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If you haven’t read this blog over the past six months (go back to January and then start reading forward), then you missed some of the experiences I wrote about from the incredible (Ninja) Massage School I attended. Go back and read those posts and you might understand why I say the word “Ninja.” ButContinue reading “release the pebble into the vast Universal source lake”

Sometimes I write blog posts mainly as a reminder to myself. This would be one of those posts. A friend recently told me about a practice she has started: after looking at the popular new calendar and daily planner called the Panda Planner, and realizing that the process of waking up and writing down whatContinue reading “Panda Planner”

Hello Dear Readers! I am excited to say that leading Chi Kung yesterday went really quite well. Of course I was nervous / excited to start, but once we got underway, we steadily (and slowly) got through my planned class activities. We did jiggling, some knee rotations and pressed a few acupressure points to warmContinue reading “Leading Chi Kung – a new series, slowly shifting gears”

I am a member of a dynamic and extraordinary meditation group. Gratitude, blessing, great fortune have I to be able to join them – we do shamanic journeying, Taoist meditations on Inner Alchemy and I lead meditations on advanced Zapchen Somatic practices, along with some Buddhist meditations. It is quite cutting edge! Tonight we gathered,Continue reading “may the Eye become the Storm”

I am currently watching a great series on herbal medicine and the best part is, for a very limited time, it is free to watch online. Yes it is a pain to be forced to watch an hour and a half / day of educating and engaging documentaries… 🙂 but it is so worth itContinue reading “A great herbal medicine documentary series (free for another 7 days)”

A friend asked me recently if Qigong – Chi Kung – would benefit symptoms from mold toxicity. She also referenced my using Qigong to keep any Lyme’s symptoms under control. This is my response: I am excited to have you in the class! Keeping in mind it is for beginners (there are at least 2Continue reading “Qigong results?”

Wow that title is a mouthful! What the heck does it mean? It means that right now, I am letting go of anything miscellaneous, anything even remotely distracting, anything ambiguously affecting my mind stream. Tinder – gone. Seriously – I have gone on several Tinder dates. One woman I am still good friends with. ButContinue reading “Eliminate the unnecessary to reveal the essential”

For those of you who are new to this blog, a bit of background… I have been practicing bodywork – Craniosacral Therapy, Polyvagal Therapy and more recently Birth Process work (Pre- and Perinatal Psychology) since 2005. In addition, I have added massage and Asian Bodywork and Qigong / Tai Chi onto that list as well.Continue reading “Loving what I do”

Hi all! Just letting you know that I am leading a series of Chi Kung classes starting in September. The classes will be at a beautiful location in serene Crozet, Virginia (if you are in Central Virginia and might be interested, let me know!). There is space to practice both indoors and outdoors (next toContinue reading “Leading a series on Chi Kung Foundational practices starting in Sept”

Hello dear readers, The past couple weeks have been full of my peering at astrology charts! It is always interesting how I rarely ever get just one astrology client at a time. I wonder if these clumps of horoscopes together has to do with an attraction coming from within me or if it is anContinue reading “Astrology cycles through”