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Category Archives: Acupuncture
Decoding Acupuncture
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory explains the popularity of acupuncture by focusing on authority translation, ritualized care, and trust repair, not on needles per se. It survives because it solves problems modern medicine creates. Here’s the decoding. First. It offers care … Continue reading
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Parallels between the Alexander Technique and Acupuncture/TCM
Amira Glasser is an Alexander Technique teacher in New York and a student of traditional Chinese medicine. Robert Rickover conducts the interview. “At one point, I tried to understand it [TCM] and I gave up.” “When I go, I present … Continue reading
Posted in Acupuncture, Alexander Technique, TCM
Tagged alexander teacher, alexander technique teacher, microscopic level, robert rickover, traditional chinese medicine, western medicine
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Ten Pretty Young Women Ministered To Me
I was a specimen this afternoon at an acupuncture college. Ten students — all female — asked me questions about my every ache and pain as well as my views on Alexander Technique and Kundalini Yoga. It was the greatest … Continue reading
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Tagged acupuncture college, Alexander Technique, asian student, glutton, king of the world, male doctor
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My Latest Shame Attack
No, it was not at 5:11 pm when my boss called me "scumbag." It was between 12:30 and 12:40 this afternoon. I had just finished my three hours of Alexander Technique. I was parked outside my local acupuncture college for … Continue reading
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Tagged acupuncture college, Alexander Technique, girl nobody, peanut butter chocolate, quaker chewy, right outside my window
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