It really is spring. Now we are rounding the bend with the passing of the Spring Equinox with the rare but welcomed balance between light and dark. It was totally windy yesterday on the exact day, but that seemed to let you know with the wind all things move. This morning I transitioned into the longer walk from … Continue reading Secrets of Immortality with Qigong
Enjoy your week with gratitude
It’s been a year and a quarter since everything stopped and I often reflect wistfully on what normal had been and sometimes how little gratitude I felt. In this year, many people lost family members and we have yet to feel into the layers of grief that people are carrying around. Other people lost their jobs. Businesses closed. There … Continue reading Enjoy your week with gratitude
Making our way to the Winter Solstice
I’m not sure the year, but in the late 1990s I was hiking a trail in Arizona with a friend. We had walked perhaps 2 miles and he wanted to sit while I insisted on going a little further up the trail in the hope of locating some petroglyphs that I had read about. Thinking it might … Continue reading Making our way to the Winter Solstice
Nesting Time of Winter
According to the Chinese Calendar, on November 7th each year the 3-month season of Winter begins. But last week in Washington, DC it was 75 degrees which makes it a difficult moment to talk about and prepare for the coming season. But today when I went outdoors it was 47 degrees and I was properly clothed for Winter … Continue reading Nesting Time of Winter
Finding Balance
On Friday morning I woke very early and went out when it was still really dark. The full moon/ blue moon felt so close down the hill that I thought I could walk into it. It was inspiring and awesome. I gasped at it, even with a mask on, and told the dog to look up at it … Continue reading Finding Balance