Our posture is so much more than the mechanics of how we sit or stand; our posture is the way in which we present ourselves to the world, the way in which we fit into our environment and the way in which we can either enhance or inhibit the flow of energy in the body. …
There are many beautiful traps in the realms of qigong. There are many a cul-de-sac to get stuck in, and many a place to fool yourself that you’ve mastered the practice. In fact, you could argue that there are so many places to get stuck that it’s futile to try and avoid these traps and…
There are some things that are better learned through application and experience than through discussion and research. To me, wú wéi is one of those things. Often translated as non-action, the concept feels somewhat at odds with the busy modern society that we inhabit. In many ways it is the antithesis of modern day life,…
It’s the perennial question: How long should I practise for? The answer will vary from one qigong teacher to the next and from one student to the next, but here are three simple ideas that can help you to decide what works best for you. Time Dedicated to Practice A number of years ago, I…
If you spend your time feeling comfortable both in body and mind, what do you learn? If you are in huge physical or mental discomfort, what do you learn? In both cases the answer is probably nothing. When we are in a completely comfortable state, we have a tendency to reinforce our existing paradigm, when…
Ignoring the elephant in the room that is pre-recorded courses, books and other types of learning that lack the ability for the teacher to interact with the learners (we’ll cover this one in a future post)… The best advice that I can give is to ignore the warnings and grandiose claims of being the one…
I’d like to say that race makes no difference, but I would be lying. In the realms of qigong, race counts for a huge amount. The sad fact is that the western audience can be so blinded by this that we end up studying with teachers more because of their appearance than their understanding or…
It might be human nature, it might be a cultural thing, but we seem to have a need to subdivide and categorise things in order to understand them. Within the realms of Qigong there are many ways to subdivide and categorise to help us to explore the concepts that reside within the practice, but unlike…
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