I come across a large percentage of people who suffer from cold hands and/or cold feet.  This doesn’t seem to be restricted to any age group

We could describe an ‘unpleasant event’ as something that happens to us that we perceive that we don’t want. There are many correlations ...

I know a lot of people who, when they hurt themselves, just wait for the problem to get better.  Sometimes this will work, but often it sets

I used to think that the art of learning deportment was a bit of a joke, something to do with being upright in society as well as being upri

The action is therefore like a wave passing down through the major joints of the arm, one after the other; a transference of energy from one

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 ...

Walking & ‘Open/Close’. If you picture your body as a mobile vertical line, what allows you to be mobile is your ability to split that...

Copying movements. When seeing Tai Chi or Qigong for the first time, it appears that all those graceful movements are the result of...

Leaving aside ‘Standing’ qigong (aka Zhan Zhuang, Standing Pole, Standing Like a Tree , etc.), there are many types of Qigong which are...

The perineum. Between the thighs, approximately midway between the genitals and the anus, is the midpoint of the muscles that can be...

What is a pelvic tilt? Stage 1: If you put your fingertips on the upper border of your symphysis pubis (pubic bone), and your thumb on...

Behaving like a boat. Your body has a keel and a mast.  The question is, how do you experience it? The hull & keel. This is your pelvis...

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...

The Spinal Line. Crown of head (not to be confused with the hair whorl) Perineum (muscle between genitals & anus) Point directly on the...

From head to foot. When practicing taiji and qigong, we are often conscious of the forwards/backwards and the left/right of the...

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,...

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...

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

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...