A Five Element Legacy

Nora Franglen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2018
Singing Dragon (Verlag)
978-1-84819-400-7 (ISBN)

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Nora Franglen reflects on a lifetime of practising five element acupuncture, offering advice and insights into developing patient-practitioner relationships, tailoring treatments to individual patient's needs and the importance of taking your time and trusting your feelings. Invaluable guidance gleaned from a successful career.

Explore Nora Franglen's insights derived from decades of practice as a five element acupuncturist in this new collection. Covering tips on patient care and the patient-practitioner relationship to advice on a deeper understanding of the elements, of the healing practice, and of humanity's links to nature, the book also touches on the spiritual aspects of the work and the need for self-awareness in the practitioner.

For acupuncturists and Chinese medicine practitioners, or anyone interested in the healing arts, this book is full of useful guidance.

Nora Franglen founded the School of Five Element Acupuncture (SOFEA) in London. She teaches through her practice, through postgraduate work and through her successful blog, norafranglen.blogspot.com. She is author of six other Singing Dragon books.

Introduction. SECTION I. A Lifetime of Five Element Acupuncture. 1 Becoming a five element acupuncturist; 2. The different phases of my acupuncture life; 3. Starting to teach; 4. Difficulties in running a college; 5. Teaching five element acupuncture; 6. An acupuncturist's inheritance; 7. Mastery; SECTION II. Immersion in the Elements. 8. The five fingers of a giant hand; 9. The elusive guardian element; 10 The cycle of the elements; 11. Shaking elements out of their comfort zone; SECTION III. Being a Reflective Practitioner. 12 We are instruments of nature; 13 "Practitioner, know thyself"; 14. The mysterious realm of the soul; 15. The three levels of the human being; 16. Getting to know our patients; 17. Allowing our feelings to guide us; 18. Taking our time; 19. Tailoring treatment to a patient's needs; 20. The outcome of treatment; 21. We can fall into bad habits; 22. Not demanding too much of ourselves; 23. Nobody likes getting things wrong; 24. More on the patient-practitioner relationship; SECTION IV. Teaching Other Practitioners. 25 The courage to become a five element practitioner; 26. The lack of teachers; 27. Adapting to a Chinese context; 28. Why I enjoy teaching so much in China; 29. Significance of my teaching in China

Erscheinungsdatum	18.06.2018
Reihe/Serie	Five Element Acupuncture
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	187 x 216 mm
Gewicht	240 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
ISBN-10	1-84819-400-5 / 1848194005
ISBN-13	978-1-84819-400-7 / 9781848194007
Zustand	Neuware