
Please don’t fall into that category of people who are simultaneously self-impressed and casual. That’s why I hate terms like “running energy”, “bad qi”, and such.
When you quiet down strange and beautiful ideas seem to come from… everywhere.
The Quakers have a testimony about integrity. In a nutshell, it instructs us to make our outside match our inside. If you think about this for a moment you’ll see that this is not at all easy. How many times do we keep our real thoughts hidden, while pretending to like what we’re doing...
There are many ways to feed the spirit. I think of qigong, tea, dancing, music, gardening, books. Let’s not forget books. Hopefully, you still read them. I know many people don’t anymore. But there’s something about a real book, either spanking new and smelling of possibility, or old and redolent with the handling of...
I was feeling stuck, overwhelmed, and tired. It happens to all of us at times. The press of our responsibilities and commitments begins to weigh us down. There’s too much to do, and not enough time. We lose balance and feel constantly stressed. If we don’t catch ourselves and make a timely course correction,...
It’s amazing how quickly things fall apart. Yesterday I spent an hour tidying my house in anticipation of visitors. This morning there was already dog hair on the couch (my pug sheds incessantly,) laundry to be done, papers to be organized, and well, you know, the inevitable slide into chaos. And so quickly. How...
Here's how it usually goes: up at 7:00, take the dog out, rustle up a cup of tea (or coffee), eye on the clock, figure there's just enough time to check email then, for sure, you'll have ten spacious uninterrupted minutes for qigong before diving into the shower and preparing to head off...