Starting next week, Laurie and Heiner will bring you interviews recorded from a 5 Element Emotional Confucian Healing Retreat at the Trout Lake Abby in Washington state that they are attending.

Meanwhile:
Join us for a discussion of the functions of the Pericardium Organ Network—the system responsible for protecting our heart and allowing for true intimacy.

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The wood phase functions include those that enable us to make and carry out plans

Join us for a discussion of the Liver Organ Network and its associated characteristics and functions.  In Chinese medicine terms, the liver is understood to store the “blood”, facilitate a smooth flow of virtually all of the body substances, serve as the root of prenatal energy in women, and control the “tendons”. (The parentheses are used as these words have an expanded meaning in Chinese medicine. Individuals with healthy functioning of the Liver Organ Network tend to be emotionally stable, able to work hard and steadily, and serve as excellent strategic planners.

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The wood phase functions that enable us to make clear decisions with the right timing

In a previous show, we explored the Small Intestine function of making well-considered choices aligned with our heart’s mission. We can compare this to the topic of today’s discussion–the Gall Bladder Organ Network—which enables us to make clear, grounded decisions “on our feet”. Join us for a discussion of how to optimize this and the other Gall Bladder functions.

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Health writer Denise Minger shares her insights about the meat-no meat debate.

Denise Minger is exuberant and simply in search of the truth…about what the available data does and does not tell us about the nature of healthy nutrition. Following a raw food, vegan diet to become hearty and strong, Denise instead found herself becoming sicker and weaker. According to the conclusions in The China Study, she was on the diet that should prevent chronic disease. Puzzled by her experience, and a data wonk at heart, she obtained the original data upon which the book was based, and analyzed it herself. Join us for a discussion of what she found in that data, and in her subsequent quest for nutritional wisdom based in sound science rather than dogmatism or political agendas.

You can learn more about Denise’s work on her blog: www.rawfoodsos.com, and in her upcoming book Death by Food Pyramid, due to be published in January, 2013. She also recommends you look at Mark Sisson’s blog: www.marksdailyapple.com.

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Why ancient wisdom is so relevant for finding health and harmony in today’s world

Join  Heiner and Laurie for a lively discussion with Dr. Sabine Wilms, world-renown expert on the life and works of ancient sage-scholar Sun Simiao (581-682 A.D.). Known as the “King of Medicine” (Yaowang), Sun Simiao is revered not only for his medical acumen (especially in the realm of herbal prescription), but also for his deep knowledge of how to “nourish life”, emphasizing the health of women and children.

Since receiving her doctorate in East Asian Studies and Medical Anthropology from the University of Arizona in 2002, Dr. Sabine Wilms has devoted her professional life to making ancient medical wisdom, including that of Sun Simiao, available to today’s practitioners. Her goal is to provide them with the resources needed to rise above the level of technician to become “high-level” practitioners capable of facilitating true transformation in the lives of their patients.

Among Sabine’s publications are the following translations:

• Bei ji qian yao fang: Essential Prescriptions worth a Thousand in Fold for Every Emergency: Volumes 2-4 on Gynecology (The Chinese Medicine Database, 2007).
• Jin gui yao lue:  Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Coffer (Paradigm Publications, 2009 with co-author Nigel Wiseman and Feng Ye
• Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Volume 1.

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Exploring the most mysterious of the organ networks

Join us for a discussion of the elusive Triple Warmer Organ Network—perhaps the least understood of the Chinese organ systems. While not easily associated with any specific physical organ, the Triple Warmer functions are related to warmth, water metabolism, and networking throughout the body. Aspects of nervous and endocrine system functioning are likely involved.

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The heart protector function

Join us for a discussion of the functions of the Pericardium Organ Network—the system responsible for protecting our heart and allowing for true intimacy.

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This 5-element emotional release system can result in a rapid and profound return to health.

Tamara Staudt, ND, LAc shares with Heiner and Laurie her direct experience with this powerful system of emotional healing. In 2010, Dr. Staudt was a member of the first group of foreigners to attend in a Wang Fengyi retreat in China. Having received great personal benefit as a participant, Dr. Staudt was inspired to lead the first Wang Fengyi retreat in the United States in June, 2011. Of particular note, one woman who entered the US retreat with liposarcoma remains cancer-free since that time.

Heiner and Laurie have also participated in this type of healing work, and are big proponents of its powerful simplicity.

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This 5-element emotional release system can result in a rapid and profound return to health.

Tamara Staudt, ND, LAc shares with Heiner and Laurie her direct experience with this powerful system of emotional healing. In 2010, Dr. Staudt was a member of the first group of foreigners to attend in a Wang Fengyi retreat in China. Having received great personal benefit as a participant, Dr. Staudt was inspired to lead the first Wang Fengyi retreat in the United States in June, 2011. Of particular note, one woman who entered the US retreat with liposarcoma remains cancer-free since that time.

Heiner and Laurie have also participated in this type of healing work, and are big proponents of its powerful simplicity.

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This week, we discuss the ancient awareness that physical disease (dis-ease) arises when the natural flow of the Heart is restricted. This happens when we entertain false beliefs about ourselves or others, and let these prejudices dominate our inner wisdom. When our Heart is functioning freely, we experience ease and feel connected to the people and environment around us.

Seen from this perspective, disease isn’t an enemy to be eradicated, but rather a sign in the material world pointing to opportunities to relax, open and live our life in a more whole and authentic way.

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