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What is ‘Hollowing the Chest’ in Tai Chi and Qigong?
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 ...
James Drewe
Mar 14, 20204 min read
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Buoyancy - Letting Go & Relaxing
Strictly speaking, and depending upon your interpretation of ‘relax’, it’s a bit of a contradiction. If you relax your arm, it will fall...
James Drewe
Jan 22, 20203 min read
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Change in Taiji and Qigong
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...
James Drewe
Oct 31, 20196 min read
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Revolving Doors
Revolving doors work because they have perfect central equilibrium, and therefore use minimum energy.
James Drewe
Aug 3, 20192 min read
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How on Earth do you 'Relax'?
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
James Drewe
May 12, 20193 min read
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Song Yao / Kai Kua
“Song Yao” = Release the waist (see previous blog on ‘Song’).
“Kai Kua” = Open the Kua, or inguinal region on the front of the pelvis.
James Drewe
Apr 2, 20192 min read
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Tucking Under... Don't FORCE it.
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 ...
James Drewe
Mar 17, 20192 min read
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The Breathing of Movement in Tai Chi & Qigong.
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 ...
James Drewe
Mar 11, 20193 min read
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Qigong – Why all the Stretching & Twisting?
Leaving aside ‘Standing’ qigong (aka Zhan Zhuang, Standing Pole, Standing Like a Tree , etc.), there are many types of Qigong which are ...
James Drewe
Jan 26, 20194 min read
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Pulling up Your Undercarriage.
Between the thighs, approximately midway between the genitals and the anus, is the midpoint of the muscles that can be used to help solve...
James Drewe
Jan 9, 20192 min read
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Pelvic Tilting and your Health.
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...
James Drewe
Dec 12, 20183 min read
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Sinking your Boat: (4) Results.
Your balance should improve as you lower your centre of gravity. This applies to all ages, sizes, and heights, but in particular to older..
James Drewe
Nov 20, 20182 min read
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Sinking your Boat: (3) Practising Scuttling.
Practising the art of sinking is essential; it’s not going to happen on its own.
The good thing is that you can practise it all the time...
James Drewe
Nov 4, 20181 min read
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Sinking your Boat: (2) Above the Waterline.
Above the waterline is the equipment that makes the sailing boat functional – mast & boom, shrouds & sails, sheets & cleats, and a burgee...
James Drewe
Oct 27, 20182 min read
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Sinking your Boat: (1) The Hull.
Your body has a keel and a mast. The question is, how do you experience it?
This is your pelvis and your legs. When a boat sits in water,
James Drewe
Oct 12, 20182 min read
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Qigong – is it Yoga?
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 ...
James Drewe
Aug 29, 20184 min read
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Putting Backbone Into It (Shadow Boxing)
The Spinal Line.
1. Crown of head (not to be confused with the hair whorl)
2. Perineum
3. Point between the feet...
James Drewe
Jul 15, 20184 min read
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Playing with your Spine.
When practicing taiji and qigong, we are often conscious of the forwards/backwards and the left/right of the movements, but it’s easy to for
James Drewe
Jun 30, 20184 min read
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What is a Tai Chi ‘Form’?
I mentioned something that had happened many years ago in a class:
I had a student who, through my own inexperience of teaching, learnt the
James Drewe
May 29, 20182 min read
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Balance – Walking the Tightrope.
Some can, some sometimes can, and some find it almost impossible. Why can some people balance and others not?
According to The Harvard ...
James Drewe
Mar 25, 20186 min read
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