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Peng
The concept of 'Peng' is often explained as feeling as though you are balloon being blown up, or a feeling as though you are simultaneously
James Drewe
Mar 14 min read
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Connecting Your Microcosm
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 ...
James Drewe
Feb 13 min read
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Song Between Movements
It’s impossible to jump off the floor without first of all bending your knees and sinking into the ground.
The implication of this is that
James Drewe
Dec 1, 20243 min read
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Speeding & Tai Chi
I've noticed that, when I have a 'plan' - I'm in one place and I want to drive somewhere else several miles away, I feel as though ...
James Drewe
Nov 1, 20242 min read
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‘Testing’ Postures
Working with a partner, you held a tai chi posture, and your partner would push against you; I seem to remember that it was a bit hit and ..
James Drewe
Oct 1, 20243 min read
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Cold Hands / Cold Feet
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
James Drewe
Sep 1, 20244 min read
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Dealing with Life’s Problems and Tai Chi
We could describe an ‘unpleasant event’ as something that happens to us that we perceive that we don’t want.
There are many correlations ...
James Drewe
Aug 1, 20245 min read
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Doing Nothing About It
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
James Drewe
Jul 1, 20244 min read
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In Support of Finishing Schools and Deportment
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
James Drewe
Jun 1, 20243 min read
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Moving Energy in the Body
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
James Drewe
May 1, 20243 min read
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Opening Joints & Connecting The Body
When pushing or pulling an object, we usually tighten muscles automatically.
If you want to push something heavy, you compress, If you want
James Drewe
Apr 1, 20244 min read
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Controlling Energy From The Feet
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..
James Drewe
Mar 1, 20244 min read
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'Full' and 'Empty'
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...
James Drewe
Feb 1, 20243 min read
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Using Your Legs.
One of the first things that beginners can feel is aching legs; they discover that their legs are weaker than they thought. ...
James Drewe
Jan 1, 20243 min read
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Moving the Arms in Taiji, Qigong, and Yoga
Use your back.
The arms need to connect to the body; the action is not one where only the shoulder muscles function.
James Drewe
Dec 1, 20232 min read
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Look at the Spaces in Between
Nowadays I find it strange that, when I was first learning in the 70s and 80s, no one ever explained this; but maybe I just didn't hear it..
James Drewe
Nov 1, 20232 min read
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Shoulder Alignment: The Practicalities (2)
I know that we can take our arms behind our backs, but, by and large, we use the arms in front of our bodies in nearly everything we do as..
James Drewe
Oct 1, 20233 min read
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How to Lift the Knee Higher in Taiji and Qigong
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 ...
James Drewe
Sep 1, 20234 min read
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Suspended by a Silk Thread
You often hear the expression that you should stand in both tai chi and qigong as though you are 'suspended by a silk thread'.
This is ...
James Drewe
Aug 19, 20233 min read
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Planting Your Body
In the same way that the body of the plant does this, we, as humans, need to mimic the same actions with our bodies in order to achieve ...
James Drewe
Jul 30, 20232 min read
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