New Heart-Mind Therapies Website - under construction!

I am currently in the process of re-designing the Heart-Mind Therapies website. The new site will include a lot more video content over the next year, including a number of interviews and compilation clips of the varied work I do with a cross section of my regular clients, plus a members area in which you will be able to access and download a whole series of Qigong exercises, both standing/moving and seated practice for those with limited mobility, including Iron-Sphere Qigong! So, I look forward to hearing from and welcoming all visitors to this site who are interested in studying Qigong via the members area, and will email details to all as soon as the new site is finished!

San-Shou (Side A) Hamburg Workshop

A great big thank you to Roberta Polizzi for organising and hosting Sifu Nathan's recent San-Shou form workshop in Hamburg. The workshop was a huge success and very inspiring indeed! I am looking forward to the next installment in February 2011!

Water Form Certification

After recently attending Sifu Nathan Menaged's Water Form intensive training course in Lalita, Spain, Cheyne Towers has been awarded certification as an Apprentice in the Three Current Tradition and is now certified to teach the choreography of Tao Ping-Siang Water Form (Liu He Ba Fa). A huge thank you to Sifu Nathan and all his students for their continued help and companionship in the study of this beautiful and profound martial-art.

The Zdenko Domancic Method of Bioenergy Healing

Please keep a look out for the new webpage about the Domancic Method of Bioenergy Healing, which will be uploaded to this website soon!

In the meantime please follow this link to view the documentary "Think About It", which focusses on the work of Mr. Domancic at his clinic in Slovenia.

http://www.bioenergylifeproject.com/Bioenergylifeproject/Think_About_it.html

A selection of Qigong and Tai Chi articles

The following links are a selection of very interesting and positive articles which have been published in various UK newspapers.

The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/2009/oct/29/tai-chi-shows-promise-for-arthritis-of-the-knee

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/2009/mar/25/tai-chi-may-aid-stroke-patients

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/06/healthandwellbeing.relaxation20

THE Times:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3740147.ece

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1738982.ece

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article1057570.ece

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6984766.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/destinations/china/article3503436.ece

The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/tai-chi-is-good-for-health-but-researchers-still-dont-know-why-565723.html

The Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6453806/Tai-Chi-can-ease-the-pain-of-arthritis.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6966040/Exercise-in-old-age-helps-thinking-research.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3279137/Tai-Chi-helps-asthma-symptoms.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/3491753/The-Duchess-of-Cornwall-plans-to-take-up-pilates-or-Tai-Chi.html

U.K.K.A. Kettlebell Training Course with Steve Angel and Leon Baillie

An introductory 3 hour workshop open for fitness professionals and those interested in kettlebell training.

Saturday May 16th at All Saints Church Hall, Highgate, London N6.

The course will cover: History of Kettlebell Training, Kettlebell qualities and benefits, What to look for in safe kettlebell training, Training methods and moves.

3 Hour Workshop £90. All participants will receive a certificate of attendance. For more information please call Leon:07961824823 or Steve:07876518540. www.ukka.org

Water Form Workshop - Venice March 09

I would like to say a great big thank you to Roberta Politzi for organising the recent Water Form Workshop in Venice.

This was a huge success and a wonderful experience for all who attended, and was an invaluable opportunity to meet and train with the whole extended Water Form family from all over Europe, Columbus Ohio and Chicago USA.

And an extra special thanks to Sifu Nathan for giving us such an inspiring and thought provoking workshop.

Water Style Form and Applications Workshop - London January 09 with Sifu Nathan Menaged.

Sifu Nathan Menaged will be teaching in London for the first time this coming January, and this is an opportunity not to be missed! The theme of the workshop is Water Style Boxing - Form and Applications, and is open to all, from complete beginners to experienced practitioners of Tai Chi and the Internal Martial Arts.

The workshop will take place January 09 on Friday 16th, 17th and 18th at Hampstead Town Hall, Haverstock Hill, London NW3 4QP. The town hall is just over the road from Belsize Park tube on the Northern Line, and will take place in the Small Hall.

Cost for the 3 days is £200, or £80 for individual days.

Places are limited so early booking is essential! For further details or to book your place please call me asap on 0208 340 4113.

November 5th, 2008

Training and teaching in the USA

For the second time this year I have just returned from 10 days training in Water Style Boxing and the Tai Chi of Grandmaster William C.C. Chen at my teacher Sifu Nathan Menaged's school in Columbus, Ohio. Accompanying me was my friend and student Keith who I was delighted to have join me for the whole experience. Meeting and training with Grandmaster Chen was a wonderful experience, as he is a great teacher with an infectious enthusiasm for his art. I would like to thank Grandmaster Chen, Sifu Nathan and all his students for making us feel so welcome, and for giving us such valuable material to work with.

I then travelled to Pittsburgh to teach a very successful workshop in Qigong for Spinal Health over five days at Chatham University. During this time I was introduced to a woman police officer called Christa who teaches a regular self-defence class on the campus, and was asked to 'guest' at her class. This was a great experience and I was delighted to meet Christa and to work with her group of enthusiastic students. I would like to say a big thank you to Julie Arnhiem for organising my workshops at Chatham once again.

November 5th, 2008

Summer 08 - Tai Chi in Waterlow Park!

At last the Summer is here, and however changable the weather may be I am once again holding a regular Tai Chi and Qigong class every Saturday at 10.30am in the beautiful surroundings of Waterlow Park, Highgate N6.

This is the third summer running for this very popular class, and is a great way to start your weekend.

Meet at the big oak tree by the Highgate Cemetery entrance to Waterlow Park. (Please note that if it's pouring with rain then the class will take place from 10.30am at Highgate Fitness Studios).

Cost: £7 Drop-in or £30 for six-class card. All levels welcome!

August 5th, 2008

Water Style Boxing

I have recently returned from spending 12 days training in Water Style Boxing at Sifu Nathan Menaged's school in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It was a truly wonderful experience which was both intensely challenging and inspiring.

I wish to thank Sifu Nathan and all his students who made me feel so welcome during my time there, and for patiently helping me to break out of old patterns and habits, and to (slowly, but hopefully surely) understand what this extraordinary and beautiful art is all about.

April 14, 2008

"A Light Shining in the Darkness"

Here is an article which I wrote for the current Spring/Summer 08 BAThH Journal. The article (which is the first in a series) is an account of my experiences while studying Hypnosis with my teacher and friend, the late Dr. Vernon Bell.