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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
I thought it would be fun to share one insight from each year. I chose ones that stood out for me when I reread them. I invite you to read any and all that you feel called to do so. Please know, I am still writing because of you. My heart is full of gratitude...
Saturday, April 27, was the 25th anniversary of World Tai Chi and Qigong Day (WTCQD). Tai Chi and Qigong practitioners around the world practiced and shared their good ‘Qi’ (Chi) at 10am, starting in New Zealand and ending 26 hours later in Hawaii. The main downtown...
Easter Sunday, I opened an email from Sifu Clair, my Tai Chi brother, letting us know (with a link to a news article) that our beloved building, which we knew as encompassing the Red Lotus School of Movement and Urgyen Samten Ling (USL) Buddhist temple, had begun to...