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...
Where is Your Head & Feet?

Where is Your Head & Feet?

I have been asking students, “How often is your head and your feet in the same place?” Meaning how often are you being present. Or, is your body in one place, and your head in the clouds with thoughts of the future or the past? I was recently teaching a class, and one...
Qigong Retreat for Women

Qigong Retreat for Women

Our 2nd Annual Qigong Retreat in Sundance, Utah Thursday late-afternoon through Sunday morning This year’s theme, Discovering The Wisdom Within We will reside in a beautiful log cabin on the stream in Sundance. We will enjoy Mother Nature, make connections...
Service Is Not Obligation

Service Is Not Obligation

  This written insight comes from a dear friend, Krissy Hodges, who gave me permission to share it with you. She is a heart-centered entrepreneur, supporting and empowering her clients to connect with the power of the Divine Feminine & Masculine within...
Gently Guiding Our Inner Fire

Gently Guiding Our Inner Fire

As the temperatures begin to rise—we feel the heat of summer—the maximum yang season. When our inner-fire is in balance, we can feel creative, productive, energetic, and joyful. When we lean too far into the fire, we can feel depleted, exhausted, and we want nothing...
Learning Tai Chi from Sifu Toni

Learning Tai Chi from Sifu Toni

Tai Chi & Qigong have been a major part of my rehabilitation and every day life—following a major life changing event on December 19, 2019. I was in a car accident that occurred in an intersection on black ice, in Wisconsin.  First and foremost, I am blessed to be...
2022 Qigong Retreat

2022 Qigong Retreat

I am still unfolding all the goodness and learning that came from leading my first Qigong retreat—Nourishing the Spirit—our beautiful setting was a cabin on a stream in Sundance, UT. Honestly, it was as if the stars aligned for this to happen, and I believe everyone...
Open to All That is You

Open to All That is You

It’s autumn here in the northern hemisphere, my favorite time of year, as most of you know. Here in Utah, the leaves are beginning to radiate their range of colors. Our mountains become a visual landscape for artists and photographers alike. Yes this time of year...
Summer is Maximum Yang Season

Summer is Maximum Yang Season

We have officially entered summer, and if spring’s growth produces blossoms, then summer’s fire produces its growth.   Element / FIREAn important quality of fire is openness. Most of us have fond memories of summer, we feel more energetic, creative, productive,...