The Apricot Grove

This week, Dr. Neal and Mel explore Mel's fascination with neurology. Their conversation explores what Neijing Nature-Based Medicine has to say about modern brain science and discusses what steps we may be able to take to bridge the gap between our tech-obsessed societies and our slowly evolving primitive brains. Sit back and enjoy the meandering discussion about Neijing Neurology. Hungry for more? Learn more at http://www.neijingstudies.com Enroll in our two year mentorship program https://neijingstudies.com/foundations-training/.

In today’s conversation, we have a very special guest Pere Garcia from Barcelona, who has had extensive experience in the practice of Sufism and Neijing Medicine. He will join us for a great conversation on “Light and Breath”. Enjoy! Learn more at http://www.neijingstudies.com Enroll in our two year mentorship program https://neijingstudies.com/foundations-training/.

A relaxed virtual brunch exploring neurology, movement, and nature-inspired practices. They trace plant-like solar motions into Qigong and the body’s sinew channels. The cerebellum’s role in coordination, fatigue, trauma, and sense of self gets lots of attention. Conversations wander through storytelling, attention, technology, leadership, and how shifting stories can change posture and health.

They explore how cyclical patterns in nature map onto economic systems, health, and career change. The conversation contrasts nature as a birthing, seasonal process with modern resource thinking. Topics include ancient models of motion and transformation, restoring local ecology, and retelling stories to reshape capitalism and communal life.

They explore how seasonal patterns shape our bodies and daily rhythms. Practical tips on adjusting sleep, activity, and breathing with the seasons are offered. The conversation links sunlight, breath, and circadian health to climate change and modern screens. Ancient Neijing teachings on spring, summer, autumn, and winter living are read and reflected on.

Join us this week as we delve once again into the rich waters of Neijing Nature-Based Medicine. Your hosts, Dr. Edward Neal and Mel Hopper Koppelman, explore the importance that stories play in our understanding of the world and how telling better stories may improve the outcomes of our patients. Acupuncture points are more than poetic descriptions, and in this episode, we begin to unearth how the Neijing describes a complete physiological understanding of the human body, with the points being anatomical descriptions and not just numbers on a line. Enjoy the podcast and to learn more, go to http://www.neijingstudies.com

They explore acupuncture channels as literal blood rivers and what that perspective changes about practice. Conversations trace historical readings of the Neijing and how channels might map to vascular anatomy. The episode links tissue graining patterns to natural forms and considers restoring blood flow as an ecological approach to health and cancer care.

Dr. Neil, a physician-scholar of classical Chinese medical texts and nature-based medicine, guides a deep dive into Wuxing’s original sense. He reframes five elements as motions and breath-like cycles. Storytelling, pattern-thinking, stellar music origins, and translating illness into breathing motions are highlighted in short, lively conversation.