PETER DEADMAN
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The carved block and the uncarved block

Confucius compared our original human nature to an uncarved block (of wood or stone), waiting...

03 December 2024
‘YI’ (Intention) in qigong

The third level is the practice itself. There is a saying ‘yi dao, qi dao’...

02 July 2024
New book out now! Qigong: Cultivating body, breath & mind

Find out about my new book Qigong: Cultivating Body, Breath & Mind. Long in the cooking...

22 February 2024
Keep an eye on your luggage

I keep a copy of the Daodejing (Gia-fu Feng translation) by my bed to dip...

05 July 2022
The turning of the year

It is traditionally a time to rest, sleep more, protect ourselves from the cold, to...

21 October 2021
Yinyang in qigong 4: coiling and uncoiling

One of the key characteristics of the Chinese ‘internal’ mind-breath-bodywork tradition, is the practice of...

19 April 2021
Yinyang in qigong 3: internal and external

Chinese martial arts are commonly differentiated into two styles: external-yang (waijia) and internal-yin (neijia). Of...

10 March 2021
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