Steven Gardner

Tradition is not memory. It is choice. It is stewardship. It is the quiet decision to honour what shaped you. And this year, I chose to honour it fully in our own way. This is a fifteen-day festival that formally welcomes in the turning of the season — spring renewal after winter rest. Each day […]

𝙇ì𝙘𝙝ū𝙣 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧’𝙨 𝙌𝙞. 𝙇 𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙧 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙚. 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙨—𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙝𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙢 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝. Today, 17 February, is Lunar New Year (正月初一). 新年快乐 — Happy New Year.吉祥如意 — may good fortune unfold exactly as you wish. 💫 May the first new moon open a clean gate for you.💫 May

Most people think the year changes on January 1. In the classical Dao Wisdom traditions, it does not.The energetic year turns at Lìchūn (立春) — the Beginning of Spring. This year, that gate opened on 4 February 2026. And what arrives is not a “theme.”It is a terrain. The Fire Horse is fast.Restless.Relentless.It amplifies what

After three days of my 3-day Workshop—perception, method and assessment—we took to town, had an ice cream, and walked the marina. Because the Dao is not only found in intensity and effort—it is revealed in rhythm. Expansion requires return.Insight needs breath.Yang must be met by Yin, or even brilliance becomes strain. In the way of

🌟🐎 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗟Ì𝗖𝗛Ū𝗡 立春 — 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗧𝗦 🐎🌟 After yesterday’s post, one of my students asked me: “Master Boon… what do you do to bring in Lìchūn?” For me, Lìchūn is not a performance.It is an internal practice. I have a hermit nature. I need stillness.I need to be away

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝟰 𝗙𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 — 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗢𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝟭, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗢𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 @followers @highlight Dear friends, an important turning point in time! Be prepared. allow me to show you how. 𝘼𝙩 𝙇ì𝙘𝙝ū𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙨 “𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣” — 𝙖𝙣𝙙 2026 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙. Unlike what most

2026 is a year of acceleration. Momentum arrives faster.Opportunities open quickly.Decisions compound.And anything misaligned becomes friction you can no longer “push through.” This is why so many capable people feel a strange headwind even when they are doing everything right:They’re applying effort… into a field that is not supporting them. In a Fire Horse year,

A smooth passage 12 hours at SEA, lots of work done and time for galley chef DUTY and serene anchorage for the night. https://youtube.com/watch?v=a_PiTZLZ5Y4%3Fsi%3DgL4Px6YmTA3XAMwC

What if it’s not you? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 “𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁”? 🌟 You’ve heard 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘀 talk about the 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 ‘𝗦’𝘀 – 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆, 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲…but what if there’s a force shaping all three that most people never factor in? Always a worthy re-listen — 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 on the

At sunset, the day does not end—it yields. Yang loosens its grip, and Yin begins to gather like silk in the hollows of the land. The sun lowers with no argument. The sky becomes vermillion not to impress us, but to complete its cycle. This is the Dao of evening: no forcing, only changing hands—