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community links

These are my Facebook and Instagram pages, where I regularly share inspiration and updates on my teaching schedule
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Personal sites:

Yoga Yard, Beijing. If you ever visit Beijing, you must try and visit! This is the studio I started in 2002. Robyn, my partner, is still there -- she'll take good care of you. www.yogayard.com

Aaron Deemer, Acupuncturist.  My husband, a Five Element acupuncturist and director of the Source Clinic. He treats in Oxford. www.aarondeemer.com. 

The Glow Fund. This is mine and my husband's small charity. We help Tibetan kids with severe scoliosis receive operations from top Stanford University doctors in China. www.glowfund.org (below is a video about the Glow Fund's operations)

Recommended reading:

Qigong, Daoism, Chinese Five Elements/Phases
The Way of Qigong, Kenneth Cohen
The Way of Energy, Master Lam Kam Cheun
Drawing Silk: Masters' Secrets for Successful Tai Chi Practice, Paul Gallagher

Being Taoist: Wisdom for Living a Balanced Life – Eva Wong
Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits – Bill Porter and Stephen R. Johnson
Taoism: The Enduring Tradition – Russell Kirkland
The Taoist Body – Kristofer Schipper
Seven Taoist Masters – Eva Wong
The Tao Te Ching – translations by Stephen Mitchell (for beautiful prose)
Lao Tzu/The Tao Te Ching – translation by D.C. Lau (for more direct translation)
Original Tao: Inward Training (Nei-yeh) and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism – Harold Roth
Wood Becomes Water: Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life – Gail Richstein

Movement, Anatomy and Somatics
Radical Wholeness – Philip Shephard
Functional Anatomy of Yoga – David Keil

Anatomy of Movement – Bladine Calais-Germain
Anatomy Train – Thomas Myers
How Life Moves – Kevin Frank and Caryn McHose
Taking Root to Fly – Irene Dowd
The Thinking Body – Mabel Todd
The Wisdom of the Body Moving – Linda Hartley
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Meditation, Mindfulness and Buddhism
World as Lover, World a Self – Joanna Macy
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening – Joseph Goldstein
Radical Compassion – Tara Brach

Fully Present: The Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness – Susan Smalley and Diana Winston
Foundations of Buddhism – Rupert Gethin
The Buddhist Path to Awakening – Rupert Gethin
Being Peace -- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of the Buddha's Teachings – Thich Nhat Hahn
The Wisdom of No Escape – Pema Chodron

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  • home
  • classes
    • Self-paced Courses
  • event calendar
  • retreats
    • Retreats: Frequently asked questions
    • UK May 2025
    • UK June 2025
    • UK July 2025
    • France Aug 2025
    • USA Sept 2025
  • teacher training
    • Communiversity Online Course
    • In-person: Qigong Five Phases Training
    • Qigong Teacher Mentorship
  • shop
  • about
    • about mimi
    • contact
    • testimonials
    • community >
      • Qigongstories
    • photography
    • in the media