09/14/2023
For many of us, it’s only natural to feel separate from the natural world, because at every turn our lives accommodate us with the means to manipulate our physical experience in it and shelter us from the simple fact... of change.
We seem to have forgotten that simple fact, that we are in nature and nature is in us. Of course, it’s easy enough to forget.
In the winter, when days are shorter, the weather is colder, and the earth turns inward to sleep, with the flick of a finger we can turn the heat all the way up, keep the lights on all day, and stay up all night. Chances are, you can watch snow fall while you eat tropical pineapple or enjoy a fresh garden salad.
In the summer, as the sun warms the world and invites and incites every living thing to move and to grow in open air, with that same flick of a finger we can draw the blinds and enjoy an air-conditioned breeze.
So now you can see why so many people find themselves with health challenges as the seasons change.
They’ve stopped living in harmony with the energies around them. Its that simple.
We learn some very simple things and ideas in Spring Forest Qigong.
Like what?
For one, the password that we say every time we start practicing healing movements, or meditation, or healing: “I am in the universe. The universe is in my body. The universe and I combine together.”
Or, the fact that everything in the universe is energy, and energy is always transforming.
Or, the concept of the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water) and their cycles – one creating another, one controlling another.
Yet, just as the simple Spring Forest Qigong movements and meditations can have such a profoundly healing effect on every part of our being, these simple ideas can tell us so much about how our relationship with the world affects every part of our being.