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James Drewe
May 313 min read
In Support of Finishing Schools and Deportment
In the age of mobile phones and computers, it’s very noticeable that posture has sagged somewhat… not so good for the individual, but...
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James Drewe
Jul 16, 20224 min read
RELAX!! What Does That Even MEAN?
A couple of weeks ago, two people in two different classes asked the same question. During both classes, in order to get people to relax...
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James Drewe
May 12, 20193 min read
How on Earth do you ‘Relax’?
Relaxation v. De-stressing. You might think that relaxation is the same thing as de-stressing, but there’s a difference. De-stressing...
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James Drewe
Oct 12, 20182 min read
Sinking your Boat: (1) The Hull.
Behaving like a boat. Your body has a keel and a mast. The question is, how do you experience it? The hull & keel. This is your pelvis...
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James Drewe
Jul 23, 20172 min read
Heavy Arms
Each of your arms weighs about 8-10lbs (roughly 3.5-4.5Kg). That’s heavy… though we don’t really notice it because either the arms are...
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James Drewe
Jan 23, 20173 min read
Making a Connection in Taiji & Qigong – Sinking Qi
When you first begin tai chi and qigong, you spend most of your time trying to remember the positions of arms and legs in the various...
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James Drewe
Jul 17, 20164 min read
Using Qi to produce Movement.
You breathe (hopefully). Maybe you breathe efficiently, maybe you don’t, but in order to live you obviously need both an ‘in’ and an...
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James Drewe
Dec 4, 20152 min read
2-Person Exercises in Taiji – Maintaining Your Integrity (4)
Continuing … the next point from Blog 1 … What’s the point of 2-person work? To understand our own stability is obvious when we’re...
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James Drewe
May 19, 20154 min read
Sinking to Move (1) – The Lower Limbs
The Balance Problem in Certain Tai Chi & Qigong Moves I’ve often noticed when teaching the Yang 24 that balance in certain movements...
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James Drewe
Dec 22, 20143 min read
‘Forcing’ & ‘Allowing’… it’s not just semantics…
The classics say: “ Head upright to let the shen [spirit of vitality] rise to the top of the head. Don’t use Li [external strength], or...
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