Showing posts with label qi qong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label qi qong. Show all posts

Friday, January 9, 2009

How does Acupuncture actually work?


It's simple really...
There are just a few basic assumptions to get out of the way before you can understand.
1) All manifestations in the world are made up of one thing: Qi, or energy.
2) This energy applies to the human being and its body, emotions, mind, and spirit.
3) This Qi can be directed willingly in such ways to bring about health and well being in the person.
Now, without accepting these notions you may have difficulty believing how it works. You don't have to be a follower in the Pleiads or Atlantis to accept these basic ideas. In fact, our very own scientists are stumbling all over these ancient truth's today calling it different things, like quantum mechanics etc. but essentially it is the same thing.
There are different schools of Acupuncture. For instance, there is Traditional Chinese Medicine, a Korean form, a Japanese one, and a Five Element form. The latter is where I work from. It is different from the rest in that it treats the root of the illness instead of the symptoms. Instead of receiving a magic pill, you get the thrill of experiencing self in ultimate balance.


How though?


Well, after being diagnosed via techniques such as pulse, tongue, odor, voice, emotion, and color we can move forward and treat you on what element in your body we fell is out of balance. The Elements are: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. We have them all within us and everyone has one they basically live from which is usually the one out of balance. So, by accessing the element's meridian within the body--there are 12 major, and a few minor meridians--we are able to balance your system, and thus cure your allergies, or whatever else ails you. Sound simple? Well, it is, but, of course, it is complicated in its own right.

For more information on Acupuncture check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_acupuncture#Scientific_theories_and_mechanisms_of_action
where you can get a better idea what the world is saying about this elegant medicine, and also what the scientists are saying.


Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Plant Speak #1: Coffee....




"When the black spirits pour inside us,
Then the spirit of God and air
And all that is wonderous within
Moves us through the night, never-ending"
Rumi, (ranting and twirling and singing and praying)

Coffee. Kahwey. java. Crank. Bean. Joe. Go Juice. Ambition. Are you good for me (for us), or do you have a different agenda? You make it easy for so many to slide out of bed in the morning with your alluring aroma which dances from your sneaky shrine. Its true! You are one of the most revered plants in the world. Every office has a shrine for you. Most houses do too! What is it about you? Kalidi and his laughing goats can offer us an answer: Excitation. Curious goats, sensuas little cherries with a whammy of a punch. You are ubiqitous too. Who is willing to admit your addictive spirit? Your effects are so elusive also. And how well you go with all of the other New World goodies: Tobacco, Sugar, and Chocolate. Blessing or a curse. The verdict is still out. I do find it interesting how you and all of your New World buddies have taken such control of your explioters. Way to go. No, honestly, I respect your path. For all those who do not respect your "real" gifts, like our friend Rumi, you offer emotional imbalance, addiction, speediness, stomach cancer, urinary tract infection, and, of course, insomnia. I hope for you to loosen your grip on me. I bow down with an offering. A truce: I will post this on my blog. I will always talk highly of you, and caution those who come in contact with me about your pro's and con's. Coffee, I love you, but I must leave for now. Here is a list of correspondences Dale Pendell has come up with for you...do you agree?

Activity: Commerce
Animal: Camel
Archetype: Soldier
Art: Fiction
Body function: Locomotion
Body part: Heart
Buddha Realm: Karma
Chord: Tonic
Color: Ivory
Cosmic Entity: Main sequence? Blue/white
Crutch for: Inattention
Dimension: Time
Discipline: Taxonomy
Element: Metal
Form of Ignorance: Speculation
God: Hermes
Goddess: Fortuna
Grammar: Context free
Age: Kali Yuga
Humor: Melancholic
Image: Clock
Landscape: Cities
mmm....interesting. If interested in the effects of coffee on your precious organism check out this link: http://www.cosic.org/

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

a spark turns to Flame!

and the Passion of the Flower...

I've always known I was to do something different. Never have I been able to be comfortable subscribing to anything fully. I am a synthesizer. A renaissance type man. One feeling as been clear for the longest time admist all of my confusion and soul searching and it is to be of service to others. Nothing is more important to me. I want to help. There is so much suffering the world...how can I help. How can we help.
So, the purpose of this blog isn't to be a autobiography. In fact, I don't desire to bring too much focus on my self at all. Really what I intend to do is share. Share about this new approach my partner and I are taking in medicine, which we are calling "entheomedicine," and to be inspiring for all of you our there who have stumbled across this blog. Coincidence? I think not. You have come for a reason.
Back to my self just for a second to give a brief introduction of who I am and what I do in this life. I am a Certified Medical Qi Gong Practitioner and Evolutionary Astrologer. I work with my partner who is an Acupuncturist and the most amazing healer/person I have met in my life. We both went to Naropa University and went on the study at JR Worsley's, Academy for 5 Element Acupuncture. Paul Fraser was our Qi Gong teacher, who has had a month to live for the past 25 years of his life--a brief insight into the power of Qi...We have been practicing together for almost a year now all over the country from Florida to Washington, and have just settled in Boulder, CO. Within our work we have discovered an invaluable synthesis of all we have learned in one ever changing healing art we call "EntheoMedicine."
I will be trying my best to blog daily, giving teachings, encouragements, quotes, stories, pictures and whatever else prompts me to share with the community. Most of all I want to establish a community of like minded folks (healers, dreamers, thinkers, musicians etc) to share our experience. We live in the most amazing time of interconnectivity. Let's use it and become a force to change to way we live. It is up to us to dream up the future. It is our time, our beckoning.
Be well my friends,
Sommer