Practicing mindfulness on a disc golf course

In Halifax County, Virginia, we are fortunate to have a great and well-maintained disc golf course at Edmunds’ Park. I’m very fortunate to have a 91-year-old Grand Legend World Champion teaching me the game. I found that disc golf is every bit as fun and frustrating as regular golf. I had many misconceptions before starting […]

AppleScript Automation

You may have reached this site from my other life at Automated Workflows and Scripting Matters where the specialty was/is publishing automation chiefly using AppleScript. Although I’m not actively seeking any new clients, I’m still open to more projects if the fit works for us both. I have some long-time clients maintaining and enhance automation […]

A poem for Alice

How could we loseBoth the sun and the moon The cool summer rainWinter day still River’s calm whisperIn the flow of the daoCrane’s graceful wingsTortoise gaze within Bereft in our sighsLungs thicken with painWe want to ask whyWhy, oh why, this one Vase suddenly shatteredIn clamor, in hasteThen earthquakes and thunderChaos takes reins Yet somehow kind […]

A life of kindness and hope: In memory of Alice Rhett

We all mourn when we lose leaders in our community—people prominent in government, church, business and other areas of life. Sometimes, we grieve at the loss of a bright light who lived a humble life of kindness. Such a person was Alice Rhett, who died in a car wreck Tuesday. Alice was doing what she […]

Tai Chi for Diabetes at TJM Community Center

SUMMARY INFO Time and Location: Every second and fourth Wednesday, 2:30pm at TJM Community Center, 1011 Cluster Springs Road, South Boston, VA. Enter at the front and turn right. The classroom door is at the end of the first hallway. No stairs are involved. Cost: Free with an optional small donation of any amount. What […]

Qigong for addictions and cravings

Update: Embedded video added: It is a long story on how this new form came into being. For now, I will just settle on sharing what I wrote for the local newspaper… A humble effort at providing relief from addictions and cravings Less than three months after moving to South Boston VA in 2022, we […]

New Seated Tai Chi for Arthritis class in Halifax

SUMMARY INFO Time and Location: Every first and third Thursday at 10am in the basement fellowship hall of St. John’s Episcopal Church, 197 Halifax Road, Halifax, VA; For those who need to avoid stairs, there is a curving walkway on the left side of the sanctuary building for entering a side door of the fellowship […]

Qigong and Tai Chi Schedule

Mondays 10:30am at South Boston YMCAQigong for Overall Health and Wellness Wednesdays 10:30am at South Boston YMCATai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention Every Second and Fourth Wednesday 2:30pm at TJM Community Center in Cluster SpringsNo class day before Thanksgiving are all of DecemberExtra class: November 20Tai Chi for Diabetes This page will be updated […]

New year ahead; a year in review

“Is this going to keep happening? I mean, is this class here to stay?” Something like those words came from a class member about a year ago who is now a regular. I hesitated, and then said, “I will keep teaching.” I hesitated because doubts entered my mind. Marina and I had moved from Georgia […]

Tai Chi for Arthritis

I’m now certified to teach three classes from Dr. Paul Lam’s evidence-based programs. See https://stillwatersqigong.com/schedule/ for latest schedule. See links below for more information about each program. A YouTube video of Seated Tai Chi for Arthritis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRQgXIrkagQ