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Hello, community of practice.

I hope you are well. I am sitting in a target/starbucks to get internet access. We have tried to set up internet for the last 3 days with no luck. I am currently in a new location with a 3 hour difference for the month of July. So, here are schedule changes due to various conditions:

• Tomorrow/Saturday 7/12 and Sunday 7/13: No practice (waiting for internet tech person)
• Next practice and new time starting Tuesday 7/15: 6 a.m. HT/ 9 a.m. PT/ Noon ET

I have been feeling your collective presence with me as I have been practicing primordial, 3 dan tian/curtain, and sitting qì gōng with mudras at sunrise. It has been humbling and joyous to not feel physical pain in my feet/legs and head after 3 days of consecutive practice here. First time pain free for consecutive days in 7 months or since the car accident! It may come and go and for now just resting in being with this state. Okay, the Starbucks is closing so I will say goodbye. Be well Kathy

Hello beloved community…. as you know the late Dr. Bingkun Hu (pictured above) was my second teacher. With humility and gratitude, honoring the fourth anniversary of his transitioning into the spirit world.

The practice schedule this week will shift due to a gathering of Dr. Hu’s students.

THIS WEEK: Tue June 10 (today) and Thur (June 12) (no practice Sat Jun 14, Sun Jun 15)

NEXT WEEK: Tue June 17 and Thu June 19

Moving the qì and feeling the qì during this time has been meaningful during continued healing from the brain injury and the collective call for beloved community in parts of the world facing genocide and militarism and in the area I reside with increased ICE presence and militarization of Tovaangar land (colonially known as Los Angeles)

For those who are guests on Tovaangar land (colonially known as Los Angeles). interfaith vigil tonight 6 p.m. Tuesday: https://www.instagram.com/p/DKtGzHeR5J7/?img_index=1

MULTILEGAL RAPID RESPONSE LEGAL HOTLINE FOR THOSE DETAINED BY IMMIGRATION IN SOCAL : https://www.instagram.com/p/DFGgqZ1zUn-/?img_index=1

Deep bow of gratitude, Kathy

Hello, Community of Practice,

As we begin April and find groundedness amidst the systemic and systematic chaos, above is the online qì gōng schedule. There are plentiful options in the first 2 1/2 weeks and there are no practice sessions after 4/17 for the rest of month.

Qì gōng involves movement, awareness, and breath based in traditional Chinese medicine.
As Liz, says “come as you are.”  All are welcome. Open and suitable to all whether it is 1st time practicing qì gōng or your 77th. No reservation necessary. Drop in. Come late, leave early.  Furry family and human family are welcome. 

Click on this link to go to the class:  https://pitzer.zoom.us/j/513664738

I offer this in the spirit of generosity.  At the end of the month, consider offering an action based on what you received from the sessions.  If you have time and capacity consider one of the following related to nourishing genuine security for all: 

* Donating to folks on the ground in Gaza for food, clean water, medical treatment: Middle Eastern Children Alliance (MECA). 

* Donating to our community partner Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity 

* Donating to our community partner Women for Genuine Security  

Poems, drawings, photos, a letter are welcome as alternatives.  At the end of the month, send to kathyyep@yahoo.com or to K. Yep, PO Box 1313 Monterey Park CA 91754. 

No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

May our qì gōng practice for the benefit of all so all beings do no harm and be free from harm.  May we imagine and create the qì conditions  — where all may live from a place of abundance and interconnectedness.

Be well,
Kathy

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!