In today’s Shoptalk episode, Damo Mitchell dives into the Craft of Acupuncture and our relationship with the needle—our most essential tool. He shares practical insights on Butcher Ding and the art of sliding through sinew channels with focused awareness and intent, so we can precisely target the primary channels for maximum effect.
I started out in the martial arts which I began at the age of four; it was through these studies that I first encountered Chinese medicine which I began to learn at age 14 with Tuina.
Fast forward 28 years or so and I find myself having completed a UK degree in Chinese medicine as well as having been apprenticed to a number of Chinese medical doctors in China and South East Asia. Never really finding myself comfortable in a conventional ‘clinical;’ setting, I always leaned more towards study with esoteric and Daoist practitioners of medicine who worked in smaller communities or out of their own home.
To me, the separation of personal cultivation from Chinese medical study shouldn’t really exist and they both form an equal part of my lifepath.
These days, I am the head of the Xian Tian College of Chinese Medicine as well as the director of the Lotus Nei Gong School of Internal Arts which keeps me more than busy!
You can find out more about Damo’s work at
Lotus Nei Gong, Xian Tian College, and on Youtube.
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