In the middle of a healing process (am I ever at an end? or do all these processes overlap ad infinitum), I am being called to recognize how ‘these things take time.’ Yet I am not a fan of the phrase “time heals all wounds” so the Westerner in me comes out in an approach […]
Bazi and the 5 Elements
I’m teaching an interactive workshop which I aim to make a yearly occurrence: On the last New Moon of the Chinese New Year we’ll prepare for the Future together! This blog post will contain an introduction to Bazi theory and the 5 Elements, so one can become familiar with the language to understand the class […]
Create Your Experience!
Happy Autumn 2020! Now more than ever I believe the Archetype of the Magician is needed: The Magician is the #1 card in the Major Arcana, not to be confused with the first card, which is the #0 Fool. First soak up the image, and look at it with clear eyes. Stop whatever you’re doing, […]
Tai Chi Your Feelings
An interesting thing happened during my stillness practice this morning. The past few days I have been “drumming” my feelings a bit before I begin. Drumming is a practice that can help us get intune with our heart (Middle Dan Tian) energies. Today my heart had a gentle rhythm to it, the feelings were very […]
Qi Gong for Self-Care: Gift of the Tao
A beginner’s level class in qi gong, self-care designed for massage therapists. Qi gong is self-healing practice based upon thousands of years of Chinese Medicine. A gentle and relaxing way of working with your body, the movements in Qi gong are easy to perform. This practice can be considered a “moving meditation’ as one slowly […]
Holding On to what Matters
Happy New Decade! The traditional New Year of January 1st always brings about a sort of gritty transition for me, and this year has been no different. Coming out the other side with a renewed sense of self-worth, I felt inspired to write this blog post as a sort of ‘counter-culture’ option to all the […]
I Choose You – Animal Totems
…or are we being chosen? Indeed perhaps a further philosophical post is warranted, but at least for now ponder that What we seem to choose is at the same time choosing us We can come up with all sorts of reasons and justifications for why we like a certain animal. For this post I ask […]
Path of the Stars
A few years ago I earned the nickname “Celestial Wayfarer” among my peer group of Qigong practitioners. I had freshly read “Opening the Dragon’s Gate” where all the Daoist Masters of the Lineage had badass titles to go with their specialties. My fellow skilled healers and I then reflected on what we saw each other’s […]
Get out of a rut: What can we Write? And...
Recently I’ve been wanting to write on things more practical and focused, and also been doing a lot of soul searching on the topic of Freedom and Purpose. Ikigai has been written on extensively, but if you’ve never heard of it this sums it up quite beautifully: This flower is a wonderful way of taking […]
The Gentle Healing Path
I recently picked up a copy of Ted Andrew’s Animal Wise- the extended edition that has a lot more species of animals and lesser known archetypes. For those unfamiliar with Shamanic healing work, I talk about Animal medicine here: Core Shamanism This book includes mythical animals, such as the Dragon, Unicorn, and Phoenix-as powerful archetypes. […]