October, 2009

The following is copied (with permission) from Bob Flaws' blog at Blue Poppy Press: Several days ago I posted a blog supporting SIOM's proposal for an acupuncture only entry-level degree program.

My apologies for not yet responding to the feedback from “CAN Meets Chopin”.   My wife and I moved our home a few weeks ago and now that my qi is not devoted to finding the kid’s lost box of pokemon cards, I would like to respond, clarify and expand some thoughts and soften a few of my rigid positions.

My CA clinic will be four years old in January, and we are downsizing.

 

“Three years seems to be a big turning point in people’s understand of how CA ‘works’. Can you explain this a little more, or maybe others with some years under their belt can chime in? What changes in those three years?”  For me: everything.

The recent Working Class Acupuncture Seminar in St. Paul was quite inspiring. 

• I thought the "Acupuncture as a scam for white people by white people" was particularly funny. When we are discussing and comparing ruling class and upper middle class values by comparing what they would want in dresses and acupuncture clinics, it suddenly reminded me of what people always asked me when we did talks on acupuncture.

A week or two ago I shared with some friends that my practice was going through an abrupt slowdown. I was touched by how many of them offered thoughtful replies. One of the remarks that really hit home suggested that I was probably just "coasting" and possibly losing focus a little bit.

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Of Statistics and Acupuncture:  
Really “Getting It” About the Sliding Scale and Practice Building

 

Kidding.

I just want to be their acupuncturist. And not even the super-involved one who takes on every issue the patient might have, and considers all the angles I know of, or have ever heard of, or can call someone about, to give the most comprehensive possible care.  

I was checking in with some favorite blogs this morning, and through a thoughtful post by Lisa Factora-Borchers at Flip Flopping Joy and My Ecdysis, was referred to this

It’s been two years since I graduated NESA and got my first job practicing community acupuncture.  In October of 2007 I began my work at Manchester Acupuncture Studio, where I took to my reclining patients with my stack of cheat sheets, which included such notes as balance method channel connections, extra points and internal balance patterns.  I was excited to be working and trying all this n

If you search for the terms “gender” or “sexism” in the CAN archives, you will come across many posts that reinforce the organization’s commitment to gender equality in the community in general.