I work in my garden just about every day, but that’s coming to an end soon; as the Florida Sun is getting too hot, and it’s frying up all my leaves. Soon the rains will show up and then off to another Season!
Today I got a break from the rain, so I cleared up my garden, Reaped and Planted some more herbs and seeds.
I love being out there in the Sun with all the greenery; smelling every herb and blossom! It is so healing to my Soul. Fingers and toes in the Soil. I think it’s one of the things that keeps me feeling Vibrant and Lively on a daily basis.
I till the soil, plant seeds, watch them grow, water and prune, then I reap the benefits of my labor! Fresh Tasty Organic Foods to sustain and nurture my Temple.
The secret is not so much what’s growing in my garden, it’s how I work my garden, that gives me Vitality and Power!
The way I tend my garden, is the same way I live my life; according to the Principles of Qi Gong.
Qi Gong can be applied anywhere and everywhere, and once you are a Master of Qi Gong, your everyday life is inseparable from the actual practice of Qi Gong.
Let me see if I can “Rub This Right Down to gravy,” for you, regarding my Garden Qi Gong.
My garden is not like any other garden you will ever see anywhere in Miami, or the rest of the United States, for that matter!
It’s Beautiful, small and practical, more like a household garden you would find in China.
Right outside my kitchen door and down a few steps, is my garden. I can season my lamb chops, take two steps and grab a sprig of Rosemary to top it off!
The climate in Miami will let you grow anything, but what I grow I eat; no traveling involved
I have some wonderful tomato vines that gift me bright red and yellow fruits daily.
I’ve got the darkest leafiest greens you will ever see and Zucchini that will grow longer than my forearm!
Row and rows of the spiciest chilies you will ever find on the planet; and a wide variety of fresh herbs that are used for both flavor and healing.
Above all this, grows a passion fruit vine twisting far up into a tree. I have to wait for those to fall, but fall they do; and what a treat they are when they come tumbling down! Manna from Heaven!
At the end of my Garden of Eden, sits a Magnificent Shady Mango tree that produces large, succulent delicious, yellow mangos; and as the veggies begin to wilt and disappear, the fruits are being perfected.
By the end of June I’ll be barefoot, eating juicy mangos and pineapples! I normally make Mango Lassi with the surplus! Yum!
The backyard is a Special Oasis where I do my daily practice. There are about twenty banana trees that came up like weeds, after I planted the first one.
All my Energy Practices are paying off in a big way! The Qi that is returned to me from the earth is Powerful Medicine!
Consider these things on an Energetic Level.
In the opening exercise of the Recharging Qi Gong
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You pull the Energy up from the Earth and down from the Heavens.
When I visualize pulling Energy up from the earth, I see all the treasures of Vitality and Abundance coming to me like the valuable minerals and vitamins stored in my greens, that will keep my bones strong and my blood rich with oxygen.
Pulling down the Energy of the Heavens, I see all the gifts of grace and wonder coming to me like those rare fruits that fall from the highest branches on breezy days.
When I am working in my garden I make consideration of my practice as a Warrior and Healer Priest.
When I weed the garden, I visualize pulling out the toxins and stale energy from my patients.
When I compost waste into my garden I see all my unwanted tension being grounded up and returned to me, as nourishment; to make all my dreams and aspirations a reality.
While Planting new crops in my garden, I am also sowing something into me. The desire to grow and become much more than what I already have.
This is what it takes to make the ordinary Extraordinary! I have learnt long ago, that by dedicating your actions you bring power to them.
The same is true in Qi Gong.
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find a way to dedicate it and the benefits will increase exponentially!
Wishing you Health, Wealth & Happiness!
Dr. Wu Dhi
Sherwood S. Swartz AP, MMQ.
