Month: March 2025

moved together with a focus on hinges and hinging…. we practiced a move from shen zhen wuji yuan gong… as Penny described it like a swing and bringing together both sides left and right where all parts belong to each other. Penny and Patty reflected on the rigor and energy of the movement such as choosing energy of sitting in a chair or a thunderbolt. We noticed being connected yet nourished by being grounded with orbits spriraling down while also moving inward and outward via Simone. Debbie offered insight about imagining somone had their back to you and each helping the other through the swing movement. Liz connected with Debbie by sharing this poem that was offered through a dance at a nearby university. Kathy closed with elements of primordial and swiping across the brow.

I wrote this in this way because I realized my intention and yearning are to witness and to make legible what we practice as a community at a time when there is systemic and systematic erasure. You are invited to join our community of practice. Sensing the intangible, connecting to the interrelatedness of all beings and places with no one or no thing left out.

Thank you for practicing together for 5 years…. it started transitioning to online due to COVID-19 lockdown… I was on a faculty fellowship in Boulder, CO. I was figuring out lighting and zoom in the living room of the place we were renting while trying to discern whether we leave CO and return home. MaryAnn, Liz, and Debbie were with part of the early practitioners and regulars. As they have continued, we joyously practice regularly with Simone, Penny, Kuwa Jasiri, Katja, Nancy, Bonnie, Patti and more…. I smile as I think of different moments these last 5 years… practicing with Elliott, Robert, Polly, CJ, folks and their parents, my cousin Kerrie and her daughter, Charles J., the staff of IM4HI at the Redford Conservancy, my sister in her pool, cats and dogs who have made appearances and more. Gratitude for our co-learning and co-teaching… may our practice continue to deepen so all beings maybe free with no one or place left out, including ourselves. What memories do you have from our practice? You are invited to leave a comment!

Article: “In Kathy Yep’s classes, students learn to breathe. During 20 years as a professor of Asian American Studies at Pitzer, Yep has introduced students to qì gōng in her classes to help them develop their sense of self and social justice practice. …”

https://www.pitzer.edu/participant/fall-24/kathy-yep-qi-gong