It’s all possible in your ear!

Have you heard the expression “As above, so below”? Just as we are a microcosm of the bigger universe and universal energies, our ear is a microcosm of the bigger self. It’s all in there – from your toes to your forehead. From your heart to your bladder. And your appendix, your uterus, your prostate, your teeth. There are also places in your ear to access the sympathetic nervous system, lower blood pressure, zap hunger.

My personal experiences in receiving auricular (ear) acupuncture are some of my most transformative moments. A needle in the ear when chronic pain spikes brings terrific relief.

Your acupuncturist can also put in ear seeds or pellets to extend the treatment. That means you wear a small dot of a radish seed or metal ball at the spot that’s right for you in your ear and let the tiny acupressure do it’s work.

New Year …Old You!

Yes, let’s get to know the old you. The you when you were a child and made decisions with your innate noble heart.

When practicing One Thousand Hands Buddha QiGong we focus on cultivating the heart. We bring stillness to the flame of the heart so all can be illuminated – what’s there? What’s within?

The old you is in there, and a lot of parts of you that are hard to be with. Parts that may be hard to look at so you keep them in the dark. Patterns of self-denial, guilt, anger, mania, grief,  and lots of stories about what you should be.

We can be with it all, and we have the best guide – our own inherent wisdom.

Whilst traveling by train I went through some more podcasts and found this enjoyable, informational, important listen:
http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/cpr-works/.

Hands only CPR can save lives:
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/HandsOnlyCPR/Hands-Only-CPR_UCM_440559_SubHomePage.jsp#

and everyone can learn. It’s easy to find training where you live:
http://www.redcross.org/take-a-class.

Solstice turned our wheel.

The days around this special time I had a forcefield preventing a friend calling me from Colombia. Despite our planning, the connection couldn’t be made.

When it finally happened it felt like a miracle! And I think, that I can be with him in his writing nest countries away and he can consider the glow of the Christmas tree next to me, there is a bit of a miracle of work : imagination.

I enjoy the experience of being with someone guided by their description, through my own imagination. There’s also Skype, ‘face time,’ instagram, texted photos to add another dimension to the sharing that’s possible anywhere in the world.

I sent my friend a text with a photo of the Christmas tree. Imagination is still at work. What does it look like out that window? What is the scale of the photo – how big is the tree?

When we are led into meditation it can begin as an imagination process. In Turtle Longevity QiGong we practice that: “Imagine you are at the seashore …” Turning our intentions through subtle worlds of thought, navigating freedom from it, bringing awareness to the inner parts of self that we can imagine until we can feel them.

Imagining a forcefield preventing communication. Imagining a hole in it, a phone call coming through, my friend on the phone a world away.