A career civil servant, Eugene started playing tai chi over 20 years ago and is now a qualified instructor with the association (ITCCA). In this podcast with Stuart, Eugene gives his insight to the benefits of tai chi and its application in a  pressurised working environment in the modern civil service.      Enjoy ..read more

Cliona hails from the North and settled in Leinster after a decade working in different countries in Europe, Africa and the Americas. She has worked as an analyst and advocate on human rights and environmental justice for twenty years. She is a yoga teacher and completed the Taoist meditation training and philosophy facilitation training with Tai Chi Your Way ..read more

In this episode, Master Charles Thackaberry, founder of the Irish Tai Chi Chuan Association, tai chi player extraordinaire  and general all round nice guy,  gives his unique insights into his tai chi journey. A great podcast and well worth a listen.  Charles offers a weekly  energy class and can be contacted at charlesthackaberry@yahoo.com ..read more

An interview with Katie Byrne, meditation facilitator and pranic healer on her experiences in these fields. A fascinating account of her life to date and she's only in her 20s!!    Katie's work focus is to make Pranic healing a full job. Katie wants to help bring light and healing into people's lives through this work. Focusing on facilitating free meditation classes online once or twice a week.  Based in Murrintown in Wexford Katie can be contacted on Instagram at katiebyrne96 or on Facebook at https://facebook.com/katie.byrne.7982?ref=bookmarks ..read more

In this podcast, Deborah Weafer and Stuart discuss Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love . This book became a worldwide phenomenon, empowering millions of people to set out on paths they never thought possible, in search of their own best selves.  In the book,  nearly 50 of those people, as diverse in their experiences as they are in age and background, share their stories. The journeys they recount are transformative - sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but always deeply inspiring. Eat Pray Love helped one writer to embrace motherhood, another to come to terms with the loss ..read more

Kelley is a very active community worker in the South City area of Dublin and is presently working for the Iveagh Trust. She is also an artist under the title "Art from the Heart" , tai chi player, Reiki practitioner and all round excellent human being ..read more

Graham Roe, homeopathy practitioner and teacher, QCT therapist, applied elemental homeopathy expert talks about an inspirational book - Autobiography of a Yogi  by Paramahansa Yogananda.  AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI is at once a delightful account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its tradition of meditation. Clearly explaining the subtle but definite laws behind the natural events of everyday life as well as the extraordinary events considered miraculous the author reveals the scientific foundation underlying the great religious paths ..read more

Continuing the series of Hidden Gems from the Irish Tai Chi Chuan Association - on this podcast we have Carol Moore CEO of the Irish Kidney Association and tai chi player. A real insight to the  benefits of tai chi and energy work and a fascinating life story to boot!!   The Irish Kidney Association is a wonderful organisation and can be contacted on social media at any of these links:- http://www.twitter.com/IrishKidneyAs http://www.facebook.com/IrishKidneyAssociation http://instagram.com/IrishKidneyA https://twitter.com/dualireland https://www.facebook.com/186851388160166  ..read more

The Four Agreements is a provocative and mind-altering Toltec guide to waking up and finding peace in our illusory world – by retired surgeon, author and Eagle-Knight shaman Don Miguel Ruiz.  We are all in  dream - But it is possible to wake up from this dream. It is possible to re-engineer your reality without the endless striving, without the suffering. Listen to Stuart Breen and Tom Gunning discussing this wonderful book and the challenges it poses for modern living ..read more

A brief introduction to "How to be Our Best Self in Times of Chronic Stress" by authors Tom Gunning & Stuart Breen ..read more