Huff and Puff the Wheezing Lion

Two out of the last three Lion Dance Practices I have experienced an asthma attack.  Given the Lion Dance is strenuous on my lungs, but with medication I have been able to strive off the asthma attacks. But lately I am having less success. Both times an asthma attack has occurred have been during the evening practices, and I am thinking there has to be another contributing trigger to them, since it has not happen at every practice. I keep playing back the events of each day trying to figure out what I had encounter, ate, or did that was different then on the days I did not have an asthma attack. I need to figure this out.

Ramping Up the Practices

As Chinese New Year draws closer, we start to ramp up the practice days to prepare for our banquet where we celebrate the Chinese New Yew and the promotion of our newest Black Belts. At this time our practices are three time a week, as we get closer and closer to our banquet date we will add to the practice days until it feels like we are practicing every day of the week, which we very well could be. This is one of my favorite times of the year, spending days upon days, and hours upon hours with like-minded individual’s preparing for one goal “Perfection”, or just not to make fools out of ourselves on the day of the banquet. Either way a person looks at it, it will be an experience that is worth every ounce of their effort that they have given.

Time Passes

So time passes on, whether on not a person notices. Time does not care if we are busy, or we are not ready, it not going to wait for any of us. It is going to to continue with what is does best, “Time Passes”.
We must make the best of what time has given us and not let opportunities pass by. We must take a chance and learn what we can, for that opportunity may never come by again. We must also remember to give back what we have learn’t when an opportunity presents its self, for that opportunity may never come by again. 

Forms and then some more Forms

Vacation is over and sadly I am back at work this week. Over the holiday’s I was able to enjoy adding to my daily routine a 10am forms practice, which I am really missing as this week progresses. I found a great benefit in practicing my forms in the morning then at my usual evening times. It had become a time where I could center myself and prepare for the day ahead. I find practicing forms a kind of meditation, where I can get lost in the movements and let the worries of my daily life wash away, leaving me feeling refreshed and vitalized, ready to take on what life has to throw at me.