Mindfulness Meditation and Qigong share a number of key elements. With its roots in Buddhist practice, Jon Cabat-Zinn brought mindfulness to the mainstream when he incorporated it into a program at the University of Massachusetts’s medical school in 1979. Now...

Like the Hokey Pokey the language of the Six Verses is an invitation to the dance. The elegant verbal choreography leads you in a sequence that unifies your consciousness with your body, Qi, and the Universe and ultimately leads you to that destination of feeling...

Where does loneliness come from and what can you do when you feel lonely? Loneliness signals a loss of connection with that which is most essential - our hearts. What are the habits of your heart? Are you trusting? Open? Loving? Who are you really?  When I considered...

The universe is composed of Qi (energy) and Qi is organized into fields - or Qifields. Remember in Star Wars, when Obi Wan Kenobi said, “There’s a disturbance in the Force.” We all more or less knew what he meant. Obi Wan then explained that the Force “. . .is an...

Natural Breathing - the Art of Cultivating Calm Natural breathing is a key for cultivating calm and achieving peace of mind. When I first started learning Yuan Qigong, it became apparent to me that I wasn’t achieving the calm states that the other students appeared to...

Qi is the Animating Force and Material of the Universe It can be particle, wave, energy or matter and is directed by the information it contains. When someone says, “he has good energy” it’s their experience of that person’s Qi, as energy, that they are talking about....