We've made it to the end of the Hero's Journey! Our final stop is the Liver, a powerful organ and meridian that works with the whole body. Sometimes called a General (or in modern terms the Big Boss Manager), we talk about the common ways it ca

Episode 10: Keep Curious While Standing Firm

Dec 2nd, 2020 56m 26s

The Gall Bladder is the decision-maker of the body, helping us pivot from side to side. So what happens when your gallbladder is removed?? Luckily they can't take the Meridian! We talk about what roles the organ and the meridian play in maintai

Episode 9: Give Your Heart a Hug

Nov 30th, 2020 29m 16s

Raymond & Billy talk about the supplemental fire meridians of the body, the Pericardium and Triple Heater (aka Triple Warmer aka San Jiao). We talk about the three burners, the discovery of a new organ that acupuncturists already knew about, ho

Episode 8: Eat Kidney Beans

Jul 16th, 2020 56m 20s

This episode focuses on Kidney, the Yin meridian of the Water Element and the filtrator of our bodily fluids. We talk about restorative postures you can do in the late afternoon, what to eat to tonify your energy, how the 7 year cycle impacts t

Episode 7: Urgency & the Abyss

Apr 16th, 2020 1h 1m

Hi folks, we're back from winter break! We took time off that got a little extended - you may have heard about this global pandemic?! The conversation was recorded last fall, so there will be no mentions of current events. This episode begins o

Episode 6: How did we get here?

Aug 23rd, 2019 33m 35s

A small episode in honor of the illustrious Small Intestine. Some say the way to someone's heart is through their stomach, but the Small Intestine may be the real gatekeeper. Sifting and sorting to determine what is true and allowed to pass. A

Episode 5: The Heart of the Matter

Jun 26th, 2019 1h 5m

The Heart is one of the few organs in the Western world that has as many metaphoric meanings as biological ones, how does it compare to the meaning of the Heart meridian in East Asian medicine? Raymond & Billy talk about how the Heart fits int

Episode 4: What's Your Spleen Spiel?

May 21st, 2019 49m 4s

"Soups and Stews", "Transporting and Transforming", this episode is all about the Spleen: the yin companion to Stomach. We talk about the concept of Dampness in Chinese Medicine, cooked vs raw food, boosting your Spleen qi, and why eating ice c

Episode 3: Don't Fear Your Appetites

Mar 26th, 2019 47m 30s

The Stomach channel is the next stop on our journey through the body, in this episode we talk about digestion from the start of the cycle, as well as how our emotions and desires play into physical and metaphoric appetites and digestion.---

Episode 2: Letting Your Sh*t Go

Jan 3rd, 2019 59m 10s

Let's talk about our bowel movements! And other issues related to the Large Intestine, like letting go and processing grief. The words 'poop' 'stool' and 'sh*t' get used a lot in this episode, and while we have a sense of humor about it, we avo

Episode 1: So You Want To Go On a Healer's Journey

Sep 21st, 2018 59m

Raymond & Billy talk about how they became healers, what histories & theories inspire their work, and give a brief tour on how the meridians of the body operate. Then we start off the healer's journey with the Lung and information on breathing,

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