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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Mar 10, 20213 min read
How’s Your Year of the Metal Ox?
It’s easy to get caught up in the cycles of daily personal and work life and forget the bigger picture. To that end, I’m reposting this...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Jan 16, 20213 min read
My Last Yoga Mistake
Ever feel like you just need a really good deep stretch? I did over the Christmas holidays and since I know loads of yoga and hadn’t...
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Lea Williamson
Sep 20, 20202 min read
Natural Gratitude
When stress and challenges arise in my life I’ve always found healing in nature. Just by being out in it, I feel blessed. Because I feel...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Jul 16, 20203 min read
Surfing Chi Social Workshop
Hello Chi family! Hope all’s well with you and yours. If you’re interested in learning how to surf the changing waves of chi/energy ...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Apr 2, 20202 min read
Staying Healthy is an Essential Service
Hello Chi Family! As most of you know the governor of Florida has issued stay at home orders beginning midnight tonight, April 2. The...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Mar 14, 20201 min read
Keep Calm, Do Qigong
A strong immune system fights all illness and disease. As tai chi and qigong practices build the immune system while reducing stress...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Feb 26, 20207 min read
The 3 Brains or 3 Dan Tiens
The 3 main chi storage and transformational areas in the body called the 3 dan tiens are also the 3 places science has found neurons or "bra
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Jan 22, 20203 min read
Happy Chinese New Year!
January 25th marks the beginning of the Year of the Metal Rat. What an auspicious year ahead! Leaving the Year of the Earth Pig, I'm...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Dec 5, 20191 min read
Un-boxing Books
#surfingtheseaofchi #surfingtheseaofchi #bookunboxing #LeaWilliamson
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Nov 14, 20192 min read
Sneak Peek: Surfing the Sea of Chi
"When I first walked out into the warm, shallow, calm waters of Cocoa Beach, Florida, as a forty-year-old grom (short for grommet, or...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Nov 9, 20192 min read
New Year Beach Bonfire
Mark your calendar and tell your chi-minded friends, the First Annual Beachside Qigong Society New Year Beach Bonfire is on! Saturday,...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Oct 2, 20194 min read
Ancient Taoist Surfing: Children of the Tide
Nik Zanella's beautifully written book re-affirms that the power of surfing goes far beyond our own personal experience to impact the la
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ShiFu Lea Williamson
Aug 19, 20193 min read
"Stillness overcomes heat"
The mid-August heat offers us the perfect time to go inward in our practices. Like myself, I know many of you prefer to practice qigong...
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ShiFu Lea Williamson
Aug 2, 20194 min read
Chi Book Review: The Healer Within
Reading has always helped me learn new things, detail subjects I'm already familiar with and expand my imagination. When I read about...
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ShiFu Lea Williamson
May 31, 20196 min read
The Four Tools of Qigong & Tai Chi
Since tai chi can be considered a complex form of qigong, the four tools that we use in qigong are also the tools utilized in tai chi. ...
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ShiFu Lea Williamson
May 14, 20197 min read
What is Grounding?
What is Grounding? Recently in class the subject of grounding has been brought up a few times. So what is grounding? What does it mean to...
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Lea Williamson, ShiFu
Apr 24, 20193 min read
World Tai Chi & Qigong Day 2019
World Tai Chi and Qigong Day is celebrated annually throughout the world on the last Saturday in April at 10:00. This year an informal...
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ShiFu Lea Williamson
Apr 10, 20194 min read
2019 Qi Revolution Asheville Take-Aways
On it's own, Asheville, North Carolina is an eclectic blend of consciousness enterprises ranging from numerous local organic cafes and...
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ShiFu Lea Williamson
Feb 27, 20197 min read
Why I choose Tai Chi over Yoga
Yoga was my “gateway drug.” It was my first introduction to Eastern exercise philosophies. I took to yoga like a junkie does to crack. ...
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ShiFu Lea Williamson
Jan 24, 20192 min read
Tai Chi for Brain Plasticity in a Changing World
Ancient Taoists created numerous methods successful at maintaining brain plasticity without the labs and research funding of neuroscientists
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