by Kristina | Nov 6, 2014 | Bend, Qigong, Qigong in Bend Oregon, Uncategorized
A hike along the Deschutes between Dillon and Benham Falls in golden October left my husband and me giddy with our good fortune in having made our home here. It’s harder to maintain that level of delight in these chilly and abruptly short days. I was feeling the...
by Kristina | Oct 8, 2014 | Energy Work in Bend Oregon, Learn Qigong in Bend, Qigong in Bend, Uncategorized
Nearly half a century ago I learned this crucial design principle: All emphasis is No Emphasis. If you paint an object bright red to stand out, don’t set it against a bright red wall. The same applies in our lives, for high functioning we need down time in...
by Kristina | Sep 5, 2014 | Art classes in Bend Oregon, Bend, Qigong in Bend Oregon
September school mornings were always sunny in 1956 when I was in first grade, the sky hard and brilliant as a turquoise. I’d tie on my saddle shoes (the brown and tan kind I’d polished the night before) and try not to scuff them walking the half mile dirt...
by Kristina | Jul 3, 2014 | Angels, Bend, Learn Qigong in Bend, Oregon, Qigong, Qigong in Bend Oregon
Our local treasure, poet Judy Montgomery, brought the book Visions of Angels to my June Qigong workshop. The book’s transcendent photos reawakened my memory of the day Archangel Uriel appeared to me. I’d never heard of “him,” and didn’t...
by Kristina | Jun 4, 2014 | Energy Work in Bend Oregon, Learn Qigong in Bend, Qigong, Qigong in Bend Oregon
Looking out through the heart’s eye is like seeing through polarized sunglasses — the emotional glare is cut. Vision filtered through anger or fear, envy or resentment, distorts and highlights the flaws in everyone and everything. The heart’s...
