278 Digging the Earthly Branches • Deborah Woolf

278 Digging the Earthly Branches • Deborah Woolf

Acupuncture Heaven and Earth, the creative and the created, micro and macrocosm. All ways of saying there is a reality we inhabit, and beyond that a lot of mystery. And mystery is something us humans have, at best, an ambivalent relationship with. We seek to find some sense of...
Nov 15, 2022
277 The Heart in the Clinic • Josephine Spilka

277 The Heart in the Clinic • Josephine Spilka

Acupuncture Classical Chinese medicine recognizes the Heart (心 Xin) as a central organ to our being. It’s seen as holding the sovereign position as the emperor of the kingdom (i.e., the body).  The Heart is where the Shen (神), the spirit, resides. It’s what gives us discernment...
Nov 8, 2022