My Secret I have been enjoying living for eighty five eventful, interesting and wonder filled years. Whenever I’m asked the question “What’s your secret” I reply without hesitation “A truly great appreciation for the gift of life!” How do you live a truly inspired life? The secret elements consist of five “well-balance” points: 1) Gratitude [...]
Cultivating a Relationship with Yourself

The Path to Self Empowerment It takes courage to leave behind the projections, prognoses and prophecies of other people and blaze your own trail! Cultivating an authentic relationship with yourself requires mindfulness and compassion. Be kind to yourself and your body — releasing negative behavior and thoughts is the healthy first step. Start now by [...]
Perceptions and Responses

Becoming The Observer of Life Experiences Everything that has ever occurred since the beginning of time is NOW a recorded memory. If I have amnesia and no language to express my life experiences, relationships and memories only then am I the pure OBSERVER of REALITY with no self identity and no idea or expression of [...]
Utilizing the Power of Chi

In Your Massage and Bodywork Practice Do you suffer from “Grind the Therapist into the Ground” Syndrome? As somatic practitioners, learning to gather, organize and utilize Chi — the boundless healing power of the Cosmos — is the most influential and stress relieving compliment you can bring to your practice. Using Chi energy, a Taoist [...]
Health and Wellness Partners

We Are ALL Alchemists! I am not a big fan of the word ‘healer’. If you cut yourself, no one can heal except you! When someone looks outside themselves for healing they give up autonomy, empowerment and responsibility. The relationship between ‘healer’ and ‘healee’ is a no-win situation. The ‘healer’ has the untenable position of [...]
Inspiring Thoughts: An Essay of Quotes

I am a synthesizer. Whether it’s putting together a yoga series taught over many months into a single kriya; or developing whole body or focused treatment protocols; to creating a compendium of some of my favorite quotes and quips from an inspiring collection of interesting people whose influential thoughts I’ve woven into the following [...]
Emotional Anatomy

Storage of Psychological, Emotional and Physical Traumas My truth/perception/bias is based on my life experiences; so, let me start by stating, at this moment in my life, what I believe to be true… I believe that the Bio-Computer we call our body stores dysfunctional information as psychological, emotional and physical trauma within connective tissue. Inside [...]
Trauma Anatomy

The Holographic Imprint of Injuries and Insults I believe that the brain receives a holographic imprint of a trauma event and that the simultaneous recording of that event is stored in the body’s tissue. When there is a stimulus that replicates any part of the original trauma event, the brain, functioning as a processor, [...]