In today’s short post, I’m giving a quick update on how this 100 Liminal Days project is already helping me move from feeling stuck in indecision to taking small actions to begin the process of propelling me into meaningful work.

---

100 Liminal Days is an experimental project of embracing my current transitional season after exiting my business by sharing an honest, real-time account of my self-initiation experience in daily posts. I’m sending shorter weekly recaps only via my newsletter. Visit Day 1/100 to learn more and sign up in the footer of this page to get the weekly recaps delivered to your inbox.

---

Artist Date Hiking at River Place

This morning, I went on a solo hike at River Place Nature Trail – Little Fern Trail for my Artist Date. This is arguably one of the best hiking spots in Austin and not far from my chiropractic appointment, so I hit the trail around 9 am for a 2-mile hike. These solo hikes continue to offer me spiritual nourishment, so I think I’ll keep hiking for my Artist Date each week. It gives me a chance to change up the environment for my qigong practice, and I enjoy praying while I hike. Restoring my connection with the natural world feels like medicine.

---

Diving Into My Subconscious and Collecting Puzzle Pieces

I am 20 days in on this wild experiment of intentionally sitting in the liminal space versus trying to strategize about how to get out of it. There are still more questions than answers, but there are some insights emerging. Or maybe a better way to describe it is as a bubbling up. Little pockets of my authentic desires and characteristics that have been deep below are finding their way to the surface.

In many ways, this process has been like a diving expedition. I take these calculated slow dips into my subconscious through meditation, dream interpretation, journaling, and parts work and discover a little jewel of who I am and what I want here and there. I’m bringing up a new treasure on each adventure, gathering the pieces together the way you do when you are preparing to assemble a jigsaw puzzle. I know these pieces fit together to make a beautiful picture somehow.

When you start putting together a puzzle, you don’t force yourself to assemble the pieces in a specific order such as left to right or top to bottom. That’s too hard – maybe impossible! Instead, certain colors and patterns catch your eye easier than others, so you gather those little pieces, and you begin to assemble one corner first. Your puzzle looks patchy, but this one little corner is looking good.

I have this little corner of my puzzle coming together.

Becoming a Certified Qigong Teacher

I’m excited to share that today, I signed up for a qigong teacher training course that starts October 18th! My journals have repeatedly reflected to me that qigong is more than just a quick morning routine to regulate my nervous system. I’ve been writing about it for months that maybe I’d like to become a qigong teacher.

I mentioned in a previous post how I host a monthly gathering at my house for my friends, and I lead a short qigong flow before serving breakfast followed by creative time. The first time I did this was on my birthday in March. When I thought about how I wanted to spend my birthday, I really wanted to celebrate by sharing something that has changed my life – qigong and art.

I was nervous to tell my friends that I wanted this, and I was really nervous to think about leading others through the practice. But I felt something in me that would not let it go. I must do this. I need to share qigong with others. And once I did it, I knew I had to do it again. This weekend, I am hosting the seventh Slow Second Saturday gathering, and I get so excited about this every month. The group that attends is a mix of consistent folks and new ones every time, and that variety keeps it fun and interesting.

But what I really love about this event is that element of holding space for others to heal their frazzled minds and tap into more creativity. Guests ask me what they can bring or how they can contribute, and I keep saying that it’s my gift and nothing is expected. It’s obvious that others value what I’m offering, and it’s signaling to me that this is something more than just a fun thing to do on a Saturday for me. So that got me thinking I could begin to earn some income doing something I love and believe in.

So, I decided to take it to a new level by enriching my education in qigong. Surprisingly, qigong classes are very hard to come across in Austin, so I’ve never actually attended a class with an instructor. I’ve just learned through teachers on YouTube. So getting to train with other qigong lovers around the world with one of those teachers I follow online is going to help me take my practice deeper and give me an opportunity to explore teaching qigong to even more people. I can’t wait to share more qigong with you soon!

---

Weekly recaps of 100 Liminal Days are emailed on Tuesdays only to my newsletter subscribers. If you want the summaries, share your email at the bottom of this page to get on the list.

You’ll also instantly receive a free Notion template I use every single day to track my habits and reflect on the day.