Healing Thoughts
Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine: Healing from the Inside Out
Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine is one of the longest-running, continuously practiced medical traditions in the world. The herbal formulas we use today were first recorded in medical texts like the Shénnóng Běncǎo Jīng (Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica), written over 2,000 years ago, and the Shānghán Lùn (Treatise on Cold Damage), which introduced formula-based treatments that are still prescribed today.
The True Nature of Healing: You, As You Are
The true nature of healing is not about becoming someone new — it’s about becoming fully yourself. Beneath the layers of illness, stress, and expectation lies an essential version of you: whole, resilient, and complete. Healing is the process of returning to that state — not by fixing what’s broken, but by removing the barriers that keep you from experiencing who you already are.
At the heart of this process is the body’s innate intelligence — what Taoism calls Original Qi.
A Winter’s Lesson (in the style of Robert Frost)
I fed ChatGPT a prompt on the Taoist understanding of Winter and how it reflects the idea of STILLNESS as presented in Hexagram 52 ( MOUNTAIN ) of the I Ching and told it write a poem about it in the style of Robert Frost…
HARMONIZING WATER IN WINTER
In Taoism and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), winter is associated with the Water element, which is the most yin of all the Five Elements. Understanding its qualities and supporting your body and mind during this season are key to maintaining balance and health.
WOOD MUSIC // VERSION 17-12-24 // WOOD IN WINTER with KHUNAJI
Wood in Winter is a reminder that SPRING IS COMING. Listening to a Wood song in Winter helps awaken growth and creativity during a time of introspection and stillness. Since Water (Winter’s element) nourishes Wood, this music inspires hope, balances emotions, and prepares the mind and body for the renewal of Spring. It offers a way to tap into hidden potential, promote the flow of energy, and plant seeds for future growth while harmonizing with the natural cycles.
Acupuncture Sound Bath Dec 15
This 1 hour event includes guided meditation, acupuncture treatment, and accompanying sound bath of analog and digital instrumentation composed according to the principles of Five Element Music Theory
Acupuncture Sound Bath Nov 17
This 1 hour event includes guided meditation, acupuncture treatment, and accompanying sound bath of analog and digital instrumentation composed according to the principles of Five Element Music Theory
“Autumn Metal” by Henry David Thoreau*
In the autumn, the Taoist sees the Metal Element at work—a season of order and restraint, where discernment sharpens like the chill in the air. As the farmer gathers his harvest, so must we gather the fruits of our labor, the thoughts we have tended through the spring and summer. We should ask ourselves, are these fruits wholesome? Do they align with the values we profess? Have we been kind, wise, and harmonious, as the natural world around us strives to be?
Fall Food for Thought
In Taoist medicine, Autumn is associated with the METAL element. The organs associated with Metal are the Lungs and Colon.
Lungs Protect and the Colon Lets Go ;
THE METAL ELEMENT IS BOTH OUR ARMOR AND OUR SWORD.
Here are ways to STRENGTHEN YOUR METAL this Fall…
Summer Solstice 2024
Spring was rough. Luckily for us, Nature shows us the way. After Spring comes Summer — A TIME FOR JOY AND LAUGHTER… these are glad tidings, indeed.
Hexagram 19. Advancing ; June 20, 2024
MAKING SUMMER LAST ~~~ ENDLESS SUMMER
The year is moving on. This is both an encouragement and a warning. Change is a part of nature. We can put our trust in what is happening, no need to push or pull. When we follow the flow of nature, we sync with ITS cycle, not OURS>>>
Summer Solstice marks the beginning of the Sun’s decline. And yet, we still have half the year left. There is still so much more sun to enjoy.
LINE 2 ``` teaches us to let go of our attachments to any negativity that may have accumulated in our year so far.
BALANCE ; the end of the year is slowly rolling in like a 6 month wave. we’re already surfing. No more paddling, just toes on the nose ~~~
Fire Meditation
The strength of fire is in its focus. When fire is focused, it can warm your home, cook food, or light the night. Bring to your awareness a manifestation of fire: fire in a cozy home hearth, or perhaps the fire that flows through wires as electricity. Consider the fire that moves an automobile, or even the fire that cooked your last meal.
REVERE THe fiRe wiTHiN yOU.
Sense your inner fire. Notice the warmth in your belly, your breath, your heart. Feel the warmth in the palms of your hands. Notice how steady your inner warmth can be, and allow it to light your awareness with creativity, inspiration, and upward moving energy.
Nurture your fire so it can light up your life, and inspire others. Sense the energy of fire within you as your inner passion and compassion come into focus.
Summer Synchronization ; FIRE
The three months of summer, they denote opulence and blossoming.
The qi of heaven and earth interact and the myriad beings bloom and bear fruit.
Go to rest late at night and rise early.
Never get enough of the sun.
Let the mind have no anger.
Stimulate beauty and have your elegance perfected.
Cause the qi to flow away,
as if that what you loved were located outside.
This is correspondence with the qi of summer and it is the Way to nourish growth.
Opposing it harms the heart.
Spring Integration Checklist
Some Things I Been Thinking To Myself On How to Integrate My Mind/Body/Spirit With Spring And What That Might Mean
What is Real? Micro vs Macro
“The changing opinions of men scarcely impress me anymore; the thoughts of the old masters are of greater value to me than the philosophical prejudices of the Western mind.” — C.G. Jung
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