The Vital Force Archive

Nancy Rolph-Johnson's rhyming verse runs through all nineteen movements and the pose in order, from Rocking Motion to Passing Clouds, ending with an invitation to Tuesday's ten o'clock class.

Eliza Fulton hosts Carmen Brocklehurst's fall refinement workshop, where participants find Rocking Motion and Push Pull to be lessons in letting go and in receiving love, followed by Pyramid Poems on Chi.

Pyramid poems by Leya Cragin, Veronica Fleming, Brock, Jerry G., Larry Saun, Corine, Joyce Veerkamp and Donovan on Rocking Motion, Bird Flaps Its Wings, Bass Drum and Around the Platter.

Pyramid poems from Kay Smith, Judy Hendricks, Bo Waddell, Caroline Guilott, Mary Ruiz and others on nightly Nei Kung and sleep, followed by classroom mishaps from Sharon Sirkis and Dee Burton.

An excerpt from Justin Stone's Meditation for Healing gives the four bedtime affirmations of the Nei Kung and the healing heat that follows, followed by pyramid poems from fourteen practitioners.

Pyramid poems on silence and on Justin Stone from Jeneth Rundle, Joyce Veerkamp and others, plus Sharon Sirkis on a student hearing "sushi" in the Six Healing Sounds and Terry Slaney on volunteering at a cancer resource center.

Ten reader-submitted pyramid poems on silence, from Bo in Atlanta, Tudor Oprea, Pete Gregory, Barbara Dinehart and others, hearing the first silent note, windless water and the heart's song.

Pam Towne collects pyramid poems written at a retreat, including a set composed after Justin Stone's visit that praises his paintings, his handshake and the chi students felt in his presence.

Ten pyramid poems from Dianne Moody, Jim Shorr, Nancy Little and others on letting go and chi, followed by five of Sharon Sirkis's funniest moments teaching at an MS day group and a retirement home.

Peter Gregory plays carnival barker, pitching chi as free renewable energy with no pills or ruby slippers required, then steps the reader into Rocking Motion and quotes Justin Stone's Spiritual Odyssey.