I recently had a conversation with someone who wondered if a path of self-awareness practice would be devoid of emotions, and I was reminded of this:
Calm and quietude, the Art of the Heart, are not the denial of the movements and reactions that make up life. On the contrary, the Art of the Heart is analysis of these movements and reactions. It is the temperance that distances anger and outbursts. It is the perpetual establishment of a balance made of breaths and blood, flesh and bone, feelings and thought.

-Claude Larre, S.J. & Elisabeth Rochat de la Vallee
“Rooted in Spirit: The Heart of Chinese Medicine”

http://www.allisoncarracupuncture.com

Allison Carr, LAc and I got together and discussed the myth of self-sacrifice and the truth of self-acceptance. Are you living your life by what you “should” do? What would it be like to be present with what you need and want and truly accept yourself?

Listen: HERE.

Learn more about Allison and the work she does through her website: www.allisoncarracupuncture.com. She has an excellent, informative blog!

chitchatplusrecord is a series of audio interviews about healthcare topics.

Health happens in the in-between spaces & the long term habits.
The hundreds of times you sit down in a week may not occur
to you as a big event until you experience pain or dis-ease.
But those hundreds of times you sit down in a week are full of
information, & impact.

Can we teach ourselves habits for H E A L T H?
Can we experience everything with H E A L T H?

What does that mean?

‘Tis the season
for new thoughts & action,
surfacings, openings, expansions,
like the blossoms we see all around us.

I’m taking this time to finalize plans
for my trip to the East Coast
during June through August.
Teaching & practicing QiGong,
writing, farming, visiting family & friends,
will fill my days.

How do you feel SPRING in your life?