It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0~Albert Einstein<\/em><\/p>\n “If the door shuts, do not go away. Be patient, even if every possibility seems closed. <\/em><\/p>\n The friend has secret ways known to no one else ~Rumi<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0The best way to predict the future is to create it ~ Harry Uhane Jim, Wise Secrets of Aloha<\/em><\/p>\n Until further notice, celebrate everything .<\/em><\/p>\n ~ Nick Good, Amazing Grace<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Aloha.\u00a0 Hello 2013.\u00a0 So long 2012.\u00a0 The Shift has come! Happy Qi! Happy Spring! Now what?<\/span><\/p>\n 2012:\u00a0 As I sat on a moonlit rock in the middle of the Pacific, listening to the songs of ocean waves, & pondering what to write, for Yang-Sheng\u2019s last issue of 2012, tsunami sirens & loudspeakers rudely interrupt, relentlessly ordering immediate evacuation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2013:\u00a0 As I sit on a sunlit rock, by the sacred waters of our dolphin friends, pondering what to write for Yang-Sheng\u2019s 1st<\/sup> issue of 2013, I get news that one of our QiGong students, a young man with his whole life ahead of him, has passed to another realm, never to return from an afternoon swim.<\/span><\/p>\n Here today, gone tomorrow. Here yesterday, gone today. NOW what? (Joyeux Noel, Jan 2012 Yang-Sheng)<\/span><\/p>\n Holy Shift! (Holy Shift, Dec 2011 Yang-Sheng) We happen to live, here on a rock named Hawaii, by a live volcano. Pele\u2019s red glow is often visible from our lava back yard.\u00a0 Her lessons are wordless.<\/span><\/p>\n 2012 was a \u201cPele\u201d year for many. In our practice, people came daily with stories of how their lives, relationships, finances & more, were no more, in the red hot glow of Pele\u2019s path, often overnight never to be the same again.<\/span><\/p>\n While Pele seemingly destroys whatever\u2019s in her way, she\u2019s continually giving Birth to new earth.\u00a0 Her flow comes & goes, out of our human control. Whenever there\u2019s an obstacle, Pele simply goes around, or rises higher, unstoppable.<\/span><\/p>\n Perhaps 2013 is about the Birthing of something far bigger than just another New Year. Grandmaster Dr Effie Chow, shares with masters from around the world, how this Shift, is a Birthing process, for Mother Earth, for ourselves, & for our collective consciousness. (QiGongMasters.com) \u00a0For this Shift, Love, of course, is the most powerful healer of all.<\/span><\/p>\n Holy Shift, & Happy Qi! (Happy Qi, Sept\/Oct 2012 Yang-Sheng) \u00a0Cheers to new challenges, changes, & opportunities!\u00a0 Is it an OMG (oh my God!)\u00a0 time for you?\u00a0 Trust you\u2019re not alone.\u00a0 With the Shift upon us, I had this year, more than our usual, SOS holiday crisis calls, from families crack ups, to near death scares. \u00a0\u00a0 One young man, whom we\u2019ll call Ray, stands out.\u00a0 Known in the community for his gentle spirit, he unbuckled his seat belt, as a passenger in the backseat of a truck, to make room for another passenger.\u00a0 At that moment, the truck swerved, rolled off the road, & threw his body half out. He was left partially paralyzed with a fracture across his skull, 9 fractured ribs, & pain with every breath.<\/span><\/p>\n Barely over two weeks later, Ray was walking, smiling, & quietly caring for his own basic needs. He graced our community\u2019s Dec 21, 2012 celebration, with his glowing presence.\u00a0 How do people, like Ray, no matter what their circumstances, somehow keep glowing?<\/span><\/p>\n Coming to know Ray, has been awe inspiring, & at the same time humbling – to witness how he came to so embody, the wisdom of our Aunties, Uncles, kumu\u2019s, & \u201cmasters\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n 1-Practice Ho\u2019oponopono:<\/b> With self respect, take full responsibility for every aspect of your life.\u00a0 Trust that every challenge, every experience, every feeling, every so called \u201caccident\u201d is for your own \u201ccleaning\u201d\u2026 for the higher good of all.\u00a0 Meet each & every moment, no matter what, with \u201cI love you,\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThank You,\u201d & more Love<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 2-Be Present, in Gratitude: \u00a0<\/b>Regardless of your past or future stories, regardless of how comfortable or uncomfortable you may feel, be as fully present as possible, in gratitude, to whatever\u2019s unfolding, each breath, every breath, this moment, each moment, as a possible blessing in disguise.<\/span><\/p>\n 3-Breathe Aloha:<\/b>\u00a0 Make every breath, a conscious breath, of Aloha, as a way of life. The root words of the Aloha are \u201cAlo\u201d- presence, be with, share<\/b>; \u201cOha\u201d- love, affection, joy<\/b>, thrive<\/i>;<\/b> & \u201cHa\u201d – breath of life<\/b>. \u201cA\u201d also means to burn, sparkle, or shine<\/b>. Some kahuna\u2019s teach that the breath of Aloha is more powerful than any drug.\u00a0 In our practice, we find that it\u2019s also one of the simplest & most effective tools for dissolving pain.\u00a0 (Heart Qi, Mar\/April 2012, Yang-Sheng)<\/span><\/p>\n 4-Be true to yourself<\/b>:\u00a0 Use this sacred breath as a way to come know yourself, align with your maker, live your higher purpose,\u00a0 &\u00a0 be One with \u201cuniversal Qi.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Was powerful to watch Ray transmute his pains, both inner & outer, via the Breath, into a presence of Aloha, no one could deny.<\/span><\/p>\n 5-Connect, Connect, Connect: <\/b>\u00a0with your Ohana, your \u201ctribe,\u201d Mother Nature, & Yourself.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0 Gather \u2013 sing, dance, talk story, eat, & pray together. Studies document that friendship, relationship, connectivity, & Happiness; have a greater impact on health & success, than age, education, ethnicity, gender, or wealth!\u00a0 Ray\u2019s ohana absolutely loves him. Who wouldn\u2019t? (Real Food, July\/Aug 2012 Yang-Sheng)<\/span><\/p>\n 6-Make Love & Dream BIG: <\/b>Dream a bigger story than yours, one that makes you truly 7-Good Tidings for ALL: \u00a0<\/b>Dr Chow teaches how vital it is for us to focus on, & share good news. We can demonstrate via kinesiology, how focusing on the positive, not only effects your own energy, but the energy of ALL those around you as well, as we\u2019re all One \u2013 one heart, one love, one BIG dream.<\/span><\/p>\n So Yes – We wept over the loss of our Qi bro.\u00a0 One door shuts.\u00a0 Another opens. What are the blessings in disguise?\u00a0 What is it time to say YES to?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Our late Qi bro loved dancing, & good news is that Ray got a chance to dance last night! The BIG good news; however here in Hawaii, besides this year\u2019s bumper crop of coffee after years of devastating droughts & coffee beetles, is that our BEES are coming back!\u00a0 Our beekeeper friend\u2019s hives have grown from one to over 70, in months, \u201cThe bees have figured it out for themselves. There\u2019s nothing we have to do<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Wait! There\u2019s nothing we have to do?<\/i>!! Does that Daoist stuff really work? \u00a0<\/i>Remembering my labor pains, home birthing my 4 children – The more deeply I relaxed, let go triggers as they came up about the past or future, trusted the love & support of those around me;\u00a0 & simply did my best to stay in the present moment, focused on each breath, doing nothing<\/i> \u2013 there was amazingly no <\/i>pain \u2026 contractions Yes, pain No.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n No one questions that we\u2019re being measurably affected by solar, heaven, & earth changes. (Yin Yang of Solar Flares, May\/June 2012, Yang-Sheng) On some level, we\u2019re all being \u201crewired\u201d for Birth.\u00a0 For many, what we used to know worked, works no longer. As a physician, I\u2019m accustomed to attending continuing medical education courses, full of evidence based studies, required to scientifically document the efficacy of new treatments & protocols.\u00a0 My surfer friends would laugh. The Shift has come. The waves are coming in, & keep coming. Is this a time for more books, courses or studies? \u00a0\u00a0Time to ride the wave, NOW, or \u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ray didn\u2019t have the time, luxury, or means, to spend $ thousands on training &\/or treatments.\u00a0 In an innocent instant, his life was changed forever. With the simple love & universal wisdom, of ordinary Aunties, Uncles, & his community, Ray\u2019s becoming a \u201cmaster.\u201d By his very presence, Ray affects those around him.<\/span><\/p>\n Unlike Ray, with all my Ivy League degrees, awards, certifications, etc; I must confess that my life isn\u2019t exactly where I expected it to be, & I\u2019m not quite sure exactly where I\u2019m going, the way I used to be. In contrast, Ray simply wanted to dance, & he has what some would call a miracle.\u00a0 Angels must be laughing.<\/span><\/p>\n Thanks to \u201cordinary\u201d people like Ray, Aunties, Uncles, Pele, & my children, as my extra-ordinary teachers – I\u2019m learning to trust the tsunami sirens, inescapable losses, tears & fears, as part of the Birthing process \u2013 yours, mine, ours.\u00a0\u00a0 For proud mothers & fathers, their babies are always born beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0A longtime family friend, an obstetrician, with the demeanor of the Laughing Buddha, used to say \u201cNo matter the labor pains, no matter anyone\u2019s plans, nothing can stop a baby ready to be born!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Here in largely off grid rural Hawaii, where jobs are a laugh, & \u201chardship\u201d welfare food stamps the norm, I\u2019m grateful to discover people like Ray, who, when the rubber hits the road, choose to live the \u201cprime directive\u201d of Aloha, that no matter what, to \u201cconsciously manifest life joyously in the present,” & birth that mysterious, contagious, glow, of wordless peace & joy, again & again & again<\/span><\/p>\n So long 2012. Hello 2013.\u00a0 Back to Now – In the words of Angel QiGong, Nick Good, & spirit of Kahuna Harry Uhane Jim, it\u2019s time to \u201cGet your \u2026 together! Love more, think less. Breath more, think less. Vison more, think less. Time to love like you have never loved before.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Mahalo Ray. Mahalo angels. Happy Birth to all, & Blessed Be.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n RE: \u201cHeart Qi & the Heart of Healing: Qigong for the Prevention & Treatment of Cardiac Disease,\u201d Cardiac Illness \u2013 Integrative Treatment & Prevention, Edited by Frishman MD, Weintraub MD, & Micozzi MD, 2004<\/span><\/p>\n![\"hole](\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hole-pic-1.png\")
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<\/a> Happy,\u00a0 fueled by Aloha. With compassion, make every breath making Love, or Aloha.\u00a0 Love births creation. 2013 is the time to live for your big dreams, & simply trust the birthing process. Ray\u2019s dream was simply to dance again, ASAP.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"mother](\"http:\/\/yang-sheng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mother-earth.jpg\")
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<\/a>Nadia Linda Hole MD <\/b>is a Qigong practitioner, teacher, & pioneer, with degrees from Princeton, Duke, & Oneness Universities. She has served on the faculties of the American Holistic Medical Association, American Academy of\u00a0 Pain Management, & World Congress on QiGong; as a contributing author of chapters on Qigong & KHT Koryo Hand .\u00a0 Therapy, for Pain Management, Neurology, & Cardiology, complementary medicine textbooks; as consulting editor for landmark textbook, Chinese Medical Qigong; & is presently co-founder of a Free Distance Healing Qi Project. Besides dancing, dolphins, healing in the way of Love; & the practical science of \u201cmiracles,\u201d Dr Hole\u2019s passion is bringing a more heart centered, Qi approach, to medicine. www.AlohaMD.com<\/span><\/p>\n