In his new book, Senses and sensitivity, John shares with acupuncture students, teachers, and practitioners what he has learned and taught about the constitutional factor in Chinese medicine.
For the first time, course handouts and material presented verbally at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading, UK are brought together under one cover.
‘It seems to me we are all in the same boat, having some sort of choice between suffering the negative emotions of our CF or reducing these and working towards positive ones.
Herein lies the beauty of Five Element constitutional acupuncture: more joy and less sadness, more balanced connection to others and less confusion as to whose needs are in the foreground, more connection to our spiritual side and less to our wants, less driven by fear and more by an appropriate sense of courage, and less confusion about how to act and more internal direction.’
‘This is such a personal book. The “I” of John is present throughout, with revealing and often humbling details. John serves as the architect, engineer and teacher who persists as the student. It’s a great model for the reader.’
Bill Mueller, trained under JR Worsley, practises in Cambridge, Massachusetts
John Hicks was born in London, Ontario, Canada on Halloween, 1935. He came to the UK to do a PhD at King’s College London. His subject was the effect of Wittgenstein’s later philosophy on meaningfully describing our inner experience. Read more …