Tension between the modern and the ancient in self cultivation

15 August 2010 Cultivation

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This is my first weekly YODA update.
It was a tumultuous week, there’s no doubt about it.  I’ll be [...]

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Chinese medicine and physical exercise

8 May 2008 Cultivation

Lately, I’ve been considering any holes I can find in my Classical Chinese Medicine education here at NCNM. Amazingly, there aren’t many. It’s hard to put together a top notch program in any topic, much less one as complicated as Chinese medicine. One place I have found myself without much to go [...]

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8 Reasons you should do Qigong even if you don’t want to

26 September 2007 Cultivation

I just got back from a QiGong retreat this weekend. As part of our program at NCNM, we learn Qigong within a specific lineage that we are privileged to access via one of our program founders, Heiner Fruehauf. It’s an amazing addition to our education. We take a practicum each term where [...]

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