Qiological Podcast

457 Apprentice to Curiosity • Arnie Lade

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Points don’t really have a number, they have a name. They are not just a function, they embody characteristics and relationships.In this episode I g...

456 Something About Slowing Down • Sue Crites

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In practice, healing often begins with seeking a solution to a problem that has us looking for help. What first looks like a search for relief becomes...

455 Psychoacoustics, Healing Frequencies and the Songs of Plants • Yuval Ron • Rick Gold

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Some projects kick off with a business plan. Others begin as a response to an odd little ad in the back of a magazine, or sparked by following a hunch...

454 History Series- You Have to Start with Imagination • Holly Guzman

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We all find our own unique way into the practice of East Asian medicine.It’s part luck, part dogged curiosity and persistence, and sometimes a bit o...

453 Dry Needling, Tensegrity, and the Challenges of Integration • Darren Maynard

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sports medicine acupuncture is one of those phrases that sounds neat and tidy. But, what does it actually mean?.In this conversation with Darren Mayna...

452 Perspectives on the Mingmen • Anne Shelton Crute, Thomas Sørensen, Z'ev Rosenberg

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Some concepts in Chinese medicine don’t need more poetry. They need a hands-on palpable marker, and a willingness to admit, “I think I get it… a...

451 Zang Fu Tuina and the Microbiome • Henry Tarazona

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We no longer pretend the gut and the mind are separate; we know the interconnections are vast and rich. Furthermore, their communication isn’t a hac...

450 The Fire is Unavoidable • Haunani Chong Drake

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes the people who shape us most aren’t the ones who formally taught us anything. They’re the people in a potent moment who say something th...

449 History Series, In the Footsteps of the Yellow Emperor • Peter Eckman

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Often enough, medicine evolves not through the accumulation of answers, but instead by posing annoying questions. The thing about learning, it usually...

448 Chinese New Year of the Fire Horse • Gregory Done

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a moment, in the slack tide between one flow and another, when a potent stillness arises, and the possibility of a new direction arrives wit...

447 AI Acubot Dispatch • Vanessa Menendez Covelo

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In clinical work pattern and intuition inform each other, treatment decisions arise somewhere between what we can measure and what we can only sense. ...

446 Failing Forward • Neal Sivula

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What if “failure” was just expectations being uncomfortably rewritten by reality?In this conversation with Neal Sivula we discuss the experience ...

445 History Series, From Mitzvah Corps to Quan Yin • Misha Cohen

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The path that connects can’t be seen when you’re looking forward, but there are values, hunches—and maybe even whispers from the future—that n...

444 Following the Tides- A Personal Journey with Hormone Replacement Therapy • Mark Brinson

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There comes a time in midlife when the body’s signaling becomes a bit disordered. Energy dips without explanation. Sleep thins out. Recovery takes l...

443 Panel on Palpation • Slate Burris, Rick Gold & Mark Petruzzi

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the clinic, communication happens before a word is spoken. It unfolds through attention, listening, and the tactile information the body offers whe...

442 When Knowing Becomes Wisdom • Daniel Schulman

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The lines we draw define us. In the pursuit of "objectivity," modern medicine draws a sharp line between the observer and the observed—the doctor an...

441 History Series, What Happens When You Look with Interest • Stephen Brown

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Good medicine has less to do with having the “right system” and more to do with the human being holding the needles. With the way we listen. The w...

440 Reimagining Menopause • Heidi Lovie

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are seasons in a woman’s life that don’t arrive quietly. They come with a tremor, a shimmer, a sense that something deep in the architecture...

439 Inhabiting Community • Liz Vitale

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Medicine finds its way into our lives not through textbooks, but by getting sand in our shoes, salt in our hair, and noticing how our hands long to be...

438 Visionary Chinese Medicine Ophthalmology • Marc Grossman

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We tend to think of eyesight as a technical problem—retinas, optics, refractive errors, clearer lenses. But eyes don’t just see—they interpret. ...

437 I Thought About Chinese Medicine in High School • Will Martin

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some people find acupuncture after a twisted ankle, a twist of fate, or some stubborn health condition that finally surrenders to a few needles. But e...

436 History Series, Punk Rock American Chinese Medicine • Tyler Phan

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Punk rock and Chinese medicine might seem worlds apart, but both pushed back on dominant systems. Punk challenged the mainstream music industry; Chine...

435 Saam and Skin Conditions • Fang Cai

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes clarity doesn’t come from adding more—it comes from taking away. Simplifying helps to see more clearly what’s already there. In medici...

434 The Art of Connection- Healing in the Age of Technology • Kenan Akbus.mp3

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The tools we use to shape our world, they in turn shape us. Whether it’s the brush in a painter’s hand or the software code that organizes the cli...

433 Finding What You Weren't Looking For• Dan Bensky

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes the most interesting things happen when we stop trying to confirm what we think we know. In clinic, certainty can close doors—but curiosit...

432 History Series—First Licenses, Lasting Legacies- Acupuncture Amid the Zeitgeist of the 70's • Gene Bruno

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 1970s were a turbulent time—streets alive with protest, classrooms charged with new ideas, and an entire generation questioning the stories they...

431 Heaven, Earth, and the Geometry of Being Human | Rory Hiltbrand

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wonder if being human is less about mechanics and more about patterns? Not the kind of patterns you memorize in a textbook, but the ones that rep...

430 Medicine & Gongfu, the Blueprint of the Neijing | Ethan Murchie

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes old books get treated like sacred relics.  But what if the Nei Jing isn’t a mystery text at all? What if it’s closer to a well-worn...

429 On Being Seen— Path, Destiny and Hidden Gifts | Anita Chopra

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The face tells a story, etched in its lines, the color of our skin, and the expressions we carry. These are not mere physical features; they are a lan...

428 History Series, From the Cultural Revolution to Harvard • Wei Dong Lu

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here in the West, acupuncture often feels like something foreign, something patients approach with curiosity but no context. “I don’t know anythin...

427 Heating and Cooling with Saam • Roseline Lambert

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever notice how our bodies have their own climate? The heat of fire and cold of water aren’t just metaphors, they are elemental forces that don’t ...

426 Tong, Texture, and Ting- The Subtle Shaping of Qi • Felix de Haas

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some things can’t be seen—only felt. The texture of presence, the quiet shifts in atmosphere, the way the body speaks before words arrive. In the ...

425 Books • Erinne Adachi

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Books are more than just words on a page. They carry texture, weight, and the kind of quiet intimacy that screens can never quite match. A book slows ...

424 Food, Sensing and Body Wisdom, Part Two • Peter Torssell

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Part TwoThe body speaks with a visceral language —a hint of thirst, the ache of hunger, the sudden urge for something salty. These signals can be qu...

424 Food, Sensing and Body Wisdom, Part One • Peter Torssell

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Part OneThe body speaks with a visceral language —a hint of thirst, the ache of hunger, the sudden urge for something salty. These signals can be qu...

423 History Series- Hunches, Glimmers and Serendipity • Craig Mitchell

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

History isn’t always something you study from a distance. Sometimes, you find yourself in the middle of it—shaped by the events, people, and unexp...

422 Language as Border, Language as Bridge • Sarah Rivkin

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Words shape the world. But they also limit it. Especially when we mistake translation for clarity—when really, it’s an act of interpretation, adap...

421 Global Acupuncture Project • Richard Mandell

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes a few needles and a willingness to help—that’s enough to start a quiet revolution.In this conversation with Richard Mandell, we trace th...

420 Nourishing Mystery • Andrew Sterman

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if the first step in healing wasn’t a pill, a treatment, or a diagnosis—but dinner?In this deliciously nourishing conversation we sit down wi...

419 History Series, Wu Zang Lun • Qiang Cao & Yun Xiao

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some treasures aren’t just hidden—they’re buried, wrapped in mystery and legend, and waiting for the right moment to surface and return to the w...

418 Fire, Water and Qi Transformation—Essential Insights from Liu Du-Zhou • Eran Even

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Long before “cold damage” became a checkbox on exams or a buzzword among classical enthusiasts, Dr. Liu Du-Zhou was quietly doing the work—teach...

417 The Influence of Heaven on Earth- Rhythms of Seasonal Qi • Christine Cannon

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wind isn’t just a breeze, it's also an agent of change. Not metaphorical change—but literal, seasonal, even cosmological change that moves through...

416 The Meridian Is the Message- A Clinical Cartography of Emotion, Thought and Physiology • Andreas Brüch

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wonder if the body tells its own version of your inner story? That maybe the channels don’t just carry qi—but also the shape of your longings...

415 MagnaPuncture® • Greg Bartosiewicz

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes the tools that help us see clearly aren’t visible at all—like magnetism, sound, and light. We feel their effects more than we can explai...

414 History Series, From Ideals to Institutions—The Making of a Profession • Sibyl Coldham

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the early 80’s as acupuncture was emerging into the mainstream culture in the West, it developed differently in response to the established medic...

413 How Much Do You Want It? • Henry McCann

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to truly learn something? To not just know it in theory, but to have it live in your hands? Discipline, repetition, and a touch of o...

412 Music and Medicine • Christoph Wiesendanger

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes it’s not what we hear, but what emerges in the space just before—where meaning hasn’t formed yet—but something is already calling yo...

411 Part 2, Improvising the Body- Maps, Meaning and Clinical Imagination • Lan Li

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Part TwoWhat if the body wasn’t a fixed map, but a living, improvisational landscape?In this conversation with Lan Li, a historian, filmmaker, and r...

411 Part 1, Improvising the Body- Maps, Meaning and Clinical Imagination • Lan Li

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Part OneWhat if the body wasn’t a fixed map, but a living, improvisational landscape?In this conversation with Lan Li, a historian, filmmaker, and r...

410 History Series, Crosscurrents of Tradition • Jacques MoraMarco

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The roots of tradition sometimes take hold in unexpected soil. What happens when traditions from France, Korea, and China converge in one practitioner...

409 The Invitation in Troubled Times • Ed Neal & Mel Hopper Koppelman

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What do we do when the world feels like it’s unraveling? How to respond when our systems—political, economic, medical—feel brittle, even broken?...

408 Peripatetic Acupuncturist • Irina Cividino

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes the best opportunities don’t look like opportunity—they look like risk. Like driving hours into the mountains. Like renting a stranger’...

407 Empathy, Algorithms and the Alchemy of AI • Vanessa Menendez-Covelo

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Technology is evolving fast—and it’s starting to mirror us in ways that are both fascinating and a little unsettling. As AI becomes part of our da...

406 Evolution of a Throughly Modern Herb Shop • Thomas Leung

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a curious thing, sometimes you want to get away from something. Maybe it’s the town you grew up in, or a family business. You think you know ...

405 Mastering Your Mindset • Julie Bear Don't Walk

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes what holds us back isn’t a lack of skill or knowledge, but an old story unknowingly agreed to. One that says it’s unseemly to want succe...

404 The Art of Not Holding On- Finding Grace in the Seasoned Years of Practice • Whitfield Reeves

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a moment in every practitioner’s life when they start thinking less about where they’re going and more about what they’re leaving behi...

403 Cycles and Spirals of Development • Moshe Heller

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Childhood is a surprising, messy, and unpredictable unfolding that follows an orderly  pattern of stages through reliable spirals of development....

402 Speaking Their Language- Effective Communication Strategies with Western Medicine Colleagues • Elie Cole

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There's magic in learning how to translate the mysterious into the practical—especially when it comes to bridging the world of acupuncture with the ...

401 History Series, Becoming the Doctor • Steven Rosenblatt

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some paths in life aren’t so much chosen as they are revealed—often through unexpected encounters, serendipitous moments, or a relentless tug of c...

400 Wonder Often. A Conversation with the Qiological Community • Michael Max

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Thirty plus years ago, as an acupuncture patient, I found myself puzzling over the question of “Just how does acupuncture work?” That question has...

399 Evolving Emergence and the Wu Yun Liu Qi • Christine Cannon

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Change unfolds within the  predictable cycles Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. But, what actually emerges into being, that is usually novel a...

398 The Web Within- Tensegrity, Tung & Fascial Networks • James Spears

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fascia—it's the connective web that holds us together, yet its role in acupuncture is often overlooked. What if understanding this intricate network...

397 History Series, The Migration of Chinese Medicine to the American West • Tamara Venit-Shelton

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The history of medicine isn’t just about treatments and techniques—it’s about migration, adaptation, and how healing traditions take root in new...

396 Root and Power, Attending to the Pelvis • Krystal Couture

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The body holds experience in layers—some are structural, some energetic, and others deeply emotional. Nowhere is this more evident than in the pelvi...

395 Business, Go Your Own Way • Sydney Malawer

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Following a blueprint is fine for building structures, but when it comes to life choices, someone else’s recipe for success probably will be only ma...

394 Befriending Uncertainty • Stephen Cowan

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Transformation arises from the unknown. In a world that often craves certainty, the practice of staying with discomfort, observing its rhythm, and all...

393 Year of the Snake- Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form • Gregory Done

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the subtler forces—those quietly felt but not perceived—that create the background that frames our days with a tone that is both transparen...

392 Igniting Wellness- The Power of Moxa • Merlin Young & Oran Kivity

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Moxa is often seen as acupuncture's quieter sibling, and yet it has a rich history of igniting healing, longevity, and vitality. Its warmth goes beyon...

391 Meditations on Saam • Evan Mahoney

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes the most profound truths are found in watching what happens when we move between guidance and control. Between letting things unfold and imp...

390 Acupuncture at a Crossroads • Robert Hoffman

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Change is usually a tangle of both challenges and opportunities. The landscape of acupuncture has been shifting, from the health of our schools to the...

389 History Series, From Counterculture to Classics • Bob Felt

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For centuries books have been part of the transmission of knowledge from one generation to another. They have always been powerful tools for learning....

388 Practicing in Small Town America • Katie Munger

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever notice how certain places and connections shape us in unexpected ways? Sometimes, it’s the unique character of a small town, the rhythm of a ru...

387 Discovering the Essential • Philippe Vandenabelle

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is something in the essence of a practice. At the core is something precious, true and fundamental. We all have it. But you probably don’t kno...

386 Nei Jing Acupuncture, Encountering the Empty Spaces • David White

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever think about how much of what we do as healers is more about what we don’t do? Sometimes, it’s in the subtle pauses, the empty spaces, where t...

385 Rope Flow • David Weck

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did you ever as a child grab a length of rope, run screaming around the yard and swing it around with abandon and joy?Sometimes, the most unassuming t...

378 History Series, The True Chinese Medicine is Practiced in Different Ways • Volker Scheid

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How did you learn the medicine you practice? Likely it through the influence of a school, a book or perhaps in this modern moment, an on-demand course...

383 Touching the Invisible • Chris McAlister

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s something about the act of touch that goes beyond the physical, isn’t there? It’s like we’re not just meeting someone at their skin bu...

382 Reconsidering Ren One • Orit Zilberman & Hila Yaffe

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When thinking about our toolkit, most acupuncturists, and patients too for that matter, think about needles. Our job, it’s to use those whisper thin...

381 Daoist Medicine, Ritual and Talisman • Lindsey Wei

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wonder about the unseen forces that shape health and illness? Sometimes it’s the things we can’t measure that hold the most sway. Healing isn...

380 History Series, Building Bridges with Modern Healthcare • Bill Egloff

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Being in business is not just about tracking the financial health of your enterprise. It is about having a mission worth engaging, a kind of fire in t...

379 The Art of Inquiry • Vance Crowe

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In acupuncture school we learn the 10 questions, which will get you some information. But it’s more interrogative than rapport building, more about ...

378 The Sixth Element • Slate Burris

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have the two of yin and yang, the three of the jing, qi, shen, the four levels of pathogenic invasion from the Wen Bing, the Five Phases of the Wu ...

377 Constitution and Condition • Peter Eckman

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our work as acupuncturists, we use differential diagnosis to understand the warp and woof of a patient’s problem, to see how various seemingly ma...

376 Ba Zi, Revealing the Influence of Character • Howard Chen

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are encoded beings. There is a song that plays out through the patterning of our DNA. We are influenced by the tides of culture, family and peers. ...

375 History Series, A Love Affair with Herbs • Cara Frank

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this History Series episode we time-travel with the vivacious Cara Frank. Her story begins in the gritty, creative pulse of 1970s New York City, wh...

374 Saam Acupuncture- Modern Korean Practice • Andreas Bruch

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You’re probably somewhat familiar with the four needle technique. It’s an innovation said to have arisen through the meditative practice of the Ko...

373 Softening Our Gaze- Shiatsu and the Inner Landscape • Joyce Vlaarkamp

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How we engage the mind can have an effect on our wellbeing in profound ways.What is even more interesting is how the mind and body interact. We are al...

372 Yang Xing, Nourishing our Nature • Sabine Wilms & Leo Lok

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is Nature, and what is Nurture? It’s an old question that poses what is perhaps a false dichotomy. Considering out Nature, it’s as old a...

371 History Series, How Do We Help People Experience Connection • Paul Karsten

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I attended what was then known as SIOM before it was an accredited school. I thought the program and approach was a good fit for how I learned, and be...

370 Stroke, Parkinson's and Brain Longevity • Clayton Shiu

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For sure, the health of the brain is absolutely essential to health and wellbeing. As we age, just like with other organs, there is a lot that can go ...

369 Tea, Consciousness and Connection • Brian Kirbis

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From the misty mountains of China to the teahouses of Taiwan, Tea has served as a bridge between nature and culture, tradition and modernity. Tea is n...

368 Extraordinary Vessels- Archetype and Symbol •Yvonne Farrel & Luke Adler

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Not only is acupuncture strange, with its twelve invisible watersheds of flow and influence. But we have the qi jing ba mai. The strange flows… usua...

367 History Series, We Should Aspire to be Magicians • Charlie Buck

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I recently had the good fortune to sit down for a conversation with Charlie Buck, one of the  early pioneers in acupuncture and Chinese medicine ...

366 Pursuing Opportunity and Balancing With the Seasons • Ilan Migdali

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding and acknowledging how things are is a terrific starting point. It’s what led Ilan Migdali to not just understand how health insurance ...

365 Far Out Man, I Need to Know More About That • John McDonald

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I was cautious and reluctant about studying acupuncture when it first really caught my attention.Then there are folks like John McDonald who when he f...

364 Tinkering, Electronics and Measuring Meridians • Adrian Larsen

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tinkering and creating, I suspect that anyone who's been lucky enough to have grown up in an environment that encouraged exploration, risk taking and ...

363 Acupuncture's Journey to the West • Zoe Coldham

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 I had the delightful surprise of Zoe Coldham reaching out to me to tell me about the documentary she’d created that goes into the early days o...

362 History Series- The Art of Finding What’s Needed • Randall Barolet

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The late 60s and early 70s were a time of openness and experimentation. It was the beginning of the civil rights movement, more equality for women, an...

361 Evil Bone Water • Mark Brinson

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s fun to solve problems. Especially when you’re not quite sure what to do, so you have to pay attention and learn what’s important. You must ...

360 Battlefield Acupuncture • John Howard

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Chinese are right, the brain is a curious organ. The way the nerves entangle their way into every aspect of our body, and how their gentle electri...