Episodes
Friday Aug 14, 2020
The Yijing (I-Ching) and the Cycles of Nature
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Since ancient times, humans have sought to understand the cycles of nature. In China, this knowledge was codified in the esoteric classic known as the Yijing—the Book of Changes.
Join us as we explore the Yijing as a vivid example of how our ancestors viewed humanity’s connection to the cosmos, and how they created an intricate map of symbols that relate our existence to the larger cycles of nature.
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Building in Harmony with Nature
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Heiner and Laurie interview ecological design expert Katy Langstaff about how we can design and build structures that not only support the environment, but directly benefit human health as well.
Katy is a former student of architect and theorist Christopher Alexander (A Pattern Language, The Timeless Way of Building, The Nature of Order), and works with her husband Stuart Cowan to provide ecological design, development, financial, and management services for innovative and sustainable building projects worldwide. Join us to hear how you we can build (whether a bed, house, or business) in a way that creates meaning and harmony in our lives.
WEBSITE: http://www.autopoiesis.life/
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Acupuncture in the Wild: Part II
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Discovering the relationship between acupuncture points and natural phenomena
In Part I, 5-element acupuncturist David Ford and Heiner combined their experiential and scholarly knowledge to explore and explain the relationship between acupuncture points and channels in the body and corresponding phenomena in nature. In this segment, David reveals the practical application of this knowledge using real patient cases.
Sunday Oct 14, 2018
Sunday Oct 14, 2018
Why ancient wisdom is so relevant for finding health and harmony in today’s world?
Join Heiner and Laurie for a lively discussion with Dr. Sabine Wilms, world-renown expert on the life and works of ancient sage-scholar Sun Simiao (581-682 A.D.). Known as the “King of Medicine” (Yaowang), Sun Simiao is revered not only for his medical acumen (especially in the realm of herbal prescription), but also for his deep knowledge of how to “nourish life”, emphasizing the health of women and children.
Since receiving her doctorate in East Asian Studies and Medical Anthropology from the University of Arizona in 2002, Dr. Sabine Wilms has devoted her professional life to making ancient medical wisdom, including that of Sun Simiao, available to today’s practitioners. Her goal is to provide them with the resources needed to rise above the level of technician to become “high-level” practitioners capable of facilitating true transformation in the lives of their patients.
Among Sabine’s publications are the following translations:
- Bei ji qian yao fang: Essential Prescriptions worth a Thousand in Fold for Every Emergency: Volumes 2-4 on Gynecology (The Chinese Medicine Database, 2007).
- Jin gui yao lue: Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Coffer (Paradigm Publications, 2009 with co-author Nigel Wiseman and Feng Ye
- Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Volume 1.