This is an excerpt from the free first hour of my Metal Retreat day. I’ll be sharing the whole first hour over the next five weeks in my blog posts. On a day like no other in all of creation, Saturday, October 18, a day in which I grieve to discover that in being here,…
In my upcoming Metal Seasonal Retreat tomorrow, one of the first things we will discuss—and practice!—is healthy negativity. It is very important to the health of Metal (especially the Colon) to be able to make negative statements cleanly. These are statements that are representative of our own value system. While we understand completely that it…
CV 11 JR Worsley translates JIAN LI as Established Mile, but Li isn’t a mile. LI means a neighborhood, a field, an acre, a common measurement of an amount of space that you might use for something in particular, e.g. I’ll put an acre into this, or I’ll put an acre into that. It’s a…
In my Earth study group, we are discussing pleasure—and guilt. First let me define pleasure in such a way that it makes sense in the context of the Earth element specifically. Pleasure is here defined as enjoyment that slows the pulse rate and causes us to linger and lengthen the moment. It is not the…
I’ve been mulling what to say about the upcoming Earth season for quite some time, conditions being what they are. There’s an Earth season every year (every late summer), and I do an Earth retreat every late summer. There are some themes that are recognizably carried from year to year, of course, because it’s the…
Here’s a second excerpt from my upcoming WHC mini-Intro class called “Self-Assess and Field-Assess: You Can’t Push the River.” (see previous blog for Part 1) This monthly mini-intro is for anyone who has been interested in learning more about the practical value of Whole Heart Connection practices. I do one of these mini-Intros on different…
Here’s a little excerpt from my upcoming WHC mini-Intro class called “Self-Assess and Field-Assess: You Can’t Push the River.” This monthly mini-intro is for anyone who has been interested in learning more about the practical value of Whole Heart Connection practices. I do one of these mini-Intros on different topics on the 3rd Sunday of…
HT 6 YIN XI In the point name HT 6 YIN XI, the YIN is exactly what it sounds like: YIN as in yin-and-yang. It is interesting that HT 6 YIN XI is the only point on an arm meridian with character YIN in its name. In my notes from a lecture given by Elisabeth…
Especially during outrageous and unpredictable times, it’s important not to let the fire go out. One of the gifts of the Fire element is intuitive spontaneity, an ability to sync up with something greater than ourselves that allows us to have inspired insights and make inspired moves. One important thing we can do to open…
A student in my 5 Element mentorship program, asked this question: My Fire element gets slammed by my older sister. When I am affectionate and playful, she frowns and treats me like a child that needs to be disciplined. It hurts. What can I do? I think you have choices here–more than I can think…
