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I am so honored to bring to you this conversation with Cathy Toldi, Buddhist Priest in the Soto Zen tradition, lover of life, nature, and called by the Earth to speak as Priestess Raven to bridge our understanding of who we are as part of the natural world. Cathy has been practicing Zen at Warm… Continue reading Buddhist Priest, Priestess Raven

In the Beginning NDK Podcast....During an extended standing meditation at a Chi Center retreat with Master Mingtong, the Our Father/Lord's Prayer started chanting within me. I grew up Catholic, so all those prayers and even some in Latin are part of my cellular nature--though somewhat dormant at the moment, so it was kind of surprising. The… Continue reading Jesus as Qigong Master

In the Beginning....My first podcast is finally ready! A huge shoutout to Erik Leitch, my first guest. Here's the link to the audio interview stored on my google drive. The picture referred to in the interview is below. This is the image Erik showed at a Rotary meeting that inspired me to talk with him… Continue reading Cosmology & Coffee

Human beings raised voices and vibrations of hearts and minds--the government took notice to begin to heal its egregious wrongs to children and families at the border. The Executive Order is not the solution,  so we keep our voices speaking up for justice and compassion. Voices, sounds, vibrations are powerful. They are much needed to… Continue reading Sound Healing–Raising Our Voices

Few would argue that sound and vibration have a significant affect on our emotions. Media people know this with expert precision. Think of sound tracks and Foley effects in movies and commercials. If you take away scary music and just watch the scene, usually not so scary! And we put on music at home to give… Continue reading Opening Our Hearts

The physical effect of sound has a great influence upon the human body. The whole mechanism, the muscles, the blood circulation, the nerves are all moved by the power of vibration. As there is resonance for every sound, so the human body is a living resonator for sound. Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sufi Master One of… Continue reading Intro to Healing with Sound

I just found this poem I wrote a few years ago, July 29, 2013 to be exact (hurrah, I dated my journal entry!) We were on the Tuolumne River, upstream from the Lodge, one of my favorite rivers in the world. I have often pondered this about water, and I know I need to spend… Continue reading Water

In Wisdom Healing Qigong, we are encouraged to point our tailbones to the earth to connect with the source energy from our Mother, this planet. And, in hip rotations, we visualize light radiating from the tailbone. I began to notice when I did this I started feeling energy in my brain. Hey, the tailbone must… Continue reading Tailbone

"Attention is the doorway to gratitude". Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass. This quote by Robin Wall Kimmerer means to me that I can only be grateful to that which I notice. How true! So often we zip through life, missing sunsets and sunrises, rainbows and puddles, while we rush to some place or another, or… Continue reading Attention & Gratitude

I just ran across this explanation of the different types of chi (qi) in Ken Cohen's book The Way of Qigong. It was an aha moment for me, clarifying for me WHY daily practice is so important. I wanted to synthesize it here as writing often helps me to wrap my brain around something that I want to… Continue reading Energy Enhancement