Category Archives: Chinese medicine

If only my key were a bit more practiced

Posted on June 15, 2020 by jyourist

This will be hard to describe. Just a feeling. A fleeting sensation. Yesterday in the garden. A sense of my individual self erasing — no that’s not quite the right word… merging maybe (that’s better but still not quite right) … Continue reading →

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Power Point

Posted on April 24, 2020 by jyourist

Indeed we could all use a Power Point right now. No, not the one with the digital slides and the lecture (which is hopefully not just read off the slides). This is about an acupuncture point with real power! Classical … Continue reading →

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Push through the asphalt and cement

Posted on April 1, 2020 by jyourist

The photo above was taken by JB in our backyard. For the past 3 or 4 years, I have been planting old books around the garden, some of them from the days when I was teaching. There is something very … Continue reading →

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Putting Fingers in the Tiger’s Mouth

Posted on March 30, 2020 by jyourist

Before becoming a Shiatsu therapist, I was an 8th grade Humanities teacher. I didn’t know a lot about Chinese medicine, but I knew about the acupuncture point Large Intestine 4. When students would ask me if they could go to … Continue reading →

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