Link to film: https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/dear-you/ Some of you may have seen this photo of my aunt practicing Chinese exercise to nourish the Kidney on my website. She was living in the Tan family house near Shantou in Ghuangzhou (Canton) province where I first met her on my trip to China in 2012 before going to Harbin …
“Three parts medicine, seven parts nurturing health. Skill in treating is not as good as skill in nurturing health.” Chinese saying Lifestyle is the buzzword in Western medicine. From Dr Michael Mosley’s Just One Thing Radio 4 series on how to improve your health to Tim Spector’s revolutionary Zoe app, an individualised approach to nutrition. The …
Spring marks a time for coming out from our enforced hibernation, the change from Kidney-Water phase of winter to the more dynamic Liver-Wood phase of spring. If the Kidneys have not been sufficiently replenished then you may be finding it difficult to spring into the Liver phase and feel in need of some acupuncture and taiji or qigong to help you …
青龙出水 : Blue Dragon Comes Out of the Water On a midsummer’s trip to Iceland I was inspired by the geothermal qi of the water at Gullfoss or “Little Niagara” to practice some taiji moves. Blue dragon comes out of the water is move 17 (of 74) in Chen-style laojia (old frame) taijiquan form. This powerful …
As part of the Southbank’s Festival of Love Pragma (Enduring Love) weekend, around 50 people joined in the taiji and qigong session taught by Laura in Jubilee Gardens. This summer, the Festival of Love at the Southbank is inspired by seven Ancient Greek words for different types of love. On Sunday 3 August, as part of the …