Brush the Knee and Step Introduction Given the increasing popularity of tai chi, the growing influence of Chinese culture, and Jet Li’s collaboration with Jack Ma to introduce an entirely new version of tai chi to the Olympics, this is a perfect time to re-examine the true nature of Yang …

This exercise is designed to develop the therapeutic usage of qi by emitting qi from the lǎo gōng (PC-8) point in the center of the palms. As stated above, it’s important to first learn and practicing the wú jí stance with dan t’ian breathing, since these exercises are done in that …

Special WOMEN’S QIGONG WORKSHOP for Health, Fertility & Longevity Offered in affiliation with the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine – Chicago This Sunday, May 20, 2018 , 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM, in downtown Chicago, I’ll be teaching how to use qigong to help release stress and strengthen the immune system, break …

This term is almost over and next term I’ll be doing my first round on the clinic floor. For your first term on the floor you only observe and get used to how things are done and how the things you’ve learned in the classroom apply to treating patients. We …

Learning TCM points location can seem like a daunting task but that’s why I’m glad I’m learning it at PCOM. TCM Points Location I’m a little past halfway through the Points Location 1 class. First we learned the basics and concepts of where the channels run and how they interract …

Whether you are doing kung fu or taiji as a martial art or for health you should think about doing some iron palm training. Doing this training properly will not only accomplish the obvious thing of making your hands stronger for striking things but it can also help to densify …

One of the coolest things about going to the PCOM (Pacific College of Oriental Medicine) is that I not only get to work toward a DAOM at one of the nation’s top schoolf for Oriental medicine but I get to offer free classes there too. The staff has been really …

Integrated Medicine I am studying for my DAOM at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine at their Chicago location. What that really means is that I am studying what we like to call integrated medicine. While our focus is on Oriental treatment methods we also learn how we can fit …

I’ve started my second term going part time at PCOM studying to be a doctor of Oriental medicine. At this point I am just putting my head down and digging in for the long haul. I could get through the program faster if I’d come up to full time but …

World Tai Chi Day in Chicago Focus Tai Chi and The Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM) are happy to announce a public event we’re calling World Tai Chi Day 2016. If you want to learn some tai chi or qigong then you should plan to spend World Tai Chi …