Everything is Qi

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Written By Lazarus Qi

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qi, or “Chi (CHEE),” is the fundamental ‘stuff’ of the entire manifest universe, the basic energy that comprises all matter and animates all living things. Qi is the entire spectrum of things — matter and material. Qi is both the atoms and the molecule, the positive and the negative. It is both sides of creation, YIN and YANG. Qi is a MACRO word from an ancient world, thousand of years before the microsope. The Chinese weren’t wrong, they were describing the bigger picture.

When in doubt, zoom out.

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Drew Barretto is a doctor of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine. His creative and medical practices are a careful attempt at weaving together imagination and science. He has built his practice on the idea that a Healthy Body and a Happy Mind are directly connected and is devoted to educating his patients on how to Live Long and Die Happy.

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