Dana in Malaysia

June 21,2011

2011-06-21T02:48:00.000-07:00

HI all
Well we have been busy with getting situated and with so many new folks arriving daily it takes time to get them situated on the how and wheres of everything.

I have been blessed to have some healings with Sifu and as always they are very wonderful.

Suspension

That is something I want to talk about. It is every real and happens to us everyday. some days like when we travel by car at high speeds and fly on airplanes it can be quite suspending so can a night out on the town listening to music or doing some intense studying to exams or working on computers for hours.

What is really important is to do your practice with determindation and body awareness. In other words get down and feel the chair sincerely and repeatedly when doing left right lotus. It must be done daily or the space that you have reclaimed very easily gets filled up with more karma...now we are very fortunate to have left right lotus and the lying left right to bring our feeling to body center..

For those of you doing movement and not yet into level 2 this means doing the movements and feeling the feet with every movement or your body somewhere. This brings back your feeling mind to the body to reclaim its space which leads you to wellness... nothing ever go solved with our clever thinking minds only complications on the other hand there is a time to use the thinking mind but it is not during movements or meditation.. that is the time to be sincere in body feeling.

Sifu used to say cut of your head and it is so true no thoughts needed to sort out anything in the practice just feel the anchor and do the practice.... It is also important to stay busy in the everyday world and avoid spending time contemplating and daydreaming..fantasizing does not get you where you wish to be or take you away from where you are once the fantasy is done you are back to where you started with more heavy karma burdens...

After doing a retreat it is important to do your job of meditation with sincerity and constantly. If not the space you made will be taken over with karma again and Sifu says it will be more steel tight than before.. I know this as when I came home in 2007 there was not one to talk to and not forum to refer to and I became very lost and confused.. my mediation seemed so confusing and it was very humiliating,confusing and disappointing. A mistake I do not now make even after a meditation retereat weekend.. I go right back at it and pound the chair with my sit bones with steele determination. I trust you will all do the same.. Practice does not have to be long 1-2hrs daily is reasonable if you have health concerns more maybe necessary but not at the exclusion of life.

internet in the hotel is not working so I am at Starbucks and will post again when I get a chance.

Metta Dana

June 17,2011

2011-06-16T14:38:00.000-07:00

HI All
We arrived well! Flights were the best I have ever experienced.. no delays and no long waits.. internet here is low service so I will start writing and post later so everything will be by date to I can keep it clear. Missing connecting to my family so I will have to go to Starbuck in the evening to connect via their internet

Today at the cente three chops... good day.. new tweeks for movement 3 and 7 to work on and show everyone.

It is hot here and it will take a day or two to get into a shedule..

Keep identifying as the worker in meditation and while doing movements just open yourself and let go of everything! No holding open hearted.. probably one whole life time to just accomplish this.. May you all be well and happy!

Metta Dana

Penang June 2011

2011-06-08T13:35:00.000-07:00

Welcome

Another trip to Malaysia is about to begin.
There are 40 people who will be going to an open meditation retreat.

We are a very blessed to be going to partake in the wondedrful opportunity.

Stay tuned.

Metta Dana

January 19 2009

2009-01-19T01:01:00.000-08:00

Well I was not very good this time keeping a blog.

Most days with the level 6 course started at 10am and we caught a cab to the hotel and the sessions finished at 6pm. However I had to stay on for another hour of training to become a level 2 meditation instructor.

The sessions ended on Thursday January 15 with a dinner in the evening and we left the next moring at 11:30am. We arrived home Saturday Jan 17 11:30.
It was a very interesting flights home all night flights.There still are many people who are staying on for another week or so and they will be very busy all days meditating and practicing movements.

Much work to be done for me with practicing meditation and teaching level 1 and 2.
Many of the insights that come have no way off being explained in words.

You just learn to let go of everything..have no preference of anything or anyone...and stay centered in your joy and peaceful place even while people are trying their best to kick you out of that or your thoughts are trying to kick you out of that. It is all karma trying to keep you in suffering and pain. You stand out against it all and when you understand this you no longer bother with trying to change anything or anyone in the world you just go meditate and let it all go there.
You just have a knowing...

Looking forward to the weekly practice groups.We are so lucky to have this to connect with each other.

Metta means may all beings be well and happy and very powerful mantra.

Wishing you all Metta
Dana

January 10, 2009

2009-01-10T16:00:00.000-08:00

The course is going fabulous much learning and healing is taking place. We are all learning to go in deeper. It is so difficult to put much of this to words as the experience is beyond words. We all continue to try to get in longer and deeper into meditation. The directions are so simple but our karma/personality/ego/pain tried to through up smoke screens to keep us from accomplishing this.... The karma wants to stay alive and be in control of our lives. Our karma is strong and has been a part of us since we were born and if you belieive in previous lives then as well. It will not give up its place in your life without a fight. Going soft is the way out. You will expereince 30% healing with the movements and then continuing on to the meditation gets the last 70%. Most of the time we are restless and do not want to continue but that is also karma pulling you away.

Healing is a given and now we are trying to get to the emptiness however that will take a lifetime of practice and many experiences on the way. Our own personalities will get in the way of our practice and progress as we will give the personality/karma/pain more power by letting it rule our life. We will actually cater to the Karma/personality trait/pain to have it continue. We are puppets to our karma and with the practice we can clear the karma/personality/pain and reclaim our life. It is a valuable practice.

Everyday after the workshop a group of us take training from Master Yap to become level 2 instructors. It is tough and a big responsibility as we are all humbled to be a part of this. So much we are learning about people and the experience of teaching meditation. It is fascinating.

I will be home in a week.
Love Dana

January 4 2009

2009-01-07T05:46:00.000-08:00

Rain Rain Rain. It has rained a bit this year and it has been intense.
We have gotten caught in the rain and stuck at the center. At home we have such freshness in the air after the rain but not quite here.

Some of my friends decided to walk in the rain unfortunately Collette’s outfit got soaked and the dye ran all over her body…she looked like smurfette…took her a while to get the dye off her body. Her feet and hand were blue and we thought we might play a trick on MY and ask what was happening to her as sometimes when we are healing we can have bluish tinge to our limbs… hands/feet.. we did not of course but had a good giggle about how much it looked like healing.

I had a great meditation and the flow through the body was complete surrounding me. It was like a blanket of energy. After I got out of meditation my body was so light and I did not have any pain. I then walked home to the apartment to do some work for MY and I was amazed at how I start holding every time I am afraid. As I would run across the street, I would hold so much tension in my body, do work walk over the grates it was a real eye opener. Now we all know this as a rule and I am aware of when I hold tension in my extremities but I am tuning into the tension deep in my torso and deep within my body. WE are always talking about going soft but we really do not know how soft we really need to go. We are also not aware of how much tension we hold in the body.

Due to the fact that there are so many people here MY is doing a daily group healing with us as he can not due private healings with everyone. We will be starting the course on Friday and it will be long days and nights for us so I will not have any posting time. Only 1 week and 1 day before we leave and the time will go by quickly.

January 3,2009

2009-01-07T05:29:00.000-08:00

All is well here. Many folks have arrived and each day we have group healings. They are very powerful meditations. We are all doing so well and learning lots.
What we learn in meditation are universal truths. We learn them through the experiences of the meditation not in our thoughts. It is so neat to experience peace and connect to the emptiness.

It is so cool I was talking with a client who noted the change in even my voice. She commented on how my voice has changed back to the way it was last year.

We had a great New Years Eve and all got together at the center to cheer in the New Year. Later we had a group over here in our apartment and had many great laughs and shared some great party tricks that I look forward to teaching Patrick so that we can play them on Francis.

I had an interesting insight about the movements. They help bring the karma into the body and the meditation clears out the karma. The softer we are with the body the more we let go the more that flows through.

December 28,2008

2008-12-28T15:21:00.000-08:00

Our flights here were wonderful. We had to run to make the Singapore-Malaysia and we had no time to waste as it was 45 minutes to get to the other end of airport. The planes were very warm and I was so thankful to have my aroma therapy for the jet lag and the flu that I have been battling the last two weeks. Singapore airlines is so efficient they basically guide you through when to sleep and when to be awake ,feed you like a queen and are available for you always.

All is well here. We are having a great time. It is so fun to see so many familiar things and people it feels like home. It is good and fun to talk to family at home. Sounds like I missed a great time.
We have been practicing lots of movements and trying to be softer in the movements. The qiflow is so important to our practice.

We are told that the movements are so important to practice as it smoothes down the karma that is brought out from the meditation. It is best to use long practice of movements to help stuff flow through. The movements are very important to our practice.

I had some great insights in meditation and movements today and it feels so freeing. Master Yap spoke about the anxiety that is associated with flying and how we pick up much of it when we are traveling.

As some of you know my dad passed away this fall and when I would go to the hospital to visit him I could feel the fear and anxiety that he was experiencing. When I would walk in the room my body would shake right down to the bones. He would ask me to meditate for him frequently as it reduced his anxiety and pain. Lucky that I had this gift of CFQ Qigong to share. He thought it was cool that I was on Live at 5 showing the movements and talking about CFQ Qigong. As a practice it always brings me such great karma.

We will be starting our level 5/6 course on January 9 so it will be busy and I may not be able to post.

Today some folks come from Ireland and Spain and everyday after this there will be someone who will be arriving to join us. Today Sifu had a lot of time for us to have healings and teach us. I feel so fortunate to be here.

Have a great day Love Dana

December 25 post 2

2008-12-25T09:15:00.000-08:00

Hi all

This has been an interesting day. Our flight from this morning at 6am is set to now leave at 2pm for New York.... and we are the only two people on the flight...cool eh ...Private jet ....Good karma

Just relaxing in Halifax and will most likely have supper in New York and then we are on Singapore airlines for 27 1/2 hours to get to Singapore and we have a stop in Frankfurt for an hour and we just get off and then go back on the same plan. With these flight patterns we will be flying around the world starting here and ending here on January 17.

It was nice to have time to spend extra time with our families.

Will try to update in New York

Valentine is the steward who is on the flight for us we and now know the whole staff and it is really cool.

Dana

December 25 2008 post 1

2008-12-25T04:24:00.000-08:00

Just a note to start off the blog. I will be travelling with Collette Spellman. So far our flights have been delayed so that we cannot catch our flight later this evening. I was on the phone for 1 1/2 hour with the American Airline person who was so so wonderful and we have a whole new itinery. I am so thankful for the people who work on Xmas day make sure you thank anyone who is doing so today that you may know.

We are now leaving 1pm Christmas day going to New York flying Singapore airlines to Frankfurt Germany to - Singapore and then Penang. We get in earlier that previous. I have been up since since 3am as has my family what a wodnerful gift we ahve been hanging around all day together....

Will update when in New York

February 8,2008

2008-02-08T05:57:00.000-08:00

Well just to let you know that the healing crisis is over. Imagine in one week I clear a trauma that keep me in chronic pain for 10 years. Wish I had CFQ when I was first injured. Imagine all the days and nights of chronic pain I would have saved myself. All the years of stress and strain I would have been spared. I meditated for 2-4 hours most days but was not able to do movments due to the restrictions in my back. At one point in meditation I could feel the vertbrae pop. There was many other occurances but most are hard to explain. I can now do the whole set and have most of my mobility back.I wish for all folks someday when they are injured or deal with Chronic pain that they will be given the opportunity to learn CFQ Qigong if they wish to try another way to heal their bodies. I know after years of trying many other treatments this is the one that works for me.Each time I teach a class to students and hear all their healing stories, I am reminded of how useful this program is in healing so many things for so many people.Metta which means - (May all beings be well and happy).....Dana

February 2,2008

2008-02-02T11:14:00.000-08:00

Hi all
Well the healing continues. I think I mentioned at one point MY said the changes take place when you go back to your environment. Well as of Tuesday I have been in a healing crisis with my body. MY says it is my body realigning after the deep meditations that I experienced when I was there. I have with no other treatment but some heat cleared 90% through my body. A couple of sore spots and I am up and around. Not bad and very exciting. I feel very excited to know my body has gone through another healing and contiues to recover from all the traumas that I have experienced as a result of wear and tear on my body from years of over exercising, mutiple car accidents and two operations.
I continue to practice daily meditations and movement.One hour of movements and two hours on meditation most days. I wish you all well in your practice and trust CFQ Qigong and it will take you to places that will bring you the most profound peace and healing possible.
Take care and may you all be well and happy
Dana

January 20,2008

2008-01-20T13:35:00.000-08:00

HI All
The last days are were so profound. We meditated for very long periods of time.It was neat how we would meditate come back out and then very quickly go back in. We found we got very deep and this was a very profound experience. I have learnt alot of about life and meditation from MY and I am so grateful.Now the challenge is to integrate this at home and into my everyday life. One thing that happens is that all the karma that was cleared that in effect changes you life will happen to me when I arrive home.MY says you never know how you life changes but many things that will happen do not happen. You can affect you life for the better.Anytime spent in meditation will positively affect your life and make the negative karma things that much less harder. Less intense are the lows and highs. Life becomes more equal...equanimous.

I left Malaysia on Thursday night and went to Singapore. What a beautiful place that is. The airport is incredible. I stayed in a hotel called the Changi village. What a neat hotel there was a window in the shower. Cool buttons to remote all things in the room. I left there at 3am so I got only a few hours sleep but I wanted to get to the airport early to check in. I could not get Internet anywhere as when I signed up the password to open was to sent to my phone but it did not happen. Country code problem.

In Japan my flight to Toronto was cancelled so I was put back on Singapore Airlines to go to LA and then on to Toronto. Well it was an adventure. The best was me trying to figure out how to work the seat. Well it looked like a skit from Mr Bean. I laughed so hard my sides hurt. It was a lovely flight and I did sleep. I then got home at 2:30am Saturday morning. I then went to work. Still pretty tired with jet lag. Got up this morning for practice.Had a nap in the afternoon.
Miss the heat,food and Meditating with MY.Happy to be home with my family.

All the best in your CFQ practice. I know now it is so much more for me. A way to connect with the emptiness and see many Truths.

Metta Dana

January 15,2008

2008-01-16T14:04:00.000-08:00

HI All
I am a little late with notes on the blog as I could not get into the account. Guess I was not suppose to write anything until today.

Paula and her daughter moved into their three bedroom apartment. They are very happy with the place. They were sad to leave all the staff here at the apartments.

Today Collette left for Canada and I leave tomorrow. It is a mixed emotions we have. It is so lovely here and we do so much meditation daily and have so much laughter. We had a great time together and it was so quiet this evening going for supper. The people here were asking me where all my friends were.They are so friendly and keep track of us.

We do also miss all our family and friends.

Our biggest concern is when and how much practice we will be able to do when we are back. It becomes apparent that CFQ Qigong is so much more than just meditation and the experiences we have had most times are impossible to put into words. When you have had this experience then you will also know. I hope many of your get have this deep experience in your life if you are called to this. I will be most happy to help.

MY says that when children do CFQ then they know what is right and wrong in life and adults do not have to worry. I look forward to chatting with many of you about have young children become part of our community in Halifax.The children are also allow wed to stay for level 2 practice as well.

We got an opportunity to see MY's new center that he will move into in three years. It is a large place and the idea will be that students will continue to come here to study with him over the years. He plans to stop travelling in three years.

Right now my legs are still slightly blocked. I have a bruise on my ankle from yesterdays healing and it is hard to walk around. I have also lost alot of weight as this whole process has been an unwinding process of life. I will be practicing hard as the health problem I have has decreased in size but is not completely gone. I understand why I have this health problem and what the thoughts are that are around it. This is hard to explain but in meditation there is a process that occurs that had been happening for me but I never made note of it until earlier this week. It all became very clear to me what the process is. In meditation you are not suppose to think so I try to avoid analysing anything or remembering anything. I hope I can work with some of you to achieve this depth of understanding and experience with your meditation.

I am looking forward to teaching classes. I will have some starting shortly. My website has the list of classes and times. www.danamarcon.com My international student has gone back to KL and has emailed me. He is doing well and practicing every morning. He will be back in two weeks and MY will check on him when he comes. He was teasing me about getting his certificate for level 1 from Canada. He wanted to have one from there so I will be doing one up from there and will email it over to him.

Tomorrow will be my last day. I plan to be up early, have my last breakfast at the Indian restaurant, meditate for about 6 hours, eat lunch, back to the hotel for late check out, and then it is off to the airport. I go to Singapore first and overnight there before flying home. I will post from there as I will have some time before my flight the next day.I will be home Friday night at 11pm. I will be to work on Saturday.

Last year the jet lag occurred for me at around 3:30 daily for about 1/2 hour and then I am fine. It is such a long flight that I meditate and sleep most of the time and when I get home, I will go to bed and be on the same time zone very quickly.

While I am travelling I will write up some more notes to post as I have been busy and have not written too much. I have keep some notes in my journal but you quickly learn that this is all experiential. There is a pattern to how a person progresses in the meditation process. He also gave me some pointers for the practice group to help facilitate the process for some folks who are not getting into the meditation switch. You will all understand that all you expereince is part of the meditation practice. This was very interesting to me as I listen to the experiences that people have from meditation practice.

Well bye for now. My assitant is not here to check for typos etc. She is in the air on her way home...See you soon Collette..

May you be well and happy Metta Dana

January 13,2008

2008-01-13T15:31:00.001-08:00

HI All
We have been very busy with movements and learning. Getting home late and leaving early.It has been an interesting experience. Many times we get to sit and listen to MY and ask him questions. I asked about children and the different illness. It was a very interesting answer he gave me. Also I asked about some regular health problems. It was so funny. I asked about blood pressure and MY started to explain it to me in the science way and I started laughing....it was a funny moment...I told MY that I had written many exams on the science of blood pressure but that I was interested in the energetically issue...we both started to laugh...

The changes in how we do movements is very profound. My practice has changed and the movements are so much slower. We are talking about how folks like to make the CFQ theirs and how much of the teaching they are missing. If you really experience what CFQ is about you would have not need to change anything. It is so powerful and deep in a way that is a way to go home. All healing is physical.
We are in so much pain daily. It is so funny at time. We walk so slow to the center and some days we can not stand up straight. Collette would never have believed this has she not experienced it herself...I laugh..

I have been teaching a student here CFQ from KL. Foo is working very hard to learn the movements. MY does not have time to teach so he asked me to teach him the hexagram this weekend. My first international student...he is so nice and I feel very honored to teach him. I will not post his story here but will tell you about it when I am back.

Healing continues... got in pretty deep in meditation and it is amazing what happens to the body while you are in. You can experience many healing experiences.

Colette and I have had such a great time. Everyone is nice to us and very helpful. We leave soon. Collette leave Wednesday night and I leave on Thursday night. I feel so blessed to be able to be here. I so appreciate my husband's support in holding down the house while I am gone. I will be home on Friday night and to work on Saturday. I will be so excited to see everyone. I will probably write more in my blog as I travel home. I have many notes but to compose it sometimes takes more time than I have in the mornings and evenings.

Metta Dana

January 10,2008

2008-01-10T06:52:00.000-08:00

Had a great day doing meditation and movements. In between we were tour guides and took Paula and her daughter around to the breakfast,lunch and supper spots, where the rental agency is for her to find an apartment. Both Paula and Savannah had a full day of getting to know the culture and where everything is located.
The traffic is hard to get used to as they drive on the other side of the road. But many other things are just the same.Except the food which is exceptional here.
Off to bed it is late and I am still in the middle of a healing with a bad cough that MY says is the stuff coming out of me.
Metta Dana

January 9, 2008

2008-01-09T16:37:00.000-08:00

It has been a few days since my last post. I have a cold….healing is happening. We have had a busy couple of days. Many people have left…Sharon from Ireland…..Andre from Canada…Pierrette and Chanel from NB….and Paula arrived last night. Only one week left before we go and the rush is on. Practice Practice Practice

We had a lovely two days. We practice for 4 hours straight with movments. MY was laughing at us as he siad we would not be able to walk the next day…he was right we were in much pain…We went out for Durieans to iniciate Collette. She did not eat much, she was not impresseed with the smell or taste. She found them very rich and like eating two pounds of chocolate. She spent days trying to get the smell off her hands and the taste in her mouth.

He has reveiwed all of the movments and told us more about them. It is so neat to hear him explain the movments in such a deep way. There were many things he told us about the movements that are so interested. He also checked our technique. It is really great to be doing movements with him. It is much slower than we are used to. On Monday night at practice, he did one hour of touching the jade belt…I missed as I was working with my coaching clients. It was cool to be able to connect with all of you. I feel so lucky to have you in my life.

Last night we got the opportunity to sit for an hour and just chat with MY about different things. It was amazing to hear him. We had so many questions for him and he had a great time answering them. Tonight when I get back I will write a note on what we spoke about. We are running late. Taking Paula and Savannah to breakfast and to the center.

Bye for now Metta Dana

January 6,2008

2008-01-06T08:14:00.000-08:00

During the level 2 practice Master Yap (MY) goes around to facilitate meditation with individuals. One particular interesting occurrence was when he went over to his daughter Cayenne and stepped on her foot. He instructed her to be present in her body. It was funny to hear her reaction about how hard it is to stay present in her body. A reaction that we all experience many times while trying to continue our practice daily.

On News Years Eve we all went to a restaurant called 'The End of the World' no kidding and now we are back from there. It was all seafood and lovely. However we are now all singing the song out loud and having a great laugh to it. We are all singing 'To the end of the world and we know it' and we feel fine....in Pain--ang

Today there was a time and we had the opportunity to speak with Master Yap in between healings. It was wonderful to listen to his explanation of what happens in meditation and how it affects our everyday life.

Karma is memories stored in the body. Every thought, emotion and experience creates karma -regardless of whether the experiences are negative or positive. In meditation the karma (memories) gets an opportunity to play (clear) out of our bodies. However you do not ever know what is playing out. The physical movements (releases) that occur due to the softness of the body are stored memories of your life.

What happens in the real world is that you are possibly changing your patterns but in most cases you do not even realize what is taking or not taking place. Behavior patterns may change or they may not. You are not the master of what clears off in the body. Your harmonious mind is the master.

Sometimes we ask questions about the practice that are not really relevant to where we are at the present moment. It is like asking where is the end..my response would be - have you found the beginning? This happened today when someone asked a question similar to this of MY who responded by saying that it was not relevant to us at this point in our journey.

The more repetitions of the movements you do - the softer your body becomes. It is when the body is soft that karma (memories) can be released. Hardness creates blockages. Do your practice and work on getting your body as soft as you can while doing the movements. It is natural to feel pain when doing a lot of movements however if you body is soft - you know the pain is karma being released.

Yesterday MY instructed me to learn to develop no preference. He says I need to cultivate no preference for anything. Easier said than done. However, I will per serve or I won’t (ha..ha).

My knees are now in healing crisis and when I mentioned this to MY his answer was are your toes sore yet? When I answered not now, he laughed and said wait until tomorrow. Oh the healing continues. So glad I came. Enjoying the pain….. Metta Dana

January 5,2007

2008-01-05T05:58:00.000-08:00

Last night we were at the level 2 practice group from 9-10pm. It was great to see so many people who were there from last year and new folks as well. Everyone is so friendly and comes over and talk with us. Whole families come to the practice groups. Perhaps we will have that in Halifax soon. People here are so welcoming and happy to have children around. They run around and laugh and we all just meditate while this occurs. We enjoy the children it is so wonderful for them to be a part of this practice.

The people from Spain went home today. It was sad for us all as we have grown close. Next week a few others leave and a couple of folks arrive. It is very busy here. Tonight we have the evening off. MY was going to do a healing on someone at their home.We got a chance to chat today with him. Always an interesting experience as he teaches us so much in between healings.

Food is great here and we eat well. Fresh juice all the time and fresh food cooked as you order it. Collette was adventuresome today and ordered as kerabu manggo salad. It is a Thai dish. Kerabu means hot hot hot. Collette took a big bite out of it and realized it was totally full hot peppers --- red and green. Her mouth was burnt off. However the Spaniards loved it and ate all of it. When I tried my tongue was numb and I could not taste anything. Thank goodness for watermelon juice. I drank two glasses today at lunch to put out the fire. I hope to be able to taste again tomorrow. We are looking up the spelling in a dictionary that the doorman just brought up to us. We are trying to get the correct spelling for the word our food was called. Everyone is always so helpful.

Healing sessions are always wonderful. We have renamed Penang to Pain-ang. To highlight our healing journeys. We had a great chat with MY about trying too hard to make the switch and clear so much Karma. There is a joke here about car mats. Sharon from Ireland had two friends from an area in Cork (who have thick accents)that were taking a workshop from MY. Afterwards in the bar they were talking together about car mats. They had misinterpreted what MY was talking about all day. They wanted to get themselves some of these car mats. Because of their accent and MY’s accent they did not realize he was saying Karma. So the new joke here is that we are going to change the car mats and take them out of the AVIS rental cars who has the slogan ‘We try harder’ and move them into the HURTS(Hertz) rental cars. We have so much laughter here. It is a good contrast for all the healing work we are doing.Take some time today for a good belly laugh!I sure love enjoy the laugther many of you bring into my life. Thanks!!!

Having some trouble with the Internet so it is sometimes hard to get the post done before I run out of signal. I will start writing in word and transferring it as you may not get this post. Do not have time to check typo's
Take Care Dana
ps you can post notes here and do not have to email me off line.

January 3, 2007

2008-01-03T05:01:00.000-08:00

Well Life is pretty much into a routine now. Same as last year. Get up early in the morning, message with my family, get showered,go to the Indian restaurant have breakfast and then off to the center by 9am.

It is hot here 30 degrees and I am 12 hour time difference so I am going to bed shortly and you are just starting the same day.

Morning is spent doing movements,wisdom roots,hexagram,gibbon and I usually do grounding qi.

Master Yap will do a healing on me and then I will do meditation for the rest of the day.We will go for lunch which take about 1/2 hour and back for the afternoon to do more. Some folks were wishing me well on my holiday here. I keep having to hold back the smiles as this is not a holiday. Some days you can be in so much pain from the meditation sessions that you can hardly move. In CFQ Qigong we say all healing is physical. You begin to understand what this means as your body starts to rejuvenate all the damage you have put it through.This does take a certain discipline. I am never sure how to explain days when I am going through a healing crisis. Hard to explain to some why you can barely walk and every muscle/bone in the body is aching.All old injuries come back as they are healed. My years of working out were nothing compared to this. Of course I have to unwind all the damage I did to my body with the years of very intense workout that I did. You will never catch me doing that intensity or prescribing it unless someone is an athlete and their lively hood depends on it... However I did not know that it was so hard on the body then. Some days my leg shifts at the knee joint as it realigns itself. And well my knees, I had constant grinding in both joints. Over the last six months they have gone through alot healing. During one of the last qigong classes I taught, one of the participants who had the same and I thought it was my knees. I was so used to hearing the grinding noice when I squatted. I realized that mine had quieted down and this was her knees. No wonder some days I could not stand up or get down over the summer....Everyday we go into meditation and meet our karma head on.

Today I worked on sitting and laying meditation. It was very challenging to relax and let go while in a sitting/laying position.The key to healing is letting go and allowing the body's natural internal wisdom to do what it does best - heal and rejuvenate.

There are 5 people here from Spain for a week. Master Yap is very busy. He is still doing healings now and will not finish until 10pm. I can home after a late supper. I meditated over 8 hours today. Getting better with the new positions and it really gets your down beyond your body.Not sure if I will be teaching it. Master Yap will direct me on this and as always I am happy to do what he feels is best for everyone. Hard to believe he will be in Halifax in June. Lots of work ahead. As some of you know the research study on fibromyalgia and CFQ Qigong will be presented in Vancouver in May. We hope to have Dr Sawynok present it again in June in Halifax on the opening night.

I spoke to MY about my health issues and got some very good direction as always. He figure that it will be healed by the time I am back. So many more hours to put in and now that I am into a routine it will be easier. I figure when I get back I will probably increase my practice up to 4 hours per day as it is at 2 hours now. Maybe I will be able to get up at 3am. I have master 4am but have not been able to get up any earlier yet. It is sometimes easier in the winter for me as I am not inclined to stay up as late as in the summer.

Had some great discussions with some of the other students and we are all working hard to understand what MY is teaching us. We are very lucky to have such a great teacher.

Some of the cases he gets are really interesting. Last week there was a little girl who he has been see she was was 18 months old. She is 5 now. She could not speak/walk and do much of anything. Now she walks and talks some words. I love watching him work on children. It is very incredible to watch. I also connect with some of the people I met last year to see how they are getting along. It is wonderful to see their healing progress. Monday and Friday nights 9-10pm are practice group nights so I get to see everyone then. Many families are there with their children. A very nice feeling. Reminds me of our family get together in Cape Breton when I was young. Everyone is included. Perhaps some day we will have that in our practice groups in Halifax.

The type of meditation we do is body centered. Most others teach split off from the body. It uses the body as a way to get you present. The opposite of most meditations which is why is so consistently delivers healing effects to people. But like all things it take practice to be able to stay out of your thinking mind and stay present in the moment. Try it now and see how many thoughts are swimming around and now the key is to not attach to any of them...challenging eh?

Meditation is the second level. For CFQ Qigong movements are used in the beginning to get folks to start to cultivate a presence.

My latest healing news is my eye sight has gotten better. -5.25 down to -4.5. I had to have my glasses prescription decreased before I left and my eye doctor tested my eyes they are 10 years younger than my age!

Colette and I are staying in a lovely apartment just 10 minutes walk from the CFQ Center.She is a great room mate, she is working as hard as I so we are always practicing. Last night after supper (we take an hour and half off) we went into a hair salon. I was looking for gel and she was looking to get her hair straightened. We ended up get our hair washed and dried. It was quite the experience they do about a 15 minute head/neck massage. Wow was it relaxing.... then it was back to the center for more movements and meditation.

I am enjoying this music by a group called Stabilo. They are amazing as their song is called swimming between the waves of happiness and disaster. I asked MY about dealing with karma in this world. He says just that it is about allowing yourself to go soft so the karma flows through you. If you have a chance listen to the words of the song do so very smart kids.

Each night we do meditation before we go to bed. So I am off to do that now.
Take care Dana

January 1, 2008

2008-01-01T08:00:00.000-08:00

Master Yap Soon Yeong lives in Penang Malaysia. You can contact the society here at www.cfqmalaysia.com

Just finished a level 1/2. Very busy days with New Years Eve in the middle. Food here is great and the people are so friendly. It is a pleasure to be here.

There were many insights from this workshop. I will share some of them in point form so that you can add them to your practice.

There are new techniques in meditation to help the person go in even deeper. This is for students with 1-2years plus in practice. This is not for new beginners in CFQ

With level 1 what you are doing is using movements and the body as a way of developing presence. Our thinking minds are always rehashing the past or projecting into the future. With CFQ Qigong practice you are learning how to become more present. The Movements are used to keep your thinking mind occupied.

Yes I understand grounding qi now and how it is to be done. And yes the movements for the hexagram are slow so that you can feel the qi flow.

In meditation the body is used as a way of becoming present so that you can go into the spiritual world.

All healing is physical. You body responds in a physical way as Karma is cleared off/out of the body.

If you miss a day of practice in meditation then it is that much harder to get in the next time. Master Yap says the Karma is tricky and will make it harder for you to get in the next time.

Wisdom roots needs to be done once per day, one hexagram and my happy body for level 1. You are always encouraged to do the movements as hollow and soft as you can do.

Level 2 this as well as meditation do the triple merger at the beginning and end of the meditation (three times.)

When doing the meditation you are working towards getting the flow through the legs and beyond. Once you accomplish this you will know. It is like( and it is hard to put words to an experience) You reach a still point where there are no thoughts and a complete letting go and then you feel the flow thought the legs and beyond. It is like you feel the central channel and it is like a magnetic space and ‘you’ flow down. (This is the best I can do for the description of the experience hope it helps your practice)

It is most important to not get caught up in the releases that happen in the body. Do not go looking for familiar releases. Let go so that you can move on.

The Gibbon is to be done in a loose/hollow movement to facilitate flow and the release of blockages. With the legs you are to get the point where you can put all your weight on one leg and none on the other so that you can allow the flow to go through.

Karma has an energy body that is in you. It has a group of thoughts that are a part of its make up. Karma does not want to leave. It does not know that it needs to leave the body.

This would be probably the 10th time I have taken level one since 2002 when I started qigong. I am not sure how many students I have taught since I learnt qigong. Each time I have learned more and have had a deeper understanding of what is happening. There are many more insights but I will stop here for today and continue on later. Happy News Year Day to all of you!

Sunday December 30

2007-12-30T05:51:00.000-08:00

Hi all
The workshop began this morning and it was an interesting day. There were folks who were there with their families. Some new students and many veterans. The new standing/laying and sitting meditation is incredible. My legs are so sore from all the healing responses. Everyone is experiencing incredible amounts of healing. Imagine two more days of level 1/2. I have lost count of how many times I have taken each one. However each time I learn something new and deeper. Master Yap talked about this with us today on the way home. That we will be able to hear the same things from a different understanding because of our consistent practice. He says that those who have a sincerity as well as an ability to consistently practice to be able to have the full merits of the meditation. There maybe some who are lucky but that would be very few.
We are now in the apartment and this is great. Tomorrow we will have a New Years eve party here and celebrate. We will be ahead of you in time zones.

There was this quote one of you had and I forgot to ask you for a copy. It is about how we start off with a sense of competency and what the journey is on this. In the beginning we think we know so much but we really know so little and then we progress along this path only to realize at the end that we really did not know anything in the beginning.... humbling all of this and funny to watch others and myself go through this.

Flights over were nice. The hotel I was in the first night was awful so I checked out at 6am and went to another hotel. I got 4 hour sleep after two days of travel. Thank goodness for meditation as that can sure keep you going when you would be otherwise exhausted. The guy who cooks the lunch food was there. The ohters told me he was looking for me. He was happy to see me and I gave him a Nova Scotia hat that he has been proudly wearing.

Going to go to bed now it is 10:23. It takes so little time to adjust to the time zone. It is nice. Metta Dana

December 29 Penang

2007-12-29T04:42:00.000-08:00

Hi All I got here later yesterday..I am 12 hours ahead of you in time zones... Colette arrived today. Lot to tell but it has been a busy day and I will be off to bed shortly. I will have time tomorrow morning/evening to update properly. Just got Internet today. Tomorrow we move into the apartments that we rented and start the level 1/2 workshop tomorrow. We will be doing the workshop for three days 9am-6pm. Should be great there are 5 people from Spain here,two from NB and one from Montreal and us from NS. Total in the workshop is 80 people. There are new meditation techniques that are very powerful. Big changes in me right away.
Will update again shortly. Metta Dana

December 26 - Montreal

2007-12-26T11:16:00.001-08:00

Well I am here in Montreal.
Catching up on my email sorting. The next post will be in Singapore or in Penang.

I realized I forgot to put the level 2 dates on the email I sent out this morning. Unfortunately there is now way for me to send out another one.

It is Sunday/Monday after the level 1...If folks ask at the practice group then be sure to assure them that there will be a level 2 June 29/30.

Metta Dana

Dana in Malaysia 2007

2007-12-25T03:33:00.001-08:00

Well I am sitting here while Patrick is enjoying all his gifts from us and Santa. I have so much to be grateful for. I have all of you in my life and never a day goes buy that I do not think of all of you. This has been a busy year and I found the fall with my computer not working and my email not working consistently I have fallen behind in many areas. I am getting the opportunity to 'love what is' most days and some days I am better at it than others.
No I am not packed and I leave tomorrow at noon. Need to take Master Yap's picture over to him and this is providing to be a packing challenge. Still need to get cards out etc.
I know it will all get done.... sleep who needs that I have hours of plane riding time to catch up on that.
If you wish to pass this blog on to others feel free to do so. I quickly ran through a list as I was trying to send out ecards etc.
I am a hockey Mom now and there are three practices and games per week and then there is two soccer practices per week. Francis and I split between us.I do not know how some of you do this all with more than one child??? My hat is off to you on that one.
Tomorrow when I am in the airport I will tell you all the healing events since my last trip to Malaysia. It is hard to believe that our bodies hold so many memories.
Love Dana

January 15,2007

2007-01-15T06:50:00.000-08:00

At the airport in New York waiting for the plane. I can see how CFQ can make a difference in alot of peoples lives. Glad to be going home. I hear I am bring along some snow. Should be funny for me as I was freezing with the temperature of last night. I am sure it will only take a day or two and some warm fleece to keep me going. Driving will be fun again and cooking and everyday things that I really did not have to attend to. thanks Francis for covering for me these last three week

Everyday I had meals cooked at either the hotel or at the Hawker stands. The cost of meals ranged from 1 to 3 to 10 dollars. The more expensive was when we went to a restaurant that had aircon. Our favorite places were the hawker stands and the Indian restaurant. Everything is very inexpensive in Malaysia compared to here. Our dollar is worth 3times theirs and food and accommodations can be found for very cheap.

Hard to believe the time is over and it did go by fast. All thought most days I had no idea what day it was or really what time it was. i was never concerned about what I ate how much or weather it was good or not. Makes me realize how much time we spend in our thinking mind driving ourselves crazy with every detail. I decided that I would not care or engage that part of my mind. When thoughts came I just let them go and kept on enjoying myself. I am noting this as I am here in New York wondering what to buy at Au bon pain. We have much more package foods. I was amazed at the take out food in Malaysia. Everything is put in bags and given to you. No boxes or expensive containers. Bags for everything. You can buy fresh fruit everywhere from stands and the fruit is so sweet that you really do not look for anything else as you are always so satisfied. MY took us out to try mangosteen. Lovely fruit a combination of sweet and sour.
Yes the food is wonderful, the people great and the experience wonderful. The washrooms leave a little to be desired but you get use to living this way.

Well my flight will be called shortly and I will be on my way home. Hope you all enjoyed the blog and I will look forward to connecting with all of you. Classes to start next week back in the real world but always able to switch over to the meditation to balance all.

OOps the flight has been delayed no estimated time of departure.. More time to practice qigong here in the airport.

BTW Yes I did get some pictures but not many and I will get them developed when I get home or figure out how to put them up on the site.

Meta Dana

January 14,2004

2007-01-14T21:22:00.000-08:00

I am sort of confused on the date. It is Sunday night and I am in New York. the whole part of the trip went well. China Airlines is really great I enjoyed them alot. Unfortuantely the shuttle for the hotel made me wait 1 hour. I am very cold and angry. There was a shift change and a crew pick up so I had to wait. That was the excuse of the hotel staff. I do know what hotels to stay at as their shuttles went by about 3-4 times while I waited. If this room was not prepaid I would have gone to another hotel. I did not get to the hotel until midnight New York time 1 am our time. I am hungry but no room service open so I guess I will go to sleep and try again tomorrow.
See you all soon. I miss the noodles and great food already. MettaDana

January 13, 2007

2007-01-13T05:47:00.000-08:00

Hi all I am in Taiwan. I am in a hotel that the airline provides for connecting passengers. It is about twenty minutes from the airport. My flight was delayed an hour but still manged to get in only20 minutes later. I am in a very small hotel down an alley that the bus could not drive down because it is so small. I have been told I have to be out at 11:30 to go to lunch and then get back to the airport. No site seeing for me.

My blog template is all in Chinese which is pretty neat. My bags are checked to New York which is convenient however I have sandals on and it is raining here. Perhaps tomorrow will be nicer weather. luckily for me I packed some clothes for the trip in my laptop bag which is a good thing as they informed at the airport when I checked in that I would not be able to have my bags until I get to New York. I was surprised. I had packed a few things in case my luggage got lost. Good think.
Going to do some meditation before going to sleep. I meditated on the plane here so I feel quite refreshed. Usually I feel very dragged out after flying but not tonight.

Metta Dana

January 12 2007

2007-01-12T03:47:00.000-08:00

Hi all
Just a quick note before I dash off to the center for level 2 practice group. This will be my second standing meditation and one healing session and one hour of tai chi practice today. I also video MY doing the new Love my body. I will have to practice that one. I look forward to Chok teaching it in March. Boy can I pack alot into a day.

I not sure I mentioned that I have met many wonderful people. Tonight the guy who makes my favorite meal at the Hawker stand made me up for free a meal for my trip tomorrow. Put it in a Tupperware box and refused any money or for us to send the container back with the others wants me to take it to Canada. I took a movie of him making the food I hope I can get some pictures developed off it and send them to him. Such wonderful people here. Kelly from Star buck's who I just met is driving me to the airport tomorrow. And all the folks here that are studying are just as wonderful.

I will pack tomorrow morning. Jennifer I hope you read this as I could not call you back. Francis will call you and explain why send me an email if you need to I will be sending one later tonight and I spoke at length to MY.

I am getting some phone calls and it turned out the great package that Francis thought he got was a misunderstanding from the cell phone company. Thank goodness he caught it. before I spend all my money on calls.

Can not wait to teach my next level 1 class and be at the practice group. So much to tell.

Next post will be from New York as my overnight in Taipei I do not figure I will get Internet anywhere. I am sure I will have alot of funny travel stories. MY has taught me how to meditate on the plane. Simon did on his trip home and it was suppose to be really something.

Take Care and Love to all of you. Metta Dana

January 11,2007

2007-01-11T02:49:00.000-08:00

Hi All
Yes I have been slow to write. Now that I put pictures up I can not get on the blog site as easily. A couple of time I could not get on the blog site when I had time to write so I am behind.

As Of Saturday I start my flight home will probably have better internet access as I get closer to home. I leave to go to Taipei and then to New York. I arrive home on Monday. I will have overnights so I will be meditation so that I can get changed over to the new time zone. I am 12 hours ahead of you. It is 7pm at night on the 11 so when I cross the date line I lose a day.

MY is teaching a combined level 1 and 2 class and we are able to sit in on it. tonight he starts another level 1/2 class. I have seen him teach almost every move. It is so nice to be in a small group. Our days are getting longer a I am going in at 8-9am to practise Tai Chi and getting home at 11pm. Want to know the steps when I get home.

Where the center is located is very close to the food courts which is hawker stands of the most delicious food you can imagine. The fruit is awesome as is the fresh juices. I love drinking watermelon juice everyday.

Meditation is going great as are the movements it is very easy for me to make the switch in my meditation. Now the real test comes when I get home and life is crazy to keep going into meditative state regardless of what is going on in life.

I have noticed an increase in your emails. I have answer what I can but the Internet goes down sometimes very quickly. I am typing like a crazy person to get this done and up before I get kicked off. Excuse the typos. One email I have replied to you twice and both times lost my connections. Perhaps I am suppose to answer some of you later. New insights to come over the next two days. Who knows just know that all of you are in my meditations. MY would say we are all karmically (sp) connected. Very profound when you think of it.

Starbucks is here and it is my second home. The girls there Simon introduced me to when he was here and they have taken me under their wing. One is even driving me to the airport on Saturday. I sense that someday I may see them in Canada I certainly have invited them. They keep inviting me back here. They are very curious about Qigong and Master Yap. All of us seem to be running into people who ask for MY's cards.

12 hours from now you will all be in the board meeting. I know all is going well. No need for concern as it will be a successful workshop. I think after the workshop we will not need to have meeting as all will be done. I will spend some time working on the data base which by the way I did not get to but may on the way home..if not I will make some time to research with Kelly and we will get it sorted out and fixed up. The email I sent out some people said they did not receive them so I will spend some time figuring out where the June names went to. When I get back I will put up MY schedule for 2007 and the contact people for the events. He will be in UK and Spain a couple of time. I hope to have Chok's schedule up as well. If some of you have questions about the June workshop you can email me and I will talk with you when I get home. It is too hard to get lengthy emails sent out. All is well and will be worked out satisfactory.

Much music is on Patrick and Green Day is singing Had a bad day...even a bad day can be a good day....much can be learnt always.

Just finished supper and 1 hour of tai chi practice. got to go back to the center.
Bye for now..... weather is hot and dry now that it has rained. Blessings Metta Dana

January 7,2007

2007-01-06T22:20:00.000-08:00

Hi All Thanks for the comments I love getting some news particularly on a day like today where I cannot get into my email. I manage to have a small chat with Francis and Patrick on the 12 hour schedule. We chat at either 7-9am by yahoo or by cell phone at 7pm. I can get on yahoo messeger easily from anywhere. I check my cell phone messages and have not heard from any of you so I trust all is well.

It is raining hard here and it is funny to be a climate that has such warm even in the rain. Things go on as usual just inside.

Thanks Rachael for taking Patrick for the afternoon. Yes they are connected as we all are in this world. We are one and the same as you know. Yes what I am doing here is experiencing what we learnt over the summer of 02 in an experiential way. You will understand this Rachael from the summer we all shared. Here I am doing meditation and going into an experience of the same. For those of you who do not understand what I am saying no need to for you at this time. All is relevant when it is.

I did manage this morning to answer a few emails. Presently as this cafe I can not get on the email. I will keep trying until my hour is up. I cost 60 cents to use the Internet for an hour.

Well you are all sleeping and I am wide awake and all the tiredness has disappeared. Some of it had to do with the fact that I was not going deep enough into meditation and clearing through. I feel like the space shuttle and I have now gotten through and landed. On the plane home I will be meditating which will help with the journey. Funny to think one week from today I will be in Taipei and about to embark on the journey back to the US then on Sunday night I land in New York and then Monday I return home. If you have an appointment to see me rest assured I will be there. I have booked myself Thursday off in case I get tired but do not think this will be. I will probably need time to unpack and do laundry. I did not get really nay shopping in. Too busy doing nothing at the center.

I have learnt so much that I will probably talk about this trip for a long time to come. Insights that one gets from meditation are incredible and yet everything is always OK. I understand about my living in the future issue and you will probably find that I am much more laid back. I even got in a car fender bender in the cab and I was not shaken up. In the past I would have been shaken up tremendously as I would have gone back into the old memory of the previous accidents. Jumping over a path way no fear of tripping or falling... I notice because everytime I had to go over it earlier in the week I would be gripped with fear of falling.

Just think We get to see Master Yap in July to do level 5/6. It will be an incredible time of healing and letting go. I am so glad all of you will get the chance to be in the course or experience healing with him. If you are wanting one let me know early. And do not forget we see Chok in March to do level 1 and 2. I have my happy body on video as well as Tai Chi and now we also have a stretching sequence. I have no idea how the practice groups will look like. Where to start is the question. Fortunately I do need to know as it will happen as it is suppose to.

Last night I was a part of a level 1 training. MY(Master Yap) has done 4 hours with these three people. We are lucky to be sitting in. Paula I will be changing my level 1. It will be a great class as I will have other things to add in. Can not wait to show you. I do not think I will be able to see him teach the whole class as I leave on Saturday and they will not be finish but I have gotten some ideas on how to explain things in a very different way.

I am glad the practice group goes well it is such a great thing to do for ourselves. Thanks Paula for being there these next two weeks. I can not wait to see all of you. I hope to see more people taking level one classes and I look forward to the community becoming bigger together. If you know people who could benefit from a more peaceful life pass them the information for CFQ.

I still have one more shift, I need to make and it has not happened. There are many but it is a process that can not be rushed or pushed. MY is patient and always encouraging. I hope I can experience it before I leave. I am hopeful and pushing myself to go there. It does take certain amount of willingness.

I can see Grey's Anatomy on the TV here last years episodes. Subtitles on the TV so I can hear English. Most people speak English her and all the signs are in many languages. It is so comfortable. In the hotel I hear Roger Whitaker in the morning. You are so beautiful amongst others of his. This song I sang to Patrick when he was younger. I always took creative license and change and add words. Funny coincidence that happen.

Well I am going to stop and go back to the center I will try to upload some pictures not sure if It will work. 3pm here hope you are all sleeping well. A peaceful mind is no small gift.

Metta Dana

January 5,2007

2007-01-05T15:52:00.000-08:00

Hi all
Another dorian party(sp). A busy day of standing meditation. Master Yap is teaching a level 1 class to some people and we are getting to sit in on it. It is wonderful to experience how he teaches in a small group. Very unique and I look forward to intergrating some of this into my next class Janauary 22. We also did the Friday night meditation practice group. There is suppose to be a rain cyclone coming this weekend. Should be an interesting weather situation. Made it shopping for a few things for Patrick. Hope to get to the night bazar to pick up some more things. Prices are very cheap for local stuff and expensive for others. At the bazar you can get many copies of other stuff. I hope to get some silk scarfs and maybe a shirt or two.

What I have learned and experienced here I will be learning and drawing on for a very long time. I have keep a journal of some of meditation and what I expereince. Too much to type in here. As you do more of this meditation your body evens begins to change shape as you release memories from the body. Really interesting to see as some of the people have been here for a while and it has been since last summer that I saw some of them and I can see the difference in their body shape. They personally feel much better as well. They have expereinced healing on the physical level as well.

Off to bed it is midnight and I need to get some sleep before morning. Metta Dana

January 3, 2007

2007-01-03T22:00:00.000-08:00

Hi All. Missed a day or two as I was very tired and could not once again get on the interent. I use a wireless internet and sometimes there are not any networks available. Yesterday we had a full day of movements. The new goal for us is to get to 1000 grounding chi. I am at 300 so I have a ways to go. It turns our we are learning 9 movements of Tai chi although it looks like more. Tonight we will practise again for an hour in the night.

Last night we went to a movie. The one we wanted to go to was sold out so we went to another. Eagone (sp)The movie thereaters are nice and modern but they have squat toilets. I chose to wait until we got home. The movie had Malay and chinese subtitles. A unique array of people attended the movie from many religious backrounds and cultures all in peace. How nice.

We had a discussion of the body and how it holds fluid. That is is really only a container. How there are cross points and how we are born with some things preset. The most interesting discussion for me is always around memories. Master Yap explains that we all have memories in our body and that these have settled in the body. When we go in for meditation it is allows these memories to clear through our body in a physical way. Every thought has a corresponding response in the body. Happy thoughts and unhappy thoughts each has a corresponding effect of either opening up or closing the body. With meditation we use it as a way to give our minds a rest. Also to recall events over and over in our minds particulaly if they are unhappy is to create more suffereing in our bodies. Easier said then done. this hardness is what gives cause ty to compacted bodies. compacted bodies end up with health issues.Humans have a tendancy to recount events in life over and over again. Good or not so good. This is hard on our bodies. This hardening effect creates hardness in our body. With qigong we meditate in a unique way. We go into the body as oppose to disassociate from the body.
Have a great first day back to work.

January 1, 2007

2007-01-01T08:42:00.000-08:00

Hi all
Thanks for the comments I enjoy reading them as much as you enjoy reading my blog.
I was late getting up this morning. The fire works went on for many hours into the night. As usual we leave the hotel at 9:30 to go the cfq training clinic.

New visitors arrived today Sharon from Ireland and Andrea from Canada. Off we went for another trip to introduce them to Dorian(sp) fruit. Quite filling it is and has many interesting effects on the body..... It is suppose to be filled with healthy minerals.

Tonight Master Yap taughts us some Tai Chi (16movment) that was really neat for me. It was the same form I had studied years ago in the early 90's in the US. I decided it was to long for my rehabilitation clients at that time. I then signed up for to learn qigong in the US when someone showed me cfq qigong. I was hooked. After doing Tai Chi for an hour we participated in the Monday night practice group from 9-10pm. It was very powerful and I was thinking of all of you in Halifax about to resume practice group on Thursday night. Remember to stay out of your thoughts and give yourself a break of no thinking. I will be working on my walking meditation so that I can use my walks to work for a more meditative practice. The clarity that qigong promotes is so very beneficial in every aspect of our lives.

The interent is working much better I have a low signal here in the hotel but it is enough to allow me to answer email and post on this blog site.

It is late so I will sign off 12:51am so I am once again a day ahead of you all. Hope you had a wonderful holiday. Metta and Blessings Dana

Happy New Year

2006-12-31T08:13:00.000-08:00

Hi all and Happy New Year.

There is alot of festivites going on here. Outside my window there are firework going off, horns beeping and people singing and dancing. I am 12 hours ahead in time.

We had a nice dinner and conversation. Lots of fun. Tomorrow it is back to work and learning. There is so much to learn and it is a real gift to be here learning from Master Yap.
I will have so much to share when I get back.

The people here are so friendly and almost all speak english.
Now if I can get some sleep 6am will come quickly.

Enjoy your holiday! blessings Dana

December 30,2007 9:53am

2006-12-30T17:52:00.000-08:00

Wow I have gotten on the internet. Thanks for the well wishes from all of you. I hope I will be able to post daily. I can not get on my webmail from here but for some reason I can get on this blog site. If need to reach me do so through here or phone me by cell phone. I am off to the center for the day. Have a Happy New year! Blessings to all Dana

December 30,2006

2006-12-30T17:50:00.001-08:00

December 30, 2006
A busy day of meditating and movements. I arrive at 10 am in the morning and the waiting room usually has people waiting for Sifu. I will do some movements and then have a healing. These can be very profound and bring up a lot of stuff (referred to as Karma or memories) Then I spend the rest of my time meditating and doing movements. Lunch and supper is usually at the Hawker stands. These are very close to the center. Beautiful food made fresh daily. You can buy fresh fruit on the corner just as we would buy ice cream. My favorite is Jack fruit. Google that for Patrick. I know he would like it as it is very sweet tasting. Speaking of which some fast food restaurants are here. I have been to Starbuck and seen Baskin Robbins. I will go to the mall and shop for some presents for on my way back home. Did you know Patrick that Hot Wheels are made here? I saw a note in the paper congratulating Mattel for 25 years of business here in Malaysia. There is a big mall a little ways from the center that I will go to one day and see what I can find.
The phone card I got did not work; neither did Rene’s as there does not seem to be any phone lines available to Canada. Thanks for setting up the cell phone package. At least we can chat at bit.
Unfortunately folks I can not get on my web mail at all. I get in and then it disappears. I can see messages but can not access them to answer any. I trust all is well with all of you. I will keep trying daily and I am sure one of these days it will be available.
On New Years Eve we will be at Rene’s so I can webcam you from there as his internet worked for me on messenger. So until New Years Eve talk and see you then. Be well and Happy.
No doubt many of you will be partying. I will be 12 hours ahead of you in ringing in the New Year. I wish you all the best!

December 29,2006

2006-12-30T17:48:00.000-08:00

December 29, 2006

Well today was eventful for me. Master Yap does a meditation workshop on Friday nights. It was great to be a part of the workshop. Today I had one healing and three or four hours of meditation. It is neat how all that he teaches you does take place in it own time with you. It was a profound day for me.

For lunch we went to the famous hawker stands and had some of the local favorites of food. It was great and I enjoyed it very much. In the evening we went to eat (sp) durian fruit. This is a tradition here and it is very different fruit with a different taste that is sweet and gooey like toffee. I also had some Jack fruit and another two fruits which I can not spell to share with you. All wonderful. It all reminds me of when I lived in Seattle Washington and all the fruit was so fresh in comparison to what we are used to at home. The taste is wonderful. I drink guava juice which I have not had since I live in Seattle and had it daily there.

Unfortunately the internet is down in the area due to the earthquake in Taiwan. The cable to the US broke during the earthquake and email and phone is very slow or not at all. I have texted message you a couple of times Francis but I think you did not get the text as I did not get a response from you. I have gone to internet café’s and could not get on the internet. I am typing this in my room at 4am as I got up in the off chance I might get through but no avail. I will keep typing these entries and keep them on the drive you set me up with and try the different internet café’s to see if I can get on. I can not even get a website or web mail. I am a little frustrated with this. It will not change until they get the lines fixed and that may take a while. Tomorrow I will buy a phone card to call home and let you know I am well and happy.

The pace is the usual and is like June all over again. Early mornings and late nights. It is 4am and I am wide awake with no fatigue or tiredness. Maybe it will hit me eventually. I did not experience any jet lag.

There are two people who have been here for a while. Rene from Canadian and Simon from the UK. On the 31st two more people arrive from Ireland and later in the week I hear some folks from Sri Lanka arrive. Heidi is to arrive on Jan 2. Sifu’s place is a busy place with people coming in regularly for treatments. He is a busy man that is for sure.

Penang

2006-12-28T06:37:00.000-08:00

Hi all
I am here in Penang. the flight was very long and I had a great neck pillow that made it bearable. There is a 12 hour time difference. I am writing this at 10:39pm Dec 28. I went over th date line and am now a day ahead. It is great to see Master Yap and get down to the business of doing nothing. Hotel is great and weather is hot. I am off to bed and trying to get into a new time zone. good night Dana

New York/New York

2006-12-26T16:59:00.000-08:00

Well it is 9pm and I am sitting in the airport waiting for the plane. It leave at 10:10pm New York time an hour later our time. It is way past my bedtime and I will be taking my contacts out shortly if not they will be stuck to my eyes. It is very busy here and this is the area where all international flights take off from. There are many languages being spoken and many tired little children. It took me a while to find this terminal. It is amazing how staff can give you totally different directions and all work in the same place. Treated myself to a reflexology treatment and the lady was from Kula Lampur, Malaysia. That was pretty neat. That was a great treat. Well I have read everything I own so far in magazine and left them for others to enjoy on the plane. There are many electronic devises that are on the go here. It is really neat as you look around. I answered some email from here and I am not sure if they went through. Good night all.

Early morning

2006-12-26T01:38:00.000-08:00

Well the time differerence according to Chok will not be difficult for me either way as I am up so early and to bed just as early. I think I have gotten everything done on my to do list. Some I handed off - thank you all for your help. The morning will fly by and my next stop after I get through customs will be JFK New York. It has been a busy Christmas seeing family and friends. I do not feel like I will miss any of the parties or food. We managed to get it all in before the holiday. I will miss Patrick and Francis and we will webcam daily - provided I can remember the details on how to do this and of course text message back and forth. My flight leaves at 2:10 but I must be there 3 hours before for an international flight...must be so that I can spend my money in the terminal while I am bored waiting..just kidding I know security takes a while. Got lots to read, sudoku to do and music to listen to. Weather will be rain so that should be fine. All will be well. Cheers

Packing

2006-12-24T08:12:00.000-08:00

Well I am rounding up the light suitcases..haha. I am always challenged when I am packing. I have a two page list I got from a website (travelsmith.com and packinglight.com) and have no idea how this and all the books I am bring to Master Yap are going to fit. However after reading the packing directions on these sites I was amazed. Now I hope to be under the weight restrictions. I am thankful I will not have to pick up my bags again until I arrive in Penang. Next log on will be from JFK while I await for the next leg of the trip. Have a great holiday everyone. May you be well and happy. Dana