Chinese Medicine Notes

9,000 Needles- Review

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Yael1 Comment

Last March we had the ICCM congress here in Israel.
It’s a great event, where we get to meet people from our local community, and also people from the global community of Chinese Medicine.
That is, I think, not just important, but also just lots of fun.
The congress was a 4-day-long party, and we had many interesting events, all about Chinese Medicine.

I had some contributions for the event, one of them was the first screening in Israel of the movie 9,000 Needles.
I”m sure many of you know about the movie by now, and probably watched it. For those who didn’t- the movie tells the personal story of Devin Dearth, a body builder from the US who suffered a massive stroke. Trying to find the best ways to heal himself, he travels to China, for a 6 weeks program of acupuncture, moxa, cupping and physiotherapy sessions- everyday, almost all day long.
The experience is being filmed by his brother, Doug, and the result is this movie.

Hello, I Must Be Going

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Yael1 Comment

Hello, I must be going
I can not stay, I came to say I must be going.
I’m glad I came but just the same I must be going.
~ Groucho Marx

August is here, and with it came TONS of work, in all shapes.
My Hebrew website is going under major update+ face lift, I had a paper to write which was really one big excuse to have a good reason to sit and watch Heiner Fruehauf’s lectures on his website, I am about to give my first lecture ever on September 7th in front of the Chinese medicine community in Israel- which means I need to a) stop freaking out! and- b) write my lecture.
Top all that with a 2.7 year old boy who is on 3 weeks vacation, and you have very little time to work, lots to do and one Israeli blogger, who really wished she had more time on her hands.

I”m not complaining, these are not troubles.
All these things are good things (yes, even the fact that my boy has so much time off from kindergarten), but they are limiting the time I can invest on my blogs, including CMNotes.