Walk the 8 Fold Path
Online Meditations
Welcome ~ your heart and my heart are very old friends.
This meditation is an excerpt from The Ecstasy of Practice Audiobook. The healing meditation includes three traditional practices: a breathing experience, a classic meditation and guided imagery exercise, culminating with the Blue Medicine Buddha mantra. In just seven minutes enter into deep calm, insight and peace.
"At Home" Inner Arts Resources
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Maha Bhanda (1).pdf
The Garden
where nature meets nurture and the season reveals its meaning
In the Light of Summer
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere invites us into a season of light, warmth, and generous expansion. The days stretch wide and bright, encouraging us to open in the same way.
When we attune to the natural rhythms of summer, we feel the rising shimmer of energy in the body, the quiet fullness in the breath, and the call to live with more radiance.
This is a time to soften the edges, move with fluidity, and allow the heart be expressive. By aligning with the season, we remember that growth is not hurried. It is a natural unfolding that happens when we allow ourselves to be warmed, nourished, and held by the living world around us.
Enjoy Flourish Qi Video this summer below.
Two Seasons One Earth
The Earth holds a beautiful balance between North and South, a quiet harmony of opposite seasons unfolding at the same time. While the Northern Hemisphere moves into the bright fullness of summer, the Southern Hemisphere is settling into the contemplative depth of winter.
This polarity is part of the planet’s natural rhythm, a living reminder that growth and rest are always in relationship. When we recognize this, we enter a space of curiosity and wonder, sensing how each season supports the other and how our own inner cycles are shaped by this wider dance.
The Garden now offers this summer page for the Northern Hemisphere and another winter page for the Southern Hemisphere, inviting us to read both, feeling our connection with friends around the world.
Summer Migrations
In the Summer Season, we follow the migrationsof birds, animals, and mammals to reconnect with our own travels, nomadic instincts, and the inner wayfinding that shapes our movement.
The Bird of Long Light
Arctic terns travel farther than any other animal, crossing from pole to pole and returning to the Northern Hemisphere for the brief, radiant season of summer. They nest in the wide light of the Arctic, moving with a clarity shaped by wind, instinct, and the long arc of the sun.
The tern carries the symbolism of direction, devotion, and the ability to follow a path that spans great distances. It reflects a trust in inner navigation and the grace of moving between worlds while staying true to one’s own rhythm.
I follow the quiet compass within.
I move with clarity and light.
Arctic Tern
The Keeper of Ancient Return
Sea turtles come to Northern Hemisphere shores in summer, guided by moonlight, tides, and an ancient memory held deep in the body. They return to the beaches where they were born, moving through warm currents toward the place that shaped their beginning.
The turtle carries the symbolism of endurance, origin, and the slow wisdom of cycles that repeat across generations. They remind us that return can be a form of strength and the body remembers.
I honor the places that formed me.
I move with patience and steady knowing.
Sea Turtles
The Traveler of Northern Ground
Caribou migrate across the northern tundra as summer arrives, moving in vast herds toward calving grounds where nourishment is abundant and the land opens into wide, bright space. Their journey is one of protection, rhythm, and the shared intelligence of moving together.
Caribou carry the symbolism of community, perseverance, and the strength found in collective movement. They reflect the truth that some paths are meant to be traveled side by side and that resilience grows when we move in connection.
I walk with those who support my path.
I find strength in shared movement.
Caribou
Summer Flower Journey
The Sunflower Journey guides us to seek what nourishes
and to share our radiant light with the world.
This Flourish Qi Flow invites circular movement through the body, opening the pathways of giving and receiving, and expanding you gently and radiantly into the bright, rising energy of summer.
Enter the Conservatory
for a full collection of summer wellness
The Summer Conservatory
Yoga Sun Salutations, Grace Yoga, Tibetan Five Rites Yoga, Evening Yoga,Yin Yoga for the Heart, Yin Yoga for the Kidneys
QiFlow Flourish Qi & Grateful Heart Qi
Guided Imagery Blue Lotus
Flower Journeys Cosmos & Rose
Meditations Magnificence, Evening Sleep, Loving Kindness, Balance Breathing
Ayurvedic & Chinese Medicine
The Summer Conservatory has a new, simple format, a one time payment of $33 that opens a bright doorway into summer’s practices, held for the season through the end of August.