Some qigong teachers demand that you practice 2 hours every day. I have never been one of those teachers. That’s because I didn’t do it that way, and I always try to practice what I teach. I also know from my own experience that this kind of advice doesn’t work. The success rate for this […]
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Qigong in a Bathroom? Yay or Nay?
You’ve fallen in love with the art of qigong and you want to squeeze in some more practice. Good for you! I love it! Maybe you’ve got some downtime at work (assuming you still commute to work). With the best of intentions you decide to practice in the one place where you have a modicum […]
Challenge Accepted! 30 Days Without Booze
It’s 2020. Bottoms up! If you’re like me, then you’ve been drinking more heavily in 2020 because of all the stress. The world is on fire (literally and metaphorically), so we desperately crave stress relief. And alcohol serves this purpose perfectly — until it doesn’t. In this post, I’m going to encourage you to join […]
The Magical Healing Powers of Expressive Writing
Self-care is my thing. I love taking responsibility for my own healing. I’ll involve healers and physicians whenever needed, but what I will never, ever do is outsource my healing 100%. That’s why I was originally drawn to qigong — because it empowered me to heal myself. And that’s why, all these years later, I’m […]
How Qigong Can Help with the Coming Mental Health Crisis
My raison d’être has always been, and still is, helping people to fight depression. It was my own battle with depression, my subsequent brush with death, and my eventual success with qigong that motivated me to start teaching this art back in 2005. When I quit my my cushy IT job in New York City […]