Heavenly Qi – Details, episodes & analysis

It will take you just over an hour and a half to be revitalised and re-enthused about life, the universe and everything.

Clare and Lee’s lively discussion covers her research and her clinic but also details the difficulties we all face in choosing our path and making transitions.

This episode sees Clare joined by the renowned Australian acupuncture expert, Dr John McDonald who has been practising and teaching since the early 1970’s. They discuss all things acupuncture including addiction, allergies and autoimmune issues and John’s fascinating career spanning 5 decades. 

More information about Dr John McDonald can be found via: 

Webinars: https://southportacupuncture.com.au/john-mcdonald-webinars

Mentoring: Information at : https://southportacupuncture.com.au/john-mcdonald-mentoring                      

Acupuncture Point Dynamics Volume 1

https://au.blurb.com/b/10139097-acupuncture-point-dynamics-volume-1

Acupuncture Point Dynamics Volume 2

https://au.blurb.com/b/10139144-acupuncture-point-dynamics-volume-2

Acupuncture Point Dynamics Volume 3

https://au.blurb.com/b/11090866-acupuncture-point-dynamics-volume-3

Enquiries to: twindragon@bigpond.com

As practitioners our scope goes beyond just the face to face appointments with patients, and this conversation delves into the importance of undistracted time, being a good fit with your patients and growth as practitioners and hidden bias. 

In todays episode of Heavenly Qi, Clare talks with Sean Tuten a renowned TCM practitioner who has taught Acupuncture and Chinese Herbalism throughout the U.S., Europe, and Australia since 2004. They talk about the joy of healing others, helping people open up to their potential, the importance of connection and deep dive into Jeffrey Yuen and Ann Cecil-Sterman's work on the luos and their role in the healing process.

To learn more about Sean and find out about his upcoming Australian class visit www.acupuncturementorship.com

https://www.seantuten.com/

This week on Heavenly Qi Clare is joined by Dr. Randine Lewis, author of The Infertility Cure, and a leading expert in treating infertility conditions combining Eastern and Western based medicine. They’re talking all things practitioner wellness including why practitioners find it so hard to ask for help when they’re sick and the role of western medicine when treating yourself and others. 

A metabolically healthy person can exist in a body of any shape or size. With that in mind this episode of the Heavenly Qi Podcast has co-hosts Clare Pyers and Naava Carman dissecting the many issues surrounding body size and fertility. Including a deep dive into the problems that arise from the use of Body Mass Index (BMI).

We’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback on this episode, Join us on Facebook to chat with the show hosts and other listeners.

“Rest and self care are so important… you cannot serve from an empty vessel.”

― Eleanor Brownn

Do you have a self care list? In these extraordinarily difficult times the balance between service and self care and has never been more difficult to maintain. Most of us in the last year have, at least at some point, been in a "fight-or-flight" state which has many negative consequences for our health. Clare Pyers and Naava Carman talk openly about their personal journeys and discuss ways to keep you and your patients in a balanced state.

Naava’s Current Life Hacks

https://www.getsensate.com/

https://www.kingyaa.co.za/birthing-beyond-the-binary

The tendency is to consider a pregnancy so delicate that we should take a ‘hands off’ approach to treatment especially in the first trimester. Sharon Weizenbaum joins Clare Pyers to dispel fears and give practitioners a solid grounding on giving herbs during this important time. There is a fundamental lack of text books on this subject and so Sharon has begun the arduous task of translating some of the ancient Chinese texts into English. If you can read Chinese then this may be your calling.

Sharon Weizenbaum graduated from the New England School of Acupuncture in 1983 and has been practicing Chinese medicine for over 30 years. Her first gynecology teacher was Dr. Zhu Shu-rong from Shang Hai. In 1990 she traveled to Hang Zhou where she studied herbal gynecology with Dr. Qiu Xiao-mei as well as Chinese language. She continued her language study at Mt. Holyoke College and translates much of her own teaching materials. In 2007 she traveled back to China to study classic formulas with Dr. Huang Huang, who continues to be one of her teachers. She studied and apprenticed with Kiiko Matsumoto for 12 years and developed Integrative Mandala Acupuncture as a synthesis of her study with both Chinese and Japanese acupuncture teachers. Sharon is the director of White Pine Healing Arts clinic and educational facility. She teaches the Graduate Mentorship Program and Integrative Mandala Acupuncture nationally as well as shorter courses. Her articles have been published in The Lantern and in the North Amercan Journal of Oriental Medicine. She is known for her engaging, clinically relevant and clear teaching style.

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It is essential that everyone who comes to our clinic feels respected, included and heard. The emergence of the LGBT community represents some significant challenges to not only practitioners but to society as a whole.

In this podcast Co-hosts Naava Carman and Clare Pyers explore the issues involved in creating a ‘safe place’ - for all of our patients.

Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Medicine by Catherine J. Lumenello