Newsletter 23 October
New articles by Joan: Contemplations on the Solar Term ‘Frost Descends’
23 October marks the beginning of the Solar Term of ‘Frost Descends’, a time when “what once flourished now retreats, while latent vitality endures beneath the surface”.
Joan has published a new article with his contemplations.
As in the previous pieces, the Solar Period is subdivided into three micro-seasons San Hou, each one offering contemplations and practices to attune to these seasonal energetic shifts.
He invites you to read through these reflections and, where possible, try the suggested exercises.
Joan would be very happy to hear from you and share your impressions and experiences with him and the community.
Please feel welcome do so in the comment box on our website under Articles & Blogs.
Joan would like to thank and express his gratitude to those who have already left comments.
Making a Point: Ki-6, Zhai Hai
Joan gives a description of the energetics of Ki-6, Zhai Hai, The Shining Sea, and the benefits this point can have to offer support not only at this time when the qi turns inwards, inviting
contemplation and stillness, but also in this current time of unrest and upheaval in the world.
Community
We decided to start a group on Whatsapp, or for those of you who don’t use Whatsapp, we will also set up a group on Signal. This will make it easier for us to engage and communicate with all of you directly.
Our idea is to use it for important information, announcements and updates only, but especially to send you daily information from our calendar like energies of the day and forbidden meridians.
We also want to send out daily contemplations on the Stems & Branch of each day. These relate to the hexagram that is formed by the trigram of the Stem and Branch of the day respectively, and Joan has written a small book with his contemplations on these daily energies. We want to make these ‘Energies of the Day” available to you in our daily Wahtsapp/Signal messages.
If you want to be part of the Wahtsapp/Signal group, please email us your name and mobile number with your preference of either Whatsapp or Signal to info@constitutionalacupuncture.org and we will add you to either group.
The group will only be for posts from us, and if you have any thoughts or questions about the posts we send out, please use our Community Forum on our website for this.
Calendar
We are still working on integrating the calendar into our website. It will be ready for the start of the Chinese New Year.
On the website, you will be able to see the detailed information that you are used to from the hardcopy of the calendar. There will also the opportunity to purchase a downloadable PDF of the calendar for those of you who prefer to have it on your desk.
Ask-Share-Learn
Some of you may not be aware that we host a community forum on our website, not only for you to get answers to questions you have in relation to Constitutional Acupuncture, but it should also serve as a meeting place and platform to exchange ideas. We love your contributions and interactions and it’s nice that the forum develops into a place for asking, sharing and learning for all of us. None of us has all the answers but we can explore concepts together.
How to get to the Forum:
Please go to the footer of the website, and on the left side you will find the Ask-Share-Learn button that will get you to the forum.
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Warm regards,
Your Constitutional Acupuncture Team
