A Gift of Energy
When attack becomes dance, everything is seen as a gift of energy.
Breathing: The Way Back to Balance
How are you inventing your life today? How does the way you think affect your actions? And how might you become more aware of the process?
Centering Defined: What, How and Why?
What is center? How do you choose to be centered, and why? In what ways can you develop a strong center?
Knowing When I’m Not: 4 Suggestions for Developing a Strong Center
The more I practice centering, the more I realize that as important as it is to be able to identify and access the centered state, it is equally important to be able to know when I’m NOT centered. Otherwise, how do I choose?
Managing My Resistance: Learning to Flow with What Life Offers
How can we turn daily conflicts into life teachers? Just by asking the question, we begin to transform conflict moments into ki moments and attacks into energy we can use to build the kinds of home, work, and community environments we want to live in.
Conflict Mistakes
Ever make a conflict mistake? No, I’m sure you haven’t. Neither have I. Healing a conflict mistake is possible with patience and positive intention.
Holiday “Ki” Moments: Choosing Your Best Self
The Holidays are filled with key moments — and Ki Moments. Are you ready for them? Gift decisions, company parties, Holiday dinners with friends and family — they’re loaded with opportunities, aren’t they? Will the pressure of the moment help you reach peak performance or will you look back later wondering why you did what you did — again!
Thank You Very Much – Turning Problems Into Gifts
I am a martial artist and black belt in aikido, a practice that continues to teach me about life, both on and off the mat. For example, at the end of each aikido practice, I express gratitude to my partners by bowing and saying: “Thank you very much.” I’ve found over the years that sometimes I have obvious reasons to say thank you – working with that person was exhilarating and fun. However, sometimes the reasons are not so obvious – my partner was stiff, rough, unconscious, or generally difficult to work with.
The Greatest Gift
Mimi and I had gone on an aunt-niece shopping adventure, and at age 15, I became the proud owner of my first mini-skirt. Upon seeing it, my dad hit the roof, and as usual, I was angry, scared, and tongue-tied. Years of admonitions to not “talk back,” had my voice stopped in my throat.
Advocate Respectfully
This is one of a series of brief articles on holding difficult conversations. In earlier issues of Ki Moments, I suggested ways to open communications that create mutual respect; we talked about the importance of knowing your purpose for the conversation; and we added Inquiry and Curiosity to our conversational toolbox. Here the topic is Advocacy.