This warm day I’m treasuring quiet – occasional bird song through an open window, my studio fountain evoking a small mountain spring, now and then a breeze stirring a wind chime, that’s all. I’ve lived enough years in cities to appreciate the rarity and privilege in this. Soon I’ll climb the sixteen steps to my loft overlooking our blooming cherry tree for my daily Qigong practice, and the quiet will deepen within me.
I had so many things to share with you this month! My mind buzzed with them, but I went out into the sunlight, listened to the honey bees buzzing in the cherry blossoms, and the quiet seems more important. I wish you the same.
My upcoming classes (Call me at 541.390.9652 for details and registration):
Chinese Essence Qigong –Saturday May 11th or Saturday June 22nd. Learn and practice the complete set of routines in a Saturday small group. Visit the Qigong page of this website for more information.
Insight Painting – Saturday June 8th (other dates by arrangement). Free your intuitive Right Brain Knowing through art. No art experience needed. 1:30 – 4pm $60 includes all materials.
What I’ve Been Reading:
My friend and neighbor, Krayna Castelbaum, has posted a message about love and relationships on her blog for May 3rd that we can never hear too often. See for yourself at http://krayna.blogspot.com/
Just out this week, Secrets of Your Cells: Discovering Your Body’s Inner Intelligence by Sondra Barrett, PhD. This is science expanded with a sacred and social perspective by a biochemist who experiences life with art and awe.
I really agree with you about the value of silence, Kristina, and with those who assert that the barrage of non-natural sounds we absorb every day is unhealthy. Here’s a relevant quote by Richard Rohr: “The ego gets what it wants with words. The soul finds what it needs in silence.”