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...
I have to share something about me you may or may not know. It is … that I LOVE making acronyms out of words that mean something to me. Above my wrist, I have a tattoo that has the word, REAL on it, made out of different symbols. The word real means to me: Realizing...
Being is the yin-side within us, the female expression, our intuition. Doing is the yang-side, the action oriented part of ourselves, the masculine expression. As we know, each person has both energies. [Visualize the yin-yang symbol.] Our challenge is to...
I have been through a lot of emotions these past couple weeks, from the extremely high, to the lowest low, and everything in-between. With that being said, I have been learning a lot about myself at the same time. As Abraham Hicks would say, “We learn from contrast.”...
When I first read that the words listen and silent have the same letters, it made me pause and reflect. At first I thought, “How cool is that?” Then with further contemplation, I realized that they truly go hand-in-hand with one another. In order to listen, we must...
Paying attention to my breath, seems to be a daily mantra-practice with me lately. Keeping myself focused in the present moment is the kindest gift, I am giving myself right now, and to those around me. I share this all the time with students in class, “Come back to...
One of my Core Desired Feelings (CDFs) for 2015 is IT (Intuitive Trust). I don’t know about you, but at times, I reach and grasp for answers outside of myself. This year, I am really focusing on trusting my intuition. Being more open and recognizing when I...
A saying that comes to mind, when I contemplate about life, (especially this time of year) is one I learned from my teacher, Sifu Gardner, many years ago. One he has said many times, in many different ways… “Flexibility is the key to vitality in life.” -Master...
When people find out I have been studying the art of T’ai Chi and Qigong for more than 17 years, they are surprised. Maybe because it is a long time to be practicing any one thing, or maybe in their minds, I should of “mastered” it by now, and moved on. To which I can...
I can honestly say for the past few years, I have been desiring to teach and share more Qigong and T’ai Chi. Both practices have made such an impact on my life, and I wanted others to feel it too. Knowing I can make a difference in someone’s life that they can feel...
