Workouts for Well-Being: Tai Chi, Qigong, Core Strength, Mindfulness and more
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Listen and discover: Audio reports on the benefits of exercise
AUDIO: Small bursts rather than long routines
Changing World Changing Bodies - Our Backs
Why Cardio is an important part of your health
Why Resistance training is very important in your practice
Documents and reading material
READ: Could Tai Chi be the ultimate Eccentric and Slow Workout_.pdf
READ: Are the Apple Watch health and fitness tracking features useful or just hype_ copy.pdf
READ: Resistance Training
The Knees in Tai Chi.pdf
WORKOUTS: The Warm-Up & Cool Down Sessions
Read this first
Warm Up before Core Strength sessions
Cool Down
Drop into a Tai Chi Warm-Up
*Another Simple Tai Chi Warm-Up Session (with diagram)
Print it out and stick it on your Fridge
Quick Hands and fingers workout (in silence)
Exploring the benefits of warm up turns
WORKOUTS: THE STRETCHES
Stretch (part I) Upper leg, lower back release
Stretch Lower Body (part II)
covid stretch.mov
The 10 exercise floor stretch.mp4
WORKOUTS: Food and Drink
Superfood: Hot Oat with Turmeric and Black Pepper
The Anti-Inflammatory Drink: honey, fresh ginger & cider vinegar
AUDIO: An Apple Day
A Lazy Monk's Recipe for Gazpacho.mp4
Salmorejo Recipe - Spanish Thick Cold Tomato Soup.mp4
Full-On Garlic Soup/Meal
WORKOUTS: Qigong, Breathing and Energy
3 minutes of Breathing.mp4
A Roof-top Qigong Session in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
Qigong 2 people
***qigong in north devon2.mov
Me, myself and I: Triple breathing in Silence
Close up.MOV
Tap and Flow in the Garden of Heavenly Delights
Silent Breathing set and drills (close Up)
Basic Breath Exercises (with Stick person Diagram)
IMAGE: Stick Person Basic Exercises
8 Embroidery/Pieces of Brocade/Silk
8 Embroidery/Pieces of Brocade/Silk PDF
Seated Qigong - Part 1 by Lindsay Trevarthen
Seated Qigong Part 2 by Lindsay Trevarthen
The Farmers Exercises (with Illustrations)
Silence Energy Workout
Breathe with me
WORKOUTS: Core Strength
Eccentric Exercises
WATCH THIS FIRST!
Core 1
Core 2 plank2.mov
Core Workout 3
Intro to the Yoga Studio
Plank Mix and match in the Studio
An easy floor workout using principles of slowness and eccentric phase focus
Slow Abdominal Workout
Legs and Core with Feline Friends
The Watch workout
Guest Instructor: Justin Moves and "Dancing with the Floor"
Plank variations for core strength
General Principles in Tai Chi
Isolated moves: Connecting each move to the whole
Weight Shifting Practice
Opening and Closing of hips and heels
Exploring Balance Part 1
Exploring Balance Part 2
WORKOUTS: Tai Chi Drills
STEPPING PATTERNS.mp4
Posture Drills
tap and flow1.mov
Arm and Shoulder Workout
Spot the Tai Chi footwork patterns (silent drills)
Roll back, press and push - a drill
Learning the 4 Corner Exercise as a Solo Drill
Exploring 4 Corners: Part 1
4 Corners Arm Patterns (part 2)
DR CHI'S SEA BOTTOM DRILL
The Grasp Sparrow Drill
WORKOUTS: Tai Chi Short Form (Cheng Man-ch'ing)
First section of Cheng Man-ch'ing Form
Cheng Man-ch'ing first few moves.MOV
1. An exploration of swing and Momentum in a section of the Tai Chi Form
2. Momentum and Swing in Lotus Kick
3. Momentum and Swing in the applications
Earphones or earbuds needed. Let’s do the form together.
Companion video to Audio File
Tai Chi when you have no space
WORKOUTS: Learn the Tai Chi 10 Step Form
10 Step form.pdf
Intro to 10 step.MOV
Learn a 10 Step Tai Chi Sequence
10 Step Form: 1. The White Crane
10 Step Form 2: Step Back to Repulse the Monkey
10 Step Form 3: Play Guitar
10 Step Form 4: Brush Knee and Push
10 Step Form 5: Step and Punch
10 Step Form 6: Diagonal Flying the move explained
10 Step Form 6: Diagonal Flying the application explained
10 Step Form 7: Waving Hands in Clouds
Cut the form down even further (silence)
WORKOUTS: 10 Step Form Examples
10 Steps In the loft
10 Step Complete in Cane Circle outside Wales
10 Steps On Glass.MOV
both sides full almeria.MOV
10 on terrace.MOV
10 step yoga studeio.MOV
WORKOUTS: LEARN THROUGH PLAY
PLAY
Every Breath
Alan Watts and Cheng Man-ch'ing
Play with Peripheral Vision
the wobble board workout
The Whippet Workout: Play and Mirroring
WORKOUTS: Tai Chi Cane and Sword Play for Complete Beginners
How to Make your own Tai Chi Cane
Making Your Bamboo Cane Part 2
The Fundamentals: 1- How to move holding an object
The Fundamentals: 2- Thrusting and Circling
The Fundamentals: 3- Circling Cuts and Turns
1. SWORD DRILL.MOV
Silent Sword Drills
Sword and Cane Drills Solo Practice
sword in a limited space
Tai Chi Cane Demo (Spain - Dia de Andlaucia)
A silent Sword Drill and Section of the Form
WORKOUTS: Workouts Plus
Why Using weights will help you live longer, develop muscle and brain power!
Think Yourself Stronger
The Bathroom Workout (teeth cleaning) Session
And speaking of Cleaning Your teeth
The Resistance Workout with weights
The Ab-Wheel and Floor workout with Rubber Bands
Using leg and wrist weights in 10 simple workout
On your Feet
the ab cruncher.mp4
WORKOUTS: Partners
The energy of touch
WORKOUTS: AUDIO ONLY
Breathe with me.m4a
Simple Energy breathing m4a version
Simple Energy breathing MP3 version
The 7 Mindful Practices (Audio file and text)
The Listening Exercise (Distinguishing the Sounds)
Audio only: Balance and the fish
WORKOUTS: Mindful Movements - A walk through a garden in Almeria (Spain)
Mindfulness
The benefits of Meditation
A Walking mediation Almeria, Southern Spain.MP4
A tour around the garden in Cornwall and a talk on House Sitting
Mindful Moments: An audio Walk In the Nature reserve (Hertford)
Why Walking in Nature is good for you
The nature reserve Walk.mp3
between lakes.jpg
railway2.jpg
seat.jpg
railway 1.jpg
me.jpg
foot.jpg
bullrushes.jpg
traffic bridge.jpg
wandering.jpg
Mindful Moments: An Audio walk through Cirencester Park and a little Tai Chi
The Park
Cirencester Park 1.m4a
The coffee Pod
Coffe And Tree Roots 2.m4a
Another sip
Lawnmowers 3.m4a
Town Flavour 4.m4a
When Do You Practice? 5.m4a
Trespass to the column
Trespass 6.m4a
An Illegal Form
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WORKOUTS: Partners
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Workouts for Well-Being: Tai Chi, Qigong, Core Strength, Mindfulness and more
Buy now
Learn more
Read this Welcome
Update on downloading PDF files
Feedback and Contact
Listen and discover: Audio reports on the benefits of exercise
AUDIO: Small bursts rather than long routines
Changing World Changing Bodies - Our Backs
Why Cardio is an important part of your health
Why Resistance training is very important in your practice
Documents and reading material
READ: Could Tai Chi be the ultimate Eccentric and Slow Workout_.pdf
READ: Are the Apple Watch health and fitness tracking features useful or just hype_ copy.pdf
READ: Resistance Training
The Knees in Tai Chi.pdf
WORKOUTS: The Warm-Up & Cool Down Sessions
Read this first
Warm Up before Core Strength sessions
Cool Down
Drop into a Tai Chi Warm-Up
*Another Simple Tai Chi Warm-Up Session (with diagram)
Print it out and stick it on your Fridge
Quick Hands and fingers workout (in silence)
Exploring the benefits of warm up turns
WORKOUTS: THE STRETCHES
Stretch (part I) Upper leg, lower back release
Stretch Lower Body (part II)
covid stretch.mov
The 10 exercise floor stretch.mp4
WORKOUTS: Food and Drink
Superfood: Hot Oat with Turmeric and Black Pepper
The Anti-Inflammatory Drink: honey, fresh ginger & cider vinegar
AUDIO: An Apple Day
A Lazy Monk's Recipe for Gazpacho.mp4
Salmorejo Recipe - Spanish Thick Cold Tomato Soup.mp4
Full-On Garlic Soup/Meal
WORKOUTS: Qigong, Breathing and Energy
3 minutes of Breathing.mp4
A Roof-top Qigong Session in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
Qigong 2 people
***qigong in north devon2.mov
Me, myself and I: Triple breathing in Silence
Close up.MOV
Tap and Flow in the Garden of Heavenly Delights
Silent Breathing set and drills (close Up)
Basic Breath Exercises (with Stick person Diagram)
IMAGE: Stick Person Basic Exercises
8 Embroidery/Pieces of Brocade/Silk
8 Embroidery/Pieces of Brocade/Silk PDF
Seated Qigong - Part 1 by Lindsay Trevarthen
Seated Qigong Part 2 by Lindsay Trevarthen
The Farmers Exercises (with Illustrations)
Silence Energy Workout
Breathe with me
WORKOUTS: Core Strength
Eccentric Exercises
WATCH THIS FIRST!
Core 1
Core 2 plank2.mov
Core Workout 3
Intro to the Yoga Studio
Plank Mix and match in the Studio
An easy floor workout using principles of slowness and eccentric phase focus
Slow Abdominal Workout
Legs and Core with Feline Friends
The Watch workout
Guest Instructor: Justin Moves and "Dancing with the Floor"
Plank variations for core strength
General Principles in Tai Chi
Isolated moves: Connecting each move to the whole
Weight Shifting Practice
Opening and Closing of hips and heels
Exploring Balance Part 1
Exploring Balance Part 2
WORKOUTS: Tai Chi Drills
STEPPING PATTERNS.mp4
Posture Drills
tap and flow1.mov
Arm and Shoulder Workout
Spot the Tai Chi footwork patterns (silent drills)
Roll back, press and push - a drill
Learning the 4 Corner Exercise as a Solo Drill
Exploring 4 Corners: Part 1
4 Corners Arm Patterns (part 2)
DR CHI'S SEA BOTTOM DRILL
The Grasp Sparrow Drill
WORKOUTS: Tai Chi Short Form (Cheng Man-ch'ing)
First section of Cheng Man-ch'ing Form
Cheng Man-ch'ing first few moves.MOV
1. An exploration of swing and Momentum in a section of the Tai Chi Form
2. Momentum and Swing in Lotus Kick
3. Momentum and Swing in the applications
Earphones or earbuds needed. Let’s do the form together.
Companion video to Audio File
Tai Chi when you have no space
WORKOUTS: Learn the Tai Chi 10 Step Form
10 Step form.pdf
Intro to 10 step.MOV
Learn a 10 Step Tai Chi Sequence
10 Step Form: 1. The White Crane
10 Step Form 2: Step Back to Repulse the Monkey
10 Step Form 3: Play Guitar
10 Step Form 4: Brush Knee and Push
10 Step Form 5: Step and Punch
10 Step Form 6: Diagonal Flying the move explained
10 Step Form 6: Diagonal Flying the application explained
10 Step Form 7: Waving Hands in Clouds
Cut the form down even further (silence)
WORKOUTS: 10 Step Form Examples
10 Steps In the loft
10 Step Complete in Cane Circle outside Wales
10 Steps On Glass.MOV
both sides full almeria.MOV
10 on terrace.MOV
10 step yoga studeio.MOV
WORKOUTS: LEARN THROUGH PLAY
PLAY
Every Breath
Alan Watts and Cheng Man-ch'ing
Play with Peripheral Vision
the wobble board workout
The Whippet Workout: Play and Mirroring
WORKOUTS: Tai Chi Cane and Sword Play for Complete Beginners
How to Make your own Tai Chi Cane
Making Your Bamboo Cane Part 2
The Fundamentals: 1- How to move holding an object
The Fundamentals: 2- Thrusting and Circling
The Fundamentals: 3- Circling Cuts and Turns
1. SWORD DRILL.MOV
Silent Sword Drills
Sword and Cane Drills Solo Practice
sword in a limited space
Tai Chi Cane Demo (Spain - Dia de Andlaucia)
A silent Sword Drill and Section of the Form
WORKOUTS: Workouts Plus
Why Using weights will help you live longer, develop muscle and brain power!
Think Yourself Stronger
The Bathroom Workout (teeth cleaning) Session
And speaking of Cleaning Your teeth
The Resistance Workout with weights
The Ab-Wheel and Floor workout with Rubber Bands
Using leg and wrist weights in 10 simple workout
On your Feet
the ab cruncher.mp4
WORKOUTS: Partners
The energy of touch
WORKOUTS: AUDIO ONLY
Breathe with me.m4a
Simple Energy breathing m4a version
Simple Energy breathing MP3 version
The 7 Mindful Practices (Audio file and text)
The Listening Exercise (Distinguishing the Sounds)
Audio only: Balance and the fish
WORKOUTS: Mindful Movements - A walk through a garden in Almeria (Spain)
Mindfulness
The benefits of Meditation
A Walking mediation Almeria, Southern Spain.MP4
A tour around the garden in Cornwall and a talk on House Sitting
Mindful Moments: An audio Walk In the Nature reserve (Hertford)
Why Walking in Nature is good for you
The nature reserve Walk.mp3
between lakes.jpg
railway2.jpg
seat.jpg
railway 1.jpg
me.jpg
foot.jpg
bullrushes.jpg
traffic bridge.jpg
wandering.jpg
Mindful Moments: An Audio walk through Cirencester Park and a little Tai Chi
The Park
Cirencester Park 1.m4a
The coffee Pod
Coffe And Tree Roots 2.m4a
Another sip
Lawnmowers 3.m4a
Town Flavour 4.m4a
When Do You Practice? 5.m4a
Trespass to the column
Trespass 6.m4a
An Illegal Form
Ideas for exercises and Drills with 2 or more people
1 Lesson
The energy of touch