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Featured Classes + Events
Yi: Intention and the Spirit of the Earth Element
In Wu Shen, the Five Spirits, the aspect of our nature that supports us in holding steady with our commitments, practices, and goals over time is the spirit of the Earth Element – the yi. The yi endows us with intention, the ability to unify our thought and actions, and the faithful, steadfast, purposeful application […]
The Five Spirits: A Technology of Transformation
Wu Shen, the Five Spirits, make up the Taoist map of the human psyche. The system provides a mythical view of the nervous system and forms the basis of Chinese medical psychology. The Five Spirits also describe a precise and efficient technology for psycho-spiritual transformation. While this ancient system is recognized by scholars as an […]
Boundaries: A Heart Centered Approach
The NCCAOM updated their PDA requirements starting January 2016 from 4 hours of PDA in Ethics or Safety to 2 hours in each of Ethics and Safety. This online class meets the updated requirement, and will offer a unique, dynamic and highly effective heart-centered approach to boundaries. We draw from many perspectives, including Taoist alchemy, the Five Elements and Spirits, and Western psychology to gain an understanding of the benefits, pitfalls and challenges of the therapeutic relationship. Finally, we offer tools that create and maintain safe, healthy boundaries in the clinical encounter and beyond.
From the Blog:
Bringing Spirit Back to Medicine
September 23, 2016
Yesterday, a patient I’ve been working with for stress-related anxiety walked into my office and made an exciting pronouncement. After a year of incapacitating insomnia connected to massive life transitions, including starting her own new business, a move, and the death of her partner, she stood in the middle of the room and told me, […]
Read MoreMeet Lorie and Benjamin
Lorie Dechar
Alchemical Acupuncturist and Healer,
Author, Teacher
Benjamin Fox
Founding Director of A New Possibility,
Astrologer, Bodyworker
Welcome! We are committed to transformational healing rooted in the belief that all change begins for humans with the willingness to look within, and that healing within ourselves and in our relationship to others creates change on a global scale.
Learn MoreFive Spirits, the book
The Five Spirits have been capturing the hearts and imaginations of practitioners and patients all over the world since the publication of Lorie’s book in 2006. Five Spirits introduces readers to the little known Taoist “chakra” system and returns the sacred to the domain of healing. Through myth, symbols, dreams, and real-life case examples, the Five Spirits will open you to Chinese medicine as alchemy and offer a view of your body and our planet as vessels of spiritual transformation.
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