Live Long, Live Well: Teachings from the Chinese Nourishment of Life Tradition – by Peter Deadman. If someone ever asks you what are the proven benefits of regular Tai Chi Chuan or Qigong practice maybe you could try the following sentence ... “Either Tai Chi or Qigong have been shown to improve renal and cardiac…
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About: Noel Schmidt
Recent Posts by Noel Schmidt
2017 QiGong Seminar-Ba Duan Jin
Special QIGONG Seminar Series – BA DUAN JIN Grand Master Eng Chor and Master Tong Low A long-awaited series of Seminars on ”the art of breathing or energy flow”, in Grand Master’s words, commenced on a glorious autumn Sunday afternoon with 25 participants, keen to fathom and learn the wisdom of Qigong. Many had previously…
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Reclaim Your Wayward Limbs
Tai Chi has many benefits, and for me a valuable one is that it helps me to feel that I ‘own’ every part of my body. Seems an odd thing to say but not all of us are aware of how we move. Some of us will swear our right arm is in a perfect…
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A Personal Story in Praise of Qigong
My name is Michele Cunningham and I belong to the Eltham Centre. I noticed a problem with my balance about 6 years ago and initially thought it was age related. However, when it became more pronounced I sought medical help. It was difficult to describe; some doctors said it was vertigo although I constantly said…
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Benefits of Qigong
A ‘Little Bit of Science’ Behind the Benefits of Qigong Telomeres protect the end of everyone’s chromosomes; they are important in protecting your DNA. The length of your telomeres is an important indicator of health, the longer they are the healthier your cells and tissues, therefore you! One’s genes do affect your telomeres. Telomeres naturally…
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‘SUBSTANCE’ in Yang-Style Tai Chi
Introduction Yang-style Tai Chi had its roots in the successful martial art routine developed by Yang for training competitors in hand-to-hand fighting. The routine is performed as a gentle, slow and graceful routine, found to be excellent exercise because it uses every joint and muscle in the body together with providing excellent exercise for the…
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2016 Banquet Highlights
The College’s 2016 banquet was held Sunday, 4th December and was again rated as very successful, with the 10 course meal being described as the most delicious ever. As with past annual banquets, we were treated to solo performances by Grand Master Eng Chor (Celestial Tai Chi Performance routine and Sun Tai Chi), Senior Master…
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Age no Barrier to Practicing Tai Chi
Edna Neubecker turned 99 last July, and is now in her 100th year. The first time she did Tai Chi was during a trip to China on a Shanghai street in 1983. She remembers a group of ladies being instructed by another wearing white gloves. The exercise looked beautiful so she and her friend joined…
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