06
Jun
“Grain in Ear” 芒種, 6.5 – 19
Dear friends, I am traveling and too jet-lagged to turn this post into a podcast. But for those of you
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26
May
The 24 Solar Nodes: Small Fullness 小滿
May 21 - June 4, 2025
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This node is called “small fullness” because wheat grains begin to
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09
May
The 24 Solar Nodes, Summer Begins 立夏
In traditional Chinese and other East Asian cultures, a year was divided into 24 solar nodes (二十四節氣).
This episode discusses
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08
May
Thinking about Seasonality as Embodied Ecology
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A Reflection on Situating Health within Cycles of Time and Place
Transcript:
I’ve always been interested in different
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20
Apr
On Seasonal Energetics
In China and many other East Asian cultures, every year is divided into 24 "solar nodes" (jieqi 節氣)
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20
Apr
Salud!
Bodily Matters takes a cross-cultural approach to histories of health, ailment, and embodiment. The author, shy, prefers to show rather