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…
In Loving Memory of Deirdre Sulka-Meister Deirdre had her own way of Making Room for Everything, particularly everything that is inconvenient, gunky or gooey, and generally unspoken or shunned. She was a nurse midwife, and she knew how much birth—and everything in life after birth—involves that which is inconvenient, gunky and gooey, and generally unspoken…
In loving memory of Deirdre Sulke-Meister My quintessential memory of Deirdre is from long ago, during her first round of cancer diagnosis, surgery and treatment. In my memory she is gaunt, clearly intimate with the shadow of death, and feeding tangerines to little children in my kitchen. It was as though she were feeding them…
