Recent Posts Tagged With 'learning'

• Learn to read classical Chinese medical texts – special deal for Deepest Health readers

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 17:41 in learning, book reviews, reading, classes, scholar, studying, classical texts (general), chinese-language, classical-chinese-medicine, product-review, products & materials

  I’ve been a little slow out of the gate with this one, folks, and I’m sorry about that. Richard Goodman, author of the excellent Classical Chinese Medical Texts: Learning to Read the Classics of Chinese Medicine Vol I has released Volume...

• 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...

• More Classical Chinese Medicine courses in Portland, an update and a question

  Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 14:33 in blogging, learning, websites, classes, portland, ccm, watershed, products & materials, watershed community wellness

  Hello my patient readers, I have a few items of interest for you today. 1. I am working hard on several things for the blog. My work has been stymied somewhat by the new course I’m teaching at NCNM (have to get my teaching legs under me) and th...

• Stripped to the bone

  Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 20:43 in blogging, learning, Autumn, fall, hexagram, classical texts (general), yijing, erics-habits

  Pardon the period of relative silence, I can only hope it won’t last long. I’m currently being taught the truest meaning of a hexagram I threw twice in a row when contemplating the Autumn and what is in store for me during this transition...

• 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 ...

• * Attention natural medicine practitioners who (actually) want to be successful in business *

  Posted on Thursday September 3rd, 2009 at 15:06 in business, learning, portland, professional-development, mark silver

  I’ll interrupt the flow of posts about a relational method for learning Chinese herbs to mention a great opportunity for all kinds of natural medicine practitioners. In particular, I’d like to call out to those of you who are starting or ...

• 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...

• A relational method of learning Chinese herbs

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 11:54 in learning, student, Herbs, herbal medicine, walking, study, memorization, formulas, chinese-herbs, study-methods, herbal formulas

  I’ve been working on developing some courses I want to teach. I plan to teach them online, via an extension of Deepest Health, but also some using the Gift Economy model at my clinic – Watershed Community Wellness. Some of these courses w...

• A very long Chinese medicine engagement

  Posted on Monday August 17th, 2009 at 14:00 in learning, reading, symbolism, scholar, ccm, cultivation, classical texts (general), neijing, yijing, classical-chinese-medicine, study-methods

  I want to try something new. Many of my readers have asked me to do more discussion of the Classical texts. I have been hesitant because my command of Chinese is not great and the available translations are mostly disappointing (if my teachers are to...

• Phenomenology and Classical Chinese medicine : brief conclusions, opening doors

  Posted on Thursday August 13th, 2009 at 09:12 in science, learning, philosophy, student, phenomenology, ccm, thesis, the profession, philosophy of science, classical-chinese-medicine, western philosophy, philosphy of science

  Here are the last few paragraphs of my thesis in Chinese medicine for my MSOM degree at National College of Natural Medicine. As you can probably tell, I did not go as far with any of my research topics as I would have liked. I saw it mainly as a way...

• Phenomenology and Chinese Medicine : the lifeworld, holism and integrative medicine

  Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 19:08 in science, learning, philosophy, theory, listening, scholar, phenomenology, thesis, philosophy of science, philosphy of science

  For your Wednesday (or Thursday, depending on where you are) reading pleasure, I would like to offer the third piece of my Chinese medicine thesis, written at NCNM. As promised, I’m breaking it up into bite-sized chunks and only presenting the ...

• 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...

• Chinese medicine mind mapping

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 21:28 in Software, technology, learning, studying, study-methods

  Unfortunately, I just lost a great post I was writing about Chinese medicine and mind mapping. Because I’m pretty tired and don’t feel like writing it up again – I’ll just offer the pictures I was going to insert. This will ha...

• 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 ...

• The flood of summer blessings

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 16:38 in blogging, learning

  Hey everyone, I am basking in the resplendent blessings of the summer season.  My thesis is completed, defended and turned in.  95% of my work is done for graduation (paperwork and the like).  I passed all three of my board exams for licensure (ya...

• The Lingshu and becoming a superior Chinese medicine practitioner

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 11:45 in learning, study, physician, ccm, the profession, classical texts (general), lingshu

  There is a very interesting discussion going on over at Richard Goodman’s blog – He explains… “…Ling Shu Chapter 55 The superior physician treats that which is not yet ill. The inferior physician treats that which is ...

• Argument for a medical multiverse : Acknowledgements

  Posted on Sunday June 14th, 2009 at 16:49 in learning, Student Life, our story

  When you write acknowledgements for a thesis at a small college in Portland, you can be reasonably assured that almost nobody will read them.  This is a shame, for they are meant to be read – meant to shout your love, respect and admiration fr...

• 5 Things to Look forward to after graduation : Chinese medicine post-graduate education

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 16:11 in learning, reading, student, Nature, walking, oregon, study, portland, Student Life, cultivation, ncnm, the project

  Since the arrival of my friend Brandt Stickley, I have been unfortunately unable to devote the amount of time I would like to living out our wild Portland-area Awareness Project dreams.  We had so many late night chat and Skype conversations, whippi...

• Listening my way to success in the NCCAOM acupuncture board exam

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 13:23 in music, learning, student, acupuncture, Student Life, listening, exams, senses, studying, study-methods, products & materials

  As I said before, I’ve been spending a significant amount of time studying for and taking my NCCAOM board exams.  As I said in my last post… “…I’ve successfully completed the foundations and biomedicine exams already. ...

• Writing and the formation of a vigorous Chinese medicine profession

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 13:50 in learning, writing, chinese medicine, theory, portland, thesis, classical chinese medicine, the profession, ncnm

  So, I passed my thesis defense! I have a few revisions to make - when I’m done with those and have final approval I will (a) breathe a big sigh of relief, (b) begin posting portions of my thesis for discussion on the blog.  As I see the topic,...

• Where I can see light at the end of the tunnel : Chinese medicine senioritis

  Posted on Thursday May 28th, 2009 at 09:01 in school, business, blogging, learning, chinese medicine, graduating, ncnm, craig mitchell

  Now, if you know anything about Google search and “long tail” search results, you’ll know that the title of this blog post is going to get me some very interesting visitors.  That being said, I want to give a shout out to all of YO...

• 12 Weeks of Power : The beginning

  Posted on Tuesday April 21st, 2009 at 20:45 in learning, Herbs, chinese medicine, herbal medicine, Student Life, chinese herbs, classical chinese medicine, chinese formulas

  Engaging in the program I set out a couple of weeks ago hasn’t been much of a problem.  Finding the extra moments to use for writing to the blog has been more of a challenge.  :) I have altered the program in a couple of important ways, howev...

• Mining for gold : Best of Deepest Health

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 21:01 in blogging, learning, reading, TCM, vegan, theory, ccm, tcm v ccm, the project

  Hey folks, As I’m winding down on this crazy educational journey, I find myself nostalgic for those days of olde.  Back when I wrote posts with abandon.  Anyway, some pretty good discussions went on during some of those posts, and they can be...

• How am I going to survive the next twelve weeks? A study in the power of Chinese medicine theory

  Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 18:33 in learning, herbal medicine, acupuncture, study, graduation, Student Life, organs, studying, formulas, ncnm, organ systems, chinese-herbs

  Well, it’s finally come to this - the final quarter of my formal institutional training in Classical Chinese Medicine. Wow.  I mean, really, wow.  There are quite a few of you out there who are in the same boat I am - looking graduation in th...

• Deepest Health Podcast 13 : Interview with Mark Silver concerning business in natural medicine

  Posted on Tuesday March 10th, 2009 at 14:27 in podcast, business, Heart, learning, chinese medicine, portland, lecture, natural medicine, eric grey, mark silver

  Hello everyone, I have big plans for the Deepest Health podcast.  I really enjoyed doing my clinical updates, but they proved a little too time intensive for my current workload.  In the future, I’ll be providing all kinds of information in a...

• Upcoming lectures for Chinese medicine students and practitioners in Portland

  Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 17:33 in personal development, podcast, learning, ncnm, classical-chinese-medicine, mark silver, heiner fruehauf

  Some of you know that I am the student body President over at National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM).  When I started my term, we created a survey to ask the students what they would most like us to do with our time and (their) money in the 200...

• What is a watershed?

  Posted on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 at 12:49 in personal development, podcast, water, learning, philosophy, Ecology, Nature, birds, symbolism, character, watershed, cultivation

  So, you may remember all this talk about the Awareness project.  The idea was (and is, though evolved now) that we wanted to bring all of our senses to bear IN THE WORLD as people nourished by particular types of practices to really live what the Cl...

• 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...