This might be the best book written by Elisabeth de la Vallee I've read so far. It's short and a quick read, but there are some great ideas in here.
TThis might be the best book written by Elisabeth de la Vallee I've read so far. It's short and a quick read, but there are some great ideas in here.
This book is about the heart and it goes into the four meridians of the heart and how they make up the double aspect. Pericardium and San Jiao both make out the Outer heart, the exterior and it protects the heart while Small Intestine and Heart make up the inner heart, the interior. It is what makes us the person we show up in life as. It's beautifully done I feel. I was touched by the content and the translation was so much better.
In Ancient texts, it was said there are 6 fu and 5 Zang. Yet there are 6 Zang meridians. In that time, the Heart didn't have it's own acu points. All the needling one did was on the Pericardium meridian. That meridian basically, is the heart.
In school, we made such a big deal of the differences and how they are separate. This text talks about them as if they are one in the same. The Chinese are brilliant at taking opposite concepts to name a thing. The heart is inner and outer, invisible, and visible. All four meridians really are the heart. It's all one and the same. I guess Small intestine is still it's own system, but it still has so much to do with protecting the heart and directing heat out of it.
The book has some new ideas for me and new ways of looking at acupuncture and theory. I love studying the characters and even understanding some of the points better. A great little book. It didn't take me 7 years to year, Yahoo....more
I love that this story feels like a dream. It is a dream like state. The art is impressionist like and it evokes a sense of magic and anything can hapI love that this story feels like a dream. It is a dream like state. The art is impressionist like and it evokes a sense of magic and anything can happen. The story takes place during the midsummer moon. The girl rides several animals. She takes a ride on a great snowy owl looking for the star tree. There is a little red Hare, a giant stag, a polar bear and lastly, a goose.
My niece gave this 3 stars. She said it was half good half not. She was not a fan of the art and yet I loved the art.
This had an etherial quality to it and it struck a lovely chord inside me. It’s bursting with magic. I loved it. ...more
I loved this book. Simple and Charming. There is a cutout of a heart on each page that goes down to the last page. It is about all the things your heaI loved this book. Simple and Charming. There is a cutout of a heart on each page that goes down to the last page. It is about all the things your heart can feel, like being brave. My niece read this to me and it helped her face her fears some. Beautiful book with a feel good message. Actually, she picked this out and had to share it with me because she loved it. She gave it 5 stars and the nephew gave it 3 stars.
It's a great book about feelings and it's lovely. ...more
I finally got this book off my 'currently reading' list. I started this at the end of 2018 when I was really burning out on school. I read 14 pages anI finally got this book off my 'currently reading' list. I started this at the end of 2018 when I was really burning out on school. I read 14 pages and never finished it. I just started at the beginning and after a week I finished it.
It's commentary on acupuncture's main text the Neijing of Huang Di - the yellow emperor. They focus on Spleen and Stomach. They go into the meaning of the characters so it helps me learn more characters. I learned quite a bit reading this and I'm glad I finally finished this.
This is for acupuncturist only, I would say, especially westerners trying to grasp what the culture meant when it was translated....more
This is an awesome book. It is easily in my Top 5 Books of the Year. I spent last trimester meditating daily and this book does a great job so kids caThis is an awesome book. It is easily in my Top 5 Books of the Year. I spent last trimester meditating daily and this book does a great job so kids can understand the process and illustrating what you are trying to do. I need to own this little gem.
Being present and taking a breath can help us with our emotions. This book takes this subject and easily make it accessible for young kids. Both kids enjoyed the book. They gave it 4 stars. The nephew is so wiggly that he has a hard time sitting still while the niece is able to. They both understood the concept of noticing what you are feeling. We got out stuffed animals and noticed how it felt on our hands. They had great experiences of what the sensations felt like. It was fun. ...more
This is what I needed to hear at this moment in my life. I did look over some of the reviews of this book and I saw many gave it 1 and 2 stars. Their This is what I needed to hear at this moment in my life. I did look over some of the reviews of this book and I saw many gave it 1 and 2 stars. Their complaint is that it does not give solid details for making money.
I see this book working on a spiritual level. Jen keeps saying raise your energy level and keep it high. She is not simply saying to quit and everything will be ok. She said, you have to have the faith and then put everything you have into it; make yourself uncomfortable and give everything to your idea.
She is working with the Universal laws here. I think my biggest take-away is the negotiating voice. It is always about small things. I plan to write 5 pages today and a voice inside says I could check facebook first. I do this all the time. I negotiate away what I really want.
In my past, I have had an issue with money and I push some opportunities and money away from me. I have issues I need to work out. Going to school and racking up the debt has been the biggest risk of my life and I feel it was the right choice. My heart lead me here and there is a path to pay off my debt if I don't get scared of being uncomfortable and letting people know I'm an acupuncturist. I am pretty shy until you get to know me. I must push past that.
She gives big examples of going for the big bucks, but sometimes its taking out student loans and going to school, or going to a workshop or joining the Kiwanis Club and meeting other people. Sometimes, it's simply talking to another person.
I thought the questions she asked were very important questions and what really drives us and what we really believe. We can be a victim or sabotage ourselves without even knowing it. There is a lot of inner work to happen to make outer goals happen. I do think our attitudes are important. Focusing on the stuff not working has never really helped me. It makes my life more difficult. This past year was tough and my attitude has made it brutal instead of just something I have to do.
Working with people's energy the way I have, money is such a primal part of us like it or not. I grew up thinking I hated money, but what I meant was that I hated that money drove things. I do like the freedom money can give a person, the freedom to live a fuller life. Money is really simply energy. It is that simple. I think I am seeing it more that way and it makes sense.
We need our energy to be used for life transformations. What we put out can pay dividends later. There are times we need to conserve energy, like in the winter, and times to spend, like the summer when it's time to have fun. Energy really is a form of currency as is money.
This book happened at the perfect time for me and it was the perfect message for me at this point. I am about to open a practice and I need to answer the questions she posed throughout the book.
If you are looking for a step by step process to getting rich, this probably isn't the book for you. If you want a guide to figure out your way of making money in the world and the attitudes of successful people, I think you will find this book useful and helpful. ...more
This book is for devout fans of the Avatar Last Airbender series and geek out on it. It is set up like a letter from the Avatar to his new son and he This book is for devout fans of the Avatar Last Airbender series and geek out on it. It is set up like a letter from the Avatar to his new son and he recounts many things from the comic. I guess that is a story. It is basically snippets of the story from the comics. They talk about each element and how they bend for a page each. Animals, people are discussed. It's really not a story though. Not at all.
I like Avatar art and the world they build.
It's not the best graphic novel I have read. ...more
This is a fantastic book on translations from the text of the Huang Di NeiJing which was written about 200BC or around there. But that is when it was This is a fantastic book on translations from the text of the Huang Di NeiJing which was written about 200BC or around there. But that is when it was collected and written down. The knowledge is thousands of years older than that.
Father Larre and Elisabeth Rochat focus there translations on text and passages having to do with the amazing Kidneys in the body. These pair are the foundations of Yin and Yang. They are all about opposite. There is the hardness of bone and yet the softness of marrow. The hardness of teeth and the softness of hair. All these opposites are correspondences of the Kidney.
I appreciated the text talking about salt. There is salt in the sea, but the characters point to the salt from the Earth as being so important. When water dives down into the Earth, this is the time salt picks up these dual qualities.
There is a wonderful relationship between the Heart and Kidneys and the fire that is in Kidneys and how the two intertwine. I am now beginning to think of the Heart and Kidneys are two sides of one coin. They have so many similarities.
I find these books so helpful in my study of Chinese medicine. They are powerful and it really brings life to the medicine in a shocking new way. It brings clarity and understanding. Our ancient ancestors knew and understood so much. They really did.
I underlined a ton here, but I'm going to put only a few paragraphs here.
"The salty taste has the characteristic of softening, and too much injures the blood and leads to a dryness. We know very well that if you eat too much of the salty taste it makes you thirsty, this is said in the Ling Shu Chapter 63 and is a sign of the diminution of bodily liquids. According to Ling Shu chapter 63 the salty taste goes to the blood by affinity, and as a result there is stagnation and congealing of the blood. The same thing happens to the juices of the Stomach. But the sweet taste has the ability to increase the fluids in the body, particularly the Jin and the clear liquids produced by the Spleen."
Very well stated and it makes sense to me. Another
"One must also understand the function of the Kidneys at every level of activity of the organism: mastering water, keeping the liquids in the right proportion, retaining and drawing downwards, all the while guarding against the exaggeration of this movement that is so natural to them."
That seems important to know. Edema in the legs is too much exaggeration and water accumulates and that relationship with the heart is important here.
Last one: "When you are afraid either you yourself move away from the situation or things move downwards in you. The descending movement, which is proper to the kidneys, is exaggerated as an effect of fear, and continues to the point of losing essences. Fear also attacks the relationship between the Kidneys and the Heart. Injury to the spirits from fear and fright you can lose possession of yourself. The answer is reflective thought prevails over fear. This is the best way to overcome fear. "
This last piece of it helps explain the above: "When there is fear the essences withdraw and as a result the upper heater completely closes which means that the Qi returns below and there is a swelling in the lower heater. For this reason the Qi can no longer circulate. What this means is that fear realizes the separation of Yin and Yang of the upper and lower heaters, of bottom and top and so on."
I need to spend more time reading these gems. They are wonderful. I need more time. It took too long. They are worth the time though. I feel like I understand so much more about the body with this. ...more
This is Vol. 7 of Mikio's Esoteric Acupuncture Works. This is a great book for acupuncturist who are using this to treat people. He has his best patteThis is Vol. 7 of Mikio's Esoteric Acupuncture Works. This is a great book for acupuncturist who are using this to treat people. He has his best patterns in this book and gives the esoteric meaning of numbers as they relate to this work.
Healing is moving from one level to another higher level. Going from being sick to well and higher. This book is about raising consciousness; your own and your clients you work with. I finished his advanced class and was reading it afterward and this book was everything he covered in class pretty much. These books are gems....more
Another explanation of the classic text from the NeiJing Ling Shu. This is the major text that acupuncture medicine was written down 2500 years ago. BAnother explanation of the classic text from the NeiJing Ling Shu. This is the major text that acupuncture medicine was written down 2500 years ago. Before that this was all an oral tradition.
Claude Larre and Elisabeth use the Chinese Characters to help us understand what the text is being translated as for better understanding to Westerners. They really bring the text alive.
People interested in Chinese culture and history may find this interesting, but this book is mostly for acupuncturist or people interested in Energy medicine. It's a well done book. It's all about the Heart organ and how it moves Qi and Blood. It houses the Shen and the spirits and the Heart controls the body. If the Heart is calm and tranquil, the Kingdom is also calm and tranquil. Everything is in order. If the Heart is in chaos the body will be in chaos and illness follows. If it continues, death follows. ...more
Here is another book that I started in acupuncture school. I started this May 2017 and this was during my burnout period. I was over cooked at this poHere is another book that I started in acupuncture school. I started this May 2017 and this was during my burnout period. I was over cooked at this point. I read 50 pages and put it down with my others. I guess it turned out alright. I think I needed the rest of this during my life now.
I have studied in person under Ellen and she is an amazing healer and teacher. She also works with Donna Eden in energy medicine and is one of the truly gifted healers I've met. She wrote this book in 1993 and it was before her time working with Donna, so this is pre Energy Medicine times. She is an intuitive and healer. She has a council that she works with and this is a dialogue between her and the council. The people she helped in her career had common questions about life, so this book address some of those common problems.
The last two large chapters are about Love and Change. They were the most helpful to me at this time. I have to say, that I have been having a tough time in recent years. So this book was helpful to me.
The biggest take-away from the love section is the paraphrase ahead. When we get that spark and we feel ourselves being opened by this feeling of love to someone. It's not them that is doing this. All that we feel about the person and the world, how the world is bigger and just more, all of that is our own doing. The person is only the spark for that to happen. That experience can't be taken away or diminished because the person leaves, breaks it off or doesn't give that love back. The experience happens in our own hearts and it's ours.
I've never heard anything like this really before and I have to say that it was an epiphany. There have been some real hang-ups from past relationships I've been dealing with. I have a recurring dream about one guy on and off. It really helped me see my feelings for these people, friend or crush in a larger view and in a new way. I feel like it gave me some relief and understanding about what was happening. It didn't matter what their reasons were, my heart still responded in some way. I haven't had that dream again since I figured that out.
She also said we put too much relevance on love and finding it and all relationships are important. It's about our living in community, but that didn't ring true for me, better or worse. At least not at this point in time.
The whole book the council is using the analogy of a garden to explain lots of things. In the change section, the council spoke of change. Our lives go in cycles the way nature does. Well, winter is in nature and winter is fallow and it doesn't look like a whole lot happens. Sometimes, when things feel dark and nothing is happening, it's that winter time and nothing is supposed to happen. We just need to wait for spring. It's the time to figure out what we really want. She put this into many ways of applying it to life. Sometimes, when we lose a job and have a hard time finding a new one. We want something now. Well, sometimes, it's simply winter and it's a good time to figure out why the last job didn't work out and what it is we really want for the next one. She spoke of changing a relationship or habits we don't like. There is some really powerful ideas in here.
Anyway, this really gave me some solace. I mean, I still have all my old problems, but I feel much lighter after reading this. It gave me some new ways to look at life. If you are looking to look at your life differently, I highly recommend this book and especially the last two chapters. They are life changing. She has some good solid advice in here. Some of it's just learning how to grow up.
I'm glad I finished this book. I miss Ellen. She is such an amazing teacher....more
This books is about the pathophysiology of the emotions in the body. Understanding these emotions and how they come into play can help understand diseThis books is about the pathophysiology of the emotions in the body. Understanding these emotions and how they come into play can help understand disease. The Heart needs emotions to flow through it and when the energy isn't able to flow and lodges in the heart, there will be pathology in the body somehow. An interesting book....more
They take each character from Chapter 8 of the Neijing and explain how to think of these ideas in terms of the Chinese mind who wrote them. Very well They take each character from Chapter 8 of the Neijing and explain how to think of these ideas in terms of the Chinese mind who wrote them. Very well done and so informative. Chinese characters are incredible for the meaning they convey. A page of Chinese is like a whole text in English....more
After this election, this book helped to calm me and give me some peace. Walking meditation, it works and it's a good thing. He brought me back to minAfter this election, this book helped to calm me and give me some peace. Walking meditation, it works and it's a good thing. He brought me back to mindfulness. Thank you....more
This is a book for acupuncturists and energy workers looking to expand into an esoteric way of looking at energy. This book focuses on opening the chaThis is a book for acupuncturists and energy workers looking to expand into an esoteric way of looking at energy. This book focuses on opening the chakras so that the Kundalini energy can completely rise up and help the person along the path to enlightenment. He has come up with a new way of needling that will create spin points. It was a very involved book with a ton of information. A very great book....more
This is the oldest book on my currently reading list. I started this back in acupuncture school and got busy, then burnt out. It is very dense with soThis is the oldest book on my currently reading list. I started this back in acupuncture school and got busy, then burnt out. It is very dense with some great information. I finally finished the whole thing.
This is part of the NeiJing - the Yellow Emperor's classic. This is the Suwen with 81 chapters. And the 2nd part is the last 81 chapters - Lingsu. In school we are told this is one of the earliest classic texts we have for acupuncture. All throughout this book, they list other classic texts they used back then. I'm shocked how many others there are.
This book is a question and answer book. Huang Di asks a question and his teacher Qi Bo answers. So it's a little like reading someone notes from a lecture. Like any lecture, they have a topic they are discussing and a student will ask a question on a patient that is on a different topic and the teacher goes with it. That happens often here.
There are some typing errors in here. There are times they will say Shaoyin Gallbladder and they mean Shaoyin/ Kidney or something like that. It wasn't often, but I caught a few typos here and there.
It's amazing all the information in here. Much of it isn't used anymore, while much of it is. There is one remedy that I was stunned by. If someone is in a coma and they won't wake after needling the jing well points (tips of fingers) and other remedy's, they say to save the left temple of the person, burn the hair and grind it up and put it into tea and have the coma patient drink it. That is no longer used, plus someone in a coma would be in the hospital. Anyway. I would wake up only so I could spit that out. Good lord.
There are many chapters in here about the weather and astronomy and how it all affects disease. We don't really use that anymore. Anything in the natural world was in here basically.
I'm glad I read this. It reminded me of some things and it was good. There was also a great visualization I want to try at in the later part of the book for a physician to protect themselves from plague and other illnesses while treating people. Interesting.
This is a fantastic book laying out principles of Zero Balancing and meditation. Fritz is the real deal and he has brought an simple and effective sysThis is a fantastic book laying out principles of Zero Balancing and meditation. Fritz is the real deal and he has brought an simple and effective system of healing to the world. ...more
This book is a game changer. Genes are not as controlling as we are led to believe. The cell membrane is the brain of the cell and it receives informaThis book is a game changer. Genes are not as controlling as we are led to believe. The cell membrane is the brain of the cell and it receives information from the environment. Our environment shapes our genes. This book will change the way you see life. This is a must READ....more
A nice quick read. Some great exercises in here. The Microcosmic Orbit meditation and the Inner Smile Meditation. I'm enjoying them.A nice quick read. Some great exercises in here. The Microcosmic Orbit meditation and the Inner Smile Meditation. I'm enjoying them....more
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