Acubalance

Run by Alex Gallagher promotes good health and vitality through Acupuncture clinics and Qigong classes in Herefordshire.

Acupuncture

Alex practices two styles of acupuncture; 5 Element and Traditional. He has a BSc. in Acupuncture from the college of integrated chinese medicine (CICM).

Depending on the condition these are complemented with Tui Na masage, Cupping therapy, Moxibustion and Qigong Exercises.

The acupunture clinic is at Health Matters, Hay-on-Wye, click here for a location map.

Qigong - exercise to heal

A health system in its own right, Qigong is part of Chinese Medicine and the foundation of the internal martial arts of Tai Chi, Xingyi and Bagua.

This system of self cultivation has a rich lineage of Daoist, Medical and Martial Qigong and is passed on to me by Roy Jenzen's.

Classes are run in Hereford and Hay-on-Wye.

Literal translation, Supreme Ultimate Fist, is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits. Meditation in movement, most people have seen images of people in parks practising Tai Chi’s slow circular movements. It is the study of appropriate change in response to outside forces, the study of yielding and "sticking" to an incoming attack rather than attempting to meet it with opposing force.

Literally means "eight trigram palm," referring to the trigrams of the Yijing (I Ching), one of the canons of Taoism. The main training method is circle walking which has its roots in Taoist practices. Bagua zhang is considered neither a purely striking nor a purely grappling martial art. Bagua zhang practitioners are known for their ability to "flow" in and out of the way of objects. This is the source of the theory of being able to fight multiple attackers.

Translates approximately to “Form-Mind Boxing” and is characterized by aggressive, seemingly linear movements and explosive power. The goal of the xingyiquan exponent is to reach the opponent quickly and drive powerfully through them in a single burst, this is achieved by coordinating one's body as a single unit and the intense focusing of one's qi. Xingyiquan uses the five classical Chinese elements to metaphorically represent five different states of combat. Also called the "Five Fists" or "Five Phases," the Five Elements are related to Taoist cosmology although the names do not literally correspond to the cosmological terms.