by Kristina | Dec 19, 2014 | Bend, Qigong, Qigong in Bend, Qigong in Bend Oregon, Uncategorized
The word Impermanence tells us that all things end – you, me, everything we love on this earth, everyone who’s ever loved us. It implies sadness, loss, the darkness of grief. But my favorite holiday, the Winter Solstice, shows us that light returns. Sorrow...
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 | 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 | Dec 4, 2013 | Bend, Energy Work in Bend Oregon, Learn Qigong in Bend, Oregon Qigong, Qigong in Bend Oregon, Qigong Intensives
What do you have in common with a crocodile? Fact-checking a novel I’m writing, I ran across this photo I took on a trek in Australia’s tropical Northern Territory, where I came face-to-face with a twelve foot saltwater croc. Happily, these crocodiles eat...
by Kristina | Jun 4, 2013 | Bend, Oregon Qigong, Qigong, Qigong in Bend, Qigong in Bend Oregon
Everyone says you should meditate, stretch your body, breathe easily, feel centered and peaceful inside, but where do you start? Perhaps your back hurts, or your neck feels stiff and shoulders painful after a long work day. I suggest you try Qigong...
