Bedste Pebbles Of Light-podcasts (2024)

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Every Breath We Take 57:05

11d ago57:05

57:05

At the end of the day, what does it mean to “nurture our true, innate, genuine, heavenly nature” and how is that related to healing and personal growth? When is the last time you have consciously savored each breath as an opportunity for transformation and restoration? How does fear hold us back from health and joy by literally tying up our preciou…

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Hands of Hope Project 11:59

19d ago11:59

11:59

Send us a text You will meet our first three students, Brayah Davis, Layla Fleming, and John Grasso, in this special episode. They helped create the Hands of Hope Banner, which was given to Whoopy Matewere, National Coordinator of The Eye of a Child, when she visited RJEC. The students explain what it means to them to be involved in this project an…

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The Sweet Spot for Calibration 1:04:27

1M ago1:04:27

1:04:27

How do we decide in each moment on the best path towards píng 平 (“equilibrium” or “balance”) in the spirit of Chinese medicine? How do we calibrate our responses to external factors and decide between action and non-action? What do we use (and teach) as criteria for this process of actively cultivating or passively nurturing our True Nature? How do…

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Finding Balance Between Stillness and Action 57:41

2M ago57:41

57:41

How can we get better at listening to our body and aligning with the Dao? How can we compost harmful emotional energy into life-giving Qi in service of physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation? How can we use the tool of curiosity as an antidote to judgment and thereby change the flavor of our inquiries? How can we complete our nature thro…

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Singing as Yangsheng 48:38

3M ago48:38

48:38

Are you curious about the theme music for Season Three of our podcast and the sharp contrast to the obnoxiously gregarious Mexican accordeon music of the previous two seasons, which, I must admit, are a reflection of my own German heritage and decades spent in Hispanic culture? Do you recognize Leo’s beautifully serene voice and grasp the meaning o…

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The Balanced Person Doesn't Get Sick 57:42

4M ago57:42

57:42

Welcome to the first episode in Season Three of the Pebble in the Cosmic Pond podcast. For the next few months, we shall consider a variety of perspectives on “Nurturing Our Nature” 養性: Cultivating health and longevity from ancient China to today. This project is inspired by two things: First, Leo Lok's and my research in the volume on this topic i…

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What Do Love, Qigong, and Christ Consciousness Have to Do With Healing? 58:13

5M ago58:13

58:13

This episode, titled "What Do Love, Qigong, and Christ Consciousness Have to Do with Healing," is the second half of our conversation with Cynthia Li, a biomedical doctor in the Bay area who specializes in functional and integrative medicine. She is also a practitioner of what she calls “qigong consciousness healing” or “collective field qigong” an…

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Looking for the Root, in Medicine, Qigong, and Religion 54:17

5M ago54:17

54:17

Cynthia Li, our interview partner for this episode, is a biomedical doctor who I have been dreaming of asking questions for several years now, ever since our mutual friend Michael Lerner introduced me to her work. She is a biomedical doctor, specializing in functional and integrative medicine. She is also a qigong practitioner who studies and perfo…

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RJEC Global Initiative in Malawi, Africa Update-Whoopy Matewere, National Coordinator of The Eye of a Child, comes to the US to visit RJEC 12:24

5M ago12:24

12:24

Send us a text You will meet Whoopy Matewere, National Coordinator of The Eye of a Child, a partner organization of The RJEC Global Initiative in Malawi, Africa. Don't miss this unique episode, in which Whoopy will present an update on the RJEC Global Initiative's progress in Malawi, Africa to date. Whoopy will also discuss her experiences while vi…

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Relax! You're Okay! 1:12:01

6M ago1:12:01

1:12:01

Today’s episode titled “Relax! You are Okay!” is the second part of Leo’s and my conversation with Cara Conroy-Lau, a Kiwi with a Chinese mom now practicing Chinese medicine and Buddhism in Canada. For this portion, we focus more specifically on the female perspective, both on the giving and on the receiving end of caring. I really appreciate Cara’…

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Olives and Porridge 54:37

6M ago54:37

54:37

In today’s episode on “Olives and Porridge,” Leo Lok and I are talking to Cara Conroy-Lau. Cara is a beautiful global border-crossing practitioner of Chinese medicine and Buddhism who has ended up in Canada at the Clear Sky Meditation Centre in Cranbrook, after growing up in Singapore, New Zealand, and Japan. I loved our conversation for how it rev…

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Living and Teaching the Way of Yin 1:07:41

7M ago1:07:41

1:07:41

For today’s episode on “Living and Teaching the Way of Yin,” Leo Lok and I are once again joined by Kris González, Chinese medicine practitioner and herbalist, whose personal experience of motherhood has been influenced by her Korean mother and her Mexican mother-in-law. In addition to her clinical practice, she is also an educator offering evocati…

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Yangsheng By and For Women 50:06

7M ago50:06

50:06

Welcome to Season Two of “The Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” where we focus on 2nd generation immigrant Asian voices by, for, and about women in that sweet spot in between traditional Asian wisdom and contemporary Western embodiment. Joining Leo and myself for our third episode on Season 2 is Kris González, Chinese medicine practitioner and herbalist, …

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Attuning and Releasing with Ramona 36:54

8M ago36:54

36:54

In Season 2, titled “Over the Moon?”, we feature the voices of second-generation immigrant Asian women on female health. We explore the creative sweet spot in between the traditional Asian kitchen table wisdom that they have inherited from their mothers and aunties, and their personal and professional experience in contemporary North America. In th…

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Over the Moon with Ramona 39:38

8M ago39:38

39:38

Once again, Leo Lok and Sabine Wilms are here to bring you old and new stories about China's healing traditions and about Medicine in Heaven and on Earth... ...and in the sweet spot in between. In a special twist for Season 2, evocatively titled "Over the Moon?", they focus on second generation immigrant Asian voices by, for, and about women's heal…

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Introduction to Season Two on "Over the Moon?" 42:41

8M ago42:41

42:41

In a special twist for Season 2, we feature second generation immigrant Asian women’s voices on female health. We explore the creative sweet spot in between the traditional Asian kitchen table wisdom on women’s health that they have inherited from their mothers and aunties, and their personal and professional experience in contemporary America. Bef…

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Occupational Hazards in Chinese Medicine 1:03:48

9M ago1:03:48

1:03:48

What is the relationship between your personal practice of yangsheng and your clinical efficacy? Is it important, or even relevant, for a practitioner of Chinese medicine to embody the ideas of Yangsheng? In other words, can you be a good healer of others if you can’t take care of yourself? Are the short lifespans of many historical and contemporar…

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Eating for Old Age: The Lost Art of Chinese Food Therapy 1:07:31

10M ago1:07:31

1:07:31

Today’s conversation is inspired by Leo Lok’s ideal of “Bodhisattva Math,” which is a great reminder for us to focus on topics in Chinese medicine that have the most impact on alleviating unnecessary suffering with the least amount of effort! In this context, Sun Simiao reminded us already in the seventh century that food is essential for human sur…

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Dr. Mary Weems: In honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. 9:17

10M ago9:17

9:17

Send us a text Join Dr. Mary Weems, Ph.D. on this exclusive episode, as she discusses the special "Socks" screening taking place at RJEC on Human Trafficking Awareness Day, January 11, 2024 from 6p-8p.Af Renee Jones Empowerment Center

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Questioning Our Filters 55:42

11M ago55:42

55:42

Medicine, like any other skill or knowledge system, needs to be rooted in both subjectivity and objectivity. By valuing either one over the other, we deprive ourselves of an essential part thereof. Can traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy help us find a more balanced way of making sense of the world than the cold, rational, evidence-based ca…

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RJEC's Annual Retreat for Victims & Survivors of Human Trafficking at Pebble Ledge Ranch 20:41

12M ago20:41

20:41

Send us a text In this Project Red Cord Chronicles episode, you will meet Jackie Stevenson from Spirit of Leadership at Pebble Ledge Ranch. you will learn about the incredible annual retreat she offers to clients of RJEC. This retreat includes powerful interactions with her exceptional horses and other animals at the ranch, as well as connecting wi…

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More on Compassionate Practice 1:14:10

1y ago1:14:10

1:14:10

What makes somebody a master physician? What can we learn from historical texts about some limitations and possibilities, strengths and weakness of Chinese medicine that are no longer visible in the modern clinical context, especially as practiced in the West? How can we acquire and transmit skills to adapt Chinese medicine more flexibly, beyond th…

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Compassionate Practice, from Seattle To Taiwan to Nepal 39:03

1y ago39:03

39:03

How does the training and practice of Chinese medicine change depending on one’s location? What is the difference in patient expectations, scopes of practice, and lineage versus institutional training and licensing? And what is really behind this supposed contrast between biomedicine, perceived as instantly effective and ideal for emergencies and s…

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Jack Frost CBD/CBG 2:11

1y ago2:11

2:11

Little review on CBD preroll--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aquastonergirl/support

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Healing Soundbath for the World by Dr. Hood 19:58

1y ago19:58

19:58

Catching up on the news this morning, I felt a strong need to do something so I got in touch with my friend and colleague Dr. Brenda Hood, whose tuning forks are magical. I just felt like the world had a little need for some of her healing magic, and she was happy to oblige. So here is yet another spontaneous recording session, created in response …

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Cultivating the Ineffable 1:04:12

1y ago1:04:12

1:04:12

Today’s conversation started out with an innocuous email I sent to Leo, requesting that we explore that aspect of any good healer’s practice that is challenging to speak about and analyze rationally, let alone measure, certify, or transmit. And yet, we all know how powerful a healer can be, not because of their technical expertise but because of so…

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May Guanyin Ease Our Sorrow 1:14:39

1y ago1:14:39

1:14:39

This episode is a spontaneous response to the intense sorrow that I see so many of my friends in multiple places of the world experiencing right now, whether directly or indirectly. So I have invited my dear friend Leo Lok for a conversation about suffering, sorrow, Guanyin, compassion, and processing and transforming emotions. We invoke the healin…

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Truth East and West and in Between 52:28

1y ago52:28

52:28

How do we cultivate the ability to hold two opposite experiences of reality at the same time and thereby somehow get closer to the truth in between? How do we overcome the limitations of language in describing the ineffable while still appreciating its analytic function? If we can use language in communication with others like multiple fingers poin…

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The Yellow Emperor's Broken Heart 1:02:11

1y ago1:02:11

1:02:11

What does it mean when the Yellow Emperor mourns and why might that matter to you? Does he “lord it over” his subjects and discuss medicine and needles because the exploitation of a healthy population yields more taxes? Or does he love and care for the people like a parent for their children and is heartbroken about their suffering? How do we read …

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Rainbow Drops 1:03

1+ y ago1:03

1:03

Quick review on rainbow drop vape--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aquastonergirl/support

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Food as Medicine 55:40

1+ y ago55:40

55:40

A quote from Sun Simiao (translation by Dr. Wilms): “When a person’s body is balanced and harmonious, you must merely nurture it well. Do not recklessly take medicinals, because the strength of medicinals assists only partially and causes the persons’ organ Qi to be imbalanced, so that they easily contract external trouble. All things that contain …

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It’s the final episode of Season 2! 42:56

1+ y ago42:56

42:56

To wrap up our second season, M&H decided to fly solo and answer questions directly from you! A huge thank you to everyone who submitted a question on social. The ladies talk about best golf advice, the love/hate relationship with the game, best moments on the course and of course … SNACKS. Don’t miss our finale episode of Season 2! See omnystudio.…

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It’s U.S. Women’s Open week! AT PEBBLE! 54:33

1+ y ago54:33

54:33

Af The 8 Side

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plays theme from The Office: David Wallace is on the pod! 1:06:34

1+ y ago1:06:34

1:06:34

H&M welcome Andy Buckley (Wallace) who, fun fact, played college golf at STANFORD. The gang talk about Andy’s impressive golf career, how he got the role on The Office - while being a financial advisor lol - and so much more. Stick around to here the story of when Andy met his fellow Stanford golf alum, Tiger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac…

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The Future is Now: Rose Zhang 36:59

1+ y ago36:59

36:59

H&M host Rose via Zoom fresh off her big win in her first LPGA start as a professional. The gang talk expectations, balancing school and golf, snacks (duh) and much more. Listen in to find out what Rose bought with her first winner’s check! Hint: you’ll never guess it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Responsibility Versus Fault 1:02:00

1+ y ago1:02:00

1:02:00

As just one example of the dynamic polarities, and the sweet spot in between, that we so love in Chinese medicine, this episode explores the difference between responsibility and fault. How does our perspective shift when we consider placing or accepting responsibility as opposed to faulting ourselves or others in our attempts to explain outcomes t…

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LIVE from the U.S. Open Showcase with Macklemore, presented by PGA TOUR Superstore 42:33

1+ y ago42:33

42:33

It’s U.S. Open week! H&M host a special edition of the pod, LIVE with Macklemore. We’re talking golf, music, growing the game, U.S. Open picks and much more. Listen in to see if the girls can convince Macklemore to drop a new track about the Handicap Index. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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From the Court to the Course: JR Smith Takes on College Golf 41:26

1+ y ago41:26

41:26

This week, M&H welcome JR Smith! He talks about his journey to golf, goals in the game and of course - writing college essays (MLA format nightmares). Listen in to hear about how JR is balancing college, golf, his own podcast AND becoming an executive producer for some upcoming documentaries. This is one you don’t want to miss! See omnystudio.com/l…

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The Host with Hustle: Jason Kennedy 51:16

1+ y ago51:16

51:16

M&H welcome Today Show and Access Hollywood Contributor, Jason Kennedy. The trio talk about setting goals, chasing dreams and babies (both human and fur babies). They also cover how Jason got into golf and much more. And you *have* to hear the story of how Jason and Michelle met; let’s just say the fifth of July will be your new favorite holiday. S…

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It’s Nike Night, with Tom Kim! 34:13

1+ y ago34:13

34:13

Hally travels to Sage Valley for the Sage Valley Jr. Invitational where she hosts as Tom Kim and Michelle field questions from some of the top junior golfers in the game. Tom and Michelle talk about their decisions to pursue professional careers from such a young age, advice for their younger selves, superstitions and much more! Plus, stick around …

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The True Medicine of Yangsheng 53:58

1+ y ago53:58

53:58

In this episode of "A Pebble in the Cosmic Pond," I am joined by my two dear friends Leo Lok and Z'ev Rosenberg. Both are experienced practitioners of Chinese medicine in the US with a strong classical foundation and shared commitment to not only practicing but also LIVING Chinese medicine. It is fascinating to me to hear how they arrive at their s…

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Playing Offense: Moving Forward with Lance Armstrong 1:00:26

1+ y ago1:00:26

1:00:26

M&H are joined by none other than the LEGEND, LANCE ARMSTRONG. (We know…crazy!) The gals discuss moving on from the doping scandal, the role golf played in writing his next chapter and how overcoming cancer gave Lance a new perspective. Plus, Lance talks about his exciting new ventures and his recently accomplished biggest golf goal. Also, M&H shar…

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Celebrating Art Through Collaboration: The Cleveland Institute of Art and RJEC 28:09

1+ y ago28:09

28:09

Send us a text Join us for an inspiring episode as we explore the Cleveland Institute of Art Creativity Works program and meet Amber Kempthorn- Professor/Advisor and Jules Ahern, a student who has created a series of paintings to support the mission of RJEC. Learn how Jules organized this project with the help of the Fenn Educational Fund and the G…

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Tennis Player Mardy Fish on Mental Health, Golf and What Wimbledon Center Court Rolls on the Stimp 1:15:41

1+ y ago1:15:41

1:15:41

This week, the gals talk to the Mardy Fish aka the “best non-golfer golfer” Michelle has ever seen. Seriously, the guy is a PLAYER. The three get real about mental health and Mardy talks about why it was important, especially as a male professional athlete, to share his struggles. They also talk about the differences between the mental games of ten…

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The Circle and the Kite 1:06:45

1+ y ago1:06:45

1:06:45

In this inaugural session of the podcast, my co-conspirator Leo Lok and I introduce our new podcast by comparing it to two activities: flying a kite and completing a circle. Find out how we use these two metaphors to explore different directions for future conversations, such as: the fertile relationship between oral lineage transmission and textua…

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Just a goofy bonus thing 1:10

1+ y ago1:10

1:10

... to make you laugh...Af Sabine Wilms PhD

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Pebble in the Cosmic Pond Trailer 2:51

1+ y ago2:51

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This is just a short trailer to introduce you to our podcast. Here are some RESEARCH LINKS: Additional Information Subscribe to my newsletter! Translating Chinese Medicine: Dr. Wilms' website for learning classical Chinese Imperial Tutor Mentorship by Dr. Wilms Happy Goat Productions (Dr. Wilms' website) Leo Lok's courses - All Courses - Voices of …

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Technology and Table-Top Putting with Golf Instruction Legend David Leadbetter 1:09:28

1+ y ago1:09:28

1:09:28

M&H are kicking off Season Two with none other than David Leadbetter! David has been Michelle's coach since she was 13 and Hally's coach (and father), well, since she was born. The three discuss the difference between a technical and feel player, how amateurs should use technology, the most important move in the golf swing, how to deal with haters …

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Malawi, Africa: The first country to join RJEC Global Initiative in the Fight Against Human Trafficking 21:05

1+ y ago21:05

21:05

Send us a text Joining us for this month's podcast is Maxwell Matewere, a Malawian crime prevention expert with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Listen as Maxwell shares his two decades of experience in the anti-human trafficking field. We'll discuss Malawi's commitment to join RJEC's Global Initiative in the fight against Human Traffickin…

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RJEC Medical Clinic Receives Funding to Expand Services 10:44

1+ y ago10:44

10:44

Send us a text In this podcast episode you will meet Jalisa Gross, LPN, the newest addition to RJEC's team. She was hired as a contracted nurse through a generous two-year grant from Three Arches Foundation and will be providing free screenings and assessments to victims of human trafficking and sexual assault. Jalisa will also be sharing informati…

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