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 ...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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