River's Chi House

Crow is sent to remind us. Always and everywhere, remember to return too, and keep, a spiritual perspective. "Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." -- Japanese Proverb

Lady Fxi, who is currently teaching in Beijing China, ( may her life always be beautiful) in the above photo, taught me this wonderful chi kung exercise. I give it to you as her gift to us all. Sit in a comfortable position.Place the tip of your tongue on your upper palate just behind your two front teeth. Women, place your left hand over your lower abdomen and your left hand over your right hand. Men, place your right hand over your lower abdomen and your right hand over your left hand. Intend to open your Bhi Hui. Connecting with the energy of the Heaven move your awareness down through the top of your head to your upper dan tien. From your upper dan tien move your awareness down through your head and on into your throat, neck and into your shoulders. Simultaneously move through the trunk of your body and down your arms. Pass through your middle dan tien and into your lower dan tien at the same time flowing into your hands being aware of both Laboring Palaces in the middle of your p...

My prayers and heart go out to John and Elizabeth Edwards. I believe that John Edwards would be an incredible President when we desperately need an incredible President. I feel compelled to write this because I saw on the news that Elizabeth's cancer has returned and I know how I would feel if the love of my life. "My" was in her place. The tears would flow and my love would be overwhelming in it's intensity. And we would not "cower in the corner either. " I spent the night before last in Children's Hospital working with a young student of mine who I wrote about in an earlier blog. He had to take a feeding tube down through his nose and into his stomach. He had chosen to take the tube the day before. But when it came to the actual experience he froze up in panic. So his mother asked me to come down and stand with him through the difficult experience. Placing a feeding tube through your nose and into your stomach is not easy for a fourteen year old or for...

Stagnant chi is a problem for everyone. And our channels and meridians get clogged up just like silt accumulates in rivers and streams and harbors. The following chi kung exercise is good for clearing stagnant chi and dredging our channels and meridians and strengthening our whole energy/mind/physical body. You can find the locations of the channels, meridians, and acupoints at the following link; http://www.yinyanghouse.com/acupuncturepoints/locations_theory_and_clinical_applications This chi kung practice, indeed any chi kung practice, will take time and effort to learn. But it is worth it. I recommend moving through your body as directed while you read it. In other words, read a section and move your awareness through the area of your body it is referring to and then go on to the next section. The idea is to ground the experientially in your body. Sit in a comfortable position. Ladies place your right hand over your lower abdomen. Place your left hand over your left hand. Men place...

Crazy Horse Never Rode For Buffalo Bill. Crazy Horse never rode for Buffalo Bill And neither will I. Who do you ride with, and why? Our Mother and Her children, call to us in helpless Pain. Who will answer their cries? Your choice. Our choice. Stay in your lodge? Mount your war horse and ride with us? I say, It is a good day to fight. It is a good day to live. Leave your gun and bow and knife. Bring your heart and mind and spirit. It is a good day to change. It is a good day to help. Crazy horse never rode for Buffalo Bill And neither will I. Who do you ride for and WHY?

Combing or brushing out stagnant chi. One of the many causes of physical and mental pain as defined by the Chinese paradigm is stagnant chi. The strong, smooth flow of chi through the body is vital for health, happiness and natural physical/emotional/spiritual development. Stagnant chi means that the smooth flow of chi through your body becomes interfered with and the area of interference cause all kinds of manifestations, including but not limited to, pain. One of the most difficult aspects of Chinese chi medicine for most people to grasp is that a person is seen as a dynamic energy field. And, that we as energy fields exist within greater interpenetrating fields of dynamic energy. If we do not begin to comprehend this reality our understanding of how energy healing works will be very, very limited. As a result of our ignorance we will doubt the reality of the work and either ignore it or give it only a half hearted effort for a very short period of time. Mark Twain once said, "...

The picture above illustrates the The Microcosmic Orbit and can be found at the following link; http://www.naturespathcenter.com/pages/Intermclass.html I like to inhale down the Conception Vessel and exhale up the Governing Vessel. You do as you wish. Try one way and then do it another. The above picture can be found at the following link; http://tantricshamanism.com/i.a.m The above picture can be found at the following link; http://www.eservice.com.au/clients/intentional/docs/archive/20051027-newsletter-The_Power_of_Intention.html We live in an Intentional Universe. Many people myself among them, believe that the Universe or Creation or Goddess/God is intentional and responds to our intentions. That is to say that the Universe has something it intends for its creation and responds to the intentions of it's creations. That does not mean that the Universe, a.k.a /Creation/Heaven/Goddess/God always responds positively or the way we expect. Obviously it does not. Somet...