I have been practising Qigong since 1991. I do not claim to be an authorised teacher of any one school or approach to Qigong. I am indebted to some excellent teachers over the years who have all informed and enhanced my practise. These include: Simon Carey-Morgan; Brian Cooper; Bruce Frantzis; Daverick Leggett; Dek Leverton and Zhixing Wang.

In addition to practising Qigong I am a Licensed Acupuncturist (LicAc) with the British Academy of Western Medical Acupuncture and a Craniosacral therapist, trained with the Institute of Craniosacral Studies. 

I have been inspired by my own experience of Qigong to develop training programmes for people with special needs, including people with mental health problems and people with multiple sclerosis. This work has led to a book:

Mills, N. Qigong for Multiple Sclerosis. Finding your feet again.

 Published by Jessica Kingsley 2010

and the following articles:

MILLS, N. & WHITING, S. 1997 Being centred and being scattered: a kinaesthetic strategy for people who experience psychotic symptoms. Clinical Psychology Forum 103, 27-31.

 MILLS, N. 1999 Encouraging body and mind to work together. International Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 17 (9) 27-28.

MILLS, N., ALLEN, J. & CAREY-MORGAN, S. 2000 Does Tai Chi help patients with Multiple Sclerosis?

 Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy. 4 (1), 39-48 . A copy of this article is available via the following web link: http://www.harcourt-international.com/journals/suppfile/flat/JBMT-taichi.pdf

 MILLS, N. 2000 Working with the clients sense of spiritual nourishment. Transpersonal Psychology Review 4(2) 23-25.

 MILLS, N. 2000 Therapist Burn-out or Therapist Glow? Some light from the East. Clinical Psychology Forum. 146, 30-33.

 MILLS, N & ALLEN J. 2000 Mindfulness of Movement as a coping strategy in Multiple Sclerosis. A pilot study.  General Hospital Psychiatry. 22, 425-431.

MILLS, N. 2001 Working with the body in cognitive therapy. Clinical Psychology, 4, 25-28.

 MILLS, N. 2002 The Experience of the Fragmented Body in Psychosis: Can Mindfulness Help? The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, winter edition, 220-226.

 MILLS, N. 2005 'Using Qi Gong and Cranio-Sacral Therapy to help Multiple Sclerosis'. 'New Pathways, the multiple sclerosis resource centre bi-monthly magazine, May/June 2005, pages 28 and 29.

c)         Book Chapters

Mills, N 2001 The experience of fragmentation in Psychosis, Can Mindfulness help? Chapter in 'Psychosis and Spirituality'. I Clarke (ed) Whurr.

Mills, N. 2007, "Working with Qi (Chi) to help with mental health problems". Chapter in: "Coyte, ME; Glibert, P; Nicholls,V.(eds): Spirituality, Values and Mental Health; Jewels for the Journey".