Perennial Medicine

On the Computer, In My Body

Tammy Nelson — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:04:00 +0000

What does it mean to be in your heart, on the computer, fully embodied with light coming through, able to access all of yourself with no sacrifice of wholeness, while reading a screen? In this town, it’s polite to be on the computer, in your body. It’s a gift to us all.

Read “On the Computer, In My Body – part 1“ (2-page pdf)

What’s going on around you as you read this message? Are you in your body? To what degree is each of us so adapted to sensory fragmentation that full-body awareness of‘Here and Now’ no longer feels natural or even comfortable?

Read “On the Computer, In My Body – part 2″ (2-page pdf)

Legitimacy Worksheet

Tammy Nelson — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:50:32 +0000

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Legitimacy Exam

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Reverence and Ancientness in NM Worksheet

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Reverence and Ancientness in NM Exam

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	    	    1.		Where can we find Yin in the desert?			
						
						
						
						
							
					 On the surface 
				
							
					 In the deep quiet 
				
							
					 In the hidden aspect of things 
				
							
					 B and C 
				
									
	

	
	    	    2.		Reverence, as a Lung Yin quality, has the characteristic of			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Strong focused gaze 
				
							
					 Downcast eyes 
				
							
					 Deep probing stare 
				
							
					 None of the above 
				
									
	

	
	    	    3.		True or False: Different environments potentiate different aspects of ourselves. 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 True 
				
							
					 False 
				
									
	

	
	    	    4.		Bonding takes place around 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Moisture 
				
							
					 Dryness 
				
									
	

	
	    	    5.		When we are in touch with the aspect of ourselves that was created old, we cultivate which quality? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Yang 
				
							
					 Yin 
				
							
					 Yin 
				
							
					 Yin 
				
									
	

	
	    	    6.		True or False: Humility in insignificance can be a tremendous relief. 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 True 
				
							
					 False 
				
									
	

	
	    	    7.		 The silence in the desert is the only sign that			
						
						
						
						
							
					 There is a mystery as great as the exposure 
				
							
					 There is tremendous exposure 
				
							
					 There is a strong yang element in the desert 
				
							
					 Jogging in the desert can be extremely tonifying to the qi. 
				
									
	

	
	    	    8.		In New England, medically relevant spirituality is about			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Interiorization  
				
							
					 Opening up and being silly 
				
							
					 Quietness  
				
							
					 None of the above 
				
									
	

	
	    	    9.		In New Mexico, medically relevant spirituality is about			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Interiorization 
				
							
					 Opening up and being silly 
				
							
					 Quietness 
				
							
					 None of the above 
				
									
	

	
	    	    10.		In order to diagnose someone, it is important to 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Approach them with reverence 
				
							
					 Not stare at them  
				
							
					 Hold them in a fixed gaze 
				
							
					 B and C

Seasons and Weather: Integrating 5, 8 Worksheet

Tammy Nelson — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:40:13 +0000

Seasons and Weather: Integrating 5, 8 Exam

Tammy Nelson — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:37:38 +0000



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	    	    1.		Which are more important, physical or spiritual symptoms?			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Physical  
				
							
					 Spiritual 
				
							
					 They are both important 
				
									
	

	
	    	    2.		What is the transformation of virtue for Fire? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Grief to Righteousness  
				
							
					 Joy to Propriety  
				
							
					 Anger to Benevolence  
				
							
					 Anger to Benevolence  
				
									
	

	
	    	    3.		Which type of diagnosis is always changing? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 8 Principle 
				
							
					 5 Element 
				
							
					 both 
				
							
					 neither 
				
									
	

	
	    	    4.		Grief to Righteousness is the transformation of virtue for which element? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Earth  
				
							
					 Fire 
				
							
					 Metal  
				
							
					 Water 
				
									
	

	
	    	    5.		Chinese herbal medicine works through which method? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Mechanical causality 
				
							
					 Resonance medicine 
				
							
					 Biomedicine 
				
							
					 The same way Western herbal medicine works 
				
									
	

	
	    	    6.		What is the easiest way to determine if a client is in need of the spiritual teachings of a particular herb or herbal formula? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Sit in quiet meditation until an answer comes to you.  
				
							
					 The medicine that you feel you need in their presence is probably what the client needs. 
				
							
					 It is impossible to know which herbs someone needs if they are at a higher level of spiritual development than you. 
				
							
					 Give them the herbs that are appropriate for their physical signs and symptoms.   
				
									
	

	
	    	    7.		Why is pathology important?			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Where you have the most pathology, you also have the greatest potential for virtue. 
				
							
					 If there were no pathology, acupuncturists would be out of a job. 
				
							
					 The virtue first manifests as a pathology, and then you transform it.   
				
							
					 A and C   
				
									
	

	
	    	    8.		A formula that address the level of separation of thought and embodiment is probably treating which element? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Fire  
				
							
					 Earth 
				
							
					 Metal  
				
							
					 Wood 
				
									
	

	
	    	    9.		The difference between 5 Element and 8 Principle diagnosis can be thought of as the difference between describing the season and the weather.  Which type of diagnosis corresponds to the weather? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 8 Principle 
				
							
					 5 Element 
				
									
	

	
	    	    10.		Which element has to do with the acute awareness of how much is unknown? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Fire 
				
							
					 Water 
				
							
					 Metal  
				
							
					 Earth

Practitioner Prep Worksheet

Tammy Nelson — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:03:58 +0000

Practitioner Prep Exam

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	    	    1.		What is the heart? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 The place where we are broken. 
				
							
					 Where consciousness resides 
				
							
					 Where consciousness resides 
				
							
					 B and C. 
				
									
	

	
	    	    2.		Which of the following allows for more possibility in the treatment room? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Looking for the client’s pathology. 
				
							
					 Opening up and just being with the client. 
				
									
	

	
	    	    3.		Which of the following is the most beneficial way to spend your prep time before seeing clients? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Cultivating an image of confidence. 
				
							
					 Reviewing the patterns of disharmony so you will not look like a fool if the client presents with something you have never seen before. 
				
							
					 Centering. 
				
							
					 All of the above. 
				
									
	

	
	    	    4.		True or False: When we are with the light, it is not scary or personal to see another’s beauty			
						
						
						
						
							
					 True 
				
							
					 False 
				
									
	

	
	    	    5.		Not understanding, when done within the luminous space of the heart, is_______			
						
						
						
						
							
					 A big problem 
				
							
					 A doorway 
				
									
	

	
	    	    6.		When preparing to see clients, it is important to find our true home.  Where is our true home? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 In the lower dan tien 
				
							
					 In the third eye 
				
							
					 At the navel 
				
							
					 In the aura 
				
									
	

	
	    	    7.		Which of the following is more beneficial for the client? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Connecting with the client as an individual 
				
							
					 Connecting with the client as a community 
				
							
					 Maintaining an appropriate level of disconnection 
				
							
					 Only connecting with the client about problems you have experienced personally 
				
									
	

	
	    	    8.		The places where we are broken are___			
						
						
						
						
							
					 What defines us 
				
							
					 Who we are 
				
							
					 What we have to work with 
				
							
					 Irreparable 
				
									
	

	
	    	    9.		Why is opening the throat important? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 To let in heavenly beauty. 
				
							
					 To prevent us from becoming attracted to our clients.  
				
							
					 To maintain a level of protection from our clients.  
				
							
					 To make us appear more confident in the treatment room.  
				
									
	

	
	    	    10.		Do emotions originate in the heart? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 yes 
				
							
					 no 
				
									
	

	
	    	    11.		Clients appreciate it when you are_______			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Out of your body and focused entirely on them. 
				
							
					 In a state of transcendence of the physical body. 
				
							
					 Existing on a higher plan than they are, and being sure to tell them this. 
				
							
					 In your body.

Numerology: Comparison of 5 & 8 Worksheet

Tammy Nelson — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:15:08 +0000

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Numerology: Comparison of 5 & 8 Exam

Tammy Nelson — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:14:59 +0000

Intro to Medicine Without Form Worksheet

Tammy Nelson — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:49:28 +0000

Worksheet

Intro to Medicine Without Form Exam

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Intro to Spirit of the Herbs Exam

Tammy Nelson — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:26:01 +0000



Exam



	
	

	
	    	    1.		 Chinese herbs work according to which type of medicine? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Biomedicine 
				
							
					 Shamanic medicine 
				
							
					 Resonance medicine  
				
							
					 None of the above 
				
									
	

	
	    	    2.		Which of the following is true regarding the descriptions of herbs in Chinese texts? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 They are meant to be read and memorized with analytic precision. 
				
							
					 They are meant to be read with metaphoric precision.  
				
							
					 They are meant to describe the nature of the herb so that indications can be recognized in different contexts.  
				
							
					 B and C 
				
									
	

	
	    	    3.		Chinese herbs work best when______			
						
						
						
						
							
					 The practitioner embodies the spirit of the formula. 
				
							
					 The practitioner acts in a disconnected professional manner.  
				
							
					 The client sleeps with them under his or her pillow. 
				
							
					 The formulas are crafted based on the active constituents in the main herbs. 
				
									
	

	
	    	    4.		Dosage of herbal formulas tends to be higher in_______			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Biomedicine 
				
							
					 Resonance medicine  
				
									
	

	
	    	    5.		In Chinese medicine, which of the following is true of emotion and physiology?			
						
						
						
						
							
					 They are not related at all.  
				
							
					 They give rise to each other. 
				
							
					 Emotion is not considered important in Chinese medicine. 
				
							
					 Physiology is not discussed in Chinese medicine.  
				
									
	

	
	    	    6.		When using herbs in a 5 Element context, you must be attuned to_______			
						
						
						
						
							
					 The innate beauty of the client. 
				
							
					 What they have going on that is working. 
				
							
					 Where they have gotten snagged (the patterns of disharmony) 
				
							
					 All of the above 
				
									
	

	
	    	    7.		The direction in which we tend to go off balance; the first domino in our health and our illness; is also known as________			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Our pattern of disharmony. 
				
							
					 Our karmic debt 
				
							
					 Our constitutional type. 
				
							
					 Our baby nature.  
				
									
	

	
	    	    8.		Why is it important to recognize the music of the different herbs in our own bodies? 			
						
						
						
						
							
					 So that we can recognize them in others.  
				
							
					 It is not important. 
				
							
					 So that we can form a protective barrier around ourselves when someone is embodying a toxic herb. 
				
							
					 All of the above 
				
									
	

	
	    	    9.		Joe Pye using joe pye weed to cure many different conditions is an example of_____			
						
						
						
						
							
					 Biomedicine 
				
							
					 Resonance Medicine 
				
							
					 Shamanic Medicine

Intro to Spirit of the Herbs Worksheet

Tammy Nelson — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:25:42 +0000