2025 Yin Wood Snake

2025 Yin Wood Snake

  This year promises to be a year of growth, creativity, and insight. Whether it’s on a personal level or a global scale, the influence of the Wood Snake encourages progress, innovation, and a deeper understanding of the world around us and within us. This year...
Ending a Cycle, Beginning Another

Ending a Cycle, Beginning Another

Welcome to 2025, which in numerology is the number 9. 2 + 0 + 2 + 5 = 9 The energy of the number 9 represents completion—coming full circle—not finality. This year may be a sign that a phase of your life is coming to a close, making space for new beginnings. I have...
To Want or Choose?

To Want or Choose?

Is there a difference in the energetics: in thinking or saying out loud, “I want,” as compared to “I choose?” I believe there is; let’s begin by simply comparing the definitions: WANT • to have a strong feeling to have (something); wish (to possess or do something);...
Holiday Integrity

Holiday Integrity

A Six-Week Path to Grace, Goodwill and Honesty Saturday, November 16, from 2-4:30pm   My dear friend, Lucy Dillon, and I invite you to join us for an afternoon of exploring how to move through the next 6-weeks with grace, goodwill and honesty. ✨ What does...
Recognizing Green Flags

Recognizing Green Flags

  The second sacred circle topic in our women’s retreat this year was “Green Flags in People.” I chose to flip the conversation from red to green flags. A red flag in relationships are intuitive indicators that something needs to be questioned. So what are the...
Boundaries Create Spaciousness

Boundaries Create Spaciousness

  Our third annual Qigong retreat for women took place over the weekend. This year, “Exploring Spaciousness” was our topic. We spoke about boundaries in one of our sacred circles. We discussed their appearance as children and their current significance to us. In...
Living a Qigong/Tai Chi Life

Living a Qigong/Tai Chi Life

  As we prepare for the Present Moment Awareness Weekend with my Sifu on August 23 & 24. I thought I would share some thoughts and conversations we have had about this upcoming playful weekend. First of all, qigong is more than movements in space. Qigong is...
Present Moment Awareness

Present Moment Awareness

Movement ~ Transformation ~ Change   August 23 & 24, 2024 with Master Sifu Jerry Gardner, Professor Emeritus and Sifu Toni   We are looking for 15 like-minded individuals who are ready to explore one’s inner ability to create.  You have the ability to...
Balance the Fire and Receive

Balance the Fire and Receive

As we move into the summer solstice soon here in the northern hemisphere, the rising heat reminds us we are in nature’s most yang season, fire. I asked the students a question today: “What happens when a fire goes unattended?” They knew and replied, “It’s out of...
Focusing on the Rainbows

Focusing on the Rainbows

  With so much change going on in the outside world and in my inner world, I am choosing to focus on the rainbows in my life instead of fixating on the clouds. What does that mean? For me, it’s choosing to step out of the rabbit hole sooner rather than later....