May, 2009

Last night, I was rummaging through my files, looking for a backup disk to restore the blog files on my website (didn't find), when I came across an old collection of papers from my Community Health class at NIAOM in 1998. I pulled out the folder, sensing possible relief in my writer's block for this blog.

Frequent acupuncture treatments trump other Chinese medical modalities in potency.

This mantra has been weaved into CA workshops for some time now. I can attest to its accuracy, and like to pass it along as well.

Dr. Zang Fool, master of the No Balance Method, will present this new powerfully chaotic treatment system over a three day period this October.  The No Balance Method is the culmination of several hours of painstaking work by Dr.

Just received this announcement from a friend of mine who has been listening to me share about Community Acupuncture for a few years now. She is offering Community Massage in Chatham Ma. I am really excited that this model is being tried by another healing modality.

 

We started at 8:30a.m. for all of those weekend early birds.

 

Hey everybody!

we are being showered with the real riches of CA recently!

What follows is a letter I wrote to my state representatives regarding HR 646.  If the following points make sense to you, you can copy and paste any or all of this letter to word and send it to your Congress person.  You can find your state representatives and state senators at the Congress website under

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"Here's a trippy thought: perhaps the reshaping of neural connections in
our brains makes our synaptic firing more of an antenna for the "god"
signal. I'm tuning in to the signal right now... yes... It's coming in
....WBLISS 108.OM"  (thanks to my friend Matthew for this bit of neural feedback)

Here's the link to a story about a Canadian pianist in a bid to break the current record for longest solo concert. The 2nd to the last sentence mentions an acupuncturist who helps with his hands.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/entertainmentfrancecanadamusicguinnessgonzales

Friends and family surrounding him, Paul Williams lays down on the makeshift crucifix fashioned out of plywood and wooden posts.  The planks are sturdy and laid flat on the ground, a modest amount of cushioning over the boards to provide the slightest comfort.  Paul, who appears to be in his middle to late sixties, will be lying on the crucifix for an hour and the boards can be extremely uncomfo

I was sitting in my long underwear at home on my day off, reading my copy of Acupuncture is Like Noodles
when the door bell rang. Quickly, I jumped up, put on the first pair of
pants I could find, and went to the door. There was the Pastor from the

Hi folks. This month I would like to share with you an essay one of my students wrote at the end of our Community Acupuncture Practice Development (that's quite a mouthful) class at AIMC in Berkeley. Linda is a first year acupuncture student and she stumbled upon my class when she and a classmate sat in on the first session. I am grateful that she gave me permission to share this:

Howdy,

Meilssa is filling in for me this month with a quick guest blog.  I'll return next month.