This was a group file compiled by my friend Jason Luban from the acupuncturists Facebook group he moderates. Jason lives in Spain and was, as I was, a student of Liu Ming “May you live in interesting times.” These are interesting times indeed. Though we’re not even two months into the Year of the Rat,…
Hi everyone, Yes its that time of the year again! For years now I’ve written and given talks about the Chinese New Year time in terms of the Chinese ‘astrology’ (maybe more correctly ‘geomantic’) part, which traditionally, also connects to their ancient traditional medical system. This coming year marks the final one in the sequence…
Hi everyone, And if you haven’t heard, yes I’m back in Ashland now full-time! October 17th was double 9 day in the Chinese calender – the 9th day of the 9th month. Considered the Yang’iest day and a good day for a hilltop picnic. Then Yang is on retreat – enter the Autumn for…
I’ll write here a little about Fire and Metal – the Summer Heat, the Autumn and it’s relationship to the Lungs. A long smoky summer in California and Southern Oregon has a lot of us exhausted, even a little depressed, and kind of wondering if this is the new norm given the changing climate. …