The ultimate qigong, or, spirit of the sensuous

I had a dance/somatic teacher who’d often share that his qigong teacher called dance the “funky qigong”—well, isn’t dance the ultimate form of qigong? To channel pure life force energy through one’s body in movement? To drop into one’s senses and allow the spirit of energy, breath, music, gravity, heart, soul—qi— inform them? To allow READ MORE »

The Wisdom of Fear

Popular healing culture will give you advice to use your mental will to overcome fear. Applied generally and without grounded understanding, this is advice that is in opposition to our human nature, dissociating us from our own body wisdom. The clearest and deepest empowerment is rather to be 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 with the life force energy wisdom READ MORE »

Grounding

What actually is grounding? I have people who come to me seeking ground, sometimes without even realizing it, and sometimes with a feeling sense of having missed a piece of the puzzle—because they find “they can’t do it” where their attempts fall short of the results they are reaching for. Sometimes they are creating a READ MORE »