The Nei Gong Process Whilst most people have heard of the term ‘Qi Gong’ nowadays, some of its true meaning has been lost in translation. Qi Gong is not something that you ‘do’ but something that you seek to attain. Qi can loosely be translated as energy and Gong means mastery or skill. Therefore the …
Wetiko – And the Sickness of the Human Spirit What is going on with the Human Race? Why do we seem to be so hell bent on destruction? The course of Human history is one that has been shaped by war, greed, genocide and environmental pillaging and sadly this theme doesn’t look like ending anytime …
The Locations of Pathogenic Emotions Have you ever had an unexplainable pain? A seemingly random pain that has no obvious cause? Oftentimes it is quite clear what has caused us a pain, be it a hammer on a thumb or maybe a repetitive tennis stroke, but sometimes the cause is not at first so apparent. …
Here Be More Dragons The energetic arts of ancient China have become so popular in recent years that there is barely a village hall up and down the country that doesn’t hold a class of some kind of Tai Chi or Qi gong. Clearly many people in the West are seeking something other than …
Thoughts on Thoughts Where do our thoughts come from? The current Western scientific understanding is that they come from firing neurons within the brain. However it has relatively recently been discovered that the heart also has its own neurons, so do some of our thoughts come from the heart? What about the intestines? …
Here Be Dragons The ancient Chinese were very astute students of nature. From the movements of the celestial bodies to the characteristic movements of animals, they acutely observed every aspect that makes up reality and came to the realisation that all these things were connected. This can be seen most clearly in the Chinese zodiac …
The Human Chemical Factory The human body is the most complex and sophisticated chemical factory on Earth. There are around 37 trillion cells within the human body and each one of those hosts around a billion chemical reactions per second. That means around 37 billion trillion biochemical reactions are taking place in our bodies every …
Aldi’s ‘Magic’ Aisle Nothing epitomises the modern consumerist culture better than Aldi’s middle aisle. Piled high with a random selection of cheap, plastic goods from China, this aisle is every bargain hunters dream. Unfortunately however, the journey from the Far East to a landfill site in the UK is probably a swift but ecologically …
A Path with Heart “All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. … But does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn’t, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn’t. One makes for a joyful journey; as long …
Returning of the Spirit The first question I usually ask when I meet a new client is ‘Have you ever had acupuncture before?’ You might think that the answer would be a simple ‘Yes’ or ‘No’, but there is in fact a large grey area in between. For example, a person might say that …