In this episode of Chi Time, the Quantum Qi Show, Clara Apollo speaks with John P. Milton, a pioneering ecologist and long-time teacher of meditation, Qigong and Tai Chi.

John’s path bridges Western science and ancient wisdom. His connection with nature began early, with a vision quest at the age of seven. He went on to work on environmental policy with the White House and the United Nations, while also developing a lifelong practice rooted in Buddhist, Taoist, Vedantic, Tantric and Native American traditions.

John shares how he first encountered meditation and Qigong in the 1950s, including the practice of placing the mind in the lower Dan Tian. He describes how his early martial arts training led him to Tai Chi through Cheng Man Ching and his senior students, and how these practices helped shape his understanding of Qi and the relationship between inner and outer nature.

The conversation offers a glimpse into a life devoted to exploring how awareness, movement and our connection with the natural world can inform the way we live.

John is the founder of the Golden Flower School and the Way of Nature, and is featured in the documentary Quantum Qi: The Taoist Art of Nurturing Life. https://www.quantumqimovie.com

Explore John’s work: Way of Nature · Way of Nature UK

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Picking up where the radio show left off. In Episode 1 of Chi Time: The Quantum Qi Show on UK Health Radio, where I spoke with Sharron Rose, producer and director of the multi-award-winning film Quantum Qi: The Taoist Art of Nurturing Life. There was far more to say than the radio slot allowed, so this podcast carries on with the rest of the interview.

Sharron is a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, filmmaker, dancer, author, educator and healer. Her path runs from childhood dance and theatre, through a fellowship in India living with Kathak master Sitara Devi, to the moment Grandmaster Mantak Chia’s Six Healing Sounds changed the direction of her filmmaking.

In this episode:

• How the name Quantum Qi arrived in a dream, and how searching for it online led Sharron to Dr AmaLia Wai-Ching Lee
• The Wei Chi field: what it is, and how to build a protective energetic field
• The film’s music, including the Erhu and the companion album Endless Grace
• How the film is structured, from; 'What is chi?' through Tai Chi, flow, emotions and energetic protection
• Bill Douglas’s Global Transformation Project, bringing Qigong and Tai Chi into schools
• How you can host your own screening of the film

Find the film at www.quantumqimovie.com. From October, you can also sign up to host a screening via Kinema.

You’ll hear the first part of Sharron’s story as it went out on the radio show with Dr AmaLia Wai-Ching Lee which you can listen to via www.ukhealthradio.com

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Life on the move; navigating perimenopause, grief, new love, found community, and the quiet art of REST. Clara in the UK and Emily in Australia reunite for an honest, wide-ranging conversation. Recorded just after the Beltane full moon, this episode is part life update, part wisdom, part permission slip to slow down.

This episode covers a lot of ground: the big astrological shifts rattling through the collective right now; Clara settling into a new home with her partner Rob - and the grief, love, and possibility tangled up in that.

Emily's return to a much-loved house sit in Australia, her recent business trip to Singapore, and the new chapter she is navigating with a perimenopause diagnosis.

Together they talk about what it means to FILL YOUR OWN CUP before you can show up for others - and why menopause, loss, and upheaval have a way of making that non-negotiable.

They also explore the power of saying a calm, kind NO; the multi-generational support that holds families and communities together; the magic of watching a full moon rise over water; and why nature - whether that's dappled woodland near Glastonbury or seven minutes' walk to the sea - is always the best place to start.

Plus: intentional communities, a Romania adventure, World Tai Chi Qigong Day, the Queen archetype, and why food made with passion is its own form of nourishment.

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