Qiological Podcast
645 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 219 ratingsAcupuncture and East Asian medicine was not developed in a laboratory. It does not advance through double-blind controlled studies, nor does it respond well to petri dish experimentation. Our medicine did not come from the statistical regression of randomized cohorts, but from the observation and treatment of individuals in their particular environment. It grows out of an embodied sense of understanding how life moves, unfolds, develops and declines.
Medicine comes from continuous, thoughtful practice of what we do in clinic, and how we approach that work. The practice of medicine is more — much more — than simply treating illness. It is more than acquiring skills and techniques. And it is more than memorizing the experiences of others. It takes a certain kind of eye, an inquiring mind and relentlessly inquisitive heart.
Qiological is an opportunity to deepen our practice with conversations that go deep into acupuncture, herbal medicine, cultivation practices, and the practice of having a practice. It’s an opportunity to sit in the company of others with similar interests, but perhaps very different minds. Through these dialogues perhaps we can better understand our craft.
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351 The Trouble with Men • Damo Mitchell
April 09, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBWomen develop through the cycles of seven. Men through the rhythms of eight. Women, more resonate with Blood. Men, with qi. Being human, there is a lot we share in common. Looking at our classic books on medicine, from the point of view of physiology and health, there are differences. And from the perspective of development, going from child to adult, and from adult to elder, we walk paths that orbit around one another. Damo MItchell recently commented on social media about his concern tha...
350 Sa Sang, Bazi and Food as Medicine • Jaguang Sunim
April 02, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBEast Asian medicine recognizes the central role that food can play in our health and wellbeing. We have various models for understanding the fluctuations and trajectories a human body can travel as we navigate the time we have between Heaven and Earth. In this conversation with Jaguang Sunim we explore the Korean Sa Sang constitutional perspective as it relates to our physiology, along with the strengths and deficiencies that we can mitigate with the foods we choose to eat on a regular basi...
349 History Series, There's No End to The Study • Stuart Watts
March 26, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 71 MBThe 1960’s and 70’s saw an explosion of alternative health and lifestyle practices appear at the edges of culture. It was a time ripe with possibility and fraught with peril, after all there was a war going on. The kind where men were drafted. As with any troubled time, there is also opportunity. Because as things fall apart, they also fall together. The guest of this episode, Stuart Watts, he had a bent for spiritual practice, a curiosity about health beyond the mainstream, and an adventur...
348 The Strange Flows • Daniel Atchison-Nevel
March 19, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 99.2 MBChange happens through time, it unfolds within the rhythmic inhale and exhale, it expresses through lunar and solar cycles, it follows the arc of development, fruition, and decline. There are recognizable pathways and markers that arise within what is mostly a non-linear experience of life. Daniel Atchison-Nevel used to skip school and hang out at the library where he found himself in the company of old Russian Jewish mystics, their stories and tattered copies of the Dao De Jing. Not a bad ...
347 The First Four Palaces of Alchemy • Leta Herman
March 12, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBAlchemy sounds like magic. It sounds like magic because it involves the transmuting of something coarse and without value to something refined and of worth. But really, there is nothing magical about it. It’s the process of finding a corner of the world you want to work on, and applying some elbow grease to make it better. In this conversation with Leta Herman we explore the first four of the nine palaces of Alchemy. Which is to say, the nuts and bolts of working with the everyday world, be...
346 Weaving Together East and West • Joseph and Sam Audette
March 05, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBYou’ve probably heard about family lineage types of acupuncture from Asia. Here in the West, acupuncture is still a bit of a newcomer to the medical scene, but it has been around long enough that we are beginning to see second generation practitioners. In this conversation we have a father son team, Joe and Sam Audette. Joe is a medical doctor and has deeply studied and helps to teach the work of Kiiko Matsumoto. And in this conversation you’ll get all kinds of helpful tips on areas of the...
345 History Series - Things That Don’t Make Sense Will be Helpful to You Later • Ted Kaptchuk
February 27, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBIt was challenging enough for me in the 1990’s to set myself on the path of learning acupuncture. and by then, we had established schools and clear pathways to licensure and a livelihood. But back in the early days it took a rare kind of individual with a big spirit to seek out the knowledge required to learn acupuncture. The guest of this episode, Ted Kaptchuk, is one of those explorative pioneers that headed East because he was sure he’d find something, even though he’d no idea of how he ...
344 Jing, Authenticity and Mushrooms • Mason Taylor
February 20, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBMedicinal mushrooms have made their way into the everyday lives of the “old one-hundred names,” us common folk. Formerly rare and precious substances like Ling Zhi and Dong Chong Xia Cao are now cultivated and readily available for people like you and me. Considered to be “higher” level medicinals, these are substances considered more for promoting wellbeing, than treating illness. Which brings us to the topic of “Tonic Herbs” and Yang Sheng, the nourishment of life. In this conversation...
343 Chinese Medicine Dermatology • Mazin Al-Khafaji
February 13, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBClinical experience and results are paramount in developing skill as a Chinese medicine practitioner. Theory should serve practice, not the other way around. Specializing in certain disease categories like dermatology can accelerate your learning process. In this conversation with Mazin Al-Khafaji we explore how he’s spent the past few decades using Chinese medicine to treat difficult skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis. His study of Chinese medicine and unexpected collaboration with ...
342 Laughter of the Universe, Qi of The Wood Dragon Year - Gregory Done
February 06, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 83.9 MBWe are here in the midst of winter cold going into the Spring Festival— the new Chinese Lunar year. It might seem strange to consider Spring as beginning in the deep middle of dark and cold, but all beginnings start in the dark. They begin before they can be seen. Qiological is delighted to have Gregory Done back with his perspective on the coming Wood Dragon year. This 12 year Earthly cycle of animals began anew with the Metal Rat in 2020, and we know how that shifted our world in profoun...
341 History Series, A Journey into Health, Wellbeing and Longevity • Peter Deadman
January 30, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 89.2 MBIn the mid 70’s there were four English language books on acupuncture. Which wasn’t much to go on. But for the people that started learning acupuncture in those days. It was enough to get started. Suzuki Roshi is famous for saying “in the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts mind there are few.” Which is another way to say being young and foolish is not a bad way to get started with things, because you don’t know what you can’t not do. and exploring new territory brin...
340 Alchemy, Magic and Channel Personalities • Zachary Lui
January 23, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBThere are aspects of East Asian medicine that touch on the frameworks of Buddhism, Daoism, Shamanism, and Alchemy. What’s more the lenses of philosophy, psychology, spirituality, and cosmology also can come into play when we consider the nature of the channels and points. Touching on existential questions and potentials for healing transformation, our guest in this episode, Zac Lui, discusses the Five Phases and channel dynamics from a perspective you’ve likely not considered. And touches ...
339 Confusion on the Path, The Dangers of Meditation • Leo Lok
January 16, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBMeditation is seen as an ancient panacea to modern problems. Mindfulness and equanimity will help with your productivity at work, relationships at home, reduce your need for certain medication and in general make you a better version of yourself. But the inward turned gaze often enough does not reveal a tranquil garden, but a junkyard. The promise of stillness and equanimity evaporates in the onslaught of our unruly human minds. In this conversation with Leo Lok, we investigate how mediati...
338 Researching Chronic Pain in Children • Jonathan Riemer
January 09, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBPain is a helpful signal when it works properly as a warning signal. But when that signal goes awry, it dramatically changes a person’s life and also affects their close relationships. Jonathan Riemer has been researching chronic pain in children and he’s found there are social, neurological and psychological aspects to pain and its treatment. Listen into this conversation on illness and how it functions within the family systems, disconnections between the mind and body, and the importanc...
337 Acupuncture is like Shop Class • Michael Max & Rick Gold
January 02, 2024 05:15 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBThe curious thing about having someone ask me a question and engage in a conversation of inquiry is that I hear myself saying things that are usually hidden just under the surface of habit and belief. In this episode the guest of the podcast is me. and the host steering the boat… it’s Rick Gold. if you don’t know Rick, listen to episode 323. He’s had a hand in hundreds of people learning our medicine. Listen in for a discussion of the influence that shop class has had on me over the years,...
336 Rock & Roll, Synchronicity and the Yi Jing, a history conversation • Z'ev Rosenberg
December 26, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBWe all have some kind of call to follow medicine, otherwise we wouldn’t be in the trade. If you answer that call today, you’ve got a profession you can work yourself into. But back in the late 70’s early 80’s, the profession was still finding its footing. And if you’re like the guest of this episode, Z’ev Rosenberg, having an established professional track was less of a concern than following a hunger he had for natural methods for restoring and maintaining health. Listen into this convers...
335 Academy of Source Based Medicine • M. Brown, W. Ceurvels, E. Even, I. Zavala
December 19, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBThe vast wealth, and it is a wealth, of writing on Chinese medicine is in Chinese. Granted, at this moment in time there is enough material that has made its way into English that you wouldn’t be able to read all of it in one lifetime. That’s far cry from the handful of books of 40 years ago. Still, the history and perspectives that have found their way down to the present in Chinese. It’s like an alternative universe. Maybe several of them. In this episode with Michael Brown, Will Cervel...
334 Lean Into Your Gift • Clara Cohen
December 12, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBSome people dream of being influencers and social media stars. They are looking for a glamorous life in front of the camera. Not so for the guest of today’s episode who first published a Facebook video as a way to help support her students. It was a complete shock when someone from another country wrote to tell her how they appreciated the help in learning medicine. In this conversation with Clara Cohen we reflect on how she got started with her YouTube channel, Acupro Academy. It’s been a...
333 Prescriptions for Virtuosity • Eric Karchmer
December 05, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBWe practice traditional medicine, or do we? Because Chinese medicine has roots and writings that go back into misty history, it’s easy to imagine we practice much like your average Qing or Ming doctor. But the truth is, the way practitioners worked even just a hundred years ago would be quite foreign to the standards of today. In this conversation with Eric Karchmer we explore some of the themes and historic insights from his new book Prescriptions for Virtuosity, The Post Colonial Struggl...
332 History series- Connecting Heaven and Earth Efrem Korngold
November 28, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBIn this conversation, our guest Efrem Korngold said, “the definition of a good paradigm is that you can apply it effectively to new problems.” You know how sometimes you hear something and it stops you dead in your tracks, it rings true in a way that you can feel in your bones, muscles and blood. I heard this and felt the truth of it. What’s more was his further comment that Chinese medicine; it’s good paradigm. Listen into this conversation on the early days of Chinese medicine emerging i...
331 A Stroll Through the Landscape of the Polyvagal • Karine Kedar
November 21, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 72.5 MB“My Po made the decision” I’m usually skeptical about most explanations of the “Spirit” of the five Zang viscera. Not that I don’t indulge speculation myself, I most certainly do. But given these ideas come down to us from another time, language, and culture. Given they’ve traveled through through the millennia I’m mightily reluctant to stake a claim on what the ancients might have intended. That said, the guest of today’s conversation Karine Kedar said the above quote towards the begi...
330 Acupuncture and Non-Ordinary States of Reality • John Myerson
November 14, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBYou don’t need to practice acupuncture for very long to realize that people frequently slip into a deep state of quietude and repose. Often enough, they come out of a session with a completely different look to their eyes, they move slower and with a more integrated coordination, they’re focused less on the noise in their life, and more on the potency of the present. In this conversation with John Myerson, we explore acupuncture and non-ordinary states of consciousness. This was part of a ...
329 Alchemy and Transformation In Clinical Work • Leta Herman
November 07, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBI’ve often enough equated the word Alchemy with Magic. Hoping for something that would quickly and painlessly transform the troubles dogging me. Perhaps this is possible with magic, but alchemy, that is a process of preparation, distillation and attentiveness. It’s a undertaking that requires a kind of containment and the transformative power of time is a key ingredient. Maybe not unlike the process of learning medicine by practicing medicine. In this conversation with Leta Herman we discu...
328 Learning Acupuncture When There Weren’t Any Schools • Jake Fratkin
October 31, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBIt’s surprising the unexpected paths we trod that lead us to our destiny. Especially when you’re headed into a profession or line of work that does not yet exist. In this conversation with Jake Fratkin, we meander through tales of back pain, bitter herbs, beginner's luck and crooked judges. We reflect on the joys and uncertainties of following your fascination to wherever it leads, and making a go of life on the edge of the establishment. Listen into this discussion on blackjack statisti...
327 An Acupuncture Perspective on the Shang Han Lun • Maya Suzuki
October 24, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBThere are several foundational texts that lay the groundwork for Chinese herbal medicine. Usually when you think about the Shang Han Lun, you’d immediately think of herbs. And when you think about the various herbs that make up the classic prescriptions, you’ll realize they all have a flavor, direction and character. In essence— a kind of qi. In this conversation with Maya Suzuki we discuss the dynamic of Gui Zhi Tang. How it leaves palpable traces in the body. And how to use acupuncture in...
326 80/20 of Nutrition • Brenda Le
October 17, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBConfused by all the diet advice out there? Me too! Seems like there's always a new fad telling us what to eat– or not. I'm a fan of the 80/20 principle and I’ve been wondering if that might apply to diet, especially if you’re using diet as a way to improve health. I chew this over with acupuncturist and nutritionist Brenda Le and see if we can untangle some of the noise and drama around food. We’ll discuss the intertwinement of food and emotion, dealing with shame, listening to your body...
325 Putting Your Heart In It • John Nieters
October 10, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBWe have plans, but our destiny usually is not found in the maps we make of the world. It shows up in unexpected, random and often unguarded moments. There’s a lot we “do.” It does not come from knowing, but we can spin up a story in retrospect. In this conversation with John Nieters we notice how our work in time tends to simplify. That our plans and often enough lead to an unexpected potently changeable moment. We explore the East and West of blood stasis, and curiosities of the circulator...
324 Ghost Points • Ivan Zavala
October 03, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBGhost points. Read those words and let the sound echo into your head, your heart and body. Ghost points. Just the words carry an energy. An energy of spirit, of embodiment, or not. The words suggest something of the spirit that can go astray. Like a decision to never let a particular bad experience ever happen again, or on the other side, the addictive desire to recreate again and again something of the sublime. In this conversation with Ivan Zalava we consider the realm of spirit, ghosts,...
322 Founding the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine • Rick Gold
September 26, 2023 06:15 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBIf you don’t know where you want to go, it’s fine not to know where you’re going. Not all journeys have a destination– at least, not in the beginning. In the beginning you’re opening to options, surveying the landscape, getting a feel for who you are in the territory. It's the Open part of “Open, Close, Pivot.” Rick Gold, one of the founders of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine did not start out to found an acupuncture school. He started out aiming at being a hermit in backwoods Ken...
323 Founding the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine • Rick Gold
September 26, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBIf you don’t know where you want to go, it’s fine not to know where you’re going. Not all journeys have a destination– at least, not in the beginning. In the beginning you’re opening to options, surveying the landscape, getting a feel for who you are in the territory. It's the Open part of “Open, Close, Pivot.” Rick Gold, one of the founders of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine did not start out to found an acupuncture school. He started out aiming at being a hermit in backwoods Ken...
322 Alchemy of the Organs • Peter Firebrace
September 19, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 93.4 MBLi Shi Zhen and Sun Si Miao, they shared an interest in alchemy. Often enough in our clinical work, patients will describe what happened with them as being magical, but as practitioners we know its not magic, its medicine. But it’s a medicine that works outside the parameters of Western thought, and the consensus of settled science. In this conversation with Peter Firebrace we explore being a Zhen Ren, a True Human, and internal alchemical practice. The journey to Emptiness through the thre...
321 Continuity and Change Within the Tradition of Chinese medicine • Volker Scheid
September 12, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBChinese medicine looks to the perspectives of the past to understand the unfolding present. And for sure, there are threads of connection and perspective that come down to us through the curious tides of history. At the same time, there is this unique moment. What we hold, what we discover, these are yin yang aspects of how to make sense of a medicine patinated with history and lore. In this conversation with Volker Scheid we discuss continuity and change in Chinese medicine. And the start...
320 What I Learned in the Last Year From Teaching • Deborah Woolf
September 05, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 77.5 MBI still remember the moment when I realized that the character for Listen in traditional written Chinese was composed of the characters for Ears, Eyes, and Heart. Twenty two little strokes that unambiguously describe what is required to genuinely listen. Deborah Woolf has spent the past year teaching a course on basic Chinese for East Asian medicine practitioners. And while the content of her course is of interest to me, in this conversation what I’m more focused on is what it is that she’...
319 I had no idea what I was in for • Dan Bensky
August 29, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBIf you’ve studied Traditional East Asian Medicine in English, you no doubt have benefited from the work of today’s guest. Dan Bensky has translated, written, published and taught for more years than most students entering an acupuncture school now have been alive. He set off for Taiwan in the early 70’s to follow his interest in learning Chinese. Taiwan was still under martial law and the mainland… the mainland was going through the horrors of the Cultural Revolution. Chinese medicine, not...
318 A Peripatetic Education • Andy Ellis
August 22, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 90 MBThe book we used for studying acupuncture points at the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine was Foundations of Chinese Acupuncture. That along with Grasping the Wind were my entry into the study of channels and points. Both of those books had the handiwork of today’s guest, Andy Ellis. Beyond those early translations, Andy has his fingerprints on a wide swath of books on herbal medicine and acupuncture. Andy wandered his way into most of his learning. And he’s been generous with what ...
317 Following a Hunch • Malvin Finkelstein
August 15, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBOften enough at the beginning of a sea change, you don’t know what’s coming next. You’re already part of a current, a flow, and while you can steer within current, you’re caught up in a flow that is beyond your capacity to fully understand. In this conversation with Malvin Finkelstein we take a trip in the Wayback Machine to 197xx and his first encounter with acupressure, acupuncture and the potency of nutrition. We visit the early years of acupuncture education, the challenges of making a ...
316 Growing Up with Herbs • Yvonne Lau
August 08, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 95.6 MBWhat you grow up with, that’s what becomes normal. You could be smack dab in the middle of something extraordinary, but it’s simply everyday life for you. In this conversation with Yvonne Lau we reflect on her experience of growing up as the daughter of immigrants from Southern China who ran an herb store in San Francisco’s Chinatown. It was a time when a few dedicated young people from the mainstream culture began to show a respectful and insatiable interest in Chinese medicine. The inter...
315 Importance of Structure, and the Freedom That Comes From It • John Myerson
August 01, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBWhat do you do if you’re interested in learning and practicing acupuncture, but there are no schools, standards or licensure? You built it yourself; with help of other spirited colleagues. In this conversation with John Myerson we go back to the days when acupuncture was just coming into the mainstream of American life. It wasn’t there yet— but it was close enough to intuit. John was there in the early days of the New England School of Acupuncture. And he helped to create the academic str...
314 Channel Dynamics, Time Streams and Unlocking Latency • Sean Tuten
July 25, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 87 MBThe transport points are rich in story, function, connection and seem to have a capacity for engaging qi in profound ways as it flows from the tips of the fingers and toes, up to the elbows and knees. Lou points are particularly interesting as they both connect yin and yang channels. In this conversation with Sean Tuten we investigate the capacity of the luo channels to act as a first defense against overwhelming experiences that come from the outside. How they both protect against and can ...
313 The Heart of Practice • Ross Rosen
July 18, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBThe heart of our work, often enough, leans on the connections and capacity of the heart. In this conversation with Ross Rosen we explore the importance of the patient-practitioner relationship, the concept of negotiating a diagnosis and some Daoist practices in medicine. Listen into this discussion on practical clinical strategies and how traditional medicine intertwines and overlaps with our everyday lives.
312 Nature in Medicine • Ed Neal
July 11, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBEast Asian medicine is a nature based medicine. And nature… nature is weird, and mysterious. And as much as we like to come up with “Laws of Nature” they are more like approximations. Useful for sure. But you’re asking for trouble if you confuse the map with the territory. And with nature, the territory is always changing. How do you keep your senses open and unencumbered with habit and belief? How do you stay present to what your patient might need in this particular moment? How do you wise...
311 理 法 道術 Principles, Methods, Knowing and Know-How • Jason Robertson & Stephan Brown
July 04, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBThe story of the blind men exploring the elephant is alluded to often enough that it’s easily dismissed as cliche. And yet, the profound truth of how our senses and meaning making influence of our mind are worth pausing to consider. In this conversation with Jason Robertson and Stephen Brown we consider the 理 Li, the patterning or connective coherence that runs through creation. As acupuncture and East Asian medicine are pattern languages, this concept touches on the core of our work. We ...
310 Navigating Destiny, A Personal Journey Into Japanese Acupuncture •. Maya Suzuki
June 27, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 82 MBMind and body are inextricably entangled together. The effect of emotions on the physiology leave a palpable trace. It’s something that we as practitioners can acquire the capacity to discern and use as part of assessment and treatment. In this conversation with Maya Suzuki we touch on how touch is a potent aspect of treatment. How it gives us direct access to a patient’s inner terrain, and how it gives us reliable information that stands apart from theory and protocol. We also explore uni...
309 AI for Acupuncturists • Heidi Lovie
June 20, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBIs it the end of the world, or the beginning of a new one? That is the question of the day when cultures go through seatide changes. Ever since the turn into of this yin water rabbit year in February, we’ve been hearing about power, potential and perhaps peril of ChatGPT and the other Artificial Intelligences that have burst into the digital landscape. What is in store for us as acupuncturists? That is the question I put to Heidi Lovie who has been getting her hands dirty with various kin...
308 Body Constellations, Qi Maps and Full Throttled Curiousity • Jason Brazil
June 13, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBThe acupuncture channels are a curiosity that practitioners have puzzled, and argued, over for centuries. Even as these structures and processes so fundamental to life have been used for treatment and well being since Chinese medicine first began to emerge far beyond recorded history. In a sense, the channels are maps that help us to orient and navigate life, health and meaning. In this conversation with Jason Brazil we discuss his voyage of discovery as he took his hand's on experience as ...
307 Everything Reminds Me of a Story • John Scott
June 06, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 98.9 MBIt can be hard, impossible perhaps, at the beginning to know that you’re at the start of a tidal shift. It’s only in looking back and connecting the pivotal moments that you can see a challenging moment didn’t happen to you, it happened for you. It’s only later that you can see how attempting to solve a troublesome problem would take you down a path your imagination couldn’t dream up in that moment. In this conversation with John Scott we take a trip in the Wayback Machine to a time when ac...
306 Suffering is Meant to Awaken Us: Qi Gong and the Alchemy of Transformation • Chris Shelton
May 30, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBThere’s a saying that what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. Maybe. I suspect that it has something to do with the capacity of your 意 Yi to make meaning, and the vitality of the 志 Zhi to take that meaning and marry it to the sense of what you’re here to do in this post-heaven formed world of the created. In this conversation with Chris Shelton we hear how his troublesome childhood laid the groundwork for a qi gong practice that would not only help him to heal himself, but to be of serv...
305 Thinking About Business Should Release Dopamine in Your Brain • Danielle Weil
May 23, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBYou probably have an image in your mind, and a feeling that goes with having had a bad marketing experience. But do you know what good marketing feels like? It feels like someone cares and is trying to be helpful. Effective and ethical marketing is about connective communication and helping your patients to solve problems. In this conversation with Danielle Weil we focus on the importance of understanding our patient’s needs, and developing the skill to be able to accurately describe t...
304 Considering Qi, or Not • Leah Fehres
May 16, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBEast Asian medicine uses a completely different map of physiology and function from that of modern biomedicine to understand health and illness. It’s a set of tools and perspectives that gives us a unique look at the entanglements of function and form. And when using acupuncture to help our patients it’s all about the qi, right? Maybe not. In this conversation with Leah Fehres we consider the relationship between acupuncture points, nerve structures, and the body's intricate nervous and fa...
303 Way of the Teishin • Bob Quinn
May 09, 2023 05:15 - 1 hour - 89.7 MBWhat’s more powerful, a whisper or a shout? What has more impact, a punch to the gut or an intended and targeted slight? Strength and power, these are two different things. In this conversation with Bob Quinn we explore the gentle practice of using the Teishin, and the landscape that emerges as we attend both to the quiet sensitive aspect of the nervous system as it manifests in the skin, and our rooted sense of perception and attentiveness to the space we inhabit with our patients Listen ...