Touch of Tao

02/02/2026

02/01/2026

"Delivering packets of energetic signals like small amounts of current through the skin for healing is a very old practice and once considered woo-woo, pseudoscience, or [insert other dismissive language]...
Yet from a first-principles perspective, any complete understanding of health must account for how energetic signals, historically framed as Qi and now measurable as bioelectricity, move through living systems." ~ Nirosha J. Murugan
, Research Chair in Tissue Biophysics

This study specifically refers to electro-acupuncture (EA), which uses electrical pulses attached to the needles and applied to specific acupoints.

OF INTEREST is that Qi Emission (QiGong Energy Healing) by trained practitioners is thought to have a similar effect due to the way Qi affects the BioField.
Preliminary research suggests overlaps in mechanisms, such as modulating cellular processes through low-level energy fields that could theoretically activate similar pathways to EA's Sympathetic Nervous System stimulation.

01/26/2026

This is probably my favorite technique to shift intense negative emotions, no matter how bad they are.

In taking people through the Breath Of Wonder, one of the most impacting things I hear is little stories of the most wonderous sights and experiences people have had in their lives. I mean, WOW, people are so amazing!

Hearing these leaves me incredibly inspired and in awe of what touches people in this life.

So, I ask you - if you care to share briefly - What is one of the most beautiful, tremendously heart-touching things you have ever seen or experienced?

This is probably my favorite technique for shifting energy out of an intense emotional state, no matter how bad it seems. The method I use evolved from an excellent book I read, published in 2017, called “Energy Healing and the Art of Awakening Through Wonder” by Alain and Jody Herriott, which I...

01/14/2026

WALK FOR PEACE. I love this energy and the gentle reminder touching the hearts of so many people, growing along the way. Their message is simple and powerful:
🌎There are no sides, only us.
🌍Forgive everyone, just get over your emotions and forgive.
🌎Then forgive yourself.
🌎The only way to have Peace in the world is to first have Peace within yourself.
🌎Say right now "Today is my day of living in Kindness."

When the Buddhist Monks take action like this, it is time to help bring the world back into balance. Become more aware, remember our humanity,

photo credit: Melanie Shuman

01/09/2026

Starts This Sunday 1/11. Our environment affects us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Does your space charge you and lift you up, or drain you and bring you down?

What if you did energy healing to your space (home, treatment room, business) and aligned yourself with it in a way to enhance each other?

We'll be working with the Spirit of the Space as a palpable way to be more IN the life we know we want and deserve.

More info at Link in Bio, or see AKInstitute.com

01/08/2026

I'm sharing a very fun practice I started last year - enjoy if you want a mind-bending experiment!

I’m sharing one of my favorite practices I started in early 2025, which plays with a concept in Quantum Mechanics called Retrocausality – very simply, using the future to change the past. I’ve long been fascinated with non-linear time, time loops, and related theories that can make your brain ...

01/07/2026

I made myself a special Elixir for my recent birthday. The intention was to honor myself and the beautiful gift of life I received.

I love to feeze my elixirs and see what kind of messages they contain, via style.

On pic #2 right side in the middle, if you enlarge it there a perfect letter 'A'. This is so interesting! I kept looking at it and all of a sudden I saw my name, Cynthia. Pic #3

Can you see it? I'd love to know what else you see.

I tinctured the Elixir so I can enjoy it over the next 30 days.

Larimar, Apophyllite, Azurite, Celestite, and one Garnet for my birthstone.

01/01/2026

Do you have a Power Word for the new year? I started doing this years ago instead of resolutions. With deep reflection, I choose a word, a theme, that I come back to for guidance, inspiration, and enthusiasm.

As I observe and feel the energy present in the world now, it feels to me as if we are being required to 👁 SEE 👁 differently, because it is no longer possible to easily perceive Truth at face value.

What a wonderful opportunity to explore within ourselves How To Perceive in this new reality of AI, influencers, narratives, and massive change happening at unimaginable speed.

We can only observe the storm from either a point in the still center, or outside of it. When we are in the storm we must only survive and it is overwhelming.

PERSPICACITY, to me, means realizing or acknowledging the Dream of reality, and navigating it differently, figuring out how to play in it - fun, creative, wonder, awe.

And then WHO is the real Dreamer? How can I merge with the Eyes of my Soul/Higher Self, and see like this in a wakened state? To ask this question I immediately feel one Eye in my Heart and another in my 3rd Eye.

Well, this is my start in 2026. Immense love to you all! 💜

12/28/2025

HERBAL TINCTURE: I've been wanting to tincture up some Xiao Yao San (Free & Easy Wanderer), and I was able to find Crystal Head vodka locally. (Brown Jug Warehouse off Lake Otis & Tudor) .jug

Crystal Head is made with pristine glacier water and filtered through Herkimer Diamond crystals. This is so 🔥lit🔥!

Xiao Yao San is a 500+ year old herbal formula that was originally intended to help the soul better reside in the body. oooOOOOoooo 😲

Today it often used for all PMS symptoms, stress, anger management, some headaches, depression, and even anxiety.

The tincture will be ready to use in 6 months. I expect it to be quite the experience!

12/27/2025

The massage table in my treatment room is at a slight intentional angle to soften the Qi flow as it enters the room.

An interesting experiment would be to put the table straight and see how you feel after a massage, then compare it to the feeling after being at an angle.

Many people would be surprised at the difference. It's subtle but very noticeable.

We respond to our environment in so many ways. Are you aware? How do you feel in the space where you are right now? Are you relaxed and open, or is your breath or muscles showing any signs of tension and constriction?

With Taoist Feng Shui we can use energy to infuse us and put us in optimal environmental Qi flow. We deserve this.

Medical QiGong Energy Healing 9-week course starts January 11th. Earth Element - Taoist Feng Shui. See link in Bio.

12/21/2025

Respect The Yang 🔥 when working with Yang treatments. Protocols that use Moxa and/or Herbs, more is not better, and this is most apparent when the practitioner or the patient tries to do too much too fast.

I understand, we want change to happen NOW, however from the Taoist viewpoint, working with Fire and Yang is an alchemical process of change, and it's 💪 strong which requires sensetive awareness.

We have to watch for signs to ensure the Yang isn't overpowering the Yin:
♨️Agitation
♨️Insomnia
♨️Irritation, Anger, Agression
♨️Feeling hot
♨️Palpitations
♨️Racing thoughts

If any of these start to become noticeable, Back Off and introduce some 💧 Yin, Water, in the form of foods, meditation & QiGong, herbs, and cold.

Always respect the Yang when you work with it.

Happy Solstice! 🌓

12/12/2025

Serious research continues into Energy Healing and I love this!
If you've received Energy Healing have you ever had the sensation of being touched in a place where the healer wasn't touching you? How does this happen?

What I was taught in Medical QiGong, to "Get The Qi" = Heart/Brain Coherence synced between Healer and Healee. Often both people feel the connection, or the 'dissolving of physical boundary'. The connection and when it syncs up can be measured and verified.

The 3 main points and questions top-level research is looking at:

1. Need to validate whether or not Energy Healing works. DONE. Yes, it shows quantifiable results in multiple studies.

2. How does it work? STILL RESEARCHING. So far they know it's more than placebo and it's more than ElectroMagnetic Fields, but how??

3. Why/How are some of the strongest cases that show valid results done 'non-locally', or across great distance? Possibly seems to be a kind of Informational Carrier Wave, but what is this and how does it work?

BOTTOM LINE: We are part of something HUGE within this beautiful, strange, mysterious, incredible existence, and Healing Happens in so many ways.

Part 2 looks at a larger question at the center of this season: if healing involves more than biology alone, what type of communication is actually taking pl...