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W edn e sd ay , O c tob e r 7 , 2015 Th e Nugg e t N ew spap e r , S i s t e r s , O r egon 17 Q i g o n g o f f e r s a p r o g r am f o r p h y s i c a l , em o t i o n a l h e a l t h B y D i a n e G o b l e C o r r e s p o n d e n t W e a r e tun ed in to h e a r t hea l th (wa lk ing , ca rd io , s t re tch ing , s t reng then ing ) and p ay ing mo r e a t t en t ion to ou r d i e t ( e l im in a t ing f a t s and h igh - f ru c to s e co rn sy rup , e a t - ing mo r e f ru i t s and v egg i e s ) , b u t w e l i v e s u c h h i g h l y a c t i v e l i f e s ty l e s , a lw ay s on th e go , a m i l l ion th ing s to do , th a t w e n ev e r g iv e ou r m ind a r e s t o r con s id e r ou r inn e r n e ed s . L i t t l e d o w e r e a l i z e t h a t w h e r e th e m ind go e s , th e “ ch i ” go e s . . . a n d t h i s l i t t l e s e c r e t p u t s u s i n c o n t r o l . 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I t t ak e s f o c u s e d a t t e n t i o n a n d k e e p s u s in th e p r e s en t mom en t wh e r e w e a r e ab l e to l e t go o f ou r a t t a chm en t s to how w e th ink th ing s shou ld b e . Th i s po s i - t i v e o u t l o o k l e a d s t o a s e n s e o f p e a c e f u l n e s s a n d w e l l - b e i n g . Do i n g t h i s p r a c t i c e o u t -o f - doo r s pu t s u s in tou ch w i th n a tu r e and conn e c t s u s to a t ru th l a rg e r th an ou r s e lv e s . O l d e r a d u l t s f i n d i t h e l p s t h e i r s e a r c h f o r m e a n i n g i n l i f e a n d c r e a t e s a d e ep s en s e o f r i ch - n e s s and un i ty in th e au tumn o f t h e i r l i v e s . Joy c e B rown , who h a s b e en a l i c en s ed o c cup a t ion a l th e r ap i s t fo r 36 y e a r s , h a s b e en t e a ch ing q igong c l a s s e s i n S i s t e r s f o r t h e l a s t 1 1 y e a r s . 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