Browsing Archive: January, 2014

forthcoming ebook on how to teach children tai chi

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Thursday, January 30, 2014,
My book on how to teach children tai chi is almost writing itself... I've done three quarters of it, just having to finish off some of the text.

Then the next stage is for two of my friends (with permission of the parents) to take photos of the kids class doing various tai chi things. 100s of photos, so we can whittle them down and use the nicest and most appropriate.

While I'm intending to publish it as an ebook, I'm also having a friend look into printing off a small number of actual books, ...
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flu, winter blues, and rain!

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Thursday, January 30, 2014,
I haven't been posting here for a while, due to flu. Getting back to practise was a real relief, after so long just fevered-out, but I felt really weak for the first few days. Still, keeping at it has helped me get back to fighting fit and able to do stuff again. Going to a club to train is good, as I see my friends again and they encourage me to get more done, so all good.

Despite the rain and winter grey skies (blue would be nice some day!), it's always good to get out and doing - too long ...
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My 15 minutes of fame!

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Sunday, January 19, 2014,
In January, I was asked to do a series of short videos for an advert for Kabuto Noodles. Obviously I was up for this, as I love having a go at new things and this sounded fun! I was followed around London for a day with a camera production team and a photographer - it was an absolutely freezing day, but glorious good fun!

We started on a boat on the Thames, with bright blazing sun and bitterly biting wind.... Still, the first "guinea pig" was up for it, copying various tai chi movements, as I ...
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Happy New Year!

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Wednesday, January 8, 2014,
Happiness, or more accurately, unhappiness has really been a theme in this week's newspapers. Loads of articles about how people are unhappy / stressed out / whatever, followed by why having the long break means people come back immediately looking for a new job...

I've had lots of different jobs and it wasn't always the ones that paid best that made me happiest. One of the poorest paid ones was as a cook in a motorway restaurant - but I liked it because I had nice people to work with, as wel...
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