Chinese Medicine
A Point for Stress Relief: The Landscape of Your Body #5
https://healgrowthriveflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Liver-3-Video-Jan-2021.mp4 You’ll have to take your shoes off for this one. It’s worth it. Liver 3, aka “Tai Chong,” aka “Great Rushing,” located in a valley on your foot, is important for people dealing with stress. (Should I simply say “for people”? Is anyone NOT dealing with stress?) Watch the video above to learn how…
Read MoreA Point for Calming and Uplifting: The Landscape of Your Body #4
https://healgrowthriveflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Du-20-Video-Jan-2021.mp4 Sometimes Yin and Yang are easy to understand: Where is the most Yang place on your body? The top! The uppermost point on your body, Du 20 (aka Baihui, aka “Hundred Meetings”), has everything to do with Yang. We use this point either to send excess Yang back down, or lift deficient Yang back…
Read MoreA Point for Supporting the Lungs, Neck & Uterus: The Landscape of Your Body #3
https://healgrowthriveflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lung-7-Video-Jan-2021.mp4 Here’s another way to locate one of the points I showed you in my March 2020 post about self-acupressure for Breathing, Digestion & Immunity. This is Lung 7, called Lie Que in Chinese, meaning “Broken Sequence.” On the landscape of your body, here two rivers briefly join. This is where the Lung channel “breaks”…
Read MoreA Point for People with Nasal Congestion & Sinus Pressure: The Landscape of Your Body #2
https://healgrowthriveflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Large-Intestine-10-Video-Dec-2020.mp4 This point is one of my favorites to teach to patients, because of how well it responds to acupressure massage. (Some other points respond much better to an acupuncture treatment, with needles.) Watch the video above to learn how to find Large Intestine 10 on the landscape of your body. I turn to this…
Read MoreA Point for People with Headaches, Stress & PMS: The Landscape of Your Body #1
https://healgrowthriveflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Large-Intestine-4-Video-Dec-2020.mp4 Recognize this one? Large Intestine 4 might just be the most well-known acupressure point. But do you know how to find it on your own body? Your body is a landscape of many rivers, trails, and landmarks. Watch this short video for directions. I turn to this point for people wanting relief from stress,…
Read MoreEpisode 17: Dreams, Acupuncture & the Five Elements (a conversation with Leilani Navar on The Dream Journal)
Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) Click here to listen on Spotify Have you ever had a massage, or maybe an acupuncture treatment, and gotten the, “Yep, that’s the spot,” feeling when a certain point on your body was pressed? In Traditional Chinese Medicine, we call those “ah shi” points. “Ah shi” translates…
Read MoreEpisode 15: Dreaming Your Genius – How Dreams Reveal Your Role in Global Healing (with Leilani Navar)
Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts Click here to listen on Spotify Click here to listen on iHeartRadio This one’s for you. You, who believe you have (or might have…) a role to play in global healing trust that your dreams bring wisdom and want to dive deep with me on the Five Elements,…
Read MoreEpisode 13: Fire Dreams Helping from Behind the Scenes (a conversation with Katherine Bell)
Do you believe that your dreams serve a purpose, even when you don’t remember them? Do dreams help you somehow, even if you don’t “work” with them? Katherine Bell believes so, and she’s read research studies to back that up. A scientist herself, Katherine blends her curiosity about the data around dreams with her deep…
Read MoreEpisode 11: Dreams, the Female Cycle, and Navigational Corrections
Click Play above, or listen on Apple, Spotify, or Stitcher. You’re about to meet another teacher dear to my heart, Geraldine Matus. She is founder and academic director of Justisse College International. Like Bob Quinn (Episode 5), she’s a holistic healthcare provider who is passionate about dreams and the symbolic realm. You’ll hear her share…
Read MoreEpisode 10: How Dreams and Embodied Imagination Support us through Illness (a conversation with Katherine Lawson)
Katherine Lawson speaks from experience about how dreams can support someone in cancer treatment. She’s been a patient, and a practitioner. In this episode, she shares with you how she and dreams have journeyed together through her academic work at Pacifica Graduate Institute the study of Dream Tending and Embodied Imagination her own cancer diagnosis,…
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