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If you have been keeping track of my previous posts the past couple weeks, you will remember my mentioning being in quasi retreat. That is because it was my intention in the month of November to pretty much take time off. I have been doing that pretty well. But let me be clear. When theContinue reading “Semi-retreat is both contemplative & active”

Did 3 Sources qigong with a friend. Wow! It was about 50% warm up, lots of jiggling and bouncing, along with eye rolls, head roll, shoulders, elbows, knees, etc. Very focused on rooting (into the ground, into Mother Earth). Surprised there were a few tongue exercises. The main practice was more inner chi awareness andContinue reading “3 Sources Qigong; inner juicy delicious graceful dance”

My quasi-retreat is some days, anything but a retreat. For instance, yesterday I went out to my parent’s house (Mom and step-father to be precise) and loaded wood, made runs with the wheel barrow and stacked it in the wood shed. They should have enough wood for this winter unless it is extremely cold. NotContinue reading “Chop wood, carry water?”

Not a lot to report today retreat wise. Rather, I am selling my nursing books, so I am making a bi-weekly run to the post office and shipping store. Then this afternoon I am assisting in a long bodywork session – birth process oriented (resolving, releasing, re-negotiating birth issues which in the past led toContinue reading “A day of errands and bodywork”

We will see if I can get all my thoughts together and put on paper in a grok-able manner. I had a very interesting conversation with a friend who is a practicing Buddhist, astrologer and yogi. The United States’ chart is having a tough time right now (in case dozens of examples don’t remind youContinue reading “Working on an astrological post (about politics)”

In the past, I would write blog posts when I was really feeling good or when I had done a lot of practice. In other words, the “Facebook” effect was happening. That is when everyone only posts the best about themselves or about their travels, and the rest of us are left going, “Good lord!Continue reading “Staying accountable – addictions and the ANS”

Old habits die hard. Right? My “retreat” that I am attempting to conduct in the month of November is starting off pretty well. However, I should admit that this “retreat” is primarily a refraining from any activities which deplete me – namely computer games or binge watching shows (like Netflix type series). Can a timeContinue reading “Quasi-retreat continues, tiny blips wax and wane”

October is / was an interesting and wild month for me. I got back from Canada, raring to work with babies.. I treated three of them, plus another family that lost a newborn (which is so tragic and terrible by the way). I sometimes wonder if that treatment of the grieving family is still affectingContinue reading “Chasing after happiness, falling flat on my face”

Hi All! I am attempting to blog more often, and who knows, maybe post once a day. I did qigong in the park by the river yesterday, in the warm sunlight. It was majestic and warming. Plus I had semi-privacy as there was a lot of shrubbery between me and the path by the river.Continue reading “Qigong continues, spaciousness arises with ease”

In my last post about spaciousness, I was just coming into relationship with the idea of having lots more space. And in case you didn’t notice, that is not exactly easy for me. I am typically a do-er or a project worker or a study-er. For me to have two or three entire days offContinue reading “Yearning to see what arises”