Your Body Is the Gateway. Your Presence Is the Path.
We often speak of returning to ourselves. But what if that return isnât something you have to reach for?
What if itâs already happeningâquietly, within you?
The body often remembers things the mind forgets. The field continues pulsing, even when we feel distant.
And presence always waits, just beneath the surface of sensation.
Long before I began teaching, I was on a quiet journey of remembering.
As a boy, I worked with my hands in the soil. I knew the Earth not through theory, but through touch.
Later, I lived in the world of numbers and logic. I was successfulâand I had gone silent inside.
That silence began to shift when I returned to nature.
At the Southwest Sanctuary in Santa Fe, I didnât just walk the landâI listened with my body.
I planted trees not as a project, but as a prayer.
Each tree was a whisper:
You are home in your body. You are home on this Earth.
It wasnât dramatic. But it was real.
What came alive in those moments wasnât a new techniqueâit was a remembering.
The Earth and the Body Remember Together
What I discovered had always been there. Beneath all the effort and analysis was something ancient and whole.
The body became my teacher. The Earth became my mirror.
Through sensation, rhythm, stillnessâI found my way back into relationship.
That return continues to deepen through Wisdom Healing Qigongânot as a method, but as a way of being.
Through sound, movement, and energetic presence, I began to feel again. Not just pain, but vitality. Not just emotion, but energy.
And that energy⊠is always available.
âWhen we return to the body, we return to truth. And from that truth, everything begins to heal.â – Master Mingtong Gu
What Happens When We Return?
You begin to trust sensation.
You soften into presence.
You remember what has always lived within you.
This return isnât something you must earn. It begins in a moment. With a hand on your heart. A walk through the trees. A quiet yes.
Where We’re Going
In the coming weeks, Iâll begin sharing several invitations to deepen this journey together:
- A live online gathering to reawaken your energy and reconnect with the field
- Opportunities to explore weekly teachings on these topics, with daily practice and community cultivation interwoven
- Retreats and sacred spaces designed for embodied integration and deep immersive time with me in person
These invitations are not obligations. They are opportunities.
Theyâre remindersâeach one a way to return more fully to what is already alive inside you.
An Invitation to Listen Differently
Step outside for a moment, if you can.
Let the air touch your skin. Let your feet feel the ground.
Let your awareness settle into something simple.
Notice whatâs alive around you. A tree. A cloud. The light.
And quietly say to yourself:
I belong to this Earth. I belong to this body.
Let understanding come in its own time. Let your sensing lead the way.
The path is already opening beneath your feet.
