Dear Friends,
How are you today? I hope your life is flowing smoothly for you. I know its not always smooth sailing. Life brings us a never ending tide of ebbs and flows that at times require us to be a master sailor! A gift no doubt, but often the learning curves can be intense and challenging. I know I have been in one for the past 12 months and as I look around me I can see many other fellow travellers are also facing master challenges.
I call them master challenges when they involve crisis of some kind. For me, it was my daughter's transition that made me set sail on a previously unknown path. I have been communicating regularly and sweetly with Belle over the past months.
Most recently she said, "mummy, from where I am it looks so beautiful on earth!" She showed me a world covered in lights (that's us!). "People everywhere are waking up to who they are! It might look a bit messy for a while, but don't be concerned. The crises people are experiencing are just the created opportunities to grow and evolve quickly".
She told me that what we have to do is surrender to the experiences we find ourselves in and we will grow expotentially. Its all about us remembering WHO WE ARE! As I witness people around me going through challenges, I can see that they are having to delve deep, plunge into themselves and retrieve their inner gold. This comes in the form of qualities they never knew they had. Courage, compassion, deep love, forgiveness and joy. These are the qualities of our true being! When we find these, we realise how unimportant the 'superficial' world really is! How important it is to be present, love one another and celebrate this life we share.
So, if crisis appears in your life, don't be afraid. Surrender to it and if you can, be grateful knowing that it has appeared in your world as a vehicle for your growth. I find the gratitude really helps. Even when I can't see why I would be grateful! It puts me in a position of openness and trust.
I have found this phrase from A Course in Miracles helpful. "I do not know my own best interests." My interpretation: When things look like **** and I can't understand why things are happening, this reminds me to surrender to the SELF that does know, even if I am not consciously aware of it in that moment.
If you are a student of Wu Tao you will know how much it helps the process of trust and surrender to what is. If you are new to Wu Tao, and haven't yet experienced it for yourself, I encourage you to learn the dances either with a teacher or with the DVD and see how much easier it makes your life journey! It really works!
I wonder what your experience of Wu Tao has been? I hope that it has been a support to you physically and spiritually. I would love to hear how Wu Tao has impacted on you so I have put together a short feedback survey which I would very much appreciate you taking 2 minutes to complete. I promise it won't take you longer than that! Here's the link. Wu Tao Feedback Survey Thank you for your feedback!
New York here we come!
Wu Tao opens in New York City in July! Steve and I will be there for a month offering classes and workshops in New York, Philadelphia and New Jersey! If you have friends or colleagues in the US please let them know we are coming by sharing this newsletter! If you are in the US and want to join us for a class, check out our schedule at Wu Tao US Tour or visit us at WuTaoNYCFacebook
We can't wait to be sharing Wu Tao with our friends in America and so looking forward to seeing the Big Apple!
Free Stuff
If you want to hear all about Wu Tao from (the horse's mouth so to speak) Here is an interview I did for Global Talk Radio last month. Gives a bit of an overview of what it is and how it works.
To celebrate our US tour and to thank you for your ongoing support of Wu Tao, I am giving you a free MP3 of the beautiful Tao Dance Music. Click here to download it. Tao Dance MP3 I know many of you have been waiting for the new CD which will have this music on it along with the stunning Surrender Dance music. While you are waiting for the CD, please enjoy this beautiful track by the very talented Steve Richter. I am sure you will enjoy it. If you know the dance, you will appreciate it for sure! The music and dances are also on the Surrender to Heart DVD which has the Tao and Surrender Dances along with the advanced versions of the Element Dances. (P.S. the MP3 download will only be available for a month so download it before it goes offline!).
If you are new to Wu Tao then the Beginners DVD Dancing the Elements may be better suited for you. You can purchase it here: Wu Tao Beginners DVD
Winter Warmers
Its winter here in Perth and quite lovely to enjoy some rain and wind! Winter is the ideal time to rest, rejuvenate and dream. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, its the season to nourish the Kidneys. The Kidneys house the Qi, life force energy and its important to build up and tone the Kidneys in Winter.
If you are on the East Coast and looking to nourish yourself during this time, check out this retreat with Diana Bonwick and Lisa Fabry Wu Tao Winter Retreat
Enjoy this gorgeous Qi Tonifying Chicken Soup
This is a soup I make regularly. You may have even seen it here before! Handed down from my Thai grandmother, it is warming, delicious and very easy to make. Chicken is a tonic for the Kidneys, while the onions, garlic and ginger are warming and pungent, helping to keep colds and viruses at bay. My family calls it,
This is a soup I make regularly. You may have even seen it here before! Handed down from my Thai grandmother, it is warming, delicious and very easy to make. Chicken is a tonic for the Kidneys, while the onions, garlic and ginger are warming and pungent, helping to keep colds and viruses at bay. My family calls it,
Tomato Chicken Rice....
1 whole Chicken, boiled and shredded (boil it until the chicken falls off the bone, in water with 1 onion cut in half, 1 Tbspn grated ginger and some soya sauce. Keep the stock.
Heat 2 tbns of olive oil in a large saucepan. Add 3 tbspns grated ginger, 4 cloves of chopped garlic and 8 spring onions. Add 1 - 11/2 L of stock (from chicken) or water, 1 can chopped tomatoes, splash of soya sauce or salt to taste and pepper. Add chicken. (If you didn't have time to boil a chicken, use 1 kg of diced chicken thighs). Simmer the soup for 15-20 minutes adding more water if necessary.
Serve the soup over steamed rice. Add fresh coriander and chilli to serve as desired.
Have a beautiful Month,
much love and healing to you,
Michelle
Wu Tao Dance
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