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Book SynopsisAfter experiencing a powerful vision of the nuclear power plant near her home and its toxic effects on the Hudson River, acupuncturist Gail Rex was inspired to help heal the river and surrounding lands but was unsure how to begin. At a workshop with Cherokee-wisdom teacher Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo, she discovered the answer: she could treat the landscape just as she treated her patients--by taking its pulses and treating the points of stagnant energy and pollution with acupuncture. Tracing her journey from initial vision and pulse taking to building a stone circle to open a major energy meridian of the Hudson, the author reveals how our rivers, valleys, and forests are capable of illness and healing just like a living being. Drawing upon the principles of Chinese medicine and her work with Native American shamanic traditions, Rex shows how the landscape itself reveals both its imbalances and the opportunities for treatment. Using a broad range of diagnostic tools--including direct observation, principles of feng shui, listening to pulses, and working with maps--she demonstrates ways of identifying the master points of the surrounding landscape. She then explores different methods of Earth acupuncture treatment, including building stone circles, planting crystals, and working with wooden and copper-rod needles to treat these specific points and restore energy balance.
Trade Review“Gifted storyteller Gail Rex follows the wisdom threads of her own deep longing into the heart of nature’s mystery--making it clear that we and the Earth are one. The nature within and around you will come alive as you follow her steps to restore sacred relationship, healing yourself as you bring harmony to the Earth.” * Llyn Roberts, award-winning author of Shapeshifting into Higher Consciousness and coauthor of Speaki *
“An eminently readable compilation of both Eastern and Western geomantic techniques . . .
Earth Acupuncture is an excellent book . . .” * Sig Lonegren, geomancer and author of Sacred Space Handbook *
Table of ContentsForeword by Dr. Patrick MacManaway Acknowledgments
Introduction
Healing the Earth with Natural Medicine
Part 1 Diagnosis 1 The Dragon’s Breath
2 The Pulse of the Land
3 Yin and Yang
4 Heaven and Earth
5 Eagle Dance
• Exercise I: Creating a Relationship with a Tree Part I I
Point Location
6 The Extraordinary Channels
7 Divided Waters
8 Thunder Mountain
9 Dunderberg
10 The Furies
11 Pilgrimage
• Exercise II: Connecting with a Larger Landscape and Finding Its Pulse Points
Part III
Treatment
12 Druid Magic
13 The In Breath
14 Acupuncture for the Earth
• Exercise III: Pulse Point Meditation
Part IV
The Healing 15 Into Darkness
16 The Great Turning
17 Healing/Reconceived
• Exercise IV: Building a Stone Mandala to Balance Earth Energies
Epilogue Rebirth
Notes
Bibliography
Index
