Active Awareness Arts

Beca Lewis

Family Of Healers

– Posted in: A Collection Of Active Awareness Stories

From: “The Art of War” Translated by Thomas Cleary “According to an old story, a lord of ancient China once asked his physician, a member of a family of healers, which of them was the most skilled in the art.” “The physician, whose reputation was such that his name became synonymous with medical science in [...]

Tai Chi and Parkinson’s Disease

– Posted in: Articles

Tai Chi Improves Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease Study: Tai Chi Leads to Smoother, Steadier Movements, Longer Strides, and Fewer Falls Compared to Other Types of Exercise By Brenda Goodman, MA WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD Feb. 8, 2012 — Tai chi, a type of exercise that guides the body through gentle, [...]

Taiji Ruler

– Posted in: Del’s Classes Blog

The history of the Taiji Ruler varies; from as far back as 100AD to 920AD to 1920AD. Doesn’t matter, it’s a good practice device which helps with posture, breathing, concentration, focus, feeling, listening, whole body movement, circulation, qi balance, stance strengthening etc. The Ruler engages a lot of circling, coiling and spiraling that is a [...]

Whitetail Deer

– Posted in: Animal Symbols

Whitetail Deer This text will be replaced jwplayer('mediaspace').setup({ 'flashplayer': 'http://www.theshiftcenter.com/video/jwplayer/player.swf', 'file': 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/foxwalkfilms/Nature/White_Tail_Deer.mp4', 'skin': 'http://www.theshiftcenter.com/video/jwplayer/glow.zip', 'controlbar': 'bottom', 'width': '620', 'height': '480' });

Hawk

– Posted in: Animal Symbols

This text will be replaced jwplayer('mediaspace').setup({ 'flashplayer': 'http://www.theshiftcenter.com/video/jwplayer/player.swf', 'file': 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/foxwalkfilms/Nature/Red_Shouldered_Hawk.mp4', 'skin': 'http://www.theshiftcenter.com/video/jwplayer/glow.zip', 'controlbar': 'bottom', 'width': '610', 'height': '480' }); The hawk is a great teacher. It teaches how to be observant, to look at our surroundings, to be still and attentive. So when a hawk is making an obvious display of itself in you life [...]

Cardinal

– Posted in: Animal Symbols

A female Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) dropped onto our backyard spruce the other day. I got a pretty good video of her behavior. I saw a couple small white bugs zipping around and noticed when I slowed the video down how she reacted to them. Didn’t really catch that until I saw the slow motion [...]