Author Archives: Jack

Why 9 is the best number of repetitions

That truck is HUGE! We are watching a video on creating stainless steel from iron ore. Our teacher said this video will help us to understand why a transformation happens after 9 repetitions of a qigong movement. The video begins with the mining of the raw ore.  That huge truck takes the iron ore to […]

Why being odd is best in your Qigong practice

You can also watch it on YouTube https://youtu.be/JsH7g4ks5mg Why are we at the playground? My teacher told me to be here. He is demonstrating an important Qigong concept: Why an odd number of repetitions is the best. Now to setup the demonstration.  We have: a teeter totter.  some bricks a rain gutter closed at both ends bottled […]

Why you should Breathe inside the Box

“Think outside the box!” This is a common suggestion for discovering creative and unexpected solutions to problems or challenges that you are having. However, my mindfulness teacher told me that some solutions are found by looking inside the box. Box Breathing is one of several deep breathing techniques that can be used to improve the […]

Karma Class – Canned Soup for the Food Bank

We held this Karma class at the end of January 2018. We collected 1,064 cans of Soup for the North Dartmouth Outreach resource centre Food Bank. Sunday January 27 at 2 pm Several people asked me when we are starting collecting cans of soup for the food bank. A few people have already started collecting […]

Building a Mountain of Milk

The North Dartmouth Outreach Resource Centre (NDORC) is food bank located in the north end of Dartmouth. They give out 250 cans of evaporated milk a month to each of their clients and their families. In mid November Sunrise Yoga asked their members bring cans of milk with them when they came to their yoga, […]