Betty Gilpatric, Beauty Inside & Out

London Times Article on effectiveness of Tai chi & Qigong (research study by Yang Yang, my Tai chi Master) Great article - fantastic research-based info!
https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/article/tai-chi-qigong-exercises-workout-benefits-back-pain-fn55w0ks8?fbclid=IwY2xjawG5aWhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYc3MzAMNfLn1aJClt7izWqofE6J7U-qP4SJtI0Rh62YNQATKm1-gAIdCA_aem_e2jPj4RCsjQnZ5y9w_hklg

Bad back? Why t’ai chi and qigong could help A new study shows the ancient practices alleviate back pain. That’s not all, says Peta Bee. Plus the 15-minute routine to try

Hey FB Friends! My friend, Deb Kittay Heffler, is having her very first Art Show on Saturday, September 21st at the Stone Dock Cafe in High Falls from 5-7pm. I'd love to see you there!
I met Deb at Garden Day at UCCC this year and I just love her - from her cool purple glasses to her interesting & beautiful artwork. Please help me support her? Her work will be displayed at the Stone Dock Cafe which is another place I hope you will help me support. The decor and design features are welcoming, refreshing and THE FOOD is scrumptious!
Hope to see you there on Saturday!

So beautiful...

Cure yourself, with the light of the sun and the rays of the moon.
With the sound of the river and the waterfall.
With the swaying of the sea and the fluttering of birds.

Heal yourself, with the mint and mint leaves,
with neem and eucalyptus.

Sweeten yourself with lavender,
rosemary, and chamomile.

Hug yourself with the cocoa bean and a touch of cinnamon.
Put love in tea instead of sugar and take it looking at the stars.

Heal yourself, with the kisses that the wind gives you
and the hugs of the rain.

Get strong with bare feet on the ground and
with everything that is born from it.

Get smarter every day by listening to your intuition,
looking at the world with the eye of your forehead.

Jump, dance, sing, so that you live happier.

Heal yourself, with beautiful love,
and always remember… you are the medicine ..

Maria Sabina ✨

Credit to unknown artist

Important lesson. 🌀🌀🌀

Life is not the way it's supposed to be, it's the way it is.
The way you cope with it is what makes the difference ..

~ Virginia Satir ~

Artist Credit : Cathy Nichols

Don't go back to sleep ...

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other”
doesn’t make any sense.
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.”

– Rumi from his poem "A Great Wagon"

Image Credit: by Natalia Polikarpova, "The Silence of the Forest"

Perhaps you feel this way too?

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10226047910494450&id=1537236901&mibextid=2JQ9oc

I love this. I hope you dance ....🩷🩷

I sometimes forget
that I was created for Joy.
My mind is too busy.

My Heart is too heavy
for me to remember
that I have been
called to dance
the Sacred dance of life.

I was created to smile
To Love
To be lifted up
And to lift others up.

O’ Sacred One
Untangle my feet
from all that ensnares.

Free my soul.
That we might
Dance
and that our dancing
might be contagious.

Hafiz 🧡

Art by Mahmoud Farshchian

Yes, I will!

NO WAITING ROOM

What if you didn’t wake up tomorrow and your soul is watching down thinking of all the things you didn’t get to do yet because you were too scared, or too shy, or too worried about money. And all the things you told yourself you weren’t good enough for, swam in front of your eyes, fighting for a place in the line, beside the words you didn’t say and the joy you forgot to have.

My friend, there is absolutely no room for anything in your day, other than acceptance. You will never have enough money, or time, and you will certainly never have that perfect body the world told you you need to be happy.

And before you say it’s too late to embrace this thing we call life, no it is not. You can do it right where you are. Right this minute. Get outside, breathe, look at the trees, put your bare feet on the grass - hand on your heart to feel that pulse - and that’s it.

You’re living.

Keep that up.

Wait up for the moon sometimes or get up early to see a sunrise, just because.
Jump in the lake. Run and skip.
The things you need to feel alive are free and all around my friend.
You just have to see them.

Let in opportunity and say yes to the invitations that scare you a little, in a good way.
Say no to some of the things you force yourself to do, knowing they rinse you of your peace.

Life was never supposed to be a waiting room, it was supposed to be a hillside, with paths leading in every direction and mountains as far as the eye can see, hiding adventures and new friends behind them.

Don’t let yourself get to the end of this ride without having stopped to smell those beautiful roses.
That’s the only thing you need to fear in this life.
Everything else is all part of it.
It’s all just a messy, complicated, beautiful and terrifying part of it.

Chin up, throw your arms wide open and let it be so.

Donna Ashworth
From my book ‘LIFE’
UK: https://amzn.eu/d/9Y6E6kz
US: https://a.co/d/4EvMqqA

Art: Watercolours by Rachel 🤩