On retreat, I tended to wake up between 3:30 and 4:30.. check the clock and then nod off again until 5 am. For the majority of the time, I was making the early offerings for the shrine – water offering bowls, incense around the room and the Dharmapala tea offering. There is a beautiful offeringContinue reading “10-day Retreat Missives: Qigong first thing”
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Back from 10-day retreat: a couple of anecdotes
Hello dear friends, I just returned yesterday from a sublime and moderately restorative (I got from 4 – 8 hours sleep each day / night) dynamic retreat at the beach. We were at Sandbridge Virginia, in a house which had an easy glimpse of the vast ocean, the endless horizon and the immense spacious sky.Continue reading “Back from 10-day retreat: a couple of anecdotes”
Dreams say I’m on the right track; signed up for SEP training
Hello dear readers! I just completed the application today to begin Somatic Experiencing training in Roanoke in March. It is a serious commitment – 3 years, 8 modules, 12 sessions, 12 group sessions and a significant financial obligation. So I had been chewing on this for several weeks – and actually pondering it for severalContinue reading “Dreams say I’m on the right track; signed up for SEP training”
Qigong works in mysterious ways..
I was recently asked to substitute teach for a Qigong class at the local City Center. It was a great group – 6 students attended. We went slow – it was their first class. We went over a foundation (which can be a complete qigong practice in and of itself), and then did Tap QigongContinue reading “Qigong works in mysterious ways..”
Chi Kung class 9: Water Qigong
Beginning with an aside… due to holiday travel and lodging in new places, I went four days without doing my usual 30 – 45 minutes of qigong in the morning, and I am really feeling it. Just doing 20 minutes of it tonight helped to right the ship as it were. It is interesting, butContinue reading “Chi Kung class 9: Water Qigong”
Chi Kung class 8
Hello Dear Readers, I have skipped a few descriptions of classes in the past few weeks. Been staying pretty busy. And I consider myself to be privileged to lead Chi Kung – I am slowly discovering what it means to be a Chi Kung (qigong) teacher. We met at a new venue today. An idyllic,Continue reading “Chi Kung class 8”
Qigong makes one a better lover: benefits of a qigong practice
If you are looking for a post about specific Taoist practices of sexuality, look at Daniel Reid’s book – the Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity; or seek out the Jade Dragon / White Tigress books. Mantak Chia’s books also provide a lot of specifics around sexual practices. I was discussing what little I knowContinue reading “Qigong makes one a better lover: benefits of a qigong practice”
Inverse relationship between the container and the obstacles
I am very fortunate. Thank you karma! And I am so grateful for all of my precious heart teachers. They have taught me the methods for expanding my heart container, my soul container, my psychic container as it were. And with that expansion comes the added benefit of obstacles seeming smaller and smaller – orContinue reading “Inverse relationship between the container and the obstacles”
Pilates workout!
If you read my previous post, I have been processing an old bit of shock and numbness from my birth (for a while now – but it was more up in the past few weeks). I had a great session today with a group of compassionate, graceful healing facilitators which definitely shifted a layer orContinue reading “Pilates workout!”
a storm brews beneath a placid front
If you are an avid reader of this blog, you may know that I throw the I Ching coins from time to time (a divination tool from China that is at least 3,000 years old). I work with a unique interpretation of the I Ching (Yi Jing) written by Julie Henderson, the founder of ZapchenContinue reading “a storm brews beneath a placid front”
Meditation Informs Healing Facilitation 