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...
by Kristina | Apr 6, 2014 | Energy Work in Bend Oregon, Learn Qigong in Bend, Oregon Qigong, Qigong, Qigong in Bend Oregon
What makes a poet? Daring to make something named a poem. Can you be a poem? Can you be a beautiful story, or a song? How many unsung stories or untold poems whisper in your mind? What do you have to lose if you dare to give them voice? If you live ...
by Kristina | Feb 28, 2014 | Art classes in Bend Oregon, Creativity and Healing in Bend Oregon, Learn Qigong in Bend, Qigong in Bend Oregon
I read the obituaries compulsively, who has died and how much older (please) than I were they? How fast do I have to work to complete all my projects before I die? Life’s quality isn’t measured in length, but in what we become in those years. I’ve...
by Kristina | Feb 4, 2014 | Art classes in Bend Oregon, Art in Bend, Creativity and Healing in Bend Oregon, Learn Qigong in Bend, Qigong in Bend Oregon, Uncategorized
Your body and brain make love to each other when you dare to create –– excited neurons firing like crazy passion when you dance, sing, write, act, sculpt, paint, express your own vision, however strange or transgressive it may seem. Of course you can! I heard you out...
by Kristina | Jan 8, 2014 | Energy Work in Bend Oregon, Learn Qigong in Bend, Oregon Qigong, Qigong, Qigong in Bend Oregon
My paternal grandmother never wore makeup, she worked hard every day indoors and out, had a wardrobe that fit easily on a four foot closet rail, gave away most gifts she received, and offered her grandchildren pure love along with big fresh bread rolls and butter she...
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...
