This Earth Rat year is a fixed Water year, making travel especially interesting and challenging, yet the Earth influence will ground many of us in our pursuits and aspirations. The Mien Shiang Institute moves ahead from last year’s excitement into a new period of growth, travel, and expanding opportunities.
A New Year With A New Look
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One of the original purposes for a Mien Shiang Institute eNewsletter was to answer questions that come up with regularity from a wide spectrum of students, clients and friends. A familiar question popped up last week while I was in Belize with my beautiful new ‘sisters’ of the Belizean Grove.
Could Mien Shiang be ‘manipulative’?
Earlier in [...]
I love it when one of my face reading students realize that the Principle of the Five Elements doesn’t just relate to their face, personality, behavior or even their environment and the seasons, but also to the Chinese Zodiac. And since this is the first week of the year 4706, I thought we could have [...]
Knowing your zodiac animal is a fun way to plan for the year ahead. How, then, can we determine which animal we are? The chart below outlines every year from 1936 through 2019, and shows which animals represent what years. Chinese New Year begins on a different day each year, falling somewhere between mid-January and [...]
“Indigo is derived from blue but is more pleasing than blue; ice is formed out of water but is colder than water.”
This Chinese proverb reminds us that the greatest gift a teacher can receive is the knowledge that his or her students have surpassed their teacher. I am always honored when my students continue to [...]
Wherever I go people ask about my ‘other’ Mien Shiang events or teachings. To my medically-based students — especially those in Traditional Chinese, Oriental, and allopathic medicine — ‘other’ refers to my public and corporate workshops and seminars. To my corporate clients, the ‘other’ means the varied medical groups and specialties to which I offer [...]
Over the years I have been fortunate to maintain on-going relationships with my Mien Shiang / Face Reading friends, former students, and workshop participants through the wonders of the Internet.
Recently, though, so many e-mails have been coming to me from across the country, and from Europe, Australia, New Zealand – even Turkey! It has become [...]
Mien Shiang is a powerful tool for those who want to understand themselves and others. This book guides readers through the art of Mien Shiang to gain insight into the personalities, relationships and health issues in their lives. I consider it a necessity for all clinicians.
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