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Asian Bodywork Therapy practitioner and teacher; writer, mother and other odd identities.

A Qi Story (4/9/14)

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A Qi Story

Except for it being a foreign word, Qi is not really exotic. It’s just energy. Everybody talks about it all the time: what it does, the different kinds, what happens when there’s not enough of it or too much of it. But the mystery is that nobody can say what “it” is, exactly, even though it is the basis of Western Science and of Chinese Medicine. Western Science says:

  • It is what makes things (matter) move (mechanical energy)
  • It is stored in the bonds between molecules (chemical energy).
  • It is the movement of charged particles (electrical energy).
  • It travels in waves (radiant or electromagnetic energy). (Lately we’ve discovered that those waves can also act like particles, without notice. So…?)
  • It is either in action (kinetic energy) or stored (potential energy).

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More About What You Might Find Here (8/4/15)

dvsheadshotgerald.My plan is to post something here at least twice a month. Each posting will have one or more of these parts:

  1. A verse from my book-in-progress, Guidance from the Old Sage. My favorite book on Taoism is The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, so don’t mistake this for another scholarly translation of the Tao Te Ching. It is just I what heard the old sage say when I asked about my own life, my family, or working with other people. I fully embrace my imperfect interpretations, because even though flawed, they have given me insight, perspective and peace. Regarding terminology, I read “The Great Mother” and “The Tao” as other names for “The Great Mystery” of Native Americans, “The Emptiness” of Buddhism ,” and the Judeo-Christian “God.” Whatever words we use, “it” is formless, full of compassion, gives birth to all things and, when you get right down to it, can’t be named. I’ve mainly called it “Love.”
  2. A piece from another book-in-progress, taken from my anatomy and physiology course by the same name, Western Body, Eastern Mind, Integrated Anatomy & Physiology. This will be on some aspect of Chinese Medicine from the perspective of Western Science. Or vice versa.
  3. Teaching Stories about people, acupressure and Chinese Medicine that I use to illustrate stuff in teaching.
  4. Short, easy Meditations  for the reader.

©2015 Deborah Valentine Smith

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