If everything is a microcosm of everything else, then when doing tai chi or qigong we need to pay attention to the inter-connectivity of ...

When you first start learning either tai chi or qigong, it's all about learning a set of movements.  For some people, it never goes beyond..

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

When pushing or pulling an object, we usually tighten muscles automatically. If you want to push something heavy, you compress, If you want

This has a major impact on the way in which we do not only Tai Chi or Qigong but any sport or activity that involves movement. In whatever..

When we walk, we need to create 'full' and 'empty' in the legs.  Most of the time we do it without thinking; it just happens...

One of the first things that beginners can feel is aching legs; they discover that their legs are weaker than they thought. ...

In both in taiji and in qigong there is often the need to raise the knee, either to kick, or perhaps as an exercise for the pelvis, or ...

Most of us think of ourselves 'travelling through time' - we start the day, the sun has risen; we finish the day, the sun has set. It's as

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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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...