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Tag: community qi
Open Letter To The Folks I’ve Treated In The Last 2 Years
This started writing itself in my head this morning as I worked my last Sunday shift in Poke in Vancouver.
In Praise of Community Qi
Community qi rocks my world so damn hard. It's one of the main reasons that this little clinic at one of Vancouver's busiest intersections is one of m…
It’s hard to dislike anyone while they’re sleeping.
If you are cynical about people,
be with strangers as they sleep.
Roll up trouser legs and sleeves, treat pain,
cove…
We’re not the only ones heart-to-heart connecting through the internet.
Here’s a beautiful story from Eric Whitacre, describing a phenomenon I found both wonderful and familiar, because it has a similar story line for CAN…
A Tale of Two Free Days
Hey here’s my tale of two free days, so you can understand how sometimes everything can go right and sometimes everything a go wrong at…
Tears
So many of the lovely recent posts have inspired me to chime in with this one about how our clinics are havens for people to feel…
The Yellow Emperor’s New Clothes
Miracles do not happen in contradiction to nature, but only in contradiction to what is known to us of nature.
--St. Augustine
Never mistake your presence for the event
I have been taking a few weeks to slow down, eat herbs and Swedish bitters, rest and rejuvenate, because the patient load at WorkSong is…