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		<title>The Hexagram and Jiangan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hexagram consists of two triangles, one pointed up and the other down, locked in harmonious embrace. The most important aspect of Jiangan is the way it creates a symbolic pyramid in most of the postures as the hands hold the Gan or `Wand&#8217; in a wide grip. This pyramid can also be interpreted as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeldaviesuk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25735921&amp;post=888&amp;subd=michaeldaviesuk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tai Chi v Tai Chi Chuan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have practiced Tai Chi Chuan since 1979 – 33 years – and while I still practice some elements I have adopted Jiangan as my daily health and fitness routine. I often mention `Tai Chi&#8217; in this blog in relation to comparisons with Jiangan so I think it useful to clarify just what I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeldaviesuk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25735921&amp;post=889&amp;subd=michaeldaviesuk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jiangan&#8217;s Microcosmic Orbit Meditation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using visualisation in Jiangan leads to more efficient attainment of the health benefits in a shorter time. Visualisation is an important aspect of mind-body techniques because it utilizes humans most powerful instrument – the consciousness. Visualisation leads the mind to create beneficial effects. `Qi&#8217;, `meridians&#8217;, `energy centres&#8217; etc. are all metaphors and symbolism. Humans do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeldaviesuk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25735921&amp;post=870&amp;subd=michaeldaviesuk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise as Medicine; Keeping it Simple</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If exercise is medicine, then attending a class and paying for an instructor is akin to going to a private clinic for treatment and buying expensive drugs. You are subscribing to the concept of money being essential for health. To be truly effective, an exercise should be something you can practice each and every day, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeldaviesuk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25735921&amp;post=811&amp;subd=michaeldaviesuk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye Catarrh, Goodbye Post-Nasal Drip!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For over forty years I suffered with severe winter catarrh. In cold damp conditions I would often be incapacitated for twenty-four hours with post nasal drip and catarrh. On other mornings it would clear late in the morning after some absolutely horrendous gagging and throwing up. When this happened in the street passers-by used to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeldaviesuk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25735921&amp;post=802&amp;subd=michaeldaviesuk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Say that!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jiangan – The Chinese Health Wand is the physical embodiment of the Yin- Yang principle. It is a moving meditation, a manifestation of Chinese Traditional Medicine, a gentle low-impact exercise promoting deep breathing, tranquility. The astounding health benefits include:- improved strength, conditioning, coordination, and flexibility reduced pain and stiffness better balance and lower risk of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeldaviesuk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25735921&amp;post=759&amp;subd=michaeldaviesuk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Locking Knees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are sound reasons for not locking knees while lifting weights or when performing most strenuous workouts. But one aspect of Jiangan that is quite unlike Chinese exercises such as Tai Chi and modern Qigong routines is its use of locking and unlocking knees in some exercises. Tai Chi / modern Qigong routines never have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeldaviesuk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25735921&amp;post=743&amp;subd=michaeldaviesuk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Tai Chi to Jiangan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I tell people that I, a Tai Chi instructor and a practitioner of the art for more than thirty years, no longer promote it as a form of health and fitness because I discovered something superior in this regard, I get odd looks. I think it is because of the widespread myth that Tai [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeldaviesuk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25735921&amp;post=540&amp;subd=michaeldaviesuk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Studies and Clinical Trials</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been thousands of medical studies and clinical trials of Tai Chi and various types of Qigong but to date none on Jiangan. But I still promote this art over any other health and fitness exercise because of the remarkable health benefits it bestows. Medical studies and clinical trials are useful if there is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeldaviesuk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25735921&amp;post=592&amp;subd=michaeldaviesuk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Knees and Tai Chi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read a statement regarding an aspect of Tai Chi practice that I have personally researched quite thoroughly; how many long-term Tai Chi practitioners and even instructors suffer from knee problems. The comment was that the &#8220;fault does not lay with Tai Chi but with the individual for not practicing correct alignment when moving [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaeldaviesuk.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25735921&amp;post=566&amp;subd=michaeldaviesuk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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