Outside In

Gratitude for the space I have, looking at it differently through the mirror in this bottom photo, I see my life looks even better than when I look at it head on. Sometimes we have to get out of our own way to see things more clearly. It is hard to watch our children struggle, but it is important to remember that it is their struggle, not our own. We do not have to own or feel responsible for their decisions. We do not own our children, we only borrow them from the world for a short time. Hopefully we have enough positive influence on them that they eventually find their way, but if not, that's okay too. For they are learning whatever it is they need to learn. Try looking at your life from the outside in... what do you see?

Firewalk~ Building our Energy to walk across the coals

So this was a way cool night! We spent time raising our energy fields to match that of the fire so that as we walked across the 12 foot long path over the 1200 degree coals we did not get burned. I've learned much this summer about the energies inside us and the energies in our universe. Here are some prewalk photos. Unfortunately I didn't get us going over the coals. I didn't want to carry my camera across so I put it away for safe keeping. It took only about 2 hours for this massive 20 plus foot high fire to burn down enough for us to walk across. As we waited for the flames to tear down the cedar logs we worked on preparing ourselves for the journey across. We sang and danced and broke wooden arrows using our necks to build our confidence and courage. Jeremy, our firewalker trainer also built our fear; apparently fear has powerful energy. We learned to direct our fear and transform it.

In anticipation

Qigong Practice

Day's end practice...

Qigong~ Mother of Tai Chi

I am spending the week at The Marianist Center in Eureka, Missouri for a Qigong teacher training with master trainer Roger Janke. It is warm, sunny and very humid so we are spending almost all of our time indoors in the air conditioning which is very hard for me.  It is a long intensive training with class starting at 7:00 am and finishing about 9:00 pm. I did get out after lunch for a walk through the woods down to the Eureka River. Here are some photos I took on my Qi filled walk.

The 9 Phases of Cultivating and Mastering Qi:

1. Discover Chi
2. Gather Chi
3. Circulate Chi
4. Purify Chi
5. Direct Chi
6. Conserve Chi
7. Store Chi
8. Transform Chi
9. Dissolve Chi