Guest guest Posted January 7, 2000 Report Share Posted January 7, 2000 My moto is simple " if you can't teach it you don't know it! " Many think they can teach or explain yin & yang, Wu-Xing the Tao and so on. I learned during the past 5 years teaching children Aikido that my knowledge was indeed good enough to study and practise but to teach I had to change paradigms. Yes that P word again. You see Children , I believe are the toughest students, they don't care about philosophy, politics. authority in the same manner as adults do. My lesson was this: Teaching is learning! Teach people all you know about your acupuncture if you so choose there are no absolutes. Learn as you go along! Sincerely Patrick Dooley, President Global Commerce --- TCM, Acupuncturist. Personal and Leadership Facilitator. --- Sweden Phone: +46 70 354 6541 : +46 70 483 6873 TOLL FREE Fax: +1 (877) 863-6816 Voicemail: +1 (877) 863-6816 Morinda ID# 117774 ICQ# 6174430 ------------- - ###################################### - - ### " The mind is like a parachute, ### - - ### functions ONLY when open! " ### - - ###################################### - ------------- Manuia (mah noo'ya) Tahitian for " Good Fortune " Learn how you too can benefit from the NoniDrink! http://www.nonidrink.com patrick ------------- -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: geovani [inandor] Skickat: den 6 januari 2000 22:38 Till: acupuncture Ämne: Re: acupuncture I did go into the right room! Before the holiday season, there was some fairly good discussion about acupuncture and theory. Are you an acupuncturist? Let's talk. Here's what I'm thinking about currently. I'm considering taking on a preceptor, which is a student from the local school who wants to observe a practitioner outside of the school clinic setting. In thinking about what I would have to demonstrate, I realize that much of how I've come to practice is intuitive. I'm not sure how I would explain to a student what I was doing. This does not make me think I would not have something valuable to share with a student, but it just got me wondering, how much of what you guys do is within some theory or other (that you could easily explain) and how much is by intuition/qi awareness? geovani> Hi, Greg. Could you try to elaborate the expression " intuition/qi awareness " ? I mean....you know you are puncturing on the lungs meredian, or other, don't you? You may know the name of that point, or its main aplications? To me a state of pure " qi awareness " would mean you can " see " the qi in some way, so that you may direct it without the use of any theory. Is that what you mean? I am very interested in knowing to what extent you use (or not) theory in dealing with patients? Try to picture yourself dealing with some patient - what do you intuit/see/look-for? Let's say...a case of persistent cramps in the calf of both legs wile walking....(my case) regards geovani Please click above to support our sponsor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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