Recent Posts Tagged With 'Students'

• The sages of Chinese antiquity stood facing South

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 10:51 in personal development, Students, student, herbal medicine, walking, portland, Student Life, symbolism, fall, character, seasons, cultivation

  Today, on a walk I was taught an important lesson by some late migrating geese. In the late summer and autumn, we get a whole lot of geese flying overhead in my neighborhood. We live pretty close to a couple of wildlife refuges, one being specificall...

• Reawakening the faculty of touch in learning Chinese herbs

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 19:38 in Students, learning, Herbs, herbal medicine, study, touch, studying, chinese-herbs, study-methods

  So, I didn’t write much about using the faculty of sight in learning Chinese herbs. That’s mostly because I’m doing other research about it, particularly around the doctrine of signatures and I’d prefer to write more when I ha...

• A quick update : I’m never leaving NCNM!

  Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 19:35 in business, Students, learning, Herbs, classes, portland, scholar, lecture, the profession, ncnm, chinese-herbs, erics-habits

  I’m busily working on my next post on the relational method of learning Chinese herbs. I’ll get it out as soon as possible. However, as I’ve been working on this series, something else has been unfolding. I thought I would share it ...

• Setting yourself up for learning success : First, know thyself

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 16:51 in Students, learning, student, Herbs, herbal medicine, Student Life, chinese-herbs

  In my last article, I mentioned my idea that the best way to learn Chinese herbs is through what I’m calling the “relational method.” Before we can dive headlong into the process I am describing, we need to prepare some ground. Toda...

• Upcoming Portland-area Chinese medicine events of note

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 21:19 in Students, learning, herbal medicine, acupuncture, study, portland, scholar, formulas, arnaud versluys, classical-chinese-medicine, herbal formulas, watershed community wellness

  I’m continuing to be neck deep in business planning. Today we finalized a bunch of copy for our website, came closer to opening a business bank account, got a bunch of things finalized with the lawyer, and had our first “official” m...

• What constitutes a thriving profession : Chinese medicine’s future

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 18:15 in Students, boards, the profession, nccaom, chinese-herbs, herbal regulation

  I’m positively buried in a ton of unbelievably exciting business work, all of which will be coming out in a series of posts sometime in the not-too-distant future. When I’m not working on that stuff, I’m hiding from the brutal heatw...

• Blogging : where personal and professional collide (especially in Chinese medicine)

  Posted on Thursday July 9th, 2009 at 10:04 in education, personal development, business, Students, blogging, learning, gtd, getting things done, the profession, classical-chinese-medicine, professional-development

  Edit (8:14am) : Forgot the editorial calendar!  Sorry! It should be no surprise to any of you that I think blogging is a valuable activity for those of us in the field of Chinese medicine.  I’ve fielded a couple of questions in the last week ...

• Reading widely to learn Chinese medicine

  Posted on Friday December 26th, 2008 at 11:11 in personal development, Students, learning, philosophy, discipline, study, Student Life, studying, erics-habits, study-methods

  It’s been almost four years, now, that I’ve been doing focused and formal study of Chinese medicine.  Over that time, I’ve tried many study methods.  Some of them were only useful during some specific part of my education, and sti...

• Train your brain : try Lumosity

  Posted on Friday December 19th, 2008 at 12:06 in education, internet, Students, learning, websites, student, habits, Student Life, scholar, studying, product-review, products & materials

  I get requests to review products from time to time, and frankly I deny most of them.  However, sometimes something catches my eye and I try it out.  I jettison about half of those, and the remaining products/services are few.  The problem is that...

• Still learning Chinese medicine : through the birth canal

  Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 13:13 in education, personal development, Students, blogging, learning, writing, student, confidence, Discipleship, stress, Student Life, cultivation

  It’s a cardinal rule in blogging that one shouldn’t write too many “sorry I’ve been away” posts. They tend to convey weakness, over-involvement in one’s own process and generally turn readers off - particularly fir...

• Call for guest writers at Deepest Health

  Posted on Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 at 23:09 in Students, learning, writing, articles, author, summer, rest, guest-post

  Hey everyone, The summer is wrapping up for us at NCNM, which means a ramping up of school-related activity for me.  Add to that the fact that my best friends are getting married (and both my partner and I are in the wedding) is a recipe for light c...

• Deepest Health Chinese Medicine Podcast : Episode 6 - Schools of Chinese medicine and learning

  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 22:35 in podcast, Students, learning, schools, Student Life, clinic, shang-han-lun, wen bing

  Sorry to get this podcast out so late, folks.  There’s been a heat wave in Oregon, and I’ve just been worthless for work.  Things are still moving and changing here at Deepesthealth and you can keep looking forward to more great content...

• The Year of Sagely Living - The Evolution

  Posted on Saturday July 26th, 2008 at 12:17 in Students, focus, learning, student, character, qigong, unity, cultivation, confucianism, 80 20, year of sagely living

  When we decided to move away from our original Year of Sagely Living idea, I knew I would run the risk of dropping the project entirely.  While I had the intention to focus on my physical body, I didn’t really know what form that would take. ...

• Taking it all in: Buddhist practice and Chinese medicine school

  Posted on Wednesday April 9th, 2008 at 14:32 in personal development, Students, learning, Buddhism, study, Student Life, character, cultivation, ncnm

  I’ve been struggling for the past couple of weeks.  I’ve gone through the range of responses to my difficulty, mostly hovering in the realm of “just keep moving” which seems to work for me.  The fact is that since I began Ch...

• The development of first professional doctorate degrees in Chinese medicine

  Posted on Tuesday February 19th, 2008 at 13:33 in Students, acupuncture, organization, licensing, cm news, the profession, ncnm, chinese-herb, classical-chinese-medicine, acaom, doctorate program, licensed acupuncturists

  I must confess that the issue of accreditation of programs, levels of education within the acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine profession(s) and all related issues sometimes evade my understanding. While the degree that I will get at the end of ...

• Another scholar reviews his first month of Sagely Living

  Posted on Friday February 1st, 2008 at 11:26 in Students, focus, commitment, balance, Student Life, scholar, studying, january, cultivation, classical texts (general), year of sagely living, michael givens

  This is an article that Michael Givens, author of the recent article “Why does Chinese Medicine seem so complicated?” sent to me last night. He was one of the first on board for the Year of Sagely Living, but doesn’t have an online...

• 5 Computer based tools no Chinese medicine student should be without

  Posted on Monday January 21st, 2008 at 14:24 in personal development, Students, websites, gtd, productivity, study, habits, Student Life, getting things done, sage life

  While I’ve been working on my January Year of Sagely Living goal, I’ve really had to increase my efficiency in a number of respects. I’m doing a fairly good job keeping to my basic commitment, but I’ve had to spend an unusual...

• Year of Sagely Living : Scholarship and study as a category of practice

  Posted on Sunday December 30th, 2007 at 19:43 in Students, learning, study, habits, Student Life, scholar, studying, cultivation, chinese-herb, chinese-language, year of sagely living, living like a sage

  Be sure to check out the original introduction to the Year of Sagely Living. You can read other articles on the project by choosing the “Year of Sagely Living” category in the dropdown menu to your right. This is an important category fo...

• 7 simple ways to be a great student AND not kill yourself during Finals week

  Posted on Tuesday December 4th, 2007 at 14:52 in personal development, Students, acupuncture, study, habits, Student Life, scholar, studying, chinese-herb, chinese-herbs, chinese-medicine, erics-habits

  This has been my most successful term yet in my education in Classical Chinese Medicine. I’d like to pass on some of the reasons why while also offering the both of us some advice on how to make next term even better. What do I mean by better ...

• Product Review: Living Meridian acupuncture charts

  Posted on Monday November 26th, 2007 at 12:15 in Students, learning, acupuncture, product review, charts, acupressure, study, studying, study methods, products amp; materials

  I have had the distinct pleasure of working with the Living Meridian acupuncture charts these last weeks while studying for finals. I wanted to spend some quality time working with them before I wrote a review so I could get a full appreciation for ...

• Contemporary discipleship in Chinese medicine

  Posted on Sunday November 25th, 2007 at 19:15 in Students, learning, chinese medicine, Discipleship, study, academics, studying, the profession, theory to practice

  One of the things I see as inherent in a Classical approach to Chinese medicine is the recovery of a sense of discipleship. The passing of knowledge from Master to Student has always been a part of the medicine, as far as I can tell. This is not a ...

• If you’re not memorizing, you’re not paying attention

  Posted on Sunday October 21st, 2007 at 15:44 in Students, learning, study, Student Life, academics, cultural differences, exams, studying, memorization, study methods

  Note:  I’m working on write-ups of the AAAOM conference in Portland.  I’m writing something about Nigel Wiseman’s talk on Chinese medical translation and my general support for his ideas.  I’m also writing about the nationa...

• Five simple methods I use to take advantage of my time in Chinese medicine school

  Posted on Thursday October 4th, 2007 at 14:36 in personal development, Students, learning, study, Student Life, academics, scholar, studying, erics habits

  I’ve talked about the habits I’ve formed to be an honors student, I’ve revealed some of the low-tech items I use to stay organized, I’ve discussed various study methods I use for acupuncture and chinese herbs - I continue to u...

• What is Qigong?

  Posted on Tuesday September 25th, 2007 at 12:33 in personal development, Students, chinese medicine, stress, Etymology, deep breathing, qigong, cultivation, classical chinese medicine, new to chinese medicine?, erics habits

  It occurred to me today that although I have made frequent mention of Qigong in articles, I’ve never really discussed the nature of this important pillar of Chinese medicine practice. I guess it’s one of those situations where you don...

• How to use the five elements to eliminate overwhelming stress

  Posted on Saturday September 15th, 2007 at 21:46 in personal development, Students, home remedies, stress, emotional health, habits, Student Life, cultivation, overwhelm, erics habits, lifestyle counseling

  You may have noticed that I haven’t been producing much content these past few days. It haunts me, really, because my greatest hope is that this blog will develop into a great community for the exploration of Chinese medicine. It is a labor o...

• In which I resume juggling

  Posted on Monday September 10th, 2007 at 06:16 in personal development, Students, learning, study, professional development, Student Life, academics, character, scholar, studying

  Hey everyone,\nSchool starts today (Monday, September 10) and I’m up at 4am, apparently, to mark the occasion.  Ever since I can remember, I can’t sleep the day before school.  Too excited!  As I’ve said various times, this year...

• Back to School! 8 Low Tech items that make me an honors student

  Posted on Thursday September 6th, 2007 at 13:52 in personal development, Students, learning, organization, productivity, study, professional development, Student Life, academics, erics habits

  Chinese medicine students have some of the same needs as other students - one of those needs is to stay organized and productive. It is perhaps even more critical in graduate/professional school because the academic demands are so much greater. IR...

• 6 Ways that Meditation is going to revolutionize your academic life

  Posted on Wednesday August 29th, 2007 at 19:31 in personal development, Students, focus, learning, meditation, study, habits, academics, character, cultivation, erics habits

  One of Deepest Health’s readers, Katrina, mentioned that she wonders about the benefits of meditation for students. There are a hundred and one articles out there showing simple meditation procedures, equally as many discussing the health ben...

• 8 Scholarship Winning habits I learned through Chinese medicine study

  Posted on Wednesday August 22nd, 2007 at 17:57 in lists, personal development, Students, learning, productivity, habits, studying, confucianism, erics habits, study methods

  In the same vein as my popular article 7 Life Changing Habits I learned from Chinese medicine study, I thought I would provide something a little more focused for students since we are coming up on school season. I’ve been able to obtain big...

• How to learn the acupuncture points and channels deeply by engaging your whole Self

  Posted on Saturday August 11th, 2007 at 15:37 in Students, channels, learning, acupuncture, studying, erics habits, study methods

  I found it extremely difficult to learn the acupuncture points and channels despite the expert instruction I received from Jim Cleaver, LAc. When I reach a difficult point in learning a subject, I have a simple strategy I use to break through the wa...