Qigong Practice: Teacher, Student, Method

Qigong Practice: Teacher, Student, Method

Though I am no master, as a qigong practitioner I’ve had sufficient practice with both modern Western and traditional Eastern styles of qigong or energy work, as well as personal experimentation, to feel competent in assessing a method for its worth and usefulness....
Personal Roots of Illness

Personal Roots of Illness

In many lingering, chronic ailments there are one or more “maintaining causes” that continue to cause disharmony, unless they are dealt with. Ultimately, only the individual affected can truly address these issues and eliminate them. The following is an outline of a...
Awareness: The First Step to Self-Healing

Awareness: The First Step to Self-Healing

Health and wellness are often taken for granted, on the one hand, and pursued desperately, on the other. Often there is little middle ground, as health problems just seem to strike suddenly or with great intensity. In such situations, we seem to be victims of fate,...
Four Pillars of Diagnosis

Four Pillars of Diagnosis

Oriental medicine is a naturalistic art, having evolved before the advent of modern technology. While the strength of technology is in its ability to heroically salvage human machinery, and to delve into tiny recesses and minutiae of human physiology, traditional,...