Pain going in vs Pain going out
Your most significant and challenging relationship is with your body and how you view it, accept it, use it and respect it. No one in their right mind wants to…
You don’t have to know where your problems came from to let them go
Classically based Qi Gong can be an invaluable aid in breaking down habitual restrictions and mitigating other tensions without directly confronting them or finding out where they came from. The…
Letting Go into Emptiness
Remember, it is you who are responsible for yourself. Wuji practice is only a 5-minute affair, and I encourage you to drop into the potential of Wuji anywhere at any time within reason and not when crossing the road.
Frozen in Time
Do you want things to remain as they were? You know the good bits, not the bad bits. Surely no one would want to repeat events that wreaked havoc in…
The Penetrating Mirror of the Interior in Eight Books
The Penetrating Mirror of the Interior in Eight Books Chinese woodcut: Circulation of Qi during Qigong practice. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Making sense of Qi Gong
During the 1950s in China, the term Qi Gong emerged to describe a therapy involving exercise. Indeed all manner of practices that had links to traditional knowledge were analysed to…
Athleticism and the Core of a Musician
Having worked with an assortment of musicians and several singers over the years: Guitar, Cello, Double bass, Piano, Trumpet and even a highly successful Opera singer. Today I had the…