Author: pinklotuspolo

March 26, 2020 Which is okay.. I am barely bored enough to write it. Exactly 15 days into my personalized self- quarenteen. I started the count the day after I went to the gym and did cardio not touching or breathing with anyone. A couple days later, all the gyms in the world closed. That…

Mission Statement: To share an important health-style in our crazy modern world, build the bridge between the DQ and every horseman, to tie everything together and make it your own. 10/25/2016- Facing the Music #3 Here I am sitting on the precipice of this very weekend bringing me to the halfway point in receiving my…

Riding the Bronze Road: 9/27/16 RBR: 9/27/2016 : The Rebirth of a DQ Rico and I had very productive lessons for the past two days. It is a mini heat wave for us delicate coastal peoples, especially me who is depressed by even mild sunny weather. I was promptly at the barn at 8am to…

After just two rides Rizzo and I went to a Dressage Show, won our class and completed the 5th out of 6 rides I need to earn an achievement called the United States Dressage Federation Bronze Medal. It is something I first learned of at age 20, 15 years ago now… It has been a…

A Devasting Yet Cinematic Tragedy may 25 2019 I used to have a best friend who I experienced yoga with for the first time in the Annex of our local lighthouse. It has a wood burning stove and sits on jagged coastal rocks, no lifeguard on duty. Our pacific ocean can be very far from…

The year is passing by, the whole state of California is littered with wildfires and summer pathologies are in full swing. As mentioned in a previous post, each season is affiliated with an organ, element and emotion. The summer relates to the heart, fire and joy. Who doesn’t love summer?! Certainly beats the grief of…

Man Plus Tree = Harmony The legend goes a guy was in the woods and he rubbed his shoulder on a tree, found relief from pain and from that notion acupuncture evolved into what it is today. Ancient needles were made of bone, before man was working with metal. A notable acupuncture patient is Otzi…

Meet Yin Yang and the Zang Fu Perhaps the most foundational and universally dabbled in concepts in Tradition Chinese Medicine, also referred to as TCM, are: Yin Yang harmony versus disharmony and the Five Elements. These concepts are infinitely intertwined, much like the Yin Yang symbol which has another symbol held within the smaller circle…

  Cheers to all of us who have experienced the rush of victory and endured the consequence of calamity. Spent hours training, sweating, breaking skin and sometimes spirit. Time is both a friend and foe, as years of perseverance, sprout seeds of different skills, higher levels… Racing against repetitive use of our joints, memories embedded…