Be Who We Are with What We Know

Be Who We Are with What We Know

Every year, I choose a 365-day book to read on my cushion in the mornings with the my hot water and lemon. This is the second year, I am reading, The Book of Awakening, Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have, by poet and philosopher, Mark...
Letting Go … and Embracing

Letting Go … and Embracing

With the full solar eclispe having arrived today Monday, August 21, 2017, I have been feeling (and reading) how it’s a great time to acknowledge what it is you would like to let go, and what it is you would like to bring to you (embrace). [Moon energies usually linger...
Slow Down and Feel — not Force

Slow Down and Feel — not Force

I am so happy to report that I made it through 12-weeks of chemotherapy without being nauseous, having any pain and I continued to teach 2x a week at Huntsman. I did have [and still do] a little chemo-fatigue, and some slight neuropathy in my toes. My chemo journey...
The Seen and Unseen Benefits of T’ai Chi

The Seen and Unseen Benefits of T’ai Chi

There are so many physiological [seen] and mental-emotional [unseen] benefits to this practice — I know this from personal experience. As you read this article you may ask yourself, “How do I know this might benefit me?” Answer: Get yourself into a class and...
Knowing and Experiencing

Knowing and Experiencing

I have come to the realization that … knowing and experiencing are TWO very DIFFERENT things. I wasn’t going to write anymore about my C-Adventure on this website, but you know what … that is where I am right now. And, that’s okay. It is what it is. [a friend of mine...
HCI Qigong Cancer Study Results

HCI Qigong Cancer Study Results

Last June I received an email from Cassidy Doucette, a Nurse Educator at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) and in her final year of DNP school at the University of Utah. This final year of schooling involved a “scholarly project.” It required her to investigate and...
Embracing the Unknown

Embracing the Unknown

I am still in the unfolding process with my mind/body/spirit of these last couple months. Oh, how I have missed writing and sharing with you. I waited because I needed more information and time to embrace my personal life-changing “chi moment” [which of...
Replace the Cancerous 3C Words

Replace the Cancerous 3C Words

Recently after our T’ai Chi class, I was reminded of the 3C words that can cause cancer to our soul. When I use these words, or find myself caught up inside them — I feel less than and separate. The obvious question then is, Why would do any of us choose to repeat...
Asking for H.E.L.P.

Asking for H.E.L.P.

I realized Wednesday after my morning ritual that I was probably one of the few people in the world, who did not know who was elected President of the United States. I had made it a point on election day, to stay away from the media, [of course, I voted early] instead...
Choosing to Embrace Autumn

Choosing to Embrace Autumn

Autumn is my favorite time of the year — the cooler weather, the changing of the leaves, and we begin to move from the external, expansive nature of summer to the internal, contractive nature of autumn. Fall is the time to practice getting out of the way and letting...