284 Case Studies and Storytelling a Lens into Medicine and Meaning • Sarah Rivkin
Acupuncture So much of our medicine is conveyed in stories—the ones we live, the ones we tell, and the ones we hear. Storytelling is an innate human impulse. It provides context and meaning, allowing us to share complex ideas and navigate our experience. Stories—of both success...
275 If You’re Falling, Dive— Trauma, Heartbreak and Possiblities • Randal Lyons
Acupuncture No one gets through life without difficulties. We all carry wounds and the consequences of the meanings we’ve made in the moments of heartbreak, fear and confusion. In this second conversation with Randle Lyons we discuss the dark forest of transformation. How our...274 Panel on Wei Qi, Ann Cecil-Sterman, Laurie Ayres & Zhongxian Wu
Acupuncture I recently got to thinking about Wei qi, especially as we are moving into the dark of the year in the northern hemisphere, and I realized that I hear discussions about wei qi, and how we should attend to it, or nourish it. Often enough, perhaps too often, we equate...
271 Cycles, Nodes and the Spaces in the Seasons • Sheri Lee
Acupuncture Life is built on rhythms, the natural world is constantly in a state of transformation. A cyclical flow of growth and decline—manifested in the turning of the seasons, waxing and waning of the moon, and the oscillation of day and night. The intertwined correspondences...