Treasures of Knowledge (my German YouTube experience)
It was my pleasure to join the BVTQ Das Netzwerk YouTube channel recently to take part in a presentation on “Supporting Parkinson’s patients with Taijiquan...
Move Like a Great River!
Tai Chi was developed in the 13th century to promote health and longevity but it’s roots go back much earlier. Around 2,700BC Huang Ti, the...
Mindfulness in Movement
When the beginner comes for their first Tai Chi lesson they learn how to move mindfully. The Tai Chi sequence of movements or ‘form’ is...
Ideal for Improving Posture!
Cheng Man-Ch’ing the famous Tai Chi grandmaster who is among those credited with bringing this ancient martial art to the West said, ‘the only reason...
Keeping Active!
There has been a lot of coverage in the news recently about the detrimental effects of the modern sedentary lifestyle. We are now told that...
A New Approach to Learning
‘Don’t try harder, try softer’ is one of my Tai Chi teachers, Dave Haines, favourite sayings. ‘Let go and stop trying to make it happen’...
Life in the Slow Lane
It comes as quite a surprise to most people when they attend their first Tai Chi lesson to discover that in order to do this...
Move from your Centre!
All day long since our infancy when we first learned to roll over onto our tummy, then crawl and finally stand erect and walk we...
Finding your Centre!
Anyone who has watched a group of people performing the Tai Chi form (an ancient Chinese exercise) will see a very slow, graceful, type of...
Learning to Breathe Naturally?
‘How should I breathe when I do Tai Chi?’ is one of the first questions asked by the beginner when they learn the Tai Chi...