This wellness practice was promoted by The United Nations in 1991. Known as Taiji Qigong Shibashi, or simply 18 Forms, Qigong master and researcher Professor Lin Housheng created it by drawing on traditional flowing movements used for hundreds of years as energy medicine, illness prevention, and meditative spiritual practice. Stress and hypertension reduction are among the health benefits Hence the U.N. endorsement. Students in my weekly Qigong Mind-Body-Spirit wellness class have been...

Whew! It's time to shed all that's binds. Really. It's time. I'm not just talking shedding the restrictive, heavy layers of winter clothes though I'm definitely on board with that (Hello Spring!). I'm talking about loosening and releasing in mind-body-spirit ways any stuckness, stagnation, or tightness we fell into along the way. RUTS. Ruminations or Habits of Heart and Mind which bind. This is your invitation to exhale and loosen. Like how, during energy readings when I see rust color in...

No heroics or guilt required. Just willingness to go into, and as, the wilderness the way ancient Israelites and Jesus did, accompanied by the ministry of angels. Learning to be receptive, unclenched, and open like the wilderness itself. Not--as a Scottish bee-keeper, rosary maker, and monastic wisdom lover put it-- to prove your devotion. "Not beat your body into submission. Not become spiritually impressive. Just: make space.Just: return" (See Fiach's full essay from Paisley Honey...