by Dani Riggs | Oct 22, 2012 | Jungian Therapy
Each of us contains the opposite. Perhaps, as in the I Ching, complement is a better word then opposite. Each man has elements of The Feminine inside and each woman has elements of The Masculine. We each express our own individual blend of these principles. I...
by Dani Riggs | Oct 22, 2012 | Tai Chi
September was an amazing month for me. It was so good to have Sifu Fong Ha on island. There is always so much to learn from him. He continues to focus on the development of awareness and sensitivity. Encouraging us to find our balance and refine our sense of...
by Dani Riggs | Sep 3, 2012 | Tai Chi
It is an exciting month coming up. Sifu Fong Ha will be on island starting on the September 17th for about ten days. That means there will be daily Tai Chi and Chi Kung practice at Kamaole 3 from 6:00-9:00 AM and from 6:00 PM to sunset. He will also be teaching a one...
by Dani Riggs | Jul 25, 2012 | Jungian Therapy
If we are using dreams as a way of paying attention to the unconscious one of the difficulties we may face is remembering our dreams. The memory centers in the brain are, in brain distances, fairly remote from the brain areas that are most active when we dream. It...
by Dani Riggs | Jul 25, 2012 | Tai Chi
Every Tai Chi practitioner should have a copy of Yang Chengfu’s Ten Essential Points. Yang Chengfu was one of the best known teachers of Tai Chi. He was the grandson of Yang Lu-chan and was known for smoothing out the form. One of his most important writings is The...
by Dani Riggs | Jun 28, 2012 | Tai Chi
There are many reasons why anyone of us might choose to take up the practice of Tai Chi. I think many of the best reasons lay in our contemporary life style and life choices. We are told that multitasking is a good thing, the way we should approach our every...
by Dani Riggs | Jun 28, 2012 | Jungian Therapy
Each of us experiences the world from the point of view of our own egos. We have a perspective on our lives and the lives of others based on how we see ourselves in the world. This is not a bad thing. We need an ego to orient ourselves and to act as a cohesive element...
by Dani Riggs | May 30, 2012 | Jungian Therapy
Each of us dreams about four or five times a night. Of course, many of these dreams go unremembered. Some people never remember their dreams. Most people do remember some dreams but they do not stay with them very long. Dreams start to deteriorate in the memory very...
by Dani Riggs | May 30, 2012 | Tai Chi
I believe that there are three great secrets to learning in the Study of Tai Chi. In last months post I talked about the importance of finding a good teacher. The first secret to truly learning Tai Chi is to believe your teacher. A good teacher will tell you the truth...
by Dani Riggs | Apr 24, 2012 | Jungian Therapy
Starting any therapy can be difficult. Most of us would like to start when it feels like it is a sunny day out in the meadow and psychotherapy will be an easy thing to do. Usually when someone starts therapy it feels more like it is dark, cold and wet. It is just...
