What does it take to really change? What’s required to break habitual patterns that make us unwell and unhappy? It’s easy to look out into the world and see what’s wrong with it. It’s easy to look at our past and identify what went wrong,...
An acupuncture protocol that captures the imagination of many acupuncturists are the “Ghost Points,” made famous by the great Tang Dynasty era doctor Sun Si Miao (581-682 CE). Miao worked as a traveling doctor for many years during a very exciting time in Chinese history: when...
Working with consciousness is one of the most interesting aspects of Chinese medicine. When most people begin their healing journey, it is often something physical they focus on. But as the healing process progresses, consciousness (the way they think and feel) starts to be a...
The study of consciousness and its effect on the physical body is richly explored in Chinese medicine. It has become a speciality of mine as an acupuncturist. Modern medicine calls the effect the mind and emotions have on the physical body psychosomatics. Though this is...
