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,...
248 Starting a Free Clinic • Bess Randles & Kyle Yoshioka
Acupuncture The most powerful lessons come not from a school curriculum, but from life. Our world is full of both problems and opportunities. There is what we struggle against, and what we stand for. And the unfolding dance of yin/yang reminds us that everything has aspects of...
246 Tools, Perception, and Attention • Gary Klepper
Acupuncture Our tools don’t just expand our faculties. They change what we can do by training our physical and cognitive senses. They temporarily become part of who we are. In a sense—we are the tool in our clinical work. We act as a kind of both filter and mirror for our...
243 Engaging Vitality- The Practice of Attention, Sensing and Perception • Dan Bensky
Acupuncture When traveling do you turn on the GPS and follow the instructions, look at a map to orient yourself, or do you have a sense of the terrain and the capacity to navigate by landmarks, waterways and a sense of where north lies? In your clinical work, are you orienting to...