344 Jing, Authenticity and Mushrooms • Mason Taylor
Daoism Medicinal mushrooms have made their way into the everyday lives of the “old one-hundred names,” us common folk. Formerly rare and precious substances like Ling Zhi and Dong Chong Xia Cao are now cultivated and readily available for people like you and me. Considered...
342 Laughter of the Universe, Qi in the Year of Yang Wood Dragon • Gregory Done
Astrology We are here in the midst of winter cold going into the Spring Festival— the new Chinese Lunar year. It might seem strange to consider Spring as beginning in the deep middle of dark and cold, but all beginnings start in the dark. They begin before they can be seen. ...
331 A Stroll Through the Landscape of the Polyvagal • Karine Kedar
Diagnosis “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...
330 Acupuncture and Non-Ordinary States of Reality • John Myerson
Acupuncture 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...