The author reflects on their experience with illness recovery while teaching Tai Chi and Qigong. They find that continuous practice during teaching terms helps shorten recovery time from minor ailments, contrasting with longer recovery during breaks. They emphasize the holistic benefits of these practices for overall health and functional efficiency of the body.

As I’m sure you know, there are several methods of breathing. If you type ‘breathing methods’ into your search engine, you’ll discover them

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Maybe it’s only because I’m older now (or having an off day), but life appears to be more stressful these days, particularly in a city.  Pol

In the majority of my classes I teach some qigong as a warm-up. I do this for a number of reasons:- 1. to introduce the various different...