Category Archives: Tai Chi & Qi Gong

📖Glossary of Terms

Μυερημία (Myeremia) Desertion/ dereliction of one muscle (partial failure). Hubris (a single link forsakes its duty). A glute failing in hip extension. Ὁλομυερημία (Holomyeremia) Absolute desertion of one muscle (total failure). Extreme hubris (utter collapse of one link). A glute completely offline. Πανμυερημία (Panmyeremia) Whole chain deserted. Collective hubris (entire chain collapses). Posterior chain fullyContinue reading “📖Glossary of Terms”

Qi Gong Head Massage

Prepare the hands to work their magic. Bring your shoulder blades gently together and down without arching your back. Rotate the arms slowly in large arm circles in sync with your breath. Breathe with your whole abdomen. Ten slow breaths with the arms rotating forward, then ten slow breaths with the arms rotating backwards. UseContinue reading “Qi Gong Head Massage”

Five Animal First Set

Tiger Deer Bear Monkey Bird Qigong Set 01   Mountain Pose Feet within shoulder width, outsides of feet parallel (big toes might feel slightly pigeon-toed). Aim tailbone between heels and elongated lumbar vertebrae downwards. Sternum points straight ahead, don’t arch your back up or puff your chest up. Cervical vertebrae extend upwards, they don’t leanContinue reading “Five Animal First Set”

Daoist Breathing

Daoist breathing is the basis for both qi gong and tai chi, as I enjoy practicing them. Both arts use the muscles of respiration to initiate and power their movements. As such, breathing is the foundation of practice, far more so than the prescribed order of the movements, or form. It is really quite simple, butContinue reading “Daoist Breathing”

Qi

Qi is synergistic function as it is perceived by the aspect of our consciousness that is responsible for intuition. It is often spoken of as energy, and elaborated upon with metaphors of water, but this is merely to facilitate explanation. Energy is capable of transforming into matter and back again, but qi does not do this. It also does not registerContinue reading “Qi”