Quite often it may not be entirely clear how to think about or make use of what we discover from palpation alongside our patient’s chief presenting problem, their overall health picture, concomitant symptoms or secondary complaints, and how we fit this into the various models or styles of acupuncture and herbal medicine that most inform our clinical thinking.
Read moreEV's Velia Wortman on the Qiological Podcast with Michael Max
Engaging Vitality Teaching Assistant Velia Wortman is featured on this week’s Qiological podcast with Michael Max titled “Inquisitiveness, Engagement & Vitality - QI215”
Read moreRevisiting off-the-body sensing in Engaging Vitality
One of the core techniques taught in Engaging Vitality - Manual Thermal Evaluation (MTE) - is extremely useful in understanding the general and regional state of the body, finding useful acupuncture points, and assessing the effectiveness of needling.
Read moreToo Much of a Good Thing: When Over-Treatment Happens to Your Patients
Over-treatment is not a widely recognized concept in the field of traditional East Asian medicine, but it is useful to consider as it may provide an explanation for what may be occurring when patients fair poorly after a session of acupuncture, or rather than improving during a course of treatment start to experience a deterioration in their wellbeing.
Read moreSome Reflections on Propensity, bridging some interpretations in Toyohari and Engaging Vitality
This article has grown out two different sources; a discussion which has developed during transmitting the Engaging Vitality approach to an audience with a Toyohari background and an article by Chace and Rodriguez Cuadras on propensity which was published recently in the Lantern, I was requested to elaborate on my thoughts about the issues discussed there and this article is the result.
Read moreMusings on a Name: Engaging Vitality
Dan Bensky reflects on how he and Chip decided on the name “Engaging Vitality” to describe the fusion of osteopathic palpation and East Asian medicine they developed.
Read morePalpating the Fluids: Follow-Up Answers from May 8th’s Online Study Group
Further elaboration on the topic of palpating the fluids written by Rayén Antón, an Engaging Vitality teacher based in Barcelona, in response to participant questions she received during May 8th’s Online Study Group.
Read moreYing and Wei in Relation to the Qi Jing Ba Mai
Below you will find a generous follow-up written by Felix de Haas, an Engaging Vitality teacher based in The Hague, in response to a question he received from a participant about how the Ying and Wei are related to the Qi Jing Ba Mai.
Read more5 Essential Reasons to Take the Upcoming Fundamental Course Series in 2020
The Engaging Vitality (EV) training helps practitioners of East Asian medicine learn how to enhance their ability to directly perceive and make clinically effective use of qi in their practice. Now that registration has opened for the upcoming Fundamental Course Series, here are five essential reasons to take this upcoming training opportunity in 2020.
Read more