Immersing yourself in Tai Chi on a week long retreat
Practising Tai Chi everyday for a week can totally change your perspective on the art form. It will allow you to dive deeply into, and...
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Nicole Mills
- Jun 25
- 1 min
Master John Ding's visit to Dublin
Tai Chi weekend workshops June 10th - 12th 2022 We had to wait over two years, but we finally managed to get together for a weekends...
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Nicole Mills
- Apr 1
- 1 min
The three pillars of Tai Chi practice
Our Tai Chi practice is based on these three pillars: Chi Kung - building energy Tai Chi form practice - circulating energy Partner work...
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Declan Mills
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Return of Tai Chi retreat in Bishopstortford, UK before Christmas
As members of the Master Ding Academy we are lucky to have the opportunity to go on a week long residential retreat three times a year....
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Declan Mills
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Returning to Tai Chi
No matter how long your break has been, or how little you think you do remember, Tai Chi practice may have brought some goodness into...
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Declan Mills
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
Book review: Tai Chi Chuan revelations
If the 15 Minute Tai Chi Book is one that you can pass around then 'Revelations, Tai Chi Chuan, Principles and Concepts' is one that will...
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Declan Mills
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
Book review: 15 Min Tai Chi
Many books I have read on Tai Chi Chuan are either only applicable to the school or style that the book professes, or simply too vague...
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Nicole Mills
- Jun 28, 2020
- 2 min
Tai Chi Challenge # 16 - Keep your feet on the ground while shooting for the stars
Our lives are beginning to return to normal with classes slowly opening up across the country. With that in mind, this will be our last...
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Nicole Mills
- Jun 21, 2020
- 2 min
Tai Chi Challenge #15 - Stability
What if we could live our lives with our mind/body still, like a pond on a quiet morning, the surface like glass. When we act, complex...
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Nicole Mills
- Jun 14, 2020
- 2 min
Tai Chi Challenge #14 - Slow down
Possibly the single most obvious defining feature of Tai Chi, is its speed of practice. Anyone walking through a park and spotting a...
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Declan Mills
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
PRACTICE TIPS - SETTLING
With any practice tip, it is worth exploring it for a number of weeks. Recently we've been attempting to infuse a thread of the state...
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Nicole Mills
- Jun 7, 2020
- 2 min
Tai Chi Challenge #13 - Smooth as treacle
To see an accomplished Tai Chi practitioner practicing the form can be hypnotic. Even if we’re not sure what we’re looking at, we know...
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Nicole Mills
- May 31, 2020
- 2 min
Tai Chi Challenge # 12 - the art of stepping in Tai Chi
To see an accomplished Tai Chi practitioner performing the form is to see the body aligned, relaxed and unified, the intention present...
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Declan Mills
- May 25, 2020
- 1 min
PRACTICE TIPS: CHI KUNG OUTDOORS
If you get a chance during this fine weather do find a space to do Chi Kung outside. You do not have to go through the whole sequence. Go...
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Nicole Mills
- May 24, 2020
- 1 min
Tai Chi Challenge #11 - Old life, New life - choose a direction
While we’re certainly some time away from a new normal, things are starting to open up, slowly… Many of us has had a great opportunity...
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Declan Mills
- May 18, 2020
- 1 min
PRACTICE TIPS: Sitting Chi Kung
Sitting Chi Kung gives us an opportunity to concentrate on our breathing. Oftentimes standing Chi Kung does not allow us to access our...
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Nicole Mills
- May 17, 2020
- 2 min
Tai Chi Challenge #10 - Persistence
We’re ten weeks into our challenges and while it’s possible we might have some small outdoor sessions beginning soon, we’re still a way...
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Nicole Mills
- May 11, 2020
- 1 min
Tai Chi Challenge # 9 - More Chi Kung
Anyone spending any appreciable time with Master Ding will undoubtably have heard the answer for all questions: More Chi Kung. It’s the...
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Nicole Mills
- May 4, 2020
- 2 min
Tai Chi Challenge #8 - Unify body and mind
Having the time to look through past copies of the Tai Chi and Alternative Health magazine, (back in the days when it was a physical...
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Nicole Mills
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
Tai Chi Challenge #7 - 12 Taoist Core Exercises
The challenge of Tai Chi is not simply getting movement right, it’s about embodying the Tai Chi principles within our practice. Often, if...
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