Tai Chi Archives

FAFO and the Art of Mindful Experimentation

Oct

21

2025

There’s a saying that’s become popular online: FAFO – F About and Find Out. It’s usually meant as a warning, but there’s actually a deeper wisdom in it. Most of us, in life or work, would rather do than overthink. We want to try something, take action, see what happens. And that’s a good thing ...

Seeing More in What You Already Know

Oct

14

2025

For many people, Tai Chi begins as a way to exercise gently, to relax or move better. But over time, something shifts. The movements start to feel less like a routine and more like a conversation – between body and mind, between effort and ease. You notice the small things: how a hand turns, how ...

Discovering Depth in Your Tai Chi

Oct

7

2025

Tai Chi is often thought of as a sequence of movements to memorise, but those who stay with the art discover something far richer. Like re-reading a favourite book, the familiar shapes reveal new details each time. A shift in weight suddenly makes more sense, a breath falls into place, and you catch a glimpse ...

Yielding Without Losing Yourself

Sep

30

2025

In life and work, it’s easy to confuse yielding with being a pushover. But there’s a key difference: yielding is a choice made from strength, while being a pushover is a reaction made from weakness. When you yield, you soften or step aside intentionally. You conserve energy, observe the situation, and respond from a grounded ...

The Quiet Power of Yielding at Work

Sep

9

2025

In many workplaces, the loudest voice often dominates the room. But for those of us who are naturally quieter, that can feel draining, as though the only way to progress is to force ourselves into a mould that doesn’t fit. Tai Chi teaches something different: true strength is not in pushing harder, but in yielding ...

The Strength Hidden in Surrender

Aug

26

2025

We often think of strength as something rigid, unbending, always pushing forward. But in Tai Chi and in life, real strength often looks very different. It shows up in our ability to pause, to listen, and to adjust when the world doesn’t move the way we expect. When we surrender to what is happening, we ...

Why Softer Can Be Stronger

Aug

22

2025

In Tai Chi, there’s a principle called yielding. At first glance, it looks like giving way or stepping back. But when you practise it, you realise it’s not about weakness at all. Yielding is the art of staying soft when the world pushes hard. It’s the wisdom of recognising resistance and choosing to move with ...

Fundamentals of Chi Kung and Tai Chi

Sep

5

2022

Note: this is a primer for those attending my classes or members of my online membership; it does not cover everything but covers the basic concepts and theories of what I teach. What is chi?It is said that this invisible, internal energy flows throughout the body through energy channels (meridians) that feed into the various ...

The secret to inner calm and true happiness…

May

9

2021

… learn to live the HAPPY Way I realised that over the years there have been some underlying principles that have kept me moving forwards in a genuinely positive manner. By “genuine” I mean not just the “fake it until you make it”, “grin and bear it” kind of false happy but the sort of ...

Protected: Self-protection for women – a beginner’s guide

Mar

14

2021

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