinking to Move (2) is about connecting the upper body to the...
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James Drewe
Oct 25, 20143 min
Movement and Stillness – Sinking the Qi.
In order to be able to move with ease, it is necessary to relax just prior to the movement. Ideally you are looking for body movement to...
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