Qi Time 05: Interview with Tom Bisio

Join Kathy Taromina, SIEAM’s Academic Dean, as she talks with Chinese medicine practitioner and teacher Tom Bisio about Zang Fu Tui Na (ZFTN). Listen to a discussion about Zang Fu Tui Na, a unique method of regulating the Qi Dynamic and directly treating the internal organs (Zang Fu). Tom is scheduled to teach a four-weekend series on ZFTN at SIEAM starting in September, 2020.

In this next episode of Qi Time (and over a pot of Oolong tea), Kathy talks with Bill Campbell, a SIEAM alumni, about the Yi Jing (Book of Changes). This longer episode explores many aspects of the text, and touches upon its relevance to the practice of East Asian Medicine.

Josh Lerner, M.T.C.M., L.Ac., graduated from the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 2001. He also received a master's degree in Japanese Literature from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1994. He has done advanced study in Tui Na and sports medicine and has a particular interest in the treatment of traumatic injuries and musculoskeletal conditions. Kathy sat down with Josh to chat about Chinese Cosmology, and how it relates to acupuncture.

Stephen Brown, E.A.M.P, graduated from the Japan Central Acupuncture College and is a core faculty member at Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine for Japanese acupuncture courses and supervises in the Japanese acupuncture and shiatsu clinics for over 20 years. Kathy sat down with Stephen to chat about the study of East Asian medicine, including some ideas for new students to be thinking about.

In our first episode of Qi Time Kathy Taromina, Academic Dean, had the opportunity to interview Lisa Taylor-Swanson at the 2019 meeting of the Society for Acupuncture Research (SAR) about the WA State research trial that helped expand acupuncture coverage for injured workers. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, PhD, MAcOM, LAc, is a graduate of Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine (MAcOM, 2001) and the University of Washington School of Nursing (PhD, 2015).