Kevin Pennell
About
I'm Kevin, and I run Toward A Better Life, a space where wholistic health meets inner work. I teach Qigong, offer TuiNa bodywork, and explore practices like ancestral healing and self-care through writing, workshops, and storytelling. My work draws on nature, awareness, and tools like ghee and frankincense that most people overlook. If you're curious about living with more intention and less noise, this is a good place to start. Ask me about Qigong practice, TuiNa massage, ancestral healing, wholistic self-care, and depression relief.
Experiences
- Instructor at Toward A Better LifeTeach massage therapists East Asian TuiNa massage
My 14-hour TuiNa class teaches techniques clients receive fully clothed, on a table or in a chair.
- HuntingWas nudged awake by a doe, then chose not to shoot her
Dozing in deep cold on a winter hunt, I'd have slipped into hypothermia. She saved my life, so I lowered the gun.
- Business Owner at East West Healing ArtsSpotted a client taking 8x the dose of a sleep tincture
It came up in passing during a regular visit. They weaned off in four days and now sleep through the night.
- Western North CarolinaLived through Tropical Storm Helene in the NC mountains
What struck me was the sense of community, not after the storm but during it.
- Owner and Operator at SpiritWingsRan a healing center and apothecary with my wife Vickie
SpiritWings sat in Bethel, Maine, among the mountains I still call my favorite home.
- Qigong blog seriesBroke a 36-movement Qigong form into a blog series
Each installment takes one region: neck and shoulders, the back, then low back, hips, and knees.
- Two Feathers, Spiritual Seed PlanterWrote my book between 3 and 6 in the morning
Insomnia turned into my creative time. The book is Two Feathers, Spiritual Seed Planter.
- Early lifeClimbed a spruce at five and felt I was the tree
At my aunt and uncle's in southwest Michigan I swayed with the breeze up top. I still climb trees in my 60s.