Journal
Presentations and Discussions
March 29, 2024 | In discussion
Integral Chinese Medicine Collective - #10 The Wood Element: Hope without a Future
We discuss the wood element, new beginnings, and living in a context of no inherent limitation. This is the 10th release in a monthly series of discussions considering the integrality of Chinese medicine and its place in our time.
June 24, 2024 | In Discussions
Blue Beryl Podcast - Nondual Psychosomatic Chinese Medicine
I discuss my approach to “nondual psychosomatic medicine.” We also explore how perceiving yin and yang moment by moment can be a portal to nondual experience, and how placing needles in a patient can open up a whole imaginal world of symbols and spirits. Along the way, we talk about phenomenology, Chinese herbs, and how premodern texts might literally speak to us.
January 31, 2024 | Presentation
7th Annual North American Rewinding Conference - Rewilding Chinese Medicine
With looming collapse, geopolitical intrigue, and climate impacts, what is the future of Chinese medicine in our region? And, what does rewilding look like? By tracing the fascinating story of a historical herbal text (most recently transmitted via memorization!) we will uncover a Daoist model of local, bioregional herbal medicine that conforms to the cosmology and physiology of classical Chinese medicine, communicates respectfully with local indigenous herb lore, and flourishes locally in communication with the plants and Land.
March 10, 2024 | In Discussions
Integral Chinese Medicine Collective - #7 Looking into Depth
We discuss the nature of depth, our experience of it, and its relevance to the practice of medicine. This is the 8th release in a monthly series of discussions considering the integrality of Chinese medicine and its place in our time.
September 26, 2023 | In discussion
Integral Chinese Medicine Collective - #6 The Role of Intention in Healing
An intense one, for me.
November 7, 2023 | In Discussions
Integral Chinese Medicine Collective - #7 Being the Bridge Beyond the Veil
We discuss what it means for the practitioner to be the bridge to the subtle dimensions of the Self. In this talk we consider soul, the ancestors, possession in the context of world challenges and changes. This is the 7th release in a monthly series of discussions considering the integrality of Chinese medicine and its place in our time.
May 18, 2023 | In discussion
Integral Chinese Medicine Collective - #4 The Nature of Resistance
This is the 4th release in a monthly series of discussions considering the integrality of Chinese medicine and its place in our time.
August 20, 2023 | In Discussions
NUMN: College of Classical Medicine
February 15, 2023 | In discussion
Integral Chinese Medicine Collective - #2 What is Integral Healing?
Scholar-physicans Lorie Eve Dechar, Heiner Fruehauf, Lonny Jarrett, Randine Lewis, Alexander Love, William Morris, and Brandt Stickley discuss the the nature of Integral Healing. This is the 2nd release in a monthly series of discussions considering the integrality of Chinese medicine and its place in our time.
March 30, 2023 | In Discussions
Integral Chinese Medicine Collective - #3 - What is the Role of Love in Healing?
This is the 3rd release in a monthly series of discussions considering the integrality of Chinese medicine and its place in our time.
September 27, 2022 | In discussion
Rune Soup - Traditional Chinese Medicine
This is my third time on the show, and I think that we got to discuss a fuller vision of the intersection between magic and medicine more fully: Chinese Magical Medicine for the 21st Century.
January 16, 2023 | In Discussions
Integral Chinese Medicine Collective - #1 - Why Chinese Medicine Now?
Scholar physicans Lorie Eve Dechar, Heiner Fruehauf, Lonny Jarrett, Randine Lewis, Alexander Love, William Morris, and Brandt Stickley discuss the relevance of Chinese medicine to helping humanity face the challenges that we confront early in the 21st century. This is the first release in what will be a monthly series of discussions considering the integrality of Chinese medicine.
January 24, 2021 | In Discussion
Sacred Nature Radio - Integral Theory, Magic, and Chinese Medicine
This was a fantastic conversation. Enjoy! As Doctor Shen would say, Chinese medicine is in the Life. Magic and medicine were the original congenial life-affirming practices, and so part of embracing the fullness of the dominant of wider inclusions must perforce admit of their confluences.
September 14, 2021 | Presentation
Dragon Rises College - CDM 101
I describe how Contemporary Oriental Medicine has influenced my life and my acupuncture practice.
October 22, 2020 | In Discussion
Pacific Rim College - Chinese Pulse Diagnosis
I had a recent lovely discussion about Shen-Hammer Pulse Diagnosis, and much more with Todd Howard of Pacific Rim College, who has a relatively new but rich podcast
November 25, 2020 | In Discussion
Mutations Podcast - The Aperspectival Body
August 17, 2020 | In Discussion
081 Unshakable Being - How to become unshakeable and live your TaiYang Life
Recently I had the pleasure of a deep conversation with my colleague Dr. Heather Clark, PharmD where we explored how harnessing awareness can help us heal and become unshakable. Listen (and subscribe) to her podcast, Unshakable Being, where she explores inspiration and practical tools to help you shift out of stress, stop going in circles, and get what you want in your life, body, and business. You can learn more—and get the transcript—at https://www.unshakablebeing.com/.
September 20, 2020 | In Discussion
Rune Soup - Gebser, Integral Consciousness, and Being with this Moment
A fantastic discussion that I was thrilled to participate in immensely. Look out for this upcoming course that occasioned this chat: https://www.nuralearning.com/cohering-radical-present.html.
November 16, 2019 | Presentation
2019 Jean Gebser and Carl Jung Conference - Apparitions of the Aperspectival World
We will begin by exploring the emergence of a distinct Sophiological current through the ages, tracing its development in the work and thought of a number of mystics and philosophers. Then we will turn our attention to Sophianic trends within Gebser’s work. Drawing on the writing of Valentin Tomberg and Henry Corbin, we will examine Sophianic resonances with Jung’s work on synchronicity, and trace connections to Gebser’s perspective on time freedom and parapsychology.
May 27, 2020 | In Discussion
Rune Soup - Talking Classical Chinese Medicine
I talk Classical Chinese medicine, of course, but in the particular context of what insights it might provide for more holistic, spirit-inclusive healing modalities in general. A fascinating and timely discussion. Enjoy!
October 29, 2019 | Presentation
2019 Thermodynamics of Emotion Symposium- "I Think I Feel",
Perceiving and sensing are not the same. It might seem that the stream of information coming in through our senses arrives passively. But further investigation proves this incorrect. And in fact our perceiving not only is an active process, but can become richer, deeper, more nuanced and integrated when we actively bring our attention to help us sense more deeply into our work and interaction with others.
April 16, 2019 | In Discussion
081 Qiological Podcast - Synaesthetic Sensing
October 8, 2016 | Presentation
The Jean Gebser Society Conferance - Answer and Echo: Plant Communication as A-Waring
October 10, 2018 | Presentation
2018 Thermodynamics of Emotion Symposium - Emotion is Direction
February 12, 2012 | Presentation
Ignite Portland - Creating a Gift Economy in Five Easy Steps
A brief talk on the creation of gift economies as systems of change.
October 22, 2015 | Presentation