Qiological Podcast

476 Beyond Normal: Reading Blood Work Through a Chinese Medicine Lens • Jessica Parker

Reading blood work well means resisting the urge to sort everything into simply normal or abnormal. But what happens when the real diagnosis lives in the relationships be

475 The Practice of Seeing- Ming, Hidden Jing and Original Face • Anita Chopra & Angela Hunt

In this episode Qiological celebrates its ninth anniversary. For nine years new conversations on East Asian medicine and methods have appeared in your podcast feed each

474 Character, Nature & Fate, A Manual of Polestar Astrology • Gregory Done

As astrology draws curiosity as both a spiritual practice and a lens for self-understanding. Its symbolic language of image can speak meaningfully to our modern linear li

473 Right Tradition for the Condition, Combining classical Maps in the Treatment of Long Covid • Brendan Kelly

A diagnosis can feel like a single label, but some conditions reveal a wider terrain — one that spans immune response, cultural rhythm, and slow imbalance over time. In

472 Art of Medicine • Bonnie Wright

Much of what happens in the treatment room never makes it onto an intake form, yet it often shapes the outcome as much as anything measurable does. In this conversation

471 History Series: Nature is the Primary Curriculum • Judy Worsley

Practicing acupuncture for over fifty years asks us to trust intuition and stay open even when the path ahead isn't clear. But what happens when a life's direction comes

470 Wen Bing Anatomy • Kerri Westhauser

As chronic, hard-to-treat disorders become more common in clinic, many practitioners are returning to Wen Bing theory for answers. In this conversation with Kerri Westha

469 You Don't Know Before You Know • Shaun Goodman

Not every point sits in the textbook. Others only appear when the body decides to show them. In this episode we visit with Shaun Goodman, longtime practitioner of Dr. Tu

468 The Challenge of Chinese Medicine • Alex Jacobs

As acupuncture and Chinese medicine face regulatory pressure and institutional change on both sides of the Atlantic, many practitioners are asking what it takes to preser

467 History Series, Rebellious Empirical Scientists Pt. 2 • Bill Prensky & Gene Bruno

Part Two How does a profession begin? Not on paper. Not with licensing boards or schools. Often enough, it starts with a handful of curious people who become convinced t

467 History Series, Rebellious Empirical Scientists Pt. 1 • Bill Prensky & Gene Bruno

Part One. How does a profession begin? Not on paper. Not with licensing boards or schools. Often enough, it starts with a handful of curious people who become convinced

The Cost of Entry—Loans, Schools, and Sustainability • Bex Groebner

It’s not news that there are changes afoot in the world of education. You’re probably already well aware of the closure, over the past few years, of schools with a long h

466 Not Two, The Geometry of Heaven and Earth • Johan Hausen

Some teachings are preserved in books. Others are preserved in people. In this episode we visit with Johann Hausen, translator, publisher, practitioner, and long-time st

Deconstruction or Innovation • Valerie Hobbs

We tend to think of the acupuncture profession as something fixed and stable, but the reality is that it is always in motion. The practice of East Asian medicine in North

465 Fire and Water, The Fire Horse at Mid-Year • Christine Cannon

As the Fire Horse year reaches its peak, many practitioners are noticing shifts in both the environment and the clinic. In this conversation with Christine Cannon, we ex

What is Essential • Kathleen Lumiere

What if the very things that seem to be pulling our profession apart are actually the forces that will finally condense it into something more resilient? We’re in a momen

464 Time, Timing and the Timeless • Peter Firebrace

Many of us experience life through schedules, deadlines, and calendars, yet beneath them are deeper patterns that shape how we grow, adapt, heal, and change. In this con

Realities of the Math • Ryan Hofer

We’re at a moment where the structure of loans and professional education is changing. Not just for the acupuncture profession, but across the entire educational landscap

463 Complexity, Boundaries and Biomes • Neil Theise

Clinical practice asks us to recognise patterns, trust experience, and make decisions under uncertainty. But what happens when discovery comes not from certainty, but fro

Reckoning the Present, Wayfinding the Future • Danielle Reghi

The acupuncture and East Asian profession is facing a number of critical challenges as long-established schools close, new federal guidelines on graduate education loans