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This is an old story, but a good one “His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while working in his field, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his shovel and ran
to the marshland.

There, stuck in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.

Why Drink Hot Water?

The way you start each day is incredibly important. Whether you're a mum, a coach, a writer, a small business owner or a yoga teacher, what you do first thing in the morning matters.

According to traditional Chinese philosophy, choices that you make regarding your daily routine either build up resistance to disease or tear it down.

BE invites us to get a jump-start on the day by focusing on morning rituals that work to align the body with nature's rhythms, balance the dantiens and foster self-esteem alongside self-discipline.

Your mind may say you have to check emails, take the dog out, get the kids out the door, that you can't be late for work or that you just don't have enough time to cultivate your own morning rituals.

But, if you can only make time for one ritual that will improve your health, let it be this.....

One Hundred Day Gong

Tradition & Gong

A Gong in Chinese is a designated amount of time that you allot to perform a specific task daily and there is a tradition in internal arts that even seemingly unattainable goals become possible in 100 days of concentrated training.

This allows for a new set of behaviours to take effect in our nervous systems and become a ‘habit’. The 100-day Hun Yuan Qigong program, open to all, is an exercise in individual discipline with community support.  Tradition states that we diligently practice every day for 100 days without fail. This means that if you miss a day, even if its day 99, you start over. Not only does this build resolve, it forces us to wake up and pay attention to our day-to-day routines.

Sticky Hands

We are created with the hand prints of our actions, emotions, experiences and thoughts

each and every day,

Our handy work sticks to us: only if we let it define us. 

Continuum

Revolutionary on the fitness scale, Continuum takes the healing power of movement to a higher octave. Continuum is a call to life that honors the language of the body: one with source, that language is creative. The human body and spirit are designed for the creative act of regeneration. This does not require invention. The cells of the body already know.

In Continuum, people find a safe space of surrender that allows the intelligence that goes beyond thought to be received. Embodying the water principle, Continuum explores the harmonies between human beings, movement, and the Tao. This truly can regenerate vitality without depletion.

Imagine an organism relaxed, in spontaneous play. Minute sensations spread and amplify as we attend to them. Wave motions bring the body away from a segmented awareness. At times the body suspends with a sense of lightness that seems to defy gravity. The whole organism begins to move as one coordinated whole. This is the context that allows tissue to open of its own accord, restoring suppleness.

May Newsletter

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May 2012 Newsletter

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New Diary Dates on workshops, Qigong on the Beach and lots more....
Money Matters
The Breathing Room
Samye Ling Retreat in Scotland
OnetoOne Sessions

The Dance of the Nature of Water

Can we slow down enough to ask just what is the ‘dance of the nature of water’ and its impact in terms of exercise, physical strength and toning? When we think of the water element in movement terms, we think of a fluid quality of smooth, effortless motion. It is the description of grace.

In the Tao of well-being, practicing the nature of water may not only lead to a less strained and fatiguing form of exercise, it also may be the key to the kind of deep cellular health and strength that persists into old age. Infinitely adaptable to all manner of circumstances, water sees no duality between strong and supple.