Instructional Videos
Expand or deepen your practise with these videos. I also offer online classes, in-person classes in Tokyo, and intensive workshops.
Expand or deepen your practise with these videos. I also offer online classes, in-person classes in Tokyo, and intensive workshops.
The calf (gastrocnemius) muscle can be a hard one to get to (though not as hard as the soleus!). If the calf muscles are tight it can pull on the entire posterior. Here is one way to stretch it.
Basic core strength and the ability to engage the pelvic floor is generally required for getting up from lying down. This video looks at building this skill and the the principal of rehabilitation and strengthening.
Maybe you know 'what' you need to stretch. However it is our approach and 'how' we stretch that is vital and makes all the difference to what you get out of it.
Training is a process of development starting from the most simple building blocks.
Repetition of the fundamentals is key to improving any skill. Start under the most simple and unchanging conditions and gradually increase dynamic pressure.
Momentum is clumsy, inspiration is short lived, sometimes it's just a matter of putting in the hours. Enjoy your training.
HME Tokyo runs full-time TaiChi classes in the Heaven Man Earth tradition. Find out more about group and private training, bodywork and retreats intensives with HME Japan.
*Note the URL in title has been updated to: https://www.heavenmanearthtokyo.com/
Heaven Man Earth International is founded by Sifu Adam Mizner and the curriculum follows his methods as found in the Discover Taiji online program.
'Mindfulness' is a popular concept in the modern approach to psycho and social therapeutic practices. Here I discuss how we can choose a skilful and specific means of using 'sati' or 'knowing' (mindfulness) in developing a more peaceful state of being in the body.
TaiChi principles for living well. Integrating our practice into daily life. Training to overcome the flight / flight mechanism through the practice of continuous release.
The Qigong Foundations Course is now live. Sign up for free taster:
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*Note the URL in title has been updated to: https://www.heavenmanearthtokyo.com/
TaiChi principles for living well. Whilst many of these videos are made for my personal students, they seem to me applicable to us all. I hope that these words and practices may be of benefit.