Empower Wellness Blog - Erin Tracy - Health Coaching

What’s the Negative Self-Talk Doing for You?

September 16, 2018 By Erin Tracy, Medical Qi Gong and Health Coaching

What would it take to decide to never beat yourself up again with negative self-talk? How would making that decision change how you go through your day? I made this commitment to myself some time ago – never to stay or play in a mode of “beating myself up”. I can’t say I have completely erased the pattern, but I can catch it before it takes me in a direction that is not in alignment with infinite love.

*One* thing that works well to INTERRUPT a self-pity path has been to look open-heartedly and humbly at

what is it that I’m GAINING from being hard on my self in that moment.

Somewhere in my soul and in my mind, I have rationalized the self-pity with some sort of positive intention.

Or else, I wouldn’t do it. Yikes.

This isn’t so easy to face. I have a positive intention in “being hard on myself”? WTF – My ego does not like to go here. And yet, if I am committed to breaking this negative self-talk pattern (this legacy in my case), taking this hard, deep, loving look at what I GET from self-pity is a key part of changing the pattern at a deep level.

In the meantime, have compassion for when the inner negative self-talk is not so friendly. And choose to remember that you are doing the best you can. And now, what do you choose instead?

Life With No Regrets

August 10, 2018 By Erin Tracy, Medical Qi Gong and Health Coaching

Life with no regrets. I have made this an intention for quite a number of years now and was pondering how this intention has shifted my perspective in enormous ways. I am writing this now as I sit outside at a local coffee shop where I have come to work on administrative tasks. A young mom with her two preschool age children have arrived and occupy the lounge area in front of me. They are chatty and happy – delightfully sharing a pastry. A lull this rainy afternoon means the usually full outdoor couches are empty, allowing the young girls to playfully arrange the cushions (no harm done) and watch the sparrows pick up crumbs.

A warm feeling spreads across my chest.

In this moment, I think of myself when my own children were that age about 14 years ago. I attempt to remember if I experienced moments like that with my kids. Instead of regret or dwelling on the fact that I cannot remember many moments of relaxed glee, I warmly and fondly think of that younger version of myself.

You were doing the best you could with the tools that you had.

I take a few breaths and send the mom before me in the moment AND the younger version of myself COMPASSION: A sincere wish and prayer: to be free of suffering and the root of suffering; to know happiness and the root of happiness. I choose to allow my heart to smile at this woman and her children at Starbucks and at myself and my kids more than a decade earlier.

That might sound bananas: My Heart To Smile?

Back then I had no tools for dealing with stress and high anxiety. Everything felt like and emergency or a fire to put out. While I did have an intense life then, there was plenty to be thankful for. There were many moments to relax and enjoy the moment. However, my memories of actually doing that are few and far between.

Over time, the intensity with which I greeted life, started to take a toll on my health. It certainly didn’t do any favors for my contentment and ability to go with the flow.

Chronic pain and a health crisis brought to light the fact that I needed to calm down.

These days, I write and speak about the role of a powerful qi gong practice called Pangu Shengong (qi gong) in helping not only build my internal energy but also to CALM DOWN. I am stronger now than I have ever been (even during my triathlon years). I sleep well. I have FREEDOM from physical pain (huge). My relationships are strong and I am blessed to have incredible people in my life. I am doing what I love and was meant to do for a living. It is an honor.

No Joke. Everyday I feel like life keeps getting better.

Better – In the midst of “stressful” events happening: Life IS happening. People are sometimes challenging. Teenagers are sometimes frustrating. Unexpected and expensive car repairs show up. Someone close to me has a health crisis. Etcetera.

Practice Compassion in big broad ways, including transforming a tendency to have regrets. Become stronger internally, not just externally. Great personal power resides in choosing to allow our HEART to SMILE at what stirs up discomfort in us – Our hearts to smile at what WE DO NOT LIKE. Catch Regret. And Choose authentically to have No Regrets in the first place.

It’s a game changer.

It heals.

No regrets is a Compassion practice. Compassion is not just a nice thing to have for yourself or others. It heals. Just building your energy isn’t enough. Elevate your heart and soul too.

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Running, Jumping, and Lunging in the Grass over 40

May 30, 2018 By Erin Tracy, Medical Qi Gong and Health Coaching

I never guessed that I would be running, jumping, and lunging in the across a field at 46 years old!

Mother’s Day weekend, I went to an open space with my two active teenagers to play with a Frisbee like thing called Aerobie. None of us were particularly skilled at aiming when we started and plus the wind interfered a bit as we remembered our skills. That meant I was running, jumping, lunging for this awesome toy before sending it soaring again across the lawn to the next kid. It was totally fun!

At some point I realized that I hadn’t played like that in quite some time. As I felt my foot land on uneven Earth as I ran or jumped, I wondered briefly if I would have sore ankles the next day. Or sore knees.

I wondered if I might be generally sore or even hurt from playing so hard

I wondered if I might just be generally sore or even hurt from playing so hard doing something I had not done in a very long time. Then, as I continued to toss, run, and catch, I realized that I felt incredibly energized and JAZZED in my body. I also realized that 10 years ago, I would not have had the motivation or energy to play as I was playing now. If I had, the physical pain I would have experienced would have shut it down pretty quick.

Guess what? I felt great the next day. No soreness at all from the intense frolicking. I considered how I might have felt 10 or 20 years ago after playing like that. I would have been a stiff mess and surely would have hurt knee or ankle or back.

How great I feel in my body now, I owe to the practice of Pangu Shengong.

I owe how great I feel in my body now, in my mid-forties, to the practice of Pangu Shengong. My health is great, I rarely get sick – and if I do it is very short lived – I am enjoying my life and my family in ways I never thought possible. My anxiety is nearly non-existent and I sleep well and wake rested. This is not how I experienced life in my 20s and 30s. I have much gratitude for learning to cultivate and balance my energy, emotions, and spirit though a Qi Gong practice called Pangu Shengong.

Coming the weekend of June 22-25, my teacher Qi Gong GrandMaster Ou, Wen Wei will be in Raleigh for an annual visit. If you are new to the concept of Qi (life force), Qi Gong (cultivation of life force) and improving you health and life with this practice you may want to attend a lecture and meditation event on Saturday Morning June 23, 9-10;30am. Master Ou will be sharing about Pangu Shengong and also sharing healing energy. The cost to attend this event which is also a fundraiser for the Golden Hill Foundation is only $25 or $35 per family. The Golden Hill Foundation is a local non profit that seeks to bring qi gong, meditation, mindfulness, tai chi and yoga to at-risk youth and their familes in the Raleigh area.

Following this lecture and meditation will be the Foundational Qi Cultivation Moving Form Qi Gong class from 11-12:30pm. This is the first level of Pangu Shengong. Many of you seeing this may have taken this Moving Form Qi Gong from me or another ceritified instructor. You can retake it with Master Ou for $60. It is powerful to retake any of Pangu Shengong classes. I always retake these classes when I have the opportunity. The rest of the schedule for the weekend is at http://www.pangu.org/events/raleigh-2018/

Please let me know if you have any questions at all. Contact me.

June 2018 Qi Gong Grandmaster Ou returns to Raleigh

May 29, 2018 By Erin Tracy, Medical Qi Gong and Health Coaching

June 22-25, 2018, Qi Gong Grandmaster Ou returns to Raleigh. Most of you reading this know how the practice of Pangu Shengong has changed my life. When I think about how my life and health were before March of 2012, this practice has probably saved my life in many ways. This is an opportunity for qi gong instruction and so much more.

There is a simple, effective method to balance energy, emotions, and improve your health

If you want to learn more about Master Ou and what this powerful form of Qi Gong (which means a way to cultivate/balance your energy), the first event Saturday Morning, June 23, 9-10:30am is a great opportunity: Golden Hill Meditation. This is low-cost way ($25/$35 per family) to experience the balancing healing energy in Pangu Shengong – a special and unique form of qi gong that works deeply in dedicated practitioners to heal and strengthen the body and also the heart and soul. Qi Gong practice (especially regular practice of Pangu Shengong) can improve your health, your immunity, and emotional state. How does it get better than that? I am really enjoying finding out.

Sign up for most classes the weekend of June 22-25

http://www.pangu.org/events/raleigh-2018/

This informal video from a couple of weeks ago shares one way this practice has impacted my life. Then I give a quick summary of the Golden Hill Foundation Meditation and Pangu Raleigh Weekend.

Below are some suggestions for June 23-24 especially. Please note that the Sunday Group Healing Session is full. There’s lots of room now on Monday, June 24, in the Group Healing Meditation. The Monday session will also fill.

June 22-25, 2018 in Raleigh. Most events (except Advanced Student Trainings and Group Healings) are at aLoft hotel on Hillsborough Street across from NCSU Belltower.

The bulk of the classes that are pertinent to people reading this are Saturday, June 23 and some on Sunday, June 24. If you are interested and meet pre-qualifications for Advanced classes or Teacher Training, I highly encourage this.

Saturday, June 23

1) Golden Hill Meditation, Sat June 23 9-10:30. $25/$35 per family. Want a refresher on why Pangu Shengong is so powerful and experience healing energy from Master Ou? This is a fundraiser for the local Golden Hill Foundation and intended as an informational session about Qi Gong and Pangu Shengong particularly. It’s a great way to let someone new know about the practice with a small donation of $25.

2) Take or Retake the Moving Form (Foundational Qi Cultivation): $120; Only $60 if you already took it from me or another certified teacher. I ALWAYS retake these classes; whether you have been practicing or not, this is a powerful experience. If you have fallen off in practice, it’s a great kickstart…

3) Medical Qi Gong (Healing) Skill Development: Sat, June 23, 2:00-3:30pm. $150/$75 retake. If you work with other people or have people in your life who could use support or if you feel drained in that work, this is a neat way to learn a valuable skill to support your practice and those people in your lives.

3) Take or Retake the Non Moving Form (Pangu Shengong Second Level – Cognitive and Sensory Perception Development). Sat. June 23, 4:00-5:30: $120 or $60 for retake. This practice is an amazing meditation and very deeply healing especially for neurological, emotional, sleep, or heart issues. I also retake this one every chance I get. If you have been practicing the Moving Form (Foundational Qi Cultivation) for at least a month regularly, you can take this class.

4) Pangu Tai Chi (aka Returning Form Tai Chi Chu’an). $80 for all three sessions (over 3 days). If you have taken Pangu Tai Chi with me at least once (it’s okay if its not memorized fully) or with another one of Master Chu’s students (or Master Chu), you can take this 6 hour class that will be broken up over 3 days. Contact me with questions.

Sunday, June 24

1) Group Healing, no prerequisite, Sunday June 24 10-12. Nearly Full – See Monday on the schedule if you are interested http://www.pangu.org/events/raleigh-2018/

2) Pangu Yoga, [FULL] Sun., June 24 1-3 Sign Up Directly here at Anisha’s website: This is the practice that introduced me to Pangu Shengong. I am so grateful. This is workshop, healing, and yoga class in one! No prerequisites– It is another way to share the practice of Pangu Shengong with someone who isn’t practicing. I heard that this was almost full too, but we might be able to open more space.

3) Advanced Condensed Form: Sun, June 24, 3:30-4:45pm, $150/$75 retake. This is the third part of the practice of Pangu Shengong. If you have not learned it yet and you have been diligently practicing the Moving and Non Moving Form for at least 6 months, please thoughtfully consider this class. Only Master Ou teaches it, so if you aren’t ready now, you can consider it for next year. For me, this heart-broadening practice, let’s me REACH OUT more, deeper. You can read more about the practice at http://www.pangu.org/events/raleigh-2018/

I am here if you have any questions at all. I highly encourage you to ask me for suggestions if all this overwhelming. Contact me. I look forward to seeing you sometime over the weekend. Our Pangu Shengong Raleigh Team is excited about this event!

Erin Tracy and Master Ou at Advanced Training 2015 Lake Tahoe, CA

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