The Bare Truth

Bare truth 61: Andrew Westgate - surfer, healer, writer and Tai Chi practitioner


Listen Later

I met Andrew 10 years ago and we found that we had a shared core interest in learning to go with the flow! He has surfed all his life and I have run and both these disciplines have honed in us the knowing that we must relax and get out of the way of ourselves to live live. Andrew has always practiced Tai Chi and is now a teacher and also a Reiki healer. He is therefore familiar with working with energy. Understanding and practicing the principles of Yin and Yang is core to his life and to all he does - being aware of the energy moving when you are still, and being still and present when you are moving.
Andrew Jane and I formed our writing group which we called Gold and Silver (GnS for short) and we used to meet regularly in 'the Long Rooms' in Lewes until it burnt down! I do remember we frequented some other eateries too as the process of our writing unfolded. It was the environment we created together and support of Jane and Andrew that meant I wrote my book. 'Running to learn'.
The Long Rooms, rose like the phoenix from the Ashes to turn into Real Eating Company and the three of us are meeting for a reunion there in the new year.
Andrew talks about how he uses Tai Chi - lives Tai Chi - in all he does, his business life, his writing, his guitar playing and his surfing
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Bare TruthBy Julia Armstrong, Andy White