29 Feb The Art of Relaxing & Sinking: Cultivating Embodiment in Tai Chi and in Daily Life Copy

Posted at 19:19h in Tai Chi by Lisa Young

A tai chi friend commented recently how mother nature has equipped him with a faulty nervous system. Why he was so easily triggered into fight, flight, freeze in minor fear situations did not make sense to him. I tried my best to explain why we...

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04 Feb The Art of Relaxing & Sinking: Cultivating Embodiment in Tai Chi and in Daily Life

Posted at 17:25h in Tai Chi by Lucy

A tai chi friend commented recently how mother nature has equipped him with a faulty nervous system. Why he was so easily triggered into fight, flight, freeze in minor fear situations did not make sense to him. I tried my best to explain why we...

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05 Jan It Ain’t What We Do, It’s The Way That We Do It

Posted at 11:55h in Tai Chi by Lucy

Mindfulness Tai Chi is an embodiment practice and as such it’s a method of using whole-body listening to develop awareness, find balance, feel connected, and to be able to respond to experience as it unfolds. To make swift progress in our practice it is less about...

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23 Dec Caring For Your Nervous System

Posted at 13:39h in Tai Chi by Lucy

Some time ago, on the way to visit a friend, a traffic officer pulled me over, came to the car window and after asking for documentation, said: “You were driving above the speed limit, are you in a rush to get somewhere? “ “No, I...

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