There are so many physiological [seen] and mental-emotional [unseen] benefits to this practice — I know this from personal experience. As you read this article you may ask yourself, “How do I know this might benefit me?” Answer: Get yourself into a class and...
I have come to the realization that … knowing and experiencing are TWO very DIFFERENT things. I wasn’t going to write anymore about my C-Adventure on this website, but you know what … that is where I am right now. And, that’s okay. It is what it is. [a friend of mine...
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...
My last entry was about living a life with soft edges… I recently spent three days up in the mountains on a solo retreat practicing all things T’ai Chi (sitting / moving / awareness). Several people have asked me what it was like, what did I learn? First of all,...
Tomorrow morning, I am embarking of my first T’ai Chi solo-retreat. It will begin on Friday morning at 4:30am […yes, you read that correctly, 4:30am] and go until late Sunday afternoon. This retreat has been structured by my teacher, Sifu Gardner, and includes sitting...
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.”...
These past few weeks, I have been enjoying the 21-day online meditation experience with Deepak & Oprah, “Manifesting Grace through Gratitude.” I wanted to share with you some insights I gathered. If something you read below resonates with you—keep it, allow it to...
I taught my first Desire Map Workshop a couple weekends ago, and each moment of those two days, were inspiring, uplifting and so full of gratitude and joy. Gratitude for facilitating and guiding others to their Core Desired Feelings (CDFs), [while experiencing mine]...
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...
