Non-Ordinary States Archives

331 A Stroll Through the Landscape of the Polyvagal • Karine Kedar

Diagnosis

Nov 21, 2023 | Diagnosis, Neurobiology, Non-Ordinary States, Philosophy, Practitioner Cultivation & Development

“My Po made the decision.” I’m usually skeptical about most explanations of the “Spirit” of the five Zang viscera. Not that I don’t indulge speculation myself, I most certainly do. But given these ideas come down to us from another time, language, and culture. Given...

Nov 21, 2023

330 Acupuncture and Non-Ordinary States of Reality • John Myerson

Acupuncture

Nov 14, 2023 | Acupuncture, Methods, Non-Ordinary States, Philosophy

You don’t need to practice acupuncture for very long to realize that people frequently slip into a deep state of quietude and repose. Often enough, they come out of a session with a completely different look to their eyes, they move slower and with a more integrated...

Nov 14, 2023

324 Ghost Points • Ivan Zavala

Acupuncture

Oct 3, 2023 | Acupuncture, Conditions, Mental Health, Methods, Non-Ordinary States, Philosophy

Ghost points. Read those words and let the sound echo into your head, your heart and body. Ghost points. Just the words carry an energy. An energy of spirit, of embodiment, or not. The words suggest something of the spirit that can go astray. Like a decision to never...

Oct 3, 2023

315 History Series: Importance of Structure, and the Freedom That Comes From It • John Myerson

History Series

Aug 1, 2023 | History Series, Non-Ordinary States, Philosophy

What you do you if you’re interested in learning and practicing acupuncture, but there are no schools, standards or licensure?You built it yourself; with help of other spirited colleagues. In this conversation with John Myerson we go back to the days when acupuncture...

Aug 1, 2023

256 Bridging Worlds, Shamanism and Clinical Practice • Sean Fox

Acupuncture

Jun 14, 2022 | Acupuncture, Methods, Non-Ordinary States, Philosophy

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...

Jun 14, 2022

199 Mind, Matter, Medicine and Skeptical Inquiry • Ben Hawes

Acupuncture

May 11, 2021 | Acupuncture, Diagnosis, Listening, Methods, Non-Ordinary States, Philosophy, Practitioner Cultivation & Development

Our job in clinic is to help people both through knowing what treatment to provide and having the ability to discern how to help when the signs are not clear. We constantly dance with both knowing and not-knowing. In this conversation with Ben Hawes we discuss how the...

May 11, 2021