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12/11/2025

This is a rarely seen painting called Life Energy System. It was the first Sacred Mirror I painted in 1979 shortly after Allyson’s inspiration to do the series. The painting brought together several different subtle energy systems, the chakras, acupuncture meridians and auras in one portrait (perhaps familiar imagery these days but not 46 years ago). It was meant to be a focusing device for re-charging oneself. You just look into the eyes of the painting and imagine it’s a mirror reflecting back a hidden dimension of your own being. Surprisingly effective in the right frame of mind.

In 1980 I painted the Psychic Energy System which includes all these systems and an X-ray view of the anatomical body. I felt the Psychic Energy System was a superior piece so I retired the Life Energy System from the Sacred Mirrors. The Psychic Energy System inspired a new method of depicting the figure that I continued throughout my lifetime. Sometimes our initiating visions are the alchemical lead from which spiritual gold is refined.

Life Energy System, 1979, oil on linen

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04/11/2025

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Where the Mind Lives
In Western culture, the mind is often considered a product of the brain and is a function of neural circuits, chemical messengers, and electrical impulses. But Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers a radically different perspective. In this ancient system, the mind is not a brain-based phenomenon. It lives in the Heart (心, xīn), and it is known as the shén (神).

Article at: www.qi-journal.com/3479

03/11/2025

This weekend we’re beginning a new series revisiting classic pieces from the archives of Tai Chi Internal Arts Magazine.

This four-part article, first published in issue 11, way back in 1995, examines the correct biomechanical use of the feet and knees in Yang Style Tai Chi. This first instalment focuses on foot posture and how small structural details shape stability, power, and root.

Read it here: https://www.taichiunion.com/news/the-correct-biomechanical-use-of-the-feet-knees-part-1-foot-posture/

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31/10/2025

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Podcast Episode · Begin Again with Davina McCall · 26/12/2024 · 1h 2m

18/10/2025
An article I wrote in The Shiatsu Society Journal (UK) about working with the later teachings of the Shiatsu teacher Pau...
02/10/2025

An article I wrote in The Shiatsu Society Journal (UK) about working with the later teachings of the Shiatsu teacher Pauline Sasaki, who died 15 years ago. But her spirit lives on! (Part 1)

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Shiatsu, Tai Chi & Qigong

I am a Shiatsu practitioner registered with the Shiatsu Society (UK) that sees clients in Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland. I have been professionally active in Shiatsu since 1995 when I first set up in business. Clients come for a great variety of issues, but the vast majority come for the profound sense of well being and relaxation that Shiatsu provides, alongside the effectiveness of reducing the impact of initial symptoms and reducing stress. Many people also want to minimise, if not eliminate prescription drug use. I always check that clients are registered with a GP. I see health from a holistic perspective, meaning a balance of body, emotions, mind & spirit.

Treatments are available from St. Gabriels Church Parish Centre, 2 St. Gabriels Avenue, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE6 5QN from 1.30 pm on Mondays and the Quaker Meeting House, Sunderland from 1.30 pm Tuesdays & Wednesdays. Shiatsu sessions are also available by appointment from Blackhall Mill, NE17 7TE Thursdays & Fridays. Contact 07766014912.

I also teach Tai Chi and Qigong. I have found both these activities help to bring about the holistic balance I have mentioned, and I therefore see these activities as playing a huge part in the success of ‘staying well’ - instead of waiting to get ill, and then needing treatment. They are not fail safe, we are ‘only’ human & life throws at us what it does. Shiatsu however is the perfect accompaniment to life’s slings and arrows and sometimes the power of touch is the perfect tool we need to get things going again. Many use Shiatsu as a weekly, fortnightly or monthly ‘check in’ to maintain health.

Qigong classes are Gosforth Parish Church Hall NE3 1AN Monday mornings (9.45 am), and Sunderland Quaker Meeting House Wednesdays 11 am. Tai Chi classes all at Quaker Meeting House, Sunderland, Tuesdays 10 & 11 am, Wednesdays 10 am. Message me for more information.