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TAG 6 swirling colors bending, bumping, running around playing tag...you're it! perhaps when you were growing up, you played a game called "tag"...one person is "it" and chases the other playmates, trying to touch (tag) them...once tagged, that person is "it" and chases others, trying to tag them, and so on until (in my day) Mom called for dinner...it's great fun with lots of people...in the image, there are 6 swirling colors intertwined playing tag...any group or team of people might play a similar game of tag...some examples: in a circle group with a talking stick, the person holding the stick is "it" and says their "peace" before tagging (handing the stick to) the next person in team sports like soccer, basketball, or football, the one with the ball is "it" until they are tagged with the ball (passing the ball), someone taking the ball away, scoring a goal, or being tackled in football in a jazz band, different memb...

MOUNTAIN TOP top of the mountain passage blocked by solid ice melting at the crown in Bruce Frantzis version of qi gong, one begins sensing what is strong, tense, and "not quite right" at the top (crown) of the head, letting the felt sensations melt like "ice to water" down through the body, the perineum and into the feet and earth...this is called "sinking the chi"...the assumption is that at the top of our mountain (the crown of the head), part of our energy (chi) is blocked like ice, and that we, by placing our attention there, can gradually melt the ice, letting the released energy flow down the body, and into the ground, providing us with relaxation, ease, centeredness...we need to ground our body's energy circuit before we begin circulating chi energy in the more advanced movements of qi gong. practice by standing barefoot (on the earth outside is ideal) with feet comfortably apart, hands resting lightly at the sides, eyes softly closed...stay as...

L L P listening, love, peace 3 books for cultivating  a beautiful life SONG is an acronym that represents 4 interrelated life contexts: self (S), others (O), nature (N), and Goddess-God-the Divine (G). There are many life SONG's within these 4 contexts, 3 of the more important being: listening, love, and peace.  I teach undergraduate upper level college courses in each of these subjects: (1) Listening to the SONG of Life, (2) Communicating Love, and (3) Nonviolent Communication and Peace. My intention is to write a book that represents the best in each of the courses, emphasizing practical skills that one may cultivate. As of March 2025, i have completed the first of the three books, an open access book on "listening to the song of life," available to view or download for free at: https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/communication_books/31/, or buy a hardcopy from amazon at:  Listening to the SONG of Life . There are MANY practices for cultivating listening, love, and peace tha...

LISTEN 2 SONG listen 2 the song self, others, nature, divine... the whole song of life i published an open access book entitled, Listening to the SONG of Life , where SONG is an acronym that stands for listening to: self (S), others (O), nature (N), and Goddess/God/the Divine (G)...available to view or download for free at: digitalcommons.odu.edu/communication_books/31/ the book introduces and explicates what i mean by "listening 2 the song" and includes research and activities for cultivating the listening skills. of the many practices in the book, some simple ones are (see book for details): self...create a relatively quiet and distraction free environment to sit and BE, noting your thoughts like clouds floating by for 5-10 minutes or longer. others...before you answer a question from someone, pause for a full 3-5 seconds, then answer. nature...go outside, take off your footwear, and stand on the bare earth for 3-5 minutes, preferably at sunrise or sunset. Goddess/God/the D...

WAVY LINES wavy lines flowing into stream, river, and sea they are YOUR brain waves! from high gamma to beta (active thinking), alpha (relaxed, meditative), theta (deep relaxation, creativity), and the lowest brain waves of delta (deep sleep, subconscious processing)--these are known brain waves with empirical referents...the "mind mirror" technology allows a visual representation of all brain waves for both brain hemispheres...Anna Wise has a protocol of meditation activities to elicit brain waves without the use of outside technology based on years of experiments and training (see book, The Awakening the Mind )..."mind mastery" is being able to enter into desired brain wave states at will, and also to enter multiple states simultaneously (as in the interlocking colored waves). These brain waves empty into the streams, rivers, and seas of our lives, influencing all that we think, do, feel... the practice is to purchase Wise's book and try out some of the activi...