Following a bereavement in Autumn 2020, I learnt what you might call a technique that I thought was very relevant to both tai chi and qigong

The Immune System - Topical! There's plenty of research on the effect that tai chi and qigong have on the immune system.

Every move in tai chi has a 3-dimensional aspect, although sometimes it’s not obvious.

Sitting back: 1) Sitting back is accomplished by the pelvis.  As you sit back, you need a pelvic tilt which is timed a) to initiate the ...

'Listening' is the art of feeling, so you know how to act. Listening is pulling up a weed in your garden; it is sensing, beyond the point at

Strictly speaking, and depending upon your interpretation of ‘relax’, it’s a bit of a contradiction. If you relax your arm, it will fall...

How do you 'convert' one movement to another in Tai Chi or Qigong? Perhaps, if I can understand these changes, for example, when the body...

I guess that most people don’t practise the exercises.  For the majority it’s enough to come to a class once a week, and have a reminder...

Revolving doors work because they have perfect central equilibrium, and therefore use minimum energy.

When speaking, you speak in phrases. If you take a phrase like, “Don’t you know what I want?”, by putting the stress on different words...

There are many reasons for stress.  What stresses one person might to another be a positive drive to action. You would possibly think that..

You might think that relaxation is the same thing as de-stressing,  but there’s a difference.  De-stressing can use a variety of techniques

“Song Yao” = Release the waist (see previous blog on ‘Song’). “Kai Kua” = Open the Kua, or inguinal region on the front of the pelvis.

When you sit down on to a chair, you automatically, and without forcing it, do a pelvic tilt.  If you don't, you run the slight risk of ...

If you picture your body as a mobile vertical line, what allows you to mobile is your ability to split that line at the base - in other ...

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

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

Between the thighs, approximately midway between the genitals and the anus, is the midpoint of the muscles that can be used to help solve...

If you put your fingertips on the upper border of your symphysis pubis (pubic bone), and your thumb on your navel, there will be a gap of...

Your balance should improve as you lower your centre of gravity.  This applies to all ages, sizes, and heights, but in particular to older..