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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
…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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Yesterday at the Kadampa Center, Geshe Sangpo’s teaching was about Joyful Effort. He told the story of Asanga (http://www.three-vajras.com/asanga) who was in search of Maitreya Buddha, and went into a cave to meet with this Buddha. He would give up every 3 years, and out in the world something would inspire him to return to […]
I’ve had a whirlwind of adventures the past two weeks, from Terre Haute Indiana to the NationaL Qi Gong Association’s yearly conference in Asheville. I enjoyed countless insights, immigration, and sharing deeply with my qi gong family. I learned a lot about Chinese herbalism with budding master Ben Rosenthorn, and enjoyed the Sunrises of Lake […]