321 Continuity and Change Within the Tradition of Chinese medicine • Volker Scheid
Acupuncture Chinese 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...
030 Reflections on 25 Years of Cultivating a Practice • Michael Max
Cultivation In this Shop Talk Michael Max reflects on 25 years of practice and the importance of running a business as a cultivative practice. We go into the importance not of “faking it till you make it,” but rather using the learning of the early days to better hone your...
320 What I Learned in the Last Year From Teaching • Deborah Woolf
Acupuncture I 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...
029 Palpating Head Points • Jason Robertson
Acupuncture In this Shop Talk Jason Robertson discusses the importance of putting your hands on your patients heads to understand where physically the points actually are located. He draws from his experience with Dr Wang Ju-Yi in discussing how points are “jie” which you can...
319 I Had No Idea What I Was In For • Dan Bensky
Acupuncture If 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...
028 Considering and Using Ghost Points • Leta Herman
Acupuncture Leta Herman, co-founder of the Alchemy Learning Center, shares her insights into the world of the Thirteen Ghost Points, a mystical aspect of acupuncture that she has been practicing for almost two decades. These points, often overlooked or misunderstood, hold...
318 A Peripatetic Education • Andy Ellis
Acupuncture The 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...
027 Treating Chaotic Energy • Leta Herman
Acupuncture Join Leta Herman as she shares her perspective on why Chaotic Energy treatments (also known as Aggressive Energy) are so helpful in today's fast paced, modern world. In the past 20 years, Leta has witnessed a significant rise in CE due to increased world-wide stress,...
317 Following a Hunch • Malvin Finkelstein
Acupuncture Often 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...
026 Learning Classical Chinese Blows Your Mind and Expands Your Tool Chest • Sabine Wilms
Language & Culture How and why could learning classical Chinese make you a better clinician? Here are a couple of possible reasons: Reading the Chinese medicine classics directly, instead of modern textbooks about them, facilitates a more direct and hence authentic transmission, thereby...
316 Growing Up With Herbs • Yvonne Lau
Herbal Medicine What 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...
025 Sasang Constitutions and Nutrition • Tracy Stewart
Constitution In this Shop Talk I’ll be sharing three reasons why I practice Sasang Medicine. Reason #1 Food firstThe condition of the constitution always affects treatment outcome, prevention, overall health and longevity.People vary in their balance and do not inherently all have...
315 Importance of Structure, and the Freedom That Comes From It • John Myerson
Acupuncture What you do you 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...
024 Qi Gong for Emotional Wellbeing • Chris Shelton
Cultivation In this shoptalk on self-cultivation, Chris Shelton his perspective on the world of Qigong and its profound healing powers. Leaning on his experience of having Qigong profoundly change his life, he shares his practice that unites movement, breath, and mind-focus to...
314 Channel Dynamics, Times Streams and Unlocking Latency • Sean Tuten
Acupuncture The 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...
023 Assessing Seasonal Tides in the Pulse • Edward Neal
Pulse In the initial descriptions of Chinese medicine set down in the Huangdi Neijing, acupuncture was described as a traditional form of ecological surgery. Its primary aim was to restore the natural watersheds of the body by regulating the flow of the blood circulating...
313 Heart of Practice • Ross Rosen
Acupuncture The 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...
022 Tracking the Rhythms of Earth With The Ba Zi • Tracy Stewart
Constitution Medicine and Bazi belong to the 5 Arts of Chinese metaphysics. All 5 Arts use the basic principles of Taoist philosophy.The Bazi belongs to the Life Arts and is called The Pillars of Destiny. The 4 pillars are, the year, the month, the day and the hour.The upper half...