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Tag: healing
How are you better?
Mercury is retrograde from June 7th to July 2nd. For those of you allergic to the woo, just skip this paragraph. To my fellow astrology-nerds,…
Using a 0-10 Pain Scale Effectively
--puts on nurses cap--
Practitioners of all types have an inclination to move against a purely subjective measurement tool but this is really a disse…
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
Head vs Heart
In past posts we have had referrals to great teachers in our field emphasizing the development of the heart first, the head afterwards.The book I’m…
More reflections on Dr. Michael Smith’s lecture
Lisa's recent post of the Michael Smith videos reminded me of …
Improv Acupuncture—effective and rapid relief from stress & pain
I have been rolling some thoughts around in my head for a while now that attempt to describe my acupunk process in the clinic. I…
Love to Work, Work to Love
One of my teachers at acu-school told us that his teacher used to place the needles and then pray for all of his patients. Miriam…
Said many times, worth repeating.
Frequent acupuncture treatments trump other Chinese medical modalities in potency.
This mantra has been weaved into CA workshops…
Community Massage Project
Just received this announcement from a friend of mine who has been listening to me share about Community Acupuncture for a few years now. She is o…