Change Without Grace

Change Without Grace

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...
Balancing the Divine Feminine

Balancing the Divine Feminine

The Strength in Softness Sunday, May 19 from 2-4pm   Join Autumn and me at her studio, Rabbit Hole Wellness, for this women-only event. We will learn to release the need to do everything and compete with everyone. How does that sound? We will engage in: Good...
The Inner Alchemy of Change

The Inner Alchemy of Change

Returning to the realm of our dreams… Saturday, May 4 from 4-7pm   Join my teacher, Master Sifu Gardner, and me on Saturday afternoon for an exploration of inner alchemy. A transcendental process we’ll engage in—through movement, breathing, centering and...
2024 Qigong Retreat for Women

2024 Qigong Retreat for Women

Our 3rd Annual Qigong Retreat in Sundance, Utah Thursday late afternoon through Sunday morning (We are currently full for this retreat!) Please email me if you would like to be on a waiting list for this 2024 event. We all know life happens, and something may open up....
Journaling Through Life

Journaling Through Life

I have a been journaling since the 7th grade, on and off throughout my life. It’s interesting to go back and look at what I thought was important, and the challenges that I went through that have brought me to where I am today. CHANGE. The one thing that is constant...
Shift or Change?

Shift or Change?

I have been pondering these two words, shift and change. Below you’ll find definitions I extracted from a longer article about their differences from thecontentauthority.com Shift A shift is a subtle or gradual change in something. It can refer to a change in...
Glorifying Busy Will Destroy Us

Glorifying Busy Will Destroy Us

We are in the mist of the 2023 holiday season, and my the question to you is “How are you doing?” Are you taking time for reflection, stillness, and conscious breaths? Or, are you allowing the busyness of the season to take control? Definition of control: to exercise...
Presence for the Holidays

Presence for the Holidays

This insight was written one week from Thanksgiving. Linear time seems to be escaping me more often than not. Which is perfect because wherever I go, there I am. Haven’t we heard this statement many times in different ways? The present moment contains past and...
Our Connection Within and Without

Our Connection Within and Without

  “Connection is how we bring that which is within into the world.” ~Frederick Alexander Ross   We successfully completed our 2nd Annual Qigong Retreat for Women, and have already set dates for 2024! When we planned this year’s event, we didn’t...
Becoming a Lake with Pain

Becoming a Lake with Pain

Below is a Zen story, that I have been reading to qigong students, and I wanted to share it with you. It really resonates with me, and I hope it will with you too. At times, I taste the bitterness of pain, and other times, I can taste the freshness. I can expand my...