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I guess, with the spread of CoviD-19 we cannot travel as much now. That is why I am featuring mostly photos from my trips abroad. Before we were scared of terrorism but that did not stop us from booking a flight to anywhere.
Continue reading “Photo gallery: Kuala Lumpa & Japan”4/30: I received my certificates for attending the seminars on “The 9 Heart Palaces: Wellness and Healing for Practitioners and Patients” and “Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for the Recovery from Illness” taught by Taoist priest Jeffrey Yuen. The seminars were sponsored by the Maryland Acupuncture Society early last March. Lolit and I drove down to Tinicum, MD, a 4-hour trip. These 2 seminars will probably be the last of the
kind until the Covid-19 pandemic is over or when it is possible to hold them with people in attendance.
With the spread of CoviD-19 we cannot travel as much now. That is why I am featuring mostly photos from my trips abroad. Before, we were scared of terrorism but that did not stop us from booking a flight to almost anywhere. My plan to take a cruise on the Nile was cancelled by the travel agency 3 times because of political turbulence.
Continue reading “COVID-19 and travel”It was at the millennium, when I was teaching in Amsterdam, that I read about him in the book “Magus of Java: Teachings of an Authentic Taoist Immortal ” by Kostas Danaos. I said to myself, I would like to meet the master.
Continue reading “The Magus of Java / COVID-19”On my 79th birthjday. Manny Maramara and Mark Wiley joined me for dinner (courtesy of Mark) at Daddy’s Place (Mommy’s Kitchen), a Moroccan restaurant in downtown Easton. I often say it was my 80th because as a person with Chinese ancestry I also consider the 9 months in the womb as a year. A friend also told me that the Chinese skip 79th and go on to the next year to celebrate. But I am not one to miss a birthday. So there we were with a feast in front of us — grilled chicken, beef and lamb with a skewer of onions, peppers and tomatoes, hummus, babaganoush, salad, pita bread, kibbe, tabouli and a few other dishes I do not have the names for. We had Turkish coffee and tiramisu for dessert. I was even able to blow the candle. I was like a kid in a toy store. Sorry, no beer. We were all teetotaler. Hallelujah!
Continue reading “February 2020 – Photos, old & new”As if it arrived in time to teach me a lesson, I encountered the Japanese word two times in one month last year, once in a magazine on wholeness and again in a book by a young woman who was raped. It refers to the ancient Japanese technique of putting together the broken pieces of a bowl or a cup with gold thread and lacquer or resin. We can infer different meanings or metaphors from it. Life is not entirely perfect or whole; it is composed of broken pieces that we mended together, shards that became a part of ourselves, a part of who we are, or part of our relationships. The restored self is made whole from life’s experiences. We see the blemishes: they are repaired with love and gentleness. When we look at what we have threaded and glued together we see something new; we also remember that it came from a painful past, a time of anger and bitterness that was transformed through love. We have created a stronger bowl or cup and it’s even more beautiful. I have a saucer that I glued together: I am still using it along with my miniature tea set from China. Our body covers the wounds with scars. As we go through life, we suffer tragedies, tribulations, traumas or learn lessons that become a part of our psyche. We speak of a broken heart when we are rejected. Yet we survive and are healed because we bring our will and hopes inside of us to face the trials we fear we cannot endure. Continue reading “February 2020 – Blog post”
*** November 19: Manila, Philippines. I have been teaching private lessons to a few students. The classes are one-on-one and are focused on the correction of Section 1 of the 108 movement solo fist form of Traditional Yang Family Tai chi chuan. In certain cases I also teach Tao Basics, a course that includes Microcosmic Orbit Orbit/Small Heavenly Circle (Xiao Zhou Tian) and Zhan Zhuang (Stationary Postures). Continue reading “Newsletter – November 2019”
A photo gallery — click on the thumbnail to see the full-size image.
A photo gallery — click on the thumbnail to see the full-size image.
The Med Tour
It was actually Bhutan I wanted to visit. In one of those strange synchronicities in my life, I had met Karma Lhatrul Rinpoche in Bali, a lama from Bhutan. One night an Italian friend Francesca rang me up to tell me we were having dinner in Sopa, a vegan restaurant in Ubud. That’s where I first met Karma, a lama from Bhutan.