Jan Bull

We cannot make a seed sprout. All we can do is provide the right conditions: right amount of water, right amount of sun, some soil. ...

One piece of chocolate or one potato chip never seems enough, right?  Even if we think one yummy thing will be enough, it never seems to...

The Daoist prescription for fitness is to move just enough to keep our muscles fit, andmove blood, lymph and Qi (loosely "vital energy")....

We have within us a power that can push the organism to the actualization of all its potentialities. This is the essential vitality from...

I have struggled with the concept of "self-love" and held a deep misunderstanding that "self-love" is narcissistic and self-indulgent....

“Take what we love inside, to carry within us an orchard” ~ Li-Young Lee ~ We all have aspects of ourselves which challenge us. It could...

To be able to do anything in life requires energy, AKA "Qi". This blog and dives deeper into the nature of this vibrant energy within us...

When I was in Acupuncture school, my teacher, Heming Zhu, told us the story of Dong Feng's Apricot Forest and his philosophy of...

Are your hands always cold? Your feet? Or is your face red and you sweat a lot? You might tend towards one way or the other----but most...

"Our consciousness is limited by what we are willing to feel" ~Shakti Malan Many of us, ok probably most of us, have some difficult...

Hi there. Right now, just as you are, I invite you to try this 12 second exercise: Allow your eyes to close, settle into your chair a bit...

Is there one tree, or one flower more perfect than another? You are beautiful just as you are. ~Jan As we go through life, we acquire...

"This porridge is too hot! This porridge is too cold. But this porridge is just right." Goldilocks tried them all to find the right...

​​ I've been inspired to resend this reflective practice on re-framing a negative inner narrative, by a wonderful blog on the Law of...

What if menopause isn't just a sign of decline but actually the opportunity for us to bloom into the best time of life? My teacher, Kaiya...

Sleeping In The Forest - Mary Oliver I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her...

Are you sneezing and rubbing your itchy eyes? Is your nose running and your throat itchy? The pollen is thick on everything and I've...

No, I’d never been to this country before. No, I didn’t know where the roads would lead me. No, I didn’t intend to Turn back. ~Mary...

“The 3 months of spring Are called springing up and unfolding. Heaven and Earth together produce life, and the 10,000 beings are...

Where can we find the power and the peace in doing the “no-thing” (Dawna Furfaro-Strode) Scene 1: We awaken to the alarm and stumble to...