ZHONG CHONG Rushing Into the Middle, Middle Rushing In, Right Into the Middle of Rushing, Full Tilt Into the Middle, Center Highway We could say that the Heart Mediator meridian begins at Heart Mediator 1, but there’s good argument for beginning on the other end, at Heart Mediator 9. We could call Heart Mediator 9…
What are the Xi Cleft points? The Xi Cleft is a little accumulation place, a crevice, where energy can gather; it’s a little extra pocket in the meridian, where there is a gathering of qi. It’s useful to have a little gathering spot for qi, a little energy pocket, primarily in situations where ‘a little…
Many of us are deeply shaken right now by the ICE shootings in Minneapolis. I am considering these dire realities from the anchoring force of the Water element, and the deep winter cold. In Chinese medical terms, Full Cold is discouragement. We must keep warm! I’m going to continue posting my series of Bladder meridian…
This is a very small excerpt from my CEU offering, Intro to BL 3-4-5 (on sale now). See previous blogs Bladder Intelligence, Bladder 1: Enter the Dark and Bladder 2: Dark Visions. This is the perfect time of the year to heal the Bladder meridian, starting right at the beginning… We have discussed BL 1 and…
This is a very small excerpt from my CEU offering, Intro to BL 1-2. See previous blogs Bladder Intelligence and Bladder 1, excerpts from the same CEU. This is the perfect time of the year to heal the Bladder meridian, starting right at the beginning… Sometimes when we needle BL 1, it kicks off a…
BL 1 is a point that serves as a profound entry to the Path of Endarkenment, the path of seeking the silence, darkness and stillness in which wisdom emerges. It re-sets the balance of light and dark in the eyes. This has several applications: 1) How much am I looking within, into the dark—and how…
This is a very small excerpt from my CEU offering, Intro to BL 1-2. This is the perfect time of the year to heal the Bladder meridian, starting right at the beginning… There are many kinds of intelligence. Bladder meridian intelligence encompasses the fathomless ‘I don’t know’ that surrounds data. It dwells in the infinite…
These days I am treasuring my Buddhist meditation group . We sit from 7:30 to 8:00 on Friday mornings, followed by 10 minutes of walking meditation, then a reading from Thich Nhat Hanh. Right now we are just finishing Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet, and then we will go on to Calming…
This is the fifth excerpt from the first free hour of my Metal ’25 retreat. You can find the previous installment here. May your autumn be gracefully honed. Thank you for using that word, yes. That is the result. That is one of the shimmers that one sees from the metal element of a person…
This is the fourth excerpt from the first free hour of my Metal ’25 retreat. You can find the previous installment here, with more installments coming over the next two weeks. May your autumn be gracefully honed. Yes, what we’re looking at here is a balance between our value system and the Will of Heaven….
