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Eddie’s Story

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Eddie rarely moves while lying in his tub chair – he usually just watches or falls asleep during our Chair Chi sessions. I always gently try to encourage him to participate, but for the past several sessions he had barely moved. Then this day it happened! He moved his arms and legs – surprising and […]

Filed Under: aged care, Chair Chi, Chi Kung, Tai Chi

A Portrait

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One of the residents at an aged care centre drew this portrait of me. He’d asked me previously to pose for him after one of the Chair Chi sessions I run for the centre. I’ve never had the time to do so as I’m usually off to my next Chair Chi session elsewhere. I suggested […]

Filed Under: aged care, Chair Chi

I’m a Travelling Man ….

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Recently I had an email from a director in an Aged Care organisation from New York (USA) inquiring about our Chair Chi Training Program – and that’s encouraging. So far over the past six years, I’ve run aged care workshops for staff across Australia and in Christchurch, New Zealand . One of my dreams (I […]

Filed Under: aged care, Chair Chi, Enregizers, Tai Chi

Be Upright

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When I work with residents at aged care centres, running a Chair Chi session, occasionally something special happens that makes it all worthwhile. The other day I was working with a group of residents and one was resident stooped over in his wheel chair, his back at about a 45 degree angle. We were focusing […]

Filed Under: aged care, Chair Chi, Motivation, Training, Workshops

The Johnny Weissmuller Question

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A question I ask aged care residents when I’m running a Chair Chi workshop is “Who was Johnny Weissmuller?” Usually one or two will know the answer. Why ask this question? To stimulate residents’ long term memory and also to get a laugh. This is how I go about it. I’ll say, “Now it’s time […]

Filed Under: aged care, Chair Chi, Memory

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