Roy Hanney has been visiting and working in China since 2007, studying Tai Chi and Qigong with teachers in Tangshan, Beijing, Hangzhou and Yangshuo.
Qigong
Explore the Yi Jin Jing through movement, tension, release and stillness, drawing on Chinese qigong traditions, embodied experience and neuroscience.
News / Tai Chi / Yang Ban-hou Taiji
Yang Ban-Hou was the son of the founding father of Yang style Taijiquan, Yang Lu-Chan. He lived 1837–1890 and was well known for his hard style of training and bellicose temper. There is not a lot written about Yang Ban-Hou but if you are interested you can find out a little more about him via the wulinmingshi.com where there is an interesting article about training in this lineage in the Yongnian area of China.
Meditation
Master Yongey Mingyur Ripoche shares his thoughts on the simplicity of meditation in such easy to follow terms that no one can be misled. He offers a very simple and an extremely easy technique to meditate anytime and everywhere. What he says is true, I have had that same conversation […]
Daoism / Meditation
A useful video clip from The School of Life in the series on EASTERN PHILOSOPHY, “Wu Wei” which literally translates as ‘non-doing’. Though of course literal translations rarely tell us much about the true meaning of things. The School of Life have done a pretty good job at explaining the […]
Tai Chi / Video Clips
I found this video in my FaceBook feed and immediately wanted to share it with other people. It really captures the soul of taiji and I found it mesmerising. It features Yuki, I believe of Berliner-taiji.de, there is a credit for the school and the filmmakers but nothing about Yuki. […]