A Year of Living Sagely
Posted on January 1, 2008 - Filed Under General |
This is slightly off topic but then again maybe not. How many of you read Deepest Health? Eric has set up a challenge for acupuncturists and students of acupuncture called the Year of Living Sagely. Each month is a different theme, based on the organ systems of Chinese Medicine.
While this is geared towards practitioners of Chinese Medicine, anyone with an interest in developing themselves can benefit from this year long commitment to self cultivation.
Eric is a wonderful writer and an enthusiastic student of Classical Chinese Medicine. As a result, Deepest Health is one of my favorite acupuncture blogs. I am looking forward to being able to link to him in February, when the topic is about business (and this is the topic of the blog).
Yes, I am taking the challenge although I am not likely to blog about it regularly. I think to have too much on that topic would be outside the scope of this blog. Deepest Health will have many thoughts on each topic, which encompasses all parts of our lives. You don’t have to be an acupuncturist to participate.
This month is scholarship. I’m not sure that January is the best month for me for scholarship. Winter is traditionally a time of rest and rejuvenation. January is the first month when the days begin to lengthen. Therefore, yang is gaining ground. It is still a passive time. The thinking is that scholarship allows us to rest and rejuvenate but still be a little bit yang with our work. In my life and rhythms, I always found January the worst month for study. While I am normally a sedentary person, in winter I ski. I like the physical activity with little activity of the mind. Perhaps this is because I find myself being so mental all during the rest of the year, that it is my body’s turn?
At any rate, I ponder these issues and consider how I can make scholarship part of this month in a way that suits my body. I have a running fascination with learning about yoga more deeply–not just as an exercise, but as a medicine as well. Part of this is requires practicing both the meditation and the movements so I may have to commit myself to learning more about this aspect of energy medicine.
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I’ve visited your thrice. Nice blog! Great job done!!