Let me be clear, I love this time of year. It’s my fire, it’s my heart, it’s me in my prime. But holy hell, it’s also my madness.
October comes in all sexy smooth and next thing you know, you’re in a chokehold with some shit you already thought you sorted. Back only to show, that in fact, it was not sorted, and here in lies an opportunity for recognition.
Not dismissal, nor justification. A proper recognition of what surfaces, in order to truly release it.
Tuesdays:
2:30-3pm Online QiGong
6-7pm Zen Meditation
7-8pm Beginner QiGong and Tai Chi
Wednesdays:
2:30-3pm Online QiGong
6-7:30pm Advanced QiGong and Tai Chi
Thursdays:
2:30-3pm Online QiGong
6-7pm Zen Meditation
7-8pm Beginner QiGong and Tai Chi
Fridays:
11am-12pm Zen Meditation
12-1pm Beginner QiGong and Tai Chi
Saturdays:
10-11:30am Advanced QiGong and Tai Chi
12-1pm Beginner QiGong and Tai Chi
2-3:30pm Komyo Reiki Share (Oct 31 only)
Sundays:
9-10am High Park QiGong and Tai Chi
FOR MY STUDENTS:
This is challenging time in year. Seasonal shifts and scheduling demands can be difficult. It’s important to stick with your rhythms.
Bed time rhythms, exercise rhythms, even dietary ones.
Try this (Adjust as needed):
- Rhythmic wake and sleep times. Make it more or less consistent. Try getting up with the Sun. Be in bed before midnight. Take a 20 min nap after lunch
- Do your breathing exercises early mornings with the rise of the Sun. The Sun tunes us. Ride the wave of its blossom between 5-7am. Then if you can, pop a few short bursts in here and there throughout the day.
- For dietary rhythms, I find it more important when I eat, than what I eat. Try this and let me know how you go.
‘Everything in terms of consciousness is rhythmic. Even consciousness itself.’ ~ Someone
Tai Chi, QiGong, Komyo Reiki and Zen Meditation…
Its what keeps me steady. Rhythms in a time of raw vulnerability.
May the Sun and Moon be your reminders.