One of the things I see as inherent in a Classical approach to Chinese medicine is the recovery of a sense of discipleship. The passing of knowledge from Master to Student has always been a part of the medicine, as far as I can tell. This is not a foreign concept in general, the use [...]
Continue reading...Yesterday in the first part of this discussion of maintaining sanity, I discussed the roles of Wood, Fire and Water in creation and resolution of the problems that often plague many of us who take in, and take on – way too much. I’d like to talk now about how I’ve used the symbolism of [...]
Continue reading...This school term has flown by so fast, I haven’t known exactly what to do with it! It’s the nature of this education that you’re always taking in and trying to assimilate so much, while still retaining what you’ve already learned and really you feel like you’re not doing any of those things particularly well. [...]
Continue reading...First, let me start by saying that I am not wholly familiar with the nomenclature debates. I have read the most recent articles, had discussions with a few professionals and thought about it for about 6 months. This by no means qualifies me as an expert on the subject! I wanted to report about my [...]
Continue reading...I was just reading an article in the latest National Geographic magazine about memory. It is an interesting article as a whole, but more importantly it really got me thinking about the role of memorization in education. The article talks about the times before easily available printed material, when most everything had to be memorized [...]
Continue reading...Today is Blog Action Day – one day where many writers come together to blog about a single topic to increase our total impact. This year, the topic is the environment – something near and dear to my heart. In this article, I’d like to suggest that Chinese medicine can easily be a strong part [...]
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