Howard's Books
Student of A Master Whilst still available in hardback has also now been re-titled 'You Me & Tai Chi' and published as a digital ebook both on Amazon here: You Me & Tai Chi and Smashwords.com: You Me & Tai Chi
Howard's Articles
Resistance is Futile What is Tai Chi All over China many families rise early to complete their Tai Chi movements in the park, on the rooftops, in car parks and on balconies, in fact anywhere they can find a bit of space, before they go off to work or carry on with the rest of the day...read more
Tai Chi - Is That
Mountain High Enough?
Reflections The more reflections there are the more distorted they become. We are like this, disturbed by the
winds of existence we are rippled and become a many faceted reflection of the shining light that is the supreme
spirit. Instead of being a unique replica of the one real light and radiating that true light in our own
individual way, we allow the winds of life to disturb our naturally calm interior, we become ruffled, we lose
our equilibrium, we become confused and lose our way, becoming disconnected from our own personal Tao...read more
The Yin & Yang in Our Lives Long ago in ancient China the early Taoists carefully studied the natural world and saw how
everything had two influences, which regulate, complement, or oppose. They named them Yin & Yang and
depicted them with the now famous symbol...read more
Tai Chi - To Be or Not To Be One of the problems with new students to Tai Chi is they often complain they can not remember the moves. Because Tai Chi relaxes the body and dulls the thought processes, the moves are often easily forgotten but the essential benefits of Tai Chi i.e. the meditative experience is remembered. Because it is absorbed into their being...read more
Tai Chi, Saviour of My Sanity I awoke feeling totally overwhelmed. Later that day, Tai Chi came to my rescue as it had done many times before and took my troubled mind and worked its magic...read more
Tai Chi - Supreme Ultimate Myth 1: T'ai Chi is only for the elderly. Myth 2: There are only two or three true, original styles. Myth 3: T’ai Chi is a martial art only...read more
An event from Howard's childhood, at excerpt from Howard's new book out soon...read more
To Eat Or Not To Eat Meat The question of which diet is healthier, one including meat or one excluding meat commonly referred to as a vegetarian diet, has been argued over the years with the supporters of eating meat by far outnumbering the vegetarians...read more
I Fu Shou - Pushing Hands I do not consider that I Fu Shou should be presented as a form of competition which inevitably breeds a winner and a loser. I consider it to be a voyage of...read more
A Thousand Mile Journey As he himself continues to learn, he learns that relaxation is the key to his success. read more
Inside Out - Outside In T’ai Chi is not called ‘The Supreme Ultimate’ for no better reason than, it sounds good. T’ai Chi has the ability to create....read more
The Long Winding Road Wow! My brain was in overdrive. Secret knowledge is going to be imparted to me this day. read more
Enjoy The View It's a beautiful world if we only take time out of our busy lives to look. read more
Chang Ming Diet The taoist diet for good health and longevity. read more
My Laptop Just Did Tai Chi While working on the free monthly newsletter one day last summer with my laptop in the garden I was struck by the similarities of transferring data and Chi development. read more
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Testimonials
Howard is a superb teacher. I have learnt the short form from his excellent and painstakingly produced DVD. Being unable to find a style I enjoyed which was taught at a reasonable hour for me his DVD has been a godsend. I am only sorry that I cannot attend his classes in person. I thank him sincerely for his thoughtful and precise work.
Paul Hillman
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Hi Howard,
Can I say that it was nice to meet you in person for the first time when you came up to Edinburgh in November this year, and as Denise (my own instructor) said I would, I certainly enjoyed all of your classes that I attended. I met some really nice people and I went away from each one having a had a great time, but also realizing that I have a lot to learn; a challenge which I will (hopefully) over the future years meets. I look forward to seeing you again when you are next back in Scotland.
Best Regards,
Jim. Anderson - Edinburgh
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Dear Howard,
At the age of 21 I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and have taken medication ever since (I am much older now!). A friend of mine, introduced me to Tai Chi and like so many people, I struggled at the beginning because there seemed to be so much to learn! However, I was confident enough to attend a day course. I was both excited and nervous - after all I was going to meet 'The Master'! You were not only helpful and encouraging but inspirational - I was hooked and began to take Tai Chi far more seriously. The results of my revised approach was that later in the year my blood pressure had reduced so much that I was taken off one tablet. My blood pressure has continued to reduce, in fact last Monday, I was taken off yet another tablet.
I appreciate that many factors may influence blood pressure however, I am convinced that the improvement in my blood pressure correlated directly with my involvement in T'ai Chi.
Thank you for being you and helping me and others like me to raise our horizons for personal achievement and enjoyment.
Kindest regards.
Barbara Lawes
Testimonials
Howard,
Many thanks for your prompt response - I received the new DVD yesterday. As I have been struggling with "The Stork is Aroused" and "The Double Whip" sequences at my local Tai Chi classes for the last three weeks, I am pleased to say that I have now cracked it by following your crystal clear instructions on the DVD.
Thanks again,
Mr. Joseph William Taylor
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Subject:
Just to say thank you for your very prompt response to my order for the DVD. It arrived within 48hrs. It's a gift for my sister in law who has recently joined a Tai Chi class and is enjoying it as relief from a stressful job. I can't wait to see the results of using the DVD!!
Wishing you all the best for a peaceful Christmas and new year.
Julia Lee
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Many thanks Howard,
The Silk DVD is wonderful and I have already printed out the manual. Hope it isn't as cold with you as it is here.
Regards from Helen
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Thank you, Howard, for speedy delivery of DVD, which arrived yesterday and have also printed your eBook.
I have practiced with your DVD and find it easy to understand and great for learning.
It is daunting when you first start to learn Tai Chi when you see all the moves you have to remember for feet, hands, arms & legs all at once, but you have broken it down into 'bite size' chunks which makes it much more managable.
The eBook is very helpful & informative.
Many thanks.
Caroline Boom
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I would also like to say that I recently
received one of your DVDs - T'ai Chi Dance Vol 1 - as a gift (my partner bought it for my birthday, at my
suggestion) anyway, what I wanted to say was how delighted I am with it, and how I am struck, pretty much
every time I use it, by the thought that the people who made this DVD clearly cared about the quality of the
experience that would be had by those using the DVD as an aid to learning. So, thanks for that; I'm sure I am
very far from alone in appreciating it.
Best
wishes.
David Littlewood
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