Opening Joints & Connecting The Body
When pushing or pulling an object, we usually tighten muscles automatically. If you want to push something heavy, you compress, or ‘get...
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James Drewe
Aug 9, 20224 min
Tensegrity & Tai Chi & Qigong
We are held together by this concept. Every part of us, whether it be a finger, an arm, a leg, a hair, an organ, or the torso, has its...
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James Drewe
Jul 16, 20224 min
RELAX!! What Does That Even MEAN?
A couple of weeks ago, two people in two different classes asked the same question. During both classes, in order to get people to relax...
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James Drewe
Apr 3, 20225 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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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
May 12, 20193 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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James Drewe
Aug 29, 20184 min
Qigong – is it Yoga?
I’m not a yoga teacher, although back in 1978 I did teach yoga for a couple of years. One of the aspects of both yoga and qigong is to...
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James Drewe
Jun 10, 20183 min
Stress, Tai Chi, & Qigong
A brief ‘whinge’. Maybe it’s only because I’m older now (or having an off day), but life appears to be more stressful these days,...
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James Drewe
Dec 11, 20162 min
Energy. Why do you need to relax?
Body Efficiency. The efficiency of the body’s movements largely depends upon how relaxed you are. Our amazing network of muscle &...
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James Drewe
Sep 13, 20162 min
The Fly & The Bay Window, or Relaxation & Perspective
The headache. I awoke with a headache a few months ago. Still lying in bed, I tried to relax the area where I could feel the tension...
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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
May 23, 20154 min
The Latest Fashion in Exercise
I first started teaching tai chi & qigong in about 1990. Back then, not so many people knew what tai chi was, and even fewer knew...
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