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Cinderella goes to the Art book launch

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Wednesday, April 9, 2014,
Everyday wear for me is logo tshirt and training trousers, so it's nice to dress up once in a while. Dressing up was certainly required last night, when I went to an art book launch in a swanky tower block in Canary Wharf.... on the 30th floor, with stunning viewsin every direction.

My tai chi teacher, Sifu Gary Wragg, was having his book launched - it's a retrospective on the past decades of his art, with fantastic pictures all through it.

There were large (and I mean wall-sized large) painti...
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Wow! moments

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Monday, October 28, 2013,
Tai chi is full of wow! moments.... Yesterday was another new revelation, and this after 7 years training - tai chi continues to come up with new stuff.  Keep on persisting with your training and these moments can be yours too.

My first wow! moment was when I was told I was improving - having been a klutz and a sport-avoider, the concept of improving hadn't been in me at all. Then, after months of training, I was graded to my first belt. I'd always thought grading was something for other talen...
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Breathing and mindfulness

Posted by Fiona Anderson. on Monday, May 13, 2013,
In learning chi kung, you will experience much deeper breathing than normal. Most people are shallow breathers, only breathing in/out from the top of their lungs. This leaves the air at the bottom of their lungs to become stale.  By breathing longer and deeper, the air all through your lungs right down to the bottom gets changed, so that the stale air is exchanged for fresh air and you get healthier more oxygenated air into your bloodstream.

This has effects not only on your physical health, b...
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