Five Years of Qiological, Thoughts, Observations and Appreciation • Michael Max
Default The first episode of Qiological aired at the end of August in 2017. I’d gotten more than a few emails from practitioners telling me how much they liked my previous podcast experiment…. Everyday Acupuncture, and that was surprising to me because I did not make that...
267 Language and Language-less Practices of Touch and Healing • Nick Pole
Bodywork When I think about connecting with others, two of the most powerful ways are with non-verbal touch, and the other with the use of attentive language. It would not be a stretch to suggest that this is the yin and yang connection. One that engages the body and the other...
266 Following the Flow, Ortho-Bionomy® and Art of Non-Judgement • Karen Elisa
Bodywork Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me!A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time.If only I let it bear me, carry me, if only it carry me!If only I am sensitive, subtle, oh, delicate, a winged gift! ...
265 Attending to the Landscape of Body and Being • Stephen Schleipfer
Bodywork Patients come to us expecting a change in their situation—whether that is to gain or get rid of something. And as the ‘expert’ in the room, there’s a proclivity to go in with the intention to find what’s wrong and remediate it. Consider that as...
264 Field Dynamics and Touch • Beth Hazzard
Bodywork Like quantum physics, our medicine is built on a sense of connection and potential. It inhabits the reality of a unified field where the boundaries of mind and matter, time and space, rest and motion, or sickness and health blur. Humans are part of a universal...
263 Moving Into Ease, Yin Sotai and the Gentle Journey • Bob Quinn
Bodywork Touch is our first sensation. It’s a universal language. And it’s a capacity we all have that can be used to restore health and nurture life. Hands may not be represented in the Ancient Chinese symbol for listen 聽, ting. But as practitioners of East Asian...
262 Causes and Conditions of Illness and Health • Greg Bantick
Mindfulness & Meditation We often think of germs, genetic abnormalities, poor lifestyle choices or plain bad luck as being the cause of illness and disease. We go looking for the “smoking gun,” for the one thing that was the source of our troubles, but often the health issues we face arise...
261 Taste of Taiwan, An Afternoon in a Tea Shop • Pia Giammasi
Practitioner Cultivation & Development Qiological is on vacation for the month of July, this discussion is one of a series of ‘summer re-runs’ of some of our favorite conversations from Everyday Acupuncture Podcast, which was the forerunner of Qiological. Taiwan is famous for its high tech computer...
260 Living the Fertile Life • Njemile Carol Jones
Conditions Qiological is on vacation for the month of July, this discussion is one of a series of ‘summer re-runs’ of some of our favorite conversations from Everyday Acupuncture Podcast, which was the forerunner of Qiological. I thought my conversation with Njemile would walk...
259 Difference Between Presence and Control • Stuart Kutchins
Mindfulness & Meditation Qiological is on vacation for the month of July, this discussion is one of a series of ‘summer re-runs’ of some of our favorite conversations from Everyday Acupuncture Podcast, which was the forerunner of Qiological. Many of us fire up a meditation practice only to...
258 A Look at the Tiger Year from the Halfway Point • Gregory Done
Astrology One certainty in life is that it’s uncertain; we can’t accurately decipher how our stories unfold. But having an outline helps as we chart a course through the seasons of time. A key part of navigating the ever-changing phases of life is embracing the duality and...
257 Qi, Blood and Fluids • Jeffrey Dann & Mark Petruzzi
Acupuncture The ability to perceive with our hands, to assess the flow of life through the body, is a valued skill in East Asian medicine. It’s a fine and discerning art that takes full form when thinking does not overshadow; when cognitive understanding of anatomical landmarks...
256 Bridging Worlds, Shamanism and Clinical Practice • Sean Fox
Acupuncture Our medicine is rooted in the understanding that mind, body, and spirit are integral parts of the whole – reflective of each other and inseparable in human experience.. The tools and perspectives of East Asian medicine invite us to attend to holistically healing...
255 Puzzling Through the Heavenly Stems • Deborah Woolf
Cosmology Everyday we sit with people in our clinic and puzzle through the questions of “What is going on for them,” “Can I see clearly what they need,” and “Do I understand how this person is an expression of yin/yang, heaven and earth?” Our patients have a story. And so do...
254 What Acupuncturists Need to Know About Websites • Mike Kay
Business & Practice Management The ability to communicate is one of life’s most valuable skills. It’s at the core of our human experience, and it fuels the connections that add so much to our lives and businesses. As such, especially for business, it’s essential to hone how and...
253 Addiction and Healing • Randal Lyons
Conditions Sometimes our curious venture into solving our problems lures us to overstep the boundaries we did not realize were important. A need to control pain may leave you chained to pain medication. An attempt to numb life stressors may plunge you into alcoholism. Solving a...
252 Considering Acupuncture • Ann Cecil-Sterman
Acupuncture As acupuncturists, we practice our medicine as both a science and an art. Science in the sense of organizing the learned or experiential structure of the lens through which we view imbalances. Art in the sense of recognizing that each individual is a unique,...
251 Medicine, Ethics and Virtue • Sabine Wilms
Practitioner Cultivation & Development Like everything else, power is a two-sided coin. It can be coercive and oppressive, but it can also be empowering and nurturing. And according to ancient Chinese texts, true authority is based on ethical inspiration rather than coercion. As physicians, we are in a...