271 Cycles, Nodes and the Spaces in the Seasons • Sheri Lee
Acupuncture Life is built on rhythms, the natural world is constantly in a state of transformation. A cyclical flow of growth and decline—manifested in the turning of the seasons, waxing and waning of the moon, and the oscillation of day and night. The intertwined correspondences...
270 Authentic Movement and the Wisdom of the Body • Margot Rossi
Bodywork Movement is life. Movement is part of how our body communicates with itself and senses itself in the outside world. Proper and ease filled movement, be it with our emotions, the circulation of our blood, the way our joints through their range movement, and how we can...
269 A World of No Excuses • Jenny Nieters
Acupuncture To most, acupuncture is a curious riddle. An ancient medical art whose theories are poetic, and healing outcomes seem lopsided considering the gentle stimulation of a thin needle. And regardless of context or complaint, the goal remains the same as it was millennia...
268 Men’s Health • Lisa Lapwing
Acupuncture Chinese medicine is a godsend for women’s health. There are plenty of resources for us to tap into, and our medicine is great at addressing the challenges women face through their reproductive years and beyond. But what about the other half of the population?...
Five Years of Qiological, Thoughts, Observations and Appreciation • Michael Max
Acupuncture The first episode of Qiological aired at the end of August in 2017. I’d gotten more than a few emails from practitioners telling me how much they liked my previous podcast experiment…. Everyday Acupuncture, and that was surprising to me because I did not make that...
267 Language and Language-less Practices of Touch and Healing • Nick Pole
Bodywork Listen with the whole bodyAccept that comes When I think about connecting with others, two of the most powerful ways are with non-verbal touch, and the other with the use of attentive language. It would not be a stretch to suggest that this is the yin and yang...
266 Following the Flow, Ortho-Bionomy® and Art of Non-Judgement • Karen Elisa
Bodywork Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me!A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time.If only I let it bear me, carry me, if only it carry me!If only I am sensitive, subtle, oh, delicate, a winged gift! ...
265 Attending to the Landscape of Body and Being • Stephen Schleipfer
Acupuncture Patients come to us expecting a change in their situation—whether that is to gain or get rid of something. And as the ‘expert’ in the room, there’s a proclivity to go in with the intention to find what’s wrong and remediate it. Consider that as...
264 Field Dynamics and Touch • Beth Hazzard
Bodywork Like quantum physics, our medicine is built on a sense of connection and potential. It inhabits the reality of a unified field where the boundaries of mind and matter, time and space, rest and motion, or sickness and health blur. Humans are part of a universal...
263 Moving Into Ease, Yin Sotai and the Gentle Journey • Bob Quinn
Acupuncture Touch is our first sensation. It’s a universal language. And it’s a capacity we all have that can be used to restore health and nurture life. Hands may not be represented in the Ancient Chinese symbol for listen 聽, ting. But as practitioners of East Asian...
262 Causes and Conditions of Illness and Health • Greg Bantick
Acupuncture We often think of germs, genetic abnormalities, poor lifestyle choices or plain bad luck as being the cause of illness and disease. We go looking for the “smoking gun,” for the one thing that was the source of our troubles, but often the health issues we face arise...
261 Taste of Taiwan, An Afternoon in a Tea Shop • Pia Giammasi
Cultivation Qiological is on vacation for the month of July, this discussion is one of a series of ‘summer re-runs’ of some of our favorite conversations from Everyday Acupuncture Podcast, which was the forerunner of Qiological. Taiwan is famous for its high tech computer...
260 Living the Fertile Life • Njemile Carol Jones
Acupuncture Qiological is on vacation for the month of July, this discussion is one of a series of ‘summer re-runs’ of some of our favorite conversations from Everyday Acupuncture Podcast, which was the forerunner of Qiological. I thought my conversation with Njemile would walk...
259 Difference Between Presence and Control • Stuart Kutchins
Acupuncture Qiological is on vacation for the month of July, this discussion is one of a series of ‘summer re-runs’ of some of our favorite conversations from Everyday Acupuncture Podcast, which was the forerunner of Qiological. Many of us fire up a meditation practice only to...
258 A Look at the Tiger Year from the Halfway Point • Gregory Done
Cultivation One certainty in life is that it’s uncertain; we can’t accurately decipher how our stories unfold. But having an outline helps as we chart a course through the seasons of time. A key part of navigating the ever-changing phases of life is embracing the duality and...
257 Qi, Blood and Fluids • Jeffrey Dann & Mark Petruzzi
Acupuncture The ability to perceive with our hands, to assess the flow of life through the body, is a valued skill in East Asian medicine. It’s a fine and discerning art that takes full form when thinking does not overshadow; when cognitive understanding of anatomical landmarks...
256 Bridging Worlds, Shamanism and Clinical Practice • Sean Fox
Acupuncture Our medicine is rooted in the understanding that mind, body, and spirit are integral parts of the whole – reflective of each other and inseparable in human experience.. The tools and perspectives of East Asian medicine invite us to attend to holistically healing...
255 Puzzling Through the Heavenly Stems • Deborah Woolf
Acupuncture Everyday we sit with people in our clinic and puzzle through the questions of “What is going on for them,” “Can I see clearly what they need,” and “Do I understand how this person is an expression of yin/yang, heaven and earth?” Our patients have a story. And so do...