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Chinese medicine, taught as the spiritual science it was born as.

Almost nobody teaches it this way. Most force it into a Western frame or float off into the vague. This is the bridge: the classics, the physiology, and the spirit of the medicine, in plain language, starting free.

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Start free: six short lessons

Ten to fifteen minutes each. One idea, one pattern, one acupuncture point you can press yourself. Each comes with a one-page handout. They go live this winter, all six at once.

  1. Everything is balance in motionYin and yang, and a twelve-pair checklist to read your own week
    This winter
  2. Your ancestors live in your KidneysWater, winter rest, and the point KD3
    This winter
  3. Stress is stuck qiWood, the stuck-qi checklist, and the point LV3
    This winter
  4. The Heart houses the mindFire, sleep, and the point PC6
    This winter
  5. Your Spleen isn't your spleenEarth, warm food, and the point ST36
    This winter
  6. Grief is a heart eventMetal, the Lungs, and the point LU7
    This winter

The term: three live courses, back to back

Chinese medicine school for anyone. Six weeks each, one class a week, 60 to 90 minutes, live over Zoom and recorded for anyone who misses a night. A week off between courses. Starting in January.

Course one. January

Foundations of Chinese medicine

Week one is yin and yang. Then one week per element, in the order the season gives us: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal. How each one lives in the body, what it looks like when it's off, and what to do about it.

  • Six live classes, recorded
  • One point and one practice per week
  • Handouts you'll keep

Course two. Late winter

Herbalism

How Chinese herbs are chosen, combined, and matched to a pattern. The kitchen herbs you already own. What a formula is actually doing, and why "it's natural" is not the point.

  • Six live classes, recorded
  • Formulas explained piece by piece
  • Food as the first pharmacy

Course three. Spring

Stress and the nervous system

The two arms of the autonomic nervous system, the vagus nerve, and the three Chinese patterns that map onto them. Breath, sleep, the gut, and what to do when the system is stuck on.

  • Six live classes, recorded
  • Mechanism next to the old map
  • A practice you leave with
Dates, prices, and sign-upAnnounced to the email list first, before anything is posted publicly. Recorded versions will be available after each live run for people who'd rather go at their own pace.

Also coming

The monthly forecast

Each month: the season in five-element terms, the sky, and the physiology to match. What to eat, when to rest, which organ system is carrying the load. Free, starting this winter.

The blog

My story in full, lab results explained, tongue diagnosis, tea, and the long versions of things that don't fit a reel.

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The ReconnectShen podcast

Long conversations where the lab meets the séance room. Healers, researchers, and people with stories that don't fit anywhere else. In the works.

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The six short lessons and their handouts go live this winter. Leave an email and you'll get them the day they do, plus the monthly forecast and first word on class dates.