Neijing Nature-Based Medicine
Faculty
Our courses are taught primarily by the principal instructor, Dr. Edward Neal, MD.
We draw on a wellspring of trained and established clinicians, scholars, scientists, researchers, and others to guest teach classes in Neijing Nature-Based Medicine. All are experts in their areas of study and practice, and contribute to the richness of the learning environment and the larger community that comprises The Apricot Grove. We are honored to be part of such community of contributors and participants, many of whom wear multiple hats.
- Paige Barnes, LAc. (Pulse Diagnosis and Movement/Artist in Residence)
- Hirsh Diament, PhD (Calligraphy, Classical Text Reading, Board Member)
- Michael Deagro, LAc. (Neijing Nature-Based Shiatsu/Artist in Residence)
- Rebecca Fettig, LAc. (Japanese Moxibustion)
- Donna Guillemin BA, (Neijing Nature-Based Plant Studies)
- Stephen Kroth, DO (Neijing Nature-Based Osteopathy)
- Derek Steele, LAc (Neijing Nature-Based Traditional Anatomy, Board Member)
- Lorraine Wilcox, LAc. (Moxibustion and External Therapies)
- Deborah Woolf, LAc. (History and Chinese language)
- Kanisha Tiedeman (Indigenous Traditions)
- April Bencze (Board Member)
- Pere Garcia Carreté (Board Member)
Neijing Nature-Based Medicine
Faculty
Our courses are taught primarily by the principal instructor, Dr. Edward Neal, MD.
We draw on a wellspring of trained and established clinicians, scholars, scientists, researchers, and others to guest teach classes in Neijing Nature-Based Medicine. All are experts in their areas of study and practice, and contribute to the richness of the learning environment and the larger community that comprises The Apricot Grove. We are honored to be part of such community of contributors and participants, many of whom wear multiple hats.
- Paige Barnes, LAc. (Pulse Diagnosis and Movement/Artist in Residence)
- Hirsh Diament, PhD (Calligraphy, Classical Text Reading, Board Member)
- Michael Deagro, LAc. (Neijing Nature-Based Shiatsu/Artist in Residence)
- Rebecca Fettig, LAc. (Japanese Moxibustion)
- Donna Guillemin BA, (Neijing Nature-Based Plant Studies)
- Stephen Kroth, DO (Neijing Nature-Based Osteopathy)
- Derek Steele, LAc (Neijing Nature-Based Traditional Anatomy, Board Member)
- Lorraine Wilcox, LAc. (Moxibustion and External Therapies)
- Deborah Woolf, LAc. (History and Chinese language)
- Kanisha Tiedeman (Indigenous Traditions)
- April Bencze (Board Member)
- Pere Garcia Carreté (Board Member)
Dr. Edward Neal
Director, The Apricot Grove
Principal Instructor, Neijing Nature-Based Medicine
Primary Researcher and Translator, The Apricot Grove
Paige Barnes
Pulse Diagnosis
Movement/Artist in Residence
Hirsh Diamant
Calligraphy
Classical Text Reading
Board Member, The Apricot Grove
DJ Steele
Neijing Nature-Based Traditional Anatomy
Pere Garcia Carreté
Board Member, The Apricot Grove
Principal, The Apricot Grove Research and Training Center (Barcelona)
Kanisha Tiedeman
Indigenous Traditions
Deborah Woolf
History and Chinese Language
Rebecca Fettig
Japanese Moxibustion
Principal, The Apricot Grove Research and Training Center (California)
Michael DeAgro
Assistant Faculty
Artist in Residence
Studying the Neijing with Dr. Neal has been like peeling back a curtain. His translation of the Neijing is remarkably straightforward, yet shines a new, modern light on what I’ve come to realize is a rich and still-relevant classic text. I came away from the course with a deeper understanding of the very basic principles of Chinese medicine and also its vast complexity. I think this richness and beauty of our medicine can too easily be undervalued or even dismissed altogether in any modern practice–no matter how successful—and what I once viewed as somewhat archaic and cryptic has instead become an inspiration and axis around which my work now revolves.
A.G.
ACUPUNCTURIST; MEMBER, OREGON STATE MEDICAL BOARD
