232 Transition and Value, Considerations in Buying and Selling a Practice • Jason Luban
The practice of practice Most of us typically devote our time, focus, and resources to building a successful Chinese Medicine practice. But how often do you take a step back to think about what will happen when you need to make a move, or stop practicing? We have to come to terms with the...
231 Hospital Handbook Project • Megan Kingsley Gale
Acupuncture Western medicine and East Asian medicine have often been seen as two completely different ways of approaching health and well being. Can they be blended together for the benefit of our patients? It has taken time for the Western world to familiarize itself with the...
Qiological Audio Journal, Winter 2021 • QAJ003
Acupuncture Welcome to the third edition of the 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 sleeve....
229 Saam Panel on Practice • Sharon Sherman, Jeri Steele & Charles Bishop
Acupuncture Yin/Yang is a lovely idea. The counterbalance of opposites sounds so good on paper, but the expression of those heavenly ideas within the limitations and form of Earth brings a lot of suffering, strife and pain. And yet, when we look at the earth as a whole, when we...
228 Navigating Uncertainty • Taran Rosenthal
Cultivation How we know, and how we know we know. Our capacity to sit with our patients that liminal space of not knowing. And the ability to navigate uncertainty the process of unfolding a treatment. All these are processes that can be learned, but can’t be taught. All these...
227 Repairing the World with Moxa • Hannah Swift
Acupuncture 針灸 Needles and Moxa, it is right there in the Chinese characters that are translated as “acupuncture.” Moxa is as fundamental to our practices as needles. The applications of burning mugwort run the gamut from cheap acrid Chinese pole moxa to ultra refined sweet...
226 Connections and Principles of Japanese Acupuncture, The Nan Jing, and the Saam Method • Thomas Sorensen
Acupuncture Leaves on a plant curl and turn yellow when the soil is not right. The health of a cat is reflected in the texture of its fur and clearity in the eyes. Likewise with people we can discern states of wellness or illness by attending to those parts of the body that are...
225 The Pernicious Influence of Depressive Heat • Rob Helmer
Acupuncture The fundamentals root our practice. The basics that we learn in the beginning not only never go away, but deepen with experience. This is why regardless of lineage or method, Chinese medicine practitioners can communicate with each other as we share a common parlance....
224 Integrating Sensing and Thinking Through the Lens of Japanese Acupuncture • Paul Movsessian
Acupuncture Our job as clinicians is to help our patients. And to help them we must first understand them. Which is easier said than done, especially as we all have different ways of being in the world, our perception has a lot to do with which senses we like to rely upon and the...
223 Knowing Your Foundation and Leaning on Your Strengths • Mark Asquith
The practice of practice When you’re running a business, be it an acupuncture clinic, tech company, plumbing service or coaching practice there are core principles that can spell the differences between failure and success. In this conversation with Mark Asquith we noodle on the First...
222 To Be Like Water • Margot Rossi
Acupuncture Heartbreak is unavoidable. It’s not a flaw in character or make up humans, it’s a feature. It’s what allows us to grow beyond the bounds and limits of family, friend group, peers and whatever group identity we find that gives a sense of belonging and security. Heart...
221 The Channel Project, Using Instagram to Teach and Market • Andrea Dewhurst
The practice of practice Love it or hate it, social media has seeped its influence into many corners of our lives. Most people have at least one social media platform that acts as a kind of morning news, local gossip coffee shop, private printing press, or digital campfire where we gather to...
220 Nuts and Bolts of Building a Practice • Eric Grey
The practice of practice Money is the lifeblood of every business; it’s the Qi. And an acupuncture practice can not ignore the basics of business. The main focus of a Chinese Medicine practitioner is to deliver holistic care to patients – in essence creating a safe space to share the...
219 Historical Context, Breaking Down Dogma, and Learning from Crisis Moments • Allen Tsuar
Acupuncture There are many schools of thought, methods both ancient and modern, practices based on lineage and those idiosyncratically synthetic. It is easy to think that what you understand is correct, and all too often medicine is practiced with a bit of an attachment to dogma....
218 Uncertainty and Investing in Our Practice • William Green
The practice of practice It’s easy to have beliefs about people we don’t know. Especially if they tick the boxes of our biases, prejudice, ignorance and the opinions of our friends. When you think about successful stock market investors you’re probably not thinking about people with...
Qiological Audio Journal, Fall 2021 • QAJ002
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216 Perspectives From a Family Lineage • Dr. Shoubin Yu & Anthony DiSalvo
Acupuncture Traditions tell a story. They hold and transmit insights into cultural, religious, and sometimes medical practices. They can give us a glimpse into how family lineages consider and refine aspects of medicine learned in the institutional settings. In this...
215 Inquisitiveness, Engagement and Vitality • Velia Wortman
Acupuncture As practitioners of Chinese Medicine, it’s our responsibility to address all aspects of our patient’s experience: mind, body, and spirit. This demands that we listen carefully to the various streams of information at our disposal—whether from our learned experience or...