404 The Art of Not Holding On- Finding Grace in the Seasoned Years of Practice • Whitfield Reaves
There’s a moment in every practitioner’s life when they start thinking less about where they’re going and more about what they’re leaving behind. What does it mean to practice for decades, to see students turn into colleagues, and to watch the medicine evolve through your hands? The arc of a career in acupuncture isn’t just about technique—it’s connection and contribution as well.
In this conversation with Whitfield Reeves, we explore his 40+ years in practice, from his early days training in California to his work in orthopedic and sports acupuncture. He shares his reflections on what it means to transition from practitioner to mentor, the conundrum of monetizing wisdom, and how in the end— the best work finds you…
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214 Eastern and Western Philosophy & the Future of Chinese Medicine • Brenda Hood
How we think influences what we do. The models and frameworks we use to understand not just our medicine, but the world itself, opens or limits the options we can offer our patients for treatment. While the Venn Diagrams of East Asian and Western...
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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....
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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...
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211 Chinese Medicine in South America • Rodrigo Aranda
Life has a way of nudging us in different directions. Some find inspiration in life-changing events; others in the smallest of things. But whichever path we take, we all have stories of how we got to do what we do. In this discussion with Rodrigo...
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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...
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209 Autoimmune Disease Through the Lens of Chinese Medicine Physiology • Bryan McMahon
Successful treatment of autoimmune conditions depends on accurate assessment of the spectrum of excess and deficiency. When excess activity is at the fore, calm the wind and clear heat without damaging the vital; when deficiency is more pronounced,...
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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...
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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...
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206 Bian Que- Myth, Magic and Method • Shelley Ochs
Much of our medicine is shrouded in myth, and one of the obscure, but persistent figures is that of Bian Que, the bird-headed healer first associated with the use of stone needles. In this conversation with Shelley Ochs we discuss her Ph.D...
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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...
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204 Chinese Medicine Perspectives on Sleep • Damiana Corca
Slipping into sleep. It’s the simplest thing to do. Or the most difficult. The quietude of sleep is a reflection of the activity in our lives. And if that cycle wobbles with an imbalance, it can be difficult to correct. In this discussion with...
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203 Getting Down to Business • Laura Christensen
Do you know the costs that go into creating the opportunity for a patient to lay on your table? Do you know how much you're paying yourself? Have you built a profit into your business? We all know that word of mouth is the best form of marketing,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
read more199 Mind, Matter, Medicine and Skeptical Inquiry • Ben Hawes
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...
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198 Reflections and Significance of Case Reports • Edward Chiu
The ancient Chinese were not the only people to observe nature and develop medicine in the service of relieving suffering and promoting health. But they were the only culture that wrote it down and managed through the centuries to preserve...
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197 Divergent Perspectives on Conversing with the Channels • David Euler
In nature we see that rivers have a flow and shape, but in times of flooding or if there are obstructions they will find other ways to move their water downstream. The divergent channels can be seen as a channel phenomenon that allows the main...
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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...
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The Herbal Methods of Dr Jiang Tong — Bonus Episode
This is a solo show where Michael shares the methods and formulas his teacher in Taiwan, Dr. Jiang Tong, used in the treatment respiratory illness. Here are two articles written by Dr. Jiang that Michael translated for The Lantern, that detail...
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