welcoming 2026 with

gratitude + practice

whoosh and it's a new year! wishing you and yours a 2026 filled with peace and grace.

i've always thought that every day is a good day to begin anew. quantifying time helps, though. so in this new year, do you have goals you're working on?

i'm working on responding instead of overreacting since it's a good idea to prevent the superficial world from pushing us around. internal practices help, see below for free intro classes to our taiji school. it takes so much practice.

and, hey - lookit cheeseball me in the neat photo by tipping point photography! this is our Prince cover band, No Kings, that we put together to help raise money to support abortion rights.

here's to doing what feels authentic and right. welcome, 2026!

free into to taiji classes for internal development

we believe that the great purpose of taiji is the great purpose of life itself – internal evolution. check out free intro classes at our school Taiji In Chicago. the stuff is deep, yo. jan 11 + 15

then you could join our 12-week Beginner Series, Jan 18 - April 9, join by Feb 1

learn more + rsvp

deeply relaxing yoga nidra

sunday jan 11

join me for an hour of gentle yoga and conscious relaxation (yoga nidra) at the yoga seed, sunday, jan 11, 6-7pm. break it down and peace out. no experience needed.

yoga nidra teacher training

my first yoga nidra teacher training since i started nursing school. i'm very excited to teach this again! join me at the yoga seed, a lovely independently owned studio in chicago.

yoga nidra is a powerful practice of relaxing the body and the outer mind to access deeper layers of being. i've been passionate about yoga nidra for almost 20 years and have lead several teacher trainings.

i hope this training helps others help others. march 6-15

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buy me a cuppa chai?

i'm working very hard putting together EVOLUTION: Asian American Arts Festival. Asian American Arts Chicago, AAAC, is the not-for-profit 501c3 group that i run.

would you buy me a cuppa chai? if that answer is "OF COURSE MIA WE WOULD CHAI" then please consider donating $8 or more. any tax-deductable donation you make helps me and our group. thanks so much!

here's your chai, mia