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About H.U.M.A.N.S. Institute

The Threat

Today, our lives are being changed. We face mechanisation, automation and digitisation, taking us further and further from our inherent nature and closer to being zombified robots.

Smartphones, apps, ads and increasing demands from governments distract us, whilst working to pay the bills has ever-increasing demands on our time, our principles and our sanity.

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We never seem to find the time to look after ourselves when we need it the most.

When the threat of illness or injury or some other manmade disaster comes our way, it can disrupt the flow of our life and unbalance our peace of mind.

The Solution

At HUMANS Institute, I teach the simple yet often misinterpreted concepts of the “body-mind”. My practical methods will help you to unite your physical body, your mind and your energy body.

The Art of War = the Art of Living

Using common sense and age old principles, I equip you with the knowledge to improve your quality of life. Together, we’ll get your physical health, fitness and peace of mind back on track so you can become a whole person again and live your best life.

You’ll learn simple, practical methods for staying healthy, which you can get done yourself in under 15 minutes a day.

The classes, seminar-workshops and healing-therapy sessions are based on traditional wisdom and verifiable methods.

Do Something

The big idea behind these Daoist Medicine techniques is the idea of ‘non-doing’.

Non-doing DOES NOT mean doing nothing!

If you want to remove a huge Oak tree from in front of your bedroom window, do you watch it grow into a monster and blot out the light, only then taking the time and effort to chop it down and remove it?

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NO!

You spot the acorn sprouting or the sapling emerging and remove it with a mere flick of the wrist as you’re walking past your window.

You did something, but it was effortless

as if you did nothing

Repair Injuries and Prevent Illness

Let’s kill monster of sickness and injury together, whilst its still tiny.

As the saying goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”

I show you how to provide your body with all the tools and sensory data it needs to fight off potential problems before they occur.

It’s never too late to get started

If you have let the problem develop for a long time or been unsuccessful with other therapies, my restorative methods are exceptional at resolving chronic conditions like back pain, hip pain, knee pain, shoulder pain and chronic illness, where other more common methods fail.

If you commit to investing in your health with me, you will see measurable improvements in: joint function, aesthetics, oxygen uptake, ability to relax, immune system efficiency, organ health and life expectancy.

This all happens while you’re absorbed in having fun exploring yourself and getting to know your body better.

Most people begin by taking 4-12 sessions of private therapy to balance the muscle tension in their body and restore their blueprint for movement. Contact me here to book your sessions.

Then, to continue building upon this foundation of health, you should join one of my classes.

You can choose from:

  • “Silken Harmony” – A series of Qigong movements that elaborate on the famous Eight Silk Brocades exercises. The movements combine stretching, breathing, and mindfulness to improve flexibility, balance, and coordination.
  • “Wandering Cloud Arts” – exercises that focus on cultivating and balancing the body’s energy flow to improve immune function, reduce inflammation, and enhance mental clarity. The exercise sets incorporate the peaceful martial art principles of harmonising with an aggressor’s energy in order to neutralise them.
  • “Key Kinetics” – A personalised private therapy method to strengthen and activate weak muscles to relieve pain and improve posture. The physical realignments resulting from the therapy can resolve a variety of illnesses and injuries and aim to restore the original blueprint for overall human function.
  • “Joint Fluidity” – exercises that focus on increasing joint mobility and range of motion to reduce pain and stiffness and improve flexibility and physical function.
  • “Auric Flow” – a set of subtle energy practices that quieten the disturbances of the mind to combine movement, meditation, cultivate inner peace, relaxation, and connection to the limitless potential of the void. Practitioners learn to activate intent from the heart to direct the human auric field.

What Can I Expect?

Spring blossoms bring new life

Whether you are in pain, you are sick or you simply want to improve the way you move, I can help.

I want to educate and inspire you about your body; how to trigger its innate capacity to heal, how to look after it and how to improve the way it works.

Each session I explain the practical training we are doing, using your body as the subject. Whether it’s a private session, a class, a seminar or one of my workshops.
You’ll understand more about the unique nature of your own body, and be able to do some simple exercises to make it work better every day.

What’s in a Name?

The name, ‘H.U.M.A.N.S. Institute’ and the logo occurred to me as a fully formed image whilst I was training my Spontaneous Healing QiGong, at night, during a full moon in 2016. You could call it inspiration, a subconscious idea or a daydream.

I am well aware that these are not the classical 8 Trigrams of PaKua that usually represent TaiJi, however this is how it appeared to me, so I have used it as it appeared.

Jason Dean, Piešťany TaiJiQuan and QiGong teacher, Physical Therapy Specialist

The logo is represented by hexagrams and Chinese pictograph characters, with the yin yang representation of eternal change in the middle.

I use a blend of Chinese and western characters because my core foundations are in the Chinese arts of TaiJiQuan and QiGong, and the Western Science of Sports Therapy and Biomechanics.

Hexagrams come from the classic Daoist system called the I-Ching, which was first prepared in text form before 1000BCE. The I-Ching is fundamentally a method of understanding natural change. I didn’t know what these trigrams were, so I looked them up using a selection of various versions of the I-Ching books which I own. The explanations for each character are below.

The I-Ching has been described by modern scholars such as Wolfgang Pauli the Nobel Laureate physicist and C.G. Jung, the psychoanalyst, as “the synchronistic concept of the universe”. This means that all things which happen at a certain time have characteristic features which can be identified as causes and effects.

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The Hexagrams

H is for holistic: the whole body is taken into consideration, sometimes paying attention to the smallest things. Something like a slightly misaligned toe can be the root of a big problem like your chronic shoulder pain. The smallest clues, followed step by step, like unravelling a mystery story, can lead to the biggest solutions Ignoring these tiny clues can lead to bigger problems later.

“This is like the small bird taking many short flights to reach places that are great distances away.”



Hexagram 19 – Lin: Nearing or releasing the spirit:

U is for universal: the various methods which can be used with most people to achieve outstanding results. The secret to long term results is to be willing to accept, and work at new ways of doing things. 

Letting go of old habits which created the problem, one can become whole again 🙂

“This is like becoming great by understanding that all things change and one must adapt to that change.”



Hexagram 45 – Cui: Gathering together for great works:

M is for methodologies: there is a hidden structure and a rhythm to your being. A solution exists for all questions. If you collect the small answers together and assemble them with the right combination of actions, you can unlock the bigger solution you are looking for. With the happy union of all the parts of your body, your mind and your spirit, the Primal Consciousness may express itself.

“This is like the ruler who gathers all his people together to build a great monument for their culture.”



Hexagram 52 – Kan: Calm and still:

A is for advancement: each time we interact with our body in a meaningful way we come to the boundaries of our knowledge and learn something new about ourselves. You are encouraged to take the time to make use of this information, to make continual improvements and to express yourself as an individual. I can show you the way, but there is no “one size fits all” because we are all unique.
Any ongoing solution can only be delivered to you by your own efforts.

“This is like the mountain which rises from a place of great stillness and stability but can hinder the progress of travellers, who must contemplate on which is the best path to take.”


Hexagram 20 – Guan: Viewing:

N is for natural: I use no drugs, no needles and no herbs. Everything I work with already exists inside you. Outside the sessions, keep an open mind, observe yourself in everyday life (mindfulness) and you will begin to discover the hidden signs that allow you to take action and gain control over your body. Human energy manifests in 3 systems; Bio-electrical, Bio-chemical and Bio-mechanical. I help you adjust these systems to restore harmony within your body and improve your health.

“This is like the astronomer building his observatory on the highest place to watch for small changes in the movement of the stars.”

The Characters

Chinese Character – “Gong” or Bow: Refers to bending a bow or bending the spine. This S shaped character is actually an ancient pictograph of a compressed human spine, the inspiration for the technical innovation of the recurve bow.



S is for solutions: Your experience of this training will gradually awaken you to your body’s resources and reveal its hidden truths, ready for you to develop them.


Chinese Radical Character 2 – Gān: refers to a vertical axis or a pole, like an extended spine… the inspiration for the technical innovation of standardising arrows in ancient China.

I is for institute: This is a double meaning: First, it means ‘to begin’; second, its a place of technical learning. At HUMANS institute, I help you build a foundation from which you may set in motion the exploration of your body, mind and spirit.
Using these extraordinary tools, you can begin to intentionally and deliberately unlock your true potential.


The Interplay of Compression and Expansion

Together, the characters “gong” and “gān” create the “yin” character. Yin means to draw back, like drawing a bow before releasing the arrow. It also means to reach, to stretch, to lead, to lengthen or to guide.

‘DaoYinShu’ (the method of leading and reaching) is one of the key principles I use to create balance in muscle tension relationships and to promote harmony between the body, mind and spirit.

The yin character represents the union of the recurve bow and the standardised production arrow. This was an advanced technological paradigm shift in warfare. Likewise, knowing how and when to compress and extend your spine represents an advanced technological paradigm shift in your ability to stay healthy.

I look forward to guiding you towards new ways of raising your consciousness, restoring balance and harmony in your body, and enjoying your life.


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