The Healer Within: Roger Jahnke and Dawson Church in Conversation

2022-12-19

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Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD, is one of the most respected luminaries in the fields of evidence-based mind-body practice, wellness, integrative medicine, and Chinese medicine. He has dedicated his professional life to sharing the ancient holistic empowerment and healing traditions of China, distilled for contemporary times. He is the author of, The Healer Within and The Healing Promise of Qi. He has trained over 3000 Tai Chi and Qigong Teachers internationally. With 35 years of clinical practice as a physician of acupuncture and Traditional...

He has trained over 3000 Tai Chi and Qigong Teachers internationally. With 35 years of clinical practice as a physician of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and 10 research tours to China’s temples and sacred mountain sites, Dr. Jahnke has emerged as a key spokesperson for and master teacher of Tai Chi, Qigong, and mind-body practice.

Here he and Dawson reflect on:

Every indigenous culture in the world developed insights about the way the world worked
Around the campfire a million years ago, science was observational science
Who we now called scientists used to be called “Natural Philosophers”
When you observe a person, you can see their degree of vitality
Even eighteenth century, “vitalism” judged the vitality of a person
In India, degree of “Prana” in Ayurvedic medicine
Called “Mana” in native Hawaiian culture
Ancient Chinese medicine observed “Qi”
The ancients could see organs inside dead people, but recognized Qi is absent
If you stay active, rest well, nourish yourself with a variety of natural foods
Asked how you could train up Qi. So, they developed Kung Fu
Qigong much later, fifteenth century, making medicine in the human system
How do we boost our qi?
Lengthen spine, yoga, breath, mindful body scan, tension release, and massage
Long Deep Slow (LSD) breath
The people doing Tai Chi in the park aren’t weird, it’s the people who aren't!
Anxiety and depression reduce our qi and energy tremendously
Yeong Shun is the Chinese wellness routine, includes apoptogenic superfood herbs