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WHEN LOVE IS INJURED…

Good Wednesday To You! Things are moving along well in my life. I’m constantly amazed how the mind loves to judge this as “good” and that as “bad”; the good seems to find an end and the bad seems to be forgotten about when something deemed “good” arrives to displace it as the dominant feature [...]


IS MAKING STRESS YOUR HABIT?

AWESOME CHEK PRACTITIONERS SHARE ON YOUTUBE.COM! Good Tuesday To You! I had a very busy day yesterday, yet I managed to get two tai-chi sessions in. In the evening session, I combined toning with my tai-chi movements to enhance body~mind balancing. It’s quite funny when I tone in my yard at night because dogs all [...]


CELEBRATING A GREAT WEEKEND and . . .

Surrounding the Dragon of Back Pain! Hello and Happy Monday to you All! I hope you had a good time over the weekend and that you created some time for resting and creativity so Monday didn’t come unwelcomed… I know very well how easy it is to get caught up in our story about how [...]


Does Your Shoulder Hurt? It could be your big toe!

Good Friday To You! I had a very busy day yesterday. So busy, I only got a short morning session of tai-chi due to business meetings and obligations. It was my day off in the gym, so fortunately, I had more time to attend to business matters. I’ll be at home working with my stones [...]


IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KING

Happy Thursday to You! I hope you are well and that life’s little circumstances are seen as a chance to cultivate awareness. Sometimes, it seems like the world is falling down around us, but in my life, I’ve noticed that many times I’ve let circumstances get me stressed only to realize a few days later [...]


SCIENTIFIC SHOULDER TRAINING IS HERE!

Happy Wednesday! I hope you are all enjoying your day. I had a productive day yesterday getting my webinar, “A Neurodevelopmental Approach To Conditioning” ready for today. I’ll be offering this as a free webinar today at 4:00 – 5:30 PST. If any of you would like to join in, you can register at www.PlaceofChi.com [...]


HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Happy Valentines Day To You! I hope you are all well and enjoying your (Valentines) day. I had a great day yesterday. My morning was abundant with chi. Though chi is always there, it is like water, we still have to drink it in. After my morning tai-chi session, I got some work done and [...]


zEN IN THE GARDEN

Blessed Monday To You! I hope you all had a restful weekend. Here is what the rock garden looked like before my zen In The Garden class started Friday morning. I was up and at it early Friday morning in hopes I could finish building a new stone path into my rock garden before everyone [...]


THE REED SONG

Happy Thursday to You! I had a very busy day yesterday, but enjoyable. I got a lovely pushing workout in. I coupled Swiss ball Olympic bar bench presses with incline single arm cable pushes in mini circuits. After work, I went home and worked on some of my rock stacks as my evening meditation and [...]


WHAT IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF LOVE?

A Beautiful Wednesday to You! I had a busy, productive day yesterday and I hope you did too. I missed my tai-chi session in the morning due to the need to meet deadlines, but took it in stride. I got plenty of breathing and practice being present in my workout yesterday. I did some heavy [...]