** I will start with a short apology, we had a holiday here in Israel, which found me enjoying full 4 days with my family and actually managing a few naps in the middle of the day!
The down side of this particular holiday is the consumption of too much diary products and not having the needed mood to post, so I’m sorry for the lack of posts, but as you can understand, my body was bombarded with damp, and a general mood of laziness.
Now that this was explained, let’s go on with the post. **

Imagine a world where the number of Chinese Medicine clinics is the same as dentists clinics.
Imagine a world where the number of working Chinese Medicine practitioners is the same as the number of working medical doctors.
Sounds like a sweet dream?

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Before we dive into the links, I just want to remind you all that you are welcome to submit links to CMNotes’ Weekly Links post. You can do so by sending me the recommended link by e-mail: yael@chinesemedicinenotes.com

The echos of the earthquake in China are still heard, in the form of stories about survivers and the way that are being treated. One example is a treatment with nutrition.
Remember I told you about the 2 Israeli students that were missing after the earthquake? They were found and everything’s well, you can read more about it by clicking here.

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I found a few interesting links about Chinese Medicine post-graduate events around the world, I thought I’d share them with you.

Posting the interview with Arya Nielsen made me contact her again. Very busy lady!
She asked if I could post this on my blog, and I gladly do so, in order to let you know about a good opportunity to study with a busy practitioner with years of experience.
Take a look, and if you’re interested, you are welcome to get in touch with Arya, don’t forget to tell her you heard about the fellowship program from CMNotes.
You can download the file with all the information by clicking here.

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Phillippe Siounneau is not a well known name here in Israel.
If practitioners know him, it’s mainly for his books, but that’s about it.
A few years ago I thought that having an interview with him would be a good way to get to know him, and indeed we exchanged e-mails, in which he appeared very kind and generous in sharing his ideas about Chinese Medicine.
I don’t know how well known he is abroad, I hope you will find this interview with him interesting enough to read and also give his books a chance to impress you- if they still haven’t.

Phillippe Sionneau is a French practitioner.
He was born in 1967, in France.
He received his B.A in Economics in 1983 and on 1986 he received a diploma in naturopathy from the R. Masson Institute.
In 1994 Sionneau finished his studies at Hubei College of Chinese Medicine, in Wuhan in China and received his B.Sc degree. This year also marked the beginning of his clinical work in various clinics in Paris, Geneva and Barcelona.
Over time, Sionneau became a well known practitioner in Europe, teaching across Europe- mainly France, Spain and Switzerland. He also practices different methods of Qi Gong.
Over the years, Sionneau wrote about 20 books, some of them on his own and some along with Bob Flaws.
In the end of this post I will present a few of his books.

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Truth should be told- studying for exams is never fun.
Who wants to be inside the house studying when you can be watching the new Indiana Jones movie? Or having coffee with a friend?
If you ask me, if I got to choose between writing a paper and an exam I’d take writing a paper any time.
Writing a paper is a lot more helpful than exams. I have no doubt in my mind that writing a paper is a better way to learn a new topic, learn new things about a topic we’ve been talking about for a while, and the best part is- everything that I learn in the process of writing the paper stays with me.
That hardly ever happened to me while studying for exams.

Studying for exams in TCM means that you need to learn lists of functions for acupuncture points and herbs by heart. If you understand it- that’s great, but I never felt like this was the main goal of the exams.
That sounds a bit wrong doesn’t it?

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Don’t tell Eric, but one of the reasons I started blogging in English is the inspiration I got from Deepest Health. And I still am very inspired by Eric and his writing, mainly because I find so much information on his blog that I’ve been looking about CM.

Also, after meeting Heiner Fruehauf in 3 lectures, finding one of his students who provides more about his teachings is like striking gold. That’s a great added bonus.

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May turned out to be a busy month!

We kicked things off with The Seven Emotions, a review about one of my favorite books in CM (if not my most favorite). I think every practitioner and every student of CM can benefit from this book.

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Here we are, another week is gone (time sure flies!), and it’s time to go on with the new category I started last week of the weekly links.
Please remember that if you have any interesting links that you’d like to share, links to your own website or blog with value to people who are practitioners of Chinese Medicine or interested in this field, please send it over via e-mail: yael [at] chinesemedicinenotes [dot] com.

Randy Pausch: I never heard of him until today and I am deeply touched. I am always at awe of people like Randy, who inspire me and obviously others as well. Note it with a yellow marker as he truly is amazing.

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…Or to be more precise- Ian Brown and the Fire Element in Chinese Medicine.

May 31st marks the first ever performance of Ian Brown in Israel.
If you don’t know, Israel is not a place where we get many performances by wonderful artists such as Ian Brown. Security issues are always clouding potential visits from rock gods- even if they are not justified, and when someone finally comes our way- we pray for weeks that performance won’t be canceled in the last minute.

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OK, today I am starting a new category- weekly links.
I will create a weekly list of interesting links I found over the week that are all about Chinese Medicine.
I get so many interesting links over the days but am failing to read them all for lack of time and way too much work. This way I am mixing my blogging with links I think are important for everyone, and though this might create another dead-line for me, I think it is a good thing.

Shaolin monks to treat victims with secret herbs- I thought there was a lot of kindness in this post from Shanghai Daily, talking about the victims of the earthquake in Sichuan. Note it.

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