Kevin Songer, Medicinal Power of Nature, Herbs & Art.

Therapeutic Communication Do's and Dont's by Kevin

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 01:21:00 +0000

Therapeutic Communication in a Health Care Setting Examples of Do's and Don'ts by Kevin Songer

Freehand Acupuncture Needling Practice

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Practicing freehand here with Tenchi No.6 (0.30) x 30mm acupuncture needles. Acupuncture needles are one time use, sterile and disposed of as soon as removed from body - never reinserted.

Cai Shen & Happy Lunar New Year

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:15:00 +0000

Cai Shen is the Chinese God of Wealth & Prosperity. Cai Shen will he chilling with me throughout 2025! Happy Lunar New Year!

Juvenile Agkistrodon conanti

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 02:51:00 +0000

Beautiful juvenile Agkistrodon conanti on the trail soaking up sun's heat. Love it's dance and sway.

Mangrove Buckeye, Monarch & Yaupon Holly

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 02:12:00 +0000

Mangrove Buckeye, Monarch & Yaupon Holly

Mangrove Buckeye & Monarch Frolicking in the Yaupon Holly. I love the color and texture of Yaupon Holly, Ilex vomitoria. The surreal grey & white hues always light up the dark organic understory of many of Florida's native ecosystems. Yaupon holly's leaves are special as they contain several beneficial alkaloids, including caffeine and can be roasted to make a pick-me-up beverage. Yaupon tea/coffee is actually becoming more and more popular today and I see the leaves offered in a variety of establishments. Yaupon's berries provide food to so many different birds and it's quasi-thorny stem habit creates preferred safehaven for hummingbirds to nest within. This piece is 2" thick Eastern Red Cedar I etch-burned with torch, adding oil pigment afterwards. The blue seepage stream is resin poured into voids in the roughsawn slab. 12" x 15" x 2"

Throwback to FSU Gen Wa Kai Karate Team and an Afro

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 01:47:00 +0000

Throwback to FSU Gen Wa Kai Karate team. We did tournaments in Miami, New Orleans & more. I even finally embraced my curly hair though the fro was difficult to manage at times. Probably about 18 here.

Acupuncture Urinary Bladder Channel Practice

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 01:28:00 +0000

Urinary Bladder Channel Review #Acupuncture

Bladder channel review tonight. Urinary Bladder channel starts adjacent inner canthus of eye and ascends over head, down neck and back. So interesting to see how channels follow muscular and nerve pathways. Human anatomy is fascinating. Looking forward to cadaver lab next month. #Acupuncture #dragonrisescollegeoforientalmedicine #medicalqigong

Importance of Hand and Finger Strength Management

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:35:00 +0000

Hand and finger strength management is so very important for a life full of vitality (Yang Sheng). Kevin discusses some basic qigong hand exercises and shares hand strength props commonly found around the house.

Diseases Acunpuncture has been Recognized as Treating by the World Health Origanization

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 13:07:00 +0000

The World Health Organization recognizes acupuncture as having been shown capable of treating the following diseases as evidenced NIH studies. See https://chiro.org/acupuncture/FULL/Acupuncture_WHO_2003.pdf #acupuncture #dragonrisescollegeoforientalmedicine

Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been proved— through controlled trials—to be an effective treatment:

Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy
Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)
Biliary colic
Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)
Dysentery, acute bacillary
Dysmenorrhoea, primary
Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm)
Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
Headache
Hypertension, essential
Hypotension, primary
Induction of labour
Knee pain
Leukopenia
Low back pain
Malposition of fetus, correction of
Morning sickness
Nausea and vomiting
Neck pain
Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction)
Periarthritis of shoulder
Postoperative pain
Renal colic
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sciatica
Sprain
Stroke
Tennis elbow

Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which the therapeutic effect of acupuncture has been shown but for which further proof is needed:

Abdominal pain (in acute gastroenteritis or due to gastrointestinal spasm)
Acne vulgaris
Alcohol dependence and detoxification
Bell’s palsy
Bronchial asthma
Cancer pain
Cardiac neurosis
Cholecystitis, chronic, with acute exacerbation
Cholelithiasis
Competition stress syndrome
Craniocerebral injury, closed
Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent
Earache
Epidemic haemorrhagic fever
Epistaxis, simple (without generalized or local disease)
Eye pain due to subconjunctival injection
Female infertility
Facial spasm
Female urethral syndrome
Fibromyalgia and fasciitis
Gastrokinetic disturbance
Gouty arthritis
Hepatitis B virus carrier status
Herpes zoster (human (alpha) herpesvirus 3)
Hyperlipaemia
Hypo-ovarianism
Insomnia
Labour pain
Lactation, deficiency
Male sexual dysfunction, non-organic
Ménière disease
Neuralgia, post-herpetic
Neurodermatitis
Obesity
Opium, cocaine and heroin dependence
Osteoarthritis
Pain due to endoscopic examination
Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans
Polycystic ovary syndrome (Stein–Leventhal syndrome)
Postextubation in children
Postoperative convalescence
Premenstrual syndrome
Prostatitis, chronic
Pruritus
Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome
Raynaud syndrome, primary
Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Retention of urine, traumatic
Schizophrenia
Sialism, drug-induced
Sjögren syndrome
Sore throat (including tonsillitis)
Spine pain, acute
Stiff neck
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Tietze syndrome
Tobacco dependence
Tourette syndrome
Ulcerative colitis, chronic
Urolithiasis
Vascular dementia
Whooping cough (pertussis)

Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which there are only individual controlled trials reporting some therapeutic effects, but for which acupuncture is worth trying because treatment by conventional and other therapies is difficult:

Chloasma
Choroidopathy, central serous
Colour blindness
Deafness
Hypophrenia
Irritable colon syndrome
Neuropathic bladder in spinal cord injury
Pulmonary heart disease, chronic
Small airway obstruction

Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture may be tried provided the practitioner has special modern medical knowledge and adequate monitoring equipment:

Breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Coma
Convulsions in infants
Coronary heart disease (angina pectoris)
Diarrhoea in infants and young children
Encephalitis, viral, in children, late stage
Paralysis, progressive bulbar and pseudobulbar

Finger Qigong Strengthening the Fingers

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:46:00 +0000

Finger strength is so very important to our daily lives, from opening a lid to climbing up on a tractor to rising up from sitting on the floor. Qigong offers a number of movements, flows and exercises that can significantly improve finger strength. Kevin talks about three simple Qigong and TCM based exercises you can do in a chair, or the floor or in your bed. Strong and flexible fingers and hands are a predictor of improved health as we age. The YOQI® Yi Jin Jing flow incorporates a number of hand and finger exercises Kevin uses on a daily basis. Finger strength is very important to navigating the aging process.

Making the Floor Our Friend, Qigong for Seniors & the Disabled

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 03:12:00 +0000

Feeling comfortable on the floor is the first step in training our aging, disabled bodies on how to navigate standing back up off the floor. Kevin suggests spending time sitting on the floor several times each day, finding your comfort level so as to moderate anxiety from a fall or from inability to stand up from being on the floor. Kevin shares his preferred method of standing up and also discusses the importance of making the floor/ground a friend - developing a comfort level with being on the floor.

Punching With Focused Eyes Activating the Liver

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 03:23:00 +0000

Great Seated Therapeutic Qigong flow for Seniors and Disabled Persons. Punching With Strong Focused Eyes flow is from Ba Duan Jin, Eight Silk Brocades and benefits the liver, eyes, memory and our Yin Organs. This flow activates Liver 13 and Small Intestine 6acupuncture/acupressure points while moving QI. We also work with Liver purging using the Liver Sound from Qigong's Six Healing Sounds.

Seated Prayer Hands Qigong for Seniors

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 03:52:00 +0000

This seated Qigong flow, known as Prayer Hands, was taught to me by my YOQI® teacher, Marisa and truly facilitates moving the flow of Qi through the sides, back, neck, shoulders and down the arms into our hands. Prayer Hands is a wonderful meditative flow that moves Qi potential through Lao Gong, Pericardium 8 point in our palms while stretching all three important deltoid muscles. Keeping the deltoids stretched and free from stagnation is key for managing shoulder health and minimizing frozen shoulder risk as we age. Be Blessed with Qi!

Therapeutic Qigong, Daily Band Work

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Qigong's healing benefits are most often seen associated with daily consistency of flow and breath. This one minute raising arms flow can be done with or without a band or stick. I like using the band because the band allows me to stretch/expand my hand distance as the Qi rises and falls with my arms.

Storm's A Coming & Chasing Coccoloba Leaves

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:02:00 +0000

Chasing Coccoloba Leaves, Storm's A Coming

I love the ocean breeze, even the stormy days as long as they are not too terribly blowy. Here's my fun "Catch the Coccoloba Leaves If You Can" (Storm's-a-Brewing) piece. Florida nature is so healing! #Sarasota #Florida #Seagrapes

Qigong-based Finger Spirals for Periphery Cardiovascular & Neurological ...

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 15:50:00 +0000

#Qigong-based Hand Eye therapy is an important part of stroke management. I like to spiral my fingers in rhythm to music beats, and in doing so creating new neuronal pathways.

Qigong for Seniors, Fisherman Casts A Net

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:01:00 +0000

Moving Qi on the Beach as though we are casting a fishing net. Circulates blood & qi throughout our shoulders, waist and back. Massages our internal abdominal organs. Be blessed with Qi!

Tree of Life Block Print

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 04:21:00 +0000

Here is my (rather large) Tree of Life wood block print as a good wish to all for an adventurous 2025. I made the paper from a large fig blown over on the Edison Ford Estate in Fort Myers during Hurricane Irma. I boiled the wood pulp in lye for days and pressed out one large sheet of paper. The block took months to carve out and I did a two step press - one for the windy background using Cranfield Gold Oil then after the gold dried for a week I had just one opportunity at a hand press of the Live Oak Tree of Life press. Holding my breath when I removed the block I was inspired by the finished one of a kind print. The art is multilayered too in breath. A small swing invites one to come to the oldest of ancient life forms - plants - a tree, a Florida Southern Live Oak, Quercus virginiana. The human belief systems, from the eons of age Taiji disc & Buddha leaf & those symbols of early African-Persian times to the more nascent world views of Christianity & Social movements are all nourished, nurtured and given refuge by the Tree of Life. Plants have been the major life form on our planet for mostly 500 million years (500,000,000) whereas our homo-humans probably about 200,000 years. The Trees of Life have been around 2500 times longer than humans. I think it is an honor for a tree to be the host of our existential spiritual/cosmic art. I was blessed in doing the research for each world symbol during the preparation of the block. I literally made energy connections with peoples from around the world and from ancient of times. But I found my grounding in the tree. Perhaps this is why I love 站樁, Zhan Zhuang. May you be blessed and filled with Qi. Kevin - Yuan-Xiu Song

Unexpected Mysterious Find, Qigong on the Bay

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:06:00 +0000

Headed to do Qigong on the Bayfront for Aortic Dissection Survivors series and came across a mysterious holiday surprise. What a way to end 2024!

Ischemic Stroke Risk Management with Qigong Spinal Cord Breathing

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:50:00 +0000

Ischemic Stroke Risk Management with Qigong Flow Spinal Cord Breathing, Lido Beach, Sarasota, Florida December Sunrise. Spinal Cord Breathing flow is one of my go-to Qigong flows for minimizing blood & Qi stasis or stagnation in the shoulder and neck area. After being on the heart-lung bypass machine for many hours during aortic dissection surgery I've been challenged with embolistic ischemia problems with symptoms ranging from forgetfulness, slurred speech, eye control and other stroke typical health patterns. Qigong gives me gentle, easy to do movements that help motivate, move and keep my circulatory & nervous system functioning as it should. Always check with your doctor before beginning any exercise program. Be Blessed with Qi! Kevin

Playful Qi, The Many Directions of Qi Flow

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 02:00:00 +0000

Playful Qi Flow. Once we tune our body to oneness with Qi flow we can playfully move along with our energy flow patterns. Qi moves in many directions! Moon in Scorpio tonight - water element! Play with the kidney & lung channel Qi flow! Our YOQI® training teaches us to be cognizant and sensitive to how Qi moves in, out & through our body. Love this fun flow that opens out Lung and Kidney Channels.

Dragon Claws the Earth, Moving Qi on the Island, Sarasota, Florida

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:34:00 +0000

This YOQI® Qigong flow, known as Dragon Claws the Earth dynamically energizes my Yang Qi, especially flowing through my chest area. I love this flow because of opening lung, heart, stomach, gallbladder, urinary bladder and liver channels as well as the other arm Yin & Yang channels, especially focusing Qi flow in the chest. Lido Beach Qigong for Senior Citizens and everyone else. Inhale claws come up, exhale claws push out and drop! Be blessed and filled with Qi!

Sunset on the Island

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 23:43:00 +0000

Qigong & sunset on the island. #YangSheng #Qigong #Yin #Yang #YangXiu-Song

Trauma Surgery Survivor with Shoulder Pain? Lets Move Healing Qi!

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:44:00 +0000

Last week we discussed the three deltoids muscles and how we can keep them mobile and manage shoulder pain. This week we discuss the four muscles beneath the deltoids - and these are commonly referred to as the rotator cuff muscles; the Teres minor, Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus and Subscapillaris. Lets look at some easy, fun Qigong flows to help manage the health of our shoulders and their supporting muscles.

Regulating the Qi and Microcosmic Orbit, Two Qigong Flows to Start Any Workout With

noreply@blogger.com (Kevin Songer) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:05:00 +0000

Qigong for Seniors. Start moving the Qi in any workout with these two flows, Regulating the Qi and Microcosmic Orbit. Regulating the Qi facilitates the rising, expanding and falling of Qi while the Microcosmic Orbit balances Qi flow up the Du Mai, over Bai Hui and down the Ren Mai, integrating Qi throughout the Triple Warmer. These two Qigong flows are a good way for Seniors to keep their shoulders flexible and energy flowing.