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January 24, 2005
One test down, one to go
So tired. :-)
Made it to class on time. We discussed our weekend sessions, and then traded sessions. My partner and I opted to trade Swedish-only sessions. "Why?", you ask? Why, indeed. Were we punishing ourselves out of guilt and self-loathing? Was it suddenly Bizzaro world at Heartwood? Perhaps Lucifer was out purchasing a new snowplow.
No. I actually wanted a Swedish session. Oh my god. And I wanted to give one so that Donna could watch me (she hasn't yet) and I can find out "where I'm at" in her eyes.
But back to this feverish desire to receive Swedish. I don't know what it was, but I honored it and asked for what I wanted. And I really enjoyed the session. I feel seriously sold on the modality a tiny bit.
Weird.
It was nice and sunny out, and I ate lunch on the back deck. Spent the time studying with my tablemates and generally feeling pretty good.
Before class, Kudra and I presented our makeups for missing class. She had cut out many muscle models and went over their names, origins, and insertions with us. I taught the Universal Joint Technique I learned at the convention. It was really awesome to be "teaching" the class, even if only for 15 minutes. I went over a few preliminaries, demoed the technique, and then called the steps so people could do it on their partners.
People really liked it; I think I saw someone doing it tonight during supervised practice.
And the test went well; I got Honors on it. And even though it was less evil than I thought it would be, it was still stressful... after class Shannon put on Tool (the Opiate album) and I realized I had some anger... I got out the pillows and Shannon, Kala, and Jana and I all had a weird pillow tossing-beating-sometimes fighting session. Toward the end, Jana brought out the bolsters, some of which have integrated handles and can be swung around like poi and used to "get one's ninja on".
We had to stop because another class was going to begin, and I accompanied Jana to her room where Silas was already hanging out. We studied for the A&P test tomorrow, mostly... at 5:00 we were joined by Melissa and Sarah. oK, so there was also discussion of anal sex (we are studying the digestive system, which includes the sigmoid colon, rectum, and anus), demonstrations of such activities using stuffed animals, much eating of chips and salsa, and other assorted foolishness.
At dinner we hatched a plot: if Donna King walked into the Kiva to find all of us curled up asleep on the floor, she would have to decide we were much too cute and peaceful to wake up, thus marking us all present on the roll sheet and sneaking quietly back out.
We failed. :-(
I don't think anyone took it seriously enough. Hard to find anyone peaceful when they're lolling about on the floor giggling.
Instead, we did mobilizations of the neck. They were actually pretty cool. We learned a trapezius stretch I'll definitely use.
I got these people to tell me some more about various Tea Pills.
The reply also included:
Josh, our best suggestion is for you to consult with an experienced, licensed practitioner of TCM. .... Self-medicating without a proper diagnosis, is really not appropriate....
Eh. That's one of my buttons that I still haven't disconnected.
Since I've never been to a Chinese Medical practitioner, I'm at least willing to give it a try sometime. But in the meantime, I have trouble believing that TCM doctors are any less irritating than Western doctors.
My understanding and experience is that tea pills are pretty mild... I'm really not worried about it. The main reason I would have for seeing a professional is because they have a working knowledge of other herbs that may work better/more appropriately for my goals.
I guess I also just believe that self-medicating is entirely appropriate
Western, that is. Perhaps TCM practitioners would not be too difficult to use as a resource for wellness.
I figured it out: my six flavor tea pill habit costs $21 a month. My chlorella habit has cost $21.90 a month, BUT if I buy the big jars that are $40 for 1250 tabs, my cost drops to $11.68 a month. I gotta check the price on larger quantities of tea pills.
Posted by Josh A. at January 24, 2005 09:05 PM