Long Life Is In Store For You

Exactly!  When you cultivate a daily qigong practice with mindfulness and intention you will have a longer, happier, healthier life.  This is the promise of qigong.  So I was pleased when I opened my fortune cookie yesterday to find this message - a reminder, in fact, of why we practice.  I was celebrating my 63rd birthday and enjoying a some good Chinese rice and veggies and an outing with my husband.  How perfect was this little slip of paper for me to find tucked inside my fortune cookie!

               



I hope that you are finding your life to be better with qigong as well.  I truly feel better at 63 than I did years ago.  Since qigong became a part of my life, I have much less pain and inflammation from post polio syndrome.  I feel happy and grateful for such an awesome life.

And I am truly grateful for each of you.  Having people to share qigong with enriches my life in so many ways.  It holds me accountable to practice more and become a better teacher. Every single person who shows up to our classes teaches me how to teach.  So keep practicing and keep coming to class to refine your technique.  As our group grows, it will give us the opportunity to offer more forms and more class times.  We now have 4 classes per week, on a trial basis. In response to requests, there are two evening classes.  The attendance has been a little up and down, but since it is new, I am going to keep at it for awhile longer.  Here is our current schedule:

Monday                    10:00 AM   One Thousand Hands Buddha and Eight Treasures
Monday                      6:30 PM    One Thousand Hands Buddha and Eight Treaures
Wednesday               10:00 AM   Renewal Qigong
Wednesday                 6:30 PM    Renewal Qigong

All classes follow the same format, with a long warm up session of self-massage acupressure and foot & knee qi acupressure.  This seems to be very helpful for most people.  In fact, I  would consider some briefer sessions of just the warm-up qigong exercises.   Our classes are running almost 90 minutes now to get all this in, so we can offer some times to practice just the basics.  Let me know if that appeals to you.


And please invite your friends to come and try qigong.  The first class is always free and we will continue to have the First Saturday Free Qigong Demo Day.  Next one will be on Feb 2 at 10:30 AM.  Of course all of you are welcome to come and help show qigong to the community, even if you have been practicing for awhile.  Share the blog with people and also tell them what qigong does for you.

As always,  I wish you best qi and happiness.

Namaste,
Sherril

More Qigong!

The new year is bringing us more qigong and more people to share it with! This is good news.  Our First Saturday Free Qigong Demo Day kicked off on January 5. Even though we had a modest turn out, the newspaper has been helping get the word out.  A nice article appeared both online and in the Sunday edition of the Idaho State Journal.  The response has been fantastic.  People are calling, asking questions, and coming to classes.

Another class has been added to the schedule so that people who work during the day can experience qigong. Renewal qigong is now offered Wednesday evening at 6:30PM as well as at 10:00AM.

The new punch cards are out, too.  You can still pay $7 at each class but the punch card is a bargain at 12 classes for $60.

With the cold weather comes a great deal of fear about becoming ill.  In Five Element theory, winter is associated with the kidney meridian system and the emotion of fear. I would encourage you to turn off the news when they begin talking "Flu" and go do some qigong.  Keep your mind on what you want (wellness) and off of what you don't want (illness).  You will get what you place more attention on.  Keep warm, eat warm food, and of course do lots of qigong to build your "wei qi" or protective qi that bolsters the immune system.

I have been including some information about essential oils in our classes and extending the opportunity to try some of them.  This is another way to promote wellness and stay healthy.  I teach classes on these oils and will be sending invitations to you by email.  They are free of charge and often include samples and recipes for making your own personal care products.  I have used oils in my healing practice for many years and can't say enough about how powerfully they work to promote good health.

Remember that you can also book healing sessions with me for many types of massage, reflexology, and energy healing.   All these therapies work together to your benefit of wellness.

See you soon. Be warm and well.

Namaste,
Sherril