Cultivation
089 Cultivating Confidence • Dennis von Elgg
Fake it till you make it is not a helpful strategy for acquiring confidence. Any halfway competent human being can sniff out inauthenticity. We can only work at, and improve from, our genuine growing edge of ability and skill. Cultivating...
088 Old School Shiatsu: Attending to Our Attention • Philippe Vandenabeele
Some learning is more transmitted than taught. Observation, touch, the kind of connection that does not rely upon words. We love to make sense, especially to ourselves. But the theories in our heads, the maps of thought that can point the way, but...
086 Ba Zi- The Eight Characters of Influence • Paul Wang
Our lives unfold in space-time. It’s the water in which we swim and so like fish, it is difficult to know the influence of the matrix within which we live our days and experiences our lives. The Chinese ba zi, the eight characters, is a system...
067 Yi Jing As Operating System • Lorraine Wilcox
The Yi Jing speaks in the language of image, resonance and metaphor. Its not a good place to go for direct answers, but can be helpful in finding some guidence. Our converation today touches not just on the ways it is used for divination, but more...
066 Martial Use of Acupuncture Points • Jonathan Bluestein
We know that Chinese medicine along with the martial and cultivation arts of East Asia share a common root.In our healing practices we are paying attention to the medicinal side of this continuum. We don’t think about the points can be used for...
062 Constitution, Korean Medicine and the Power of Food • Tracy Stewart
Chinese medicine and Korean medicine share a lot of similarities. But there are a few differences. And when it comes to constitutional types, there are some significantly dissimilar perspectives. This is one of the delights of East Asian...
053 Investigating Errors and Adverse Effects – Grist for the Mill of Practice
Like hitting black ice, suddenly all sense of traction and stability evaporate into a gut wrenching vertigo. Adverse reactions of our patients to acupuncture can trigger this kind of disorientation. And this is when we have an opportunity to learn...
051 “Why doesn’t this work” is a good place to start – the unending cycle of learning and practice • Stuart Kutchins
These days we worry about getting through school, passing the boards and then getting a practice started. But there was a time when there were no schools, or national accreditation and practicing acupuncture was a felony. That world was not so long...
048 Conversing with the body-mind: using words to get beyond words • Nick Pole
In acupuncture school we learn about the 10 questions. But really, the questions are endless. And we are given the image of the scholar/doctor who doesn't say much, just looks at the tongue, takes the pulse and then has everything she needs to...
046 Investigation of Dreams in East Asian Medicine • Bob Quinn
We know that the language and perspective of Chinese and east Asian medicine gives us a whole different glimpse into physiology, health, illness and healing. And if you’ve learned a foreign tongue, then you’ve had experience how language shapes...