Wood is associated with ________ and ________ .

• spring and renewed growth
• summer and connection
• autumn and reckoning
• winter and dormancy

Wood is about the transformation from

• anger to revenge
• defeat to victory
• anger to constructiveness
• fear to wisdom

Healthy Wood body posture is

• rounded and comfortable
• rooted and settled
• aggressive and pushy
• dynamic and forward-moving

Growth in wood is

• the same as accommodation in Earth
• an aspect of Wood’s aliveness
• how potential (Water) moves to manifestation (Fire)
• both b and c

Throwing a fit is

• how Wood shows signs of deterioration
• how Wood “loosens up” in order to get moving again
• physiologically healthy
• both b and c

Healthy Wood voice is

• very loud and very clear
• not necessarily loud, but rousing
• aggressive and angry
• able to imply both sides of an argument

Wood speech tempo and style is

• long-winded and poetic
• full of anecdotes and examples
• a product of circular thinking
• mostly short phrases, getting right to the point

The popular greeting “What’s new?” is

• obnoxious to a Wood type
• supportive of healthy Wood
• not a real substitute for saying Hello
• more about Metal than Wood

“Giving Direction” for healthy Wood means

• telling someone what they should do
• explaining how to read a map
• role modeling “growing towards the light”
• setting out the rules of the game in advance

The result of healthy Wood is

• heroism, activism and creativity
• constant conflict in community
• new ways of getting what you want
• hope in a future that has no sense of the past

In the text there is an example of an acupuncture student who refuses to comb her hair. Which point is indicated in this case, and why?

3-5 sentences. 5 min.

Compare and contrast the beauty of Thomas and Rene (both discussed in the text) as they relates to LU 3 and LU 4.

3-5 sentences, 5 min

Why is Elvis, particularly in the “Blue Suede Shoes” video described in the text, a good example of CO 14?

3-5 sentences 5 min

What is the difference between the LU 4 types of things that you do to look good and the CO 14 types of things you do to look good?

3-5 sentences, 5 min

What type of value is CO 1 about?

1-2 sentences, 5 min

What type of value is LU 11 about?

1-2 sentences, 5 min

LU 10 is the fire point on the meridian, and has a lot to do with the marriage of metal and fire, of passion and rigor. Please give an example of a situation where LU 10 would be indicated to harmonize metal and fire.

1-2 sentences, 3 min

Describe a LU 10 way to love a tree.

The liver meridian has lots of points on the lower leg. This is appropriate, because the liver meridian is all about moving in which direction?

1 sentence, 4 min

Of the points discussed in the text, which has to do with the Wood’s relationship to earthly cycles?

1 sentence 4 min

Of the points discussed in the text, which has to do with Wood’s relationship to the cosmos?

1 sentence 4 min

What is the aspect of our being that can go far in thought and imagination, and is associated with the liver?

1 sentence 4 min

Please describe a strategy for effectively treating a client with deficient Fire who is trying to seduce you.

3-5 sentences, 10 min

Can love between practitioner and client be an asset in the treatment room? Why or why not?

3-7 sentences, 10 min

Please describe a situation in your own life where issues of love and intimacy have complicated a client/practitioner relationship. If you cannot think of an example, you can create one. How did you handle this situation?

Are there things you would have done differently? Why or why not?
15 min, 5-8 sentences

How does approaching clients with the heart always in the lead affect our ability to be in a healthy state of intimacy with our clients?

3-5 sentences, 10 min

Explain why the song Shalom Haverim as described in the text can help us understand HM7.

5 minutes 3-4 sentences

How can someone become a ghost?

5 minutes, 1-2 sentences

Shen and ling relate to movements towards source and towards earth. For a living person, which concept (shen or ling) is a movement towards source (heartward through the veins)? Is this the same or different for a person who is dead?

3 minutes, 2 sentences

HM 7 is a point of balance between inward and outward flow of energy. How does this relate to the circulatory system?

3 minutes, 2 sentences

Describe the first GB trajectory on the head, specifically how it relates to cognition.

7 minutes, 2-4 sentences

Describe the second GB trajectory on the head, specifically how it relates to cognition

7 minutes, 2-4 sentences

Describe the third GB trajectory on the head, specifically how it relates to cognition.

7 minutes, 2-4 sentences

Explain how the Gall Bladder relates to the ability to pivot and make decisions. Give an example of one of the points discussed in the text, and how it relates to this topic

10 minutes, 4-8 sentences

Throughout the text, the metaphor of coins flipping is used to explain different ways of thinking about treatment. We are either thinking in terms of millions of coins flipping, or one coin flipping.

Thinking about treatment as a statistical trajectory is akin to thinking about how many coins flipping?
1 sentence, 4 minutes

Chinese Medicine functions by the laws of Entrainment and Resonance. In order to help our clients heal, we need to sound a pure note of health that they can resonate with. For which type of client should we introduce the note of yin?

1 sentence, 4 minutes

What is the genius of Western Medicine in terms of the perspective that it uses?

1 sentence, 4 minutes

In Chinese Medicine, we change a pathological trajectory in a patient by introducing what into the system?

1 sentence, 4 minutes

How does the story of Joshua and the chop sticks relate to a sense belonging?

2-5 sentences 15 minutes

How does the analogy of the chili cook-off correspond to a sense of belonging?

2-5 sentences 15 minutes

What does the exercise of feeling gravity have to do with a sense of belonging?

2-5 sentences 15 minutes

What is the “wisdom of no escape?”

2-5 sentences 15 minutes

Please name three of the main issues/questions that arise during the conversation between the T and C.

1-3 sentences, 15 minutes

In the text, why was it important for T to acknowledge her role in the healing process of her client’s?

3-4 sentences, 15 minutes

Why can it be a “rude awakening” for our clients when they see us outside of the treatment room?

4-7 sentences, 15 minutes

Why does providing treatment for money sometimes feel uncomfortable for the practitioners in this dialogue?

15 minutes, 7-12 sentences

In what ways have your own experiences as practitioner been similar or dissimilar to any of the situations described above? How have you chosen to negotiate those situations? Were you and your client both pleased with the outcomes?

20 min 8-12 sentences