222 To Be Like Water • Margot Rossi
Diagnosis Heartbreak is unavoidable. It’s not a flaw in character or make up humans, it’s a feature. It’s what allows us to grow beyond the bounds and limits of family, friend group, peers and whatever group identity we find that gives a sense of belonging and security. Heart...
215 Inquisitiveness, Engagement and Vitality • Velia Wortman
Acupuncture As practitioners of Chinese Medicine, it’s our responsibility to address all aspects of our patient’s experience: mind, body, and spirit. This demands that we listen carefully to the various streams of information at our disposal—whether from our learned experience or...
213 Boundaries, Filters, Language and Flow, The Terrain of Empathy • Diane Fabian Smith
Diagnosis I’m reminded of the stillness of cats. How they can sit both still and yet completely and serenely attentive. So too with resonance, there is the yin aspect of stillness with the yang expression of vibrating with the influence of the environment. And in the middle,...
212 Pulse, Presence and Process- Navigating the Flow • Ross Rosen
Diagnosis Pulse palpation…the telling touch in Chinese Medicine. It’s an integral aspect of East Asian that is simple in some ways, and deeply nuanced and complex in others. Feeling and interpreting a patient’s pulse is only one facet of clinical interaction. A practitioner has...