Challenge

Wellness Wednesdays — 10 Minute Tai Chi & Qigong Warm-Up

This week's practice is a 10 minute Tai Chi and Qigong warm-up led by Sunny — a slow, intentional movement practice designed to prepare the whole body for movement, or simply to help you feel grounded and connected whenever you need it. The session begins with three grounding breaths before moving progressively through the body — ankles, feet, knees, waist, shoulders, wrists and hands. Throughout, the focus stays on relaxation, natural breathing and posture. No experience wit

Ariann Mieka

Sep 21 min read

Painters Paint, Photographers Photograph — Blog Every Day Challenge, Year 4

It’s September 1st (how did we get here so quickly?) and it’s time for my blog every day challenge! This is the 4th year I am doing this challenge of blogging for a month straight, and the impetus of doing the challenge this month came earlier today because of a video I keep thinking about. I was in the garden cutting flowers for my office, and a phrase from the video I saw recently kept swirling in my mind. “Painter’s paint.” An artist was saying that during university he w

Ariann Mieka

Sep 12 min read

Here We Go Again: A 31-Day Movement Practice

It’s 2026, and I’m officially embarking on a brand-new challenge to share on my blog. This time, instead of my blog-every-day-for-a-month ritual, I’m committing to a movement challenge : 31 days of yoga and/or intentional movement, every single day. Now, let’s manage expectations early. It will mostly be yoga, but I’m giving myself permission to switch things up when my body asks for something different. The goal is simple and doable: at least 15–20 minutes of yoga type mo

Ariann Mieka

Jan 54 min read