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, or ‘get...
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James Drewe
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Shoulder Alignment: The Practicalities (2)
If you’ve read the blog ‘Shoulder Alignment: The Mechanics (1)’, and played around with it, and particularly if you’ve noticed that...
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James Drewe
Oct 3, 20224 min read
How Do I Relax My Neck?
For many people, tension in the neck must be a major cause of so much daily discomfort, this part of the body being one of the major...
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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
Mar 1, 20203 min read
Ting (listening) in Tai Chi & Qigong.
What is ‘listening’ in tai chi & qigong? ‘Listening’ is the art of feeling, so you know how to act. Listening is pulling up a weed in...
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James Drewe
Jun 16, 20195 min read
Stress.
Stress. There are many reasons for stress. What stresses one person might to another be a positive drive to action. You would possibly...
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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
Aug 29, 20184 min read
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...
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James Drewe
Jun 10, 20183 min read
Stress, Tai Chi, & Qigong
A brief ‘whinge’. Maybe it’s only because I’m older now (or having an off day), but life appears to be more stressful these days,...
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James Drewe
Dec 11, 20162 min read
Energy. Why do you need to relax?
Body Efficiency. The efficiency of the body’s movements largely depends upon how relaxed you are. Our amazing network of muscle &...
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James Drewe
Nov 19, 20152 min read
2-Person Exercises in Taiji (2) – Maintaining Your Integrity
Continuing … from the previous blog … What’s the point of 2-person work? We are taught that tai chi should be comfortable and relaxed ,...
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