Qigong, Tai Chi and Reiki
My massage mentor had polio in the 40s, and recommended we take Tai Chi in '83 to support the bodywork! I took a Yang long form from Maria Wen Yen Liu in Salem, and we began each class with a series of Qigong warm up exercises .... I continued taking ballet (from Lynn Marchant, a world class teacher from the Bay area, who had also studied Tai Chi) and the Yang form, till I moved to Breitenbush Hot Springs in '91. I began teaching a drop in Qi class for Breitenbush staff and guests 2x a week, as part of our Daily Well Being offerings and took classes and workshops as I could. One from a Qigong teacher that Heiner F. brought from China included eating stars (!) and a Tiger form, plus exchanging Qi with trees ... (94) I took Reiki before moving to the Bush, and became a Reiki Master that first year, often including Qi movement in our Reiki Classes. I particularly loved practicing my own forms and Qi dances in the Sanctuary, the Forest Shelter, and the beautiful outdoors. When