What I’m Doing Now

Qigong Teacher Certification

I recently qualified as a Small Universe (also known as the Healer’s Path) qigong teacher.

After taking up qigong in 2021, I started a qigong teacher certification course last summer. I wanted to know what the purpose of each exercise was and how to put together a session. I found that having to follow a video session was preventing me from being present with what was happening inside my body, which was one of the reasons I took up qigong. I also wanted to learn why I was doing different exercises.

I enjoyed it a lot and found a lot of benefit in going through this program to deepen my practice, so I’m planning to do the Inner Fire (also known as the Warrior’s Path) qigong teacher certification next year.

Backyard Bird Log

I recently started keeping a log of the birds I see in and around our backyard. And when I say “backyard”, I mean that literally: I’m only logging the birds I see from our home or garden (so not while on a walk or hike). Over the last four years I’ve been able to identify a total of 31 different bird species in our garden. While most days we get around 11 different bird species visiting, some days it’s as many as 14.

I’m keeping this log for several reasons:

1. It makes me happy (and it’s not just me).

2. As a way to better know the land we live on and its biodiversity.

3. To keep a history of the biodiversity of our garden and to spot patterns (and when those patterns don’t apply). Right now I’m only logging birds, but I have plans to start logging our backyard butterflies and wildflowers next.

Linking My Thinking and Developing my PKM System

(PKM stands for Personal Knowledge Management)

I’m halfway through my 6th Linking Your Thinking workshop. Although I’ve learned something new during each workshop, this one has been explosive. Not only am I honing my Obsidian setup to make it even more tailored to me, I’m learning a lot about observability, visual thinking and collaborative note-making. But the greatest difference is how much fun I’m having this time around!

One of my first visual notes

This is a now page. If my activities or priorities change, I’ll update it.

Last updated: September 27, 2024, from my home in Andorra