Getting Out of My Head

I have been severely remiss in my blog postings over the last few months. I can’t promise any regularity going forward and the rest of my blog will explain why. Many acupuncturists have told me that one of the most important components of being a good poker is getting out of your head and practicing from your heart. Well, I have had to get out of my head if for no other reason than there is not much going on up there now a days.

You see, I am 30 weeks pregnant, and my brain has gone on an extended vacation. Before I even started showing, my recall was slowing and my car keys would be lost for indefinite periods of time.

That said you could imagine what that means for me in the treatment room. As a student intern trying to remember the actions and indications and combinations of every point, it is excruciating. It was both painful and humorous until I decided to just stop trying so hard, accept where I am, and do what I have always intended to do, to treat from my heart, or wherever this stuff comes from.

Fortunately I am able to rely on my friend Jingie, an absolute lifesaver. No matter what happens. I know I have addressed the root. I can check that off my list. Next, I have really developed a love of Miriam Lee. Her 10 super magical points really, really work. It works for so many things I am personally amazed. Next, I am lucky that I got to hang out at WCA as a patient and observer for a long while. I don’t necessarily know why what they do works, but it does, that’s all I need to know for now. 3 needles in a row here, 3 in a row there, mix in a little Tan, and the qi just moves. This is not to say that I am not relying on my TCM training at all, but I can build treatments really fast, and not have to think too much about it.

As far as herbs go, I am using all patents, and just using the major classical formulas. I don’t have the time or energy to be an herb geek right now. So how is this all working for me? Well, it is working. I am sure that I could be much more precise, but my patients are getting better.

So while my brain is busy doing other things, or just not doing anything, I suspect that I am getting a better acupuncture education than if I was agonizing over each treatment. I feel a little liberated, confident and in awe of what the needles can do, but I am looking forward to my brain's return from sabbatical.

Blythe