Time, Timing and the Timeless - Course 1

EARLY SPRING: Beginning of Spring, Rain Water

Spring begins. Life reappears and the liver qi starts to rise. We study these beginnings in detail.

Peter Firebrace
Peter Firebrace

Course Overview

Half-way between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox, li chun the Beginning of Spring on Feb 4th is the end of the dark winter, when light can be seen and felt returning. Chinese new year at the new moon is always close to this time, this year on February 17th, the start of the Fire Horse Year, an intense time of double fire.

 

Moving from winter to spring, from water to wood, we also move from the kidneys to the liver as plants start to shoot and sprout, new life appears and stagnation is resolved. We need to follow this freer time as indicated in Neijing Suwen chapter 2, Tune your Spirit to the Qi of the Four Seasons. Moving and exercising more, we are active, generous and outgoing.

 

We are also aware of the lungs, the meridian associated with the first month. Particularly as we are still in the climate of wind that affects the lungs exteriorly and the liver interiorly. We must guard against wind with such points as Bl 12 feng men Wind Gate for the lungs and GB 20 feng chi Wind Pool for the liver.

 

The traditional images here are of ice thawing, the hexagram 42 yi Increasing and the qi gong exercise activating lumbar 2, where the warming and strengthening ming men the Gate of Destiny lies.

 

The universal importance of this time we can also see in the Celtic calendar celebrating Imbolc at the beginning of February and in the Christian Candlemas on February 2nd. Many cultures have marked this exit from the dark quarter of the year.

Objectives

  • Understand the sequential rhythms of time and how to use them

  • Be aware of the seasonal energies available each day and their benefits to treatment

  • Be able to practise the traditional qi gong exercise for the fortnightly solar period

  • Live in harmony with the time of year

Outline

  • 0 hrs - 15 min

    Understand li chun, the Beginning of Spring, its yin yang nature, Chinese traditions and food.

  • 15 min - 30 min

    Understand the nature of the 3 months of spring in Neijing Suwen 2, their qualities, activities and use

  • 30 min - 45 min

    Understand why the liver is activated in spring and which points are best to use

  • 45 min - 1 hrs

    Understand the dangers of the host climate wind in spring, both exteriorly for the lungs and interiorly for the liver

  • 1 hrs - 1.25 hrs

    Understand the first lunar month and its link with the lungs and how to use that to improve treatment

  • 1.25 hrs - 1.5 hrs

    Understand the meaning of Fire Horse year and which stems, branches and elements are involved

  • 1.5 hrs - 2 hrs

    Learn the Beginning of Spring and Rain Water traditional qi gong exercises and the vertebrae they activate

  • 2 hrs - 2.25 hrs

    Understand the 6 traditional 5 day periods and their images from changes in nature

  • 2.25 hrs - 2.75 hrs

    Understand the 6 hexagrams and their advice for the time of year

  • 2.75 hrs - 3 hrs

    Understand yu shui Rain Water, its yin yang nature, Chinese traditions and food.

Reviews

  • Meredith C. (United States of America)

    This course helps you to stay in alignment with the earth.

  • Meredith C. (United States of America)

    This course helps you to stay in alignment with the earth.

Teacher

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Full Biography

Peter Firebrace

A graduate of the International College of Oriental Medicine, Peter Firebrace, FBAcC, has extensively studied TCM and Chinese language and philosophy. He was a co-founder of Monkey Press, teaches internationally, and also produces songs and poems on topics pertaining to TCM. Peter is in the process of setting up Guan Academy of Chinese Medicine for online teaching.

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  • CPDs:

    Approved By: AACMA (3), ANTA (3), ATMS (3), Acupuncture NZ (3), NCCAOM (3), Standard Certificate (3)

  • Language: English

  • Course Type: Recorded Webinar

  • Course Length: 3 h

  • Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.

  • Access Period: Lifetime

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