On every Full Moon, a new episode of the “Imperial Tutorial” podcast drops. These offerings are special podcast sessions for the members of my Imperial Tutor mentorship, which are more specialized than the “Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” episodes for the general public.

This is our Thursday morning discussion meeting for the 2024 cohort of my Diamond Core course.

This is the monthly live event, on the second Friday or Saturday of each month, as part of my Imperial Tutor mentorship. I either present a more formal lecture myself, followed by a lively discussion (what used to be called “History Train Lectures”), or I invite an important voice or two in Chinese medicine (practitioner of the East Asian healing arts, philosopher, anthropologist, historian, translator, author etc.) for a casual chat. While this is a members-only event, the general public can always join for a 9-day $9 trial to check it out.

In this month’s event, I will continue my exploration with Sean Bradley and Daniel Altschuler on "The Whys and Hows of Holes and Points" from November. Once again, we shall meet in person in Sean’s inspiring library and sip fancy tea while we invite all of you to join us on Zoom.

This is our Thursday morning discussion meeting for the 2024 cohort of my Diamond Core course.

Every New Moon, on the first day of the month in the lunar Chinese calendar, a new episode of our new “Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” podcast drops.

On every Full Moon, a new episode of the “Imperial Tutorial” podcast drops. These offerings are special podcast sessions for the members of my Imperial Tutor mentorship, which are more specialized than the “Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” episodes for the general public.

This is the monthly live event, on the second Friday or Saturday of each month, as part of my Imperial Tutor mentorship. I either present a more formal lecture myself, followed by a lively discussion (what used to be called “History Train Lectures”), or I invite an important voice or two in Chinese medicine (practitioner of the East Asian healing arts, philosopher, anthropologist, historian, translator, author etc.) for a casual chat. While this is a members-only event, the general public can always join for a 9-day $9 trial to check it out.

Pregnancy care in the classics is this month's theme, for three reasons:

• We just started the new gynecology-focused season 2 of the podcast on "Over the Moon?"

• Andrew Loosely and I are about to teach our yearly pregnancy course, "Nurturing the Fetus: The Ten Months of Pregnancy," based on three historical pregnancy texts that I translated. And...

• I am presenting a paper on this topic at a panel on "Conceptualizing Conception" at the Association of Asian Studies conference in Seattle on March 16.

For this Tea Time Talk, we will also be joined by Kristed Phipps who took our course last year and has continued studying pregnancy support privately with Andrew.

Join us as we discuss how to translate this ancient knowledge and apply it practically and safely in the modern clinic and how constant study of these amazing texts continues to expand our ability to support pregnant patients as effectively as possible.

This is our Thursday morning discussion meeting for the 2024 cohort of my Diamond Core course.

Every New Moon, on the first day of the month in the lunar Chinese calendar, a new episode of our new “Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” podcast drops.

This is our Thursday morning discussion meeting for the 2024 cohort of my Diamond Core course.

This is the monthly live event, on the second Friday or Saturday of each month, as part of my Imperial Tutor mentorship. I either present a more formal lecture myself, followed by a lively discussion (what used to be called “History Train Lectures”), or I invite an important voice or two in Chinese medicine (practitioner of the East Asian healing arts, philosopher, anthropologist, historian, translator, author etc.) for a casual chat. While this is a members-only event, the general public can always join for a 9-day $9 trial to check it out.

This month will will be treated to a follow-up with Dr. Arthur Harris, the medical historian specializing in comparing early Greek and Chinese medicine. Potential topics that came up in our conversation from early December where:

• What do practitioners get out of reading ancient texts?

• The special characteristics of gynecology as embodied knowledge and special expertise about the female body. What could a possible divergence between oral and written transmission look like?

• Pneuma versus Qi and the materiality of the body

• Comparing and contrasting the Four Humors, Four Seasons, and Five Phases/Dynamic Agents….

On every Full Moon, a new episode of the “Imperial Tutorial” podcast drops. These offerings are special podcast sessions for the members of my Imperial Tutor mentorship, which are more specialized than the “Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” episodes for the general public.

This is our Thursday morning discussion meeting for the 2024 cohort of my Diamond Core course.

Every New Moon, on the first day of the month in the lunar Chinese calendar, a new episode of our new “Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” podcast drops.

This is the first of our regular Thursday morning discussion meetings for the Diamond Core course, Level Two of my Triple Crown Intensive Training Program for Classical Chinese. Unless the student has exceptional background in CLASSICAL (not just modern) Chinese already and is familiar with basic grammar rules, sinological research skills, classical philosophy, and grammar terminology, taking the Foundations course is a prerequisite for being admitted to this course.

Our (almost) weekly discussion meeting for my Foundations course, the first level of my Triple Crown Intensive Training Program for Classical Chinese. On weeks when we have a Text Reading scheduled, students are required to attend (and participate to the best of their ability) in that instead.

Our (almost) weekly discussion meeting for my Foundations course, the first level of my Triple Crown Intensive Training Program for Classical Chinese. On weeks when we have a Text Reading scheduled, students are required to attend (and participate to the best of their ability) in that instead.

Every New Moon, on the first day of the month in the lunar Chinese calendar, a new episode of our new “Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” podcast drops.

Our (almost) weekly discussion meeting for my Foundations course, the first level of my Triple Crown Intensive Training Program for Classical Chinese. On weeks when we have a Text Reading scheduled, students are required to attend (and participate to the best of their ability) in that instead.

On every Full Moon, a new episode of the “Imperial Tutorial” podcast drops. These offerings are special podcast sessions for the members of my Imperial Tutor mentorship, which are more specialized than the “Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” episodes for the general public.

Our (almost) weekly discussion meeting for my Foundations course, the first level of my Triple Crown Intensive Training Program for Classical Chinese. On weeks when we have a Text Reading scheduled, students are required to attend (and participate to the best of their ability) in that instead.

Our (almost) weekly discussion meeting for my Foundations course, the first level of my Triple Crown Intensive Training Program for Classical Chinese. On weeks when we have a Text Reading scheduled, students are required to attend (and participate to the best of their ability) in that instead.

Every New Moon, on the first day of the month in the lunar Chinese calendar, a new episode of our new “Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” podcast drops.