It is nice to take a break from my daily routine - visiting Ecuador is always a pleasure. It reminds me of what my home country, Taiwan, used to be in the 70's. The life is so simple here; people are nice and there are no sophisticated electronics, bumpers to bumpers vehicles and modern distractions. You can hear crickets, birds, frogs and rain every night, and I see millions of stars in the galaxy and lightening bugs everywhere at night. What a magical place!
I was doing my yoga and qi gong right by a river yesterday, and was looking at the Podocarpus National Park in distance. This park predates the ice age and more than 550 species have been spotted here. For the first time, I truly feel the powerful vibrations of Mother Earth here.
I often tell my patients that Chinese medicine is a common sense medicine. To understand how the medicine or our body works, we shall turn to the nature. For example, when a river is clogged up, it could be too much debris in it or it could be not enough water in the river to move the debris through. A Chinese practitioner could decipher it via palpating, listening, looking and questioning. By changing the environment of the body (via acupuncture, acupressure or herbal medicine) and balancing yin and yang, sustained health is to be expected.
Nature is our only teacher. Quiet time in nature brings about much inspirations and guidance in life. Slow living in Ecuador teaches me to look inwards and connect with the light within.
Namaste.
