I’m just more than half-way through my first semester here at SWAC (http://www.acupuncturecollege.edu/), and so far things are going well. It turns out that as part of the transfer process I ended up in a few classes that are for the most part review. Initially I was some what frustrated and bored, but at a [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Mid-semester reflections
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Awareness, school on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Meat is on My Mind
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Food on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I participated in the slaughtering and butchering of quite a few organic pasture-raised chickens. The idea was to get closer to my food. I figure if I eat chicken, I ought to have the experience of preparing them from the beginning. This isn’t a new or novel idea, it seems to [...]
The Hara
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Awareness, Mindfulness on October 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s always interesting when a few different classes all line up and teach and talk about the same thing from different angles. I’d say the theme of the past few weeks has been “the belly” or “Hara” in Japanese. In our culture, we have an interesting relationship with our bellies. There are plenty of media [...]
