Cultivation
213 Boundaries, Filters, Language and Flow, The Terrain of Empathy • Diane Fabian Smith
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....
212 Pulse, Presence and Process- Navigating the Flow • Ross Rosen
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...
210 Sitting in the Fire- Ethics, Presence and Connection • Seanna Sifflet
How we are with ourselves affects how we are with patients. Our own difficulties in life can assist us in helping others, but it requires that we are able to come to a sense of neutrality with those traumas of the past. In this conversation with...
208 On Having a Successful, Resonant and Enjoyable Professional Life • Eric Grey
Community is something we often talk about, and yet it is not easily defined. Our practices include not just us and our business, but the ecosystems of commerce, profession, and location. In this conversation with Eric Grey with touch on how our...
207 Developing Medicinal Intuition • Wendie Colter
How often do you pay attention to your intuitive abilities in practice or in life? Intuition is more than a feeling. Medical intuition gives us the ability to make a diagnosis without physical examination, tests, or history. It’s when you tap into...
Qiological Audio Journal, Summer 2021 • QAJ001
Welcome to the first Qiological Audio Journal. The audio journal is a collection of interviews, discussions, clinical cases that help to illuminate the classics, book reviews, some business acumen and practical clinical skills to keep up your...
202 The Art of Negotiation— paradigm shift of interaction in the clinic • Margot Rossi & Nick Pole
We often think of negotiation as a win/loss proposition that focuses around business deals, finances, large purchases and perhaps hostage situations. What we don’t consider is that negotiation is part and parcel of the work we do in clinic as we...
201 fMRI: The Patient-Acupuncturist Relationship • Vitaly Napadow
Any seasoned practitioner leans on the patient practitioner relationship. There is something in the interaction that cannot be separated from the response they have to our treatment. In this conversation with Vitaly Napadow we discuss the Art of...
200 Learning From Mentors • Denise Hung
Learning medicine requires books, memorization , and knowledge. But knowledge without practice is useless. It is through the clinical encounter with patients that the principals come to life and the medicine goes from theory to living practice. In...
196 Reflections on Yin • Brodie Welch
Attending to yin in a world that preferences yang does not come easy, and perhaps only begins to catch our attention once we’ve reached the edge of what activity can sustain. In this conversation with Brodie Welch we look at how sometimes...