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Inochi Full Body Te a Te Studies
Incorporating Anma, Ampuku, Shiatsu and Kappo
Based on the teachings of M.M. Nakazono, Osensei; Master Sakai; and
Thomas. E. Duckworth, Doctor of Kototama Medicine
Saturday, May 5th, 9:00 am-3:30 pm
Saturday, June 9th, 9:00 am-3:30 pm
Saturday, June 23rd, 9:00 am-3:30 pm
Saturday, July 14th, 9:00 am-3:30 pm
Saturday, July 21st, 9:00 am-3:30 pm
Saturday, July 28th, 9:00 am-3:30 pm
Explanation, Demonstration, Application, Reception, Discussion
36 hours w /Certificate of Attendance
Fee: $1,000.00
This class is full.
If interested in the Autumn program, contact Dr. Thomas Duckworth at (314) 991-6035.
Other:
Thursday, May 3rd, 6:00 pm-6:30 pm, Sound practice
Thursday, May 17th, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm, Sound Class
Sunday, May 20th, 9:00 am-10:30 am, Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony
Thursday, June 7th, 6:00 pm-6:30 pm, Sound practice
Thursday, June 21st, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm, Sound Class
Sunday, June 17th, 9:00 am-10:30 am, Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony
Thursday, July 5th, 6:00 pm-6:30 pm, Sound practice (CANCELLED)
Thursday, July 19th, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm, Sound Class
Sunday, July 22nd, 9:00 am-10:30 am, Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony
Sunday, August 19th, 9:00 am-10:30 am, Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Sound Meditation and Jizo Bosatsu: this week
Sound Meditation class tonight at 6:30; Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony at 10 am, Sunday, April 22.
Next month: Sound Meditation class on May 17th (Thurs) at 6 :30 pm and Jizo Bosatsu at 9 am, Sunday, May 20th.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Continuing Studies: March Calendar
Come join us. There are no fees for these activities.
Thursday, March 1, 6:30-8:00 p.m.; Breath & Sound
Thursday, March 8, 6:30-8:00 p.m.; Sound & Quiet
Breath, Sound & Quiet - Enhancing the Spiritual Journey - Practice of Meditation, Contemplation, Japa and Kototama Sound with discussion.
Thursday, March 15, 6:30-8:00 p.m.; Kototama Studies
Carrying on the Way of Ogasawara and Nakazono - Studying how consciousness and language are co-creators of "reality."
Sunday, March, 18, 10-11-ish a.m.; Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony
Jizo Bosatsu - Every month, we celebrate life, living and all those who came before us, allowing us to come into being. This Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony takes place on the Sunday closest to, but not past, the 23rd of each month. Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony will be held on March 18th, April 22nd and May 20th.
All studies presented by the Institute for Acupuncture and Life Medicine and Thomas Duckworth, L.Ac., Doctor of Kototama Medicine.
Thursday, March 1, 6:30-8:00 p.m.; Breath & Sound
Thursday, March 8, 6:30-8:00 p.m.; Sound & Quiet
Breath, Sound & Quiet - Enhancing the Spiritual Journey - Practice of Meditation, Contemplation, Japa and Kototama Sound with discussion.
Thursday, March 15, 6:30-8:00 p.m.; Kototama Studies
Carrying on the Way of Ogasawara and Nakazono - Studying how consciousness and language are co-creators of "reality."
Sunday, March, 18, 10-11-ish a.m.; Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony
Jizo Bosatsu - Every month, we celebrate life, living and all those who came before us, allowing us to come into being. This Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony takes place on the Sunday closest to, but not past, the 23rd of each month. Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony will be held on March 18th, April 22nd and May 20th.
All studies presented by the Institute for Acupuncture and Life Medicine and Thomas Duckworth, L.Ac., Doctor of Kototama Medicine.
Friday, January 13, 2012
The Story Has No Beginning
By Thomas Duckworth, DKM, L.Ac.
The story has no beginning but one chapter tells of involvement with collegiate political rabble-rousers who advocated laissez-faire everything and ingested psycho-tropic substances, often with the intent of attempting to explore the depths and boundaries of the human mind, yet continuing with the same intellectual and spiritual compromises. It was 1966. I had been ritualistically ingesting peyote for 5 years before I first took LSD. In one eight hour period, LSD doubled the sum total of the psychedelic spiritual experiences I had had in the past five years. The senses and sensibilities were taking on new meaning; the rational mind was going into retirement, or at least, time out.
Our little group had founded the Alliance of Libertarian Activists (ALA) in response to the Right-wing Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) and Left-wing Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). We focused our activities on the University of California-Berkeley campus. First we sponsored a talk and discussion entitled “Fuck Communism, A Right-wing Case for Sexual Freedom.” It drew a small but appreciative audience but we wanted a bigger presence. What could we do?
The idea was fairly collective. I don’t know how we got our speaker or who scheduled the lecture hall. I do remember showing up early to meet and greet our guest, Richard Alpert, Ph.D, formerly of Harvard University, now unemployed psychedelic advocate extraordinaire and first such type of speaker invited onto the Berkeley Campus. Our little organization had achieved stardom!
I was looking at a tall, lanky 35 year old with dishwater curly blond hair, a white, puffy-sleeved Mexican wedding shirt and multi-colored checkered pants. Visually pleasant if you’re ‘trippin’’ on acid. I was. Later that year, I too adopted the practice of dressing as if everyone I encountered might be in an expanded state of consciousness and would appreciate good visuals.
He did not look like a 1966 college professor. Well, maybe he looked like a college professor who had been fired by Harvard for the crime of advocating expanded consciousness. Everything seemed pretty “far-out,” and I couldn’t figure out if it was his vibe, his attire or my current state of mind. I had a very strong urge to talk with him. After his presentation, he agreed to talk with me privately.
I do not know what Dick Alpert addressed in the auditorium. I was in an altered state. Afterwards, we went for a walk and talked. My previous psychedelic experiences had been deep and far reaching, in very foreign terrain and unguided. Now I was on a guided journey with an older brother. Primarily he assisted me reaching into myself for deeper self-awareness. He endorsed my looking into my own mirror to see the light and recognize how I was casting the shadows on my own mental and spiritual landscape. We talked of consciousness and family and the role and goal of the visionary or scout; the potential and the ability to respond to an ever new moment. We talked for hours.
He returned to New Hampshire where he lived, I returned to my family and continued with my studies and inner journey. We corresponded occasionally and he continued to offer insights to my questions.
One day I was on a psychedelic journey and I was very much in my head with the “Who am I?” “What if……” “Is there any sense to this or any experience?” Thinking and wondering and trying to figure out what life is all about, I wandered out into the yard and stood staring at a young maple tree, a sapling. It spoke to me and said, “I am. Be. All is complete and perfect. Be.” As they say, it blew my mind.
As that experience settled in, I wrote a letter to Dick and shared my “burning bush” experience.
Months went by and I did not hear from him. That was unusual and I thought, “Oh boy, I went over the deep end and he is putting distance between us.” Actually, I really did not feel abandoned. I had confidence in him and in our relationship and I told myself to be patient and to remember the sage advice of the maple tree. Sometime later, I heard that he gone off to Africa or India or someplace exotic, probably in search of psychotropic substances.
It was about a year and a half later when the letter arrived. The handwriting and the Franklin, New Hampshire postmark told me who it was from. I was wrong, it wasn’t from Dick Alpert.
The 5 1/2 x 8 sheet of golden rod colored paper had gold ink writing on it. Close examination revealed Sanskrit beautifully written all over it. The letter was written in black ink. At the top, he had drawn the OM symbol. The letter read:
(front page)
Tom
“Difficulty at the beginning works
Supreme success,
Furthering Through perseverance"
I Ching
Do nought with the body but relax
Shut firm the mouth and silence remain
Empty your mind and think of nought
Like a hollow bamboo
Rest at ease your body
Giving not nor taking
Put your mind at rest
Mahamudra is like a mind that clings
To nought
Thus practicing in time you will
Reach Buhhahood
The Song of Mahmudra
Desire is a trap
Desire-less-ness is MOXA.
I have no scruple of change nor fear of death,
Nor was I ever born, Nor had I parents.
(back page)
India (Bharat) took me by the hand &
led me through the door
NOW
I am doing Sadhana
In a cabin in New Hampshire
The only battle is within!
Ashirbad (Blessings)
Shanti
Ram Dass*
*Dick Alpert
______________________________________________________________________________
Clearly, a new chapter was now in the works. A spiritual teacher had materialized. To be continued.
The story has no beginning but one chapter tells of involvement with collegiate political rabble-rousers who advocated laissez-faire everything and ingested psycho-tropic substances, often with the intent of attempting to explore the depths and boundaries of the human mind, yet continuing with the same intellectual and spiritual compromises. It was 1966. I had been ritualistically ingesting peyote for 5 years before I first took LSD. In one eight hour period, LSD doubled the sum total of the psychedelic spiritual experiences I had had in the past five years. The senses and sensibilities were taking on new meaning; the rational mind was going into retirement, or at least, time out.
Our little group had founded the Alliance of Libertarian Activists (ALA) in response to the Right-wing Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) and Left-wing Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). We focused our activities on the University of California-Berkeley campus. First we sponsored a talk and discussion entitled “Fuck Communism, A Right-wing Case for Sexual Freedom.” It drew a small but appreciative audience but we wanted a bigger presence. What could we do?
The idea was fairly collective. I don’t know how we got our speaker or who scheduled the lecture hall. I do remember showing up early to meet and greet our guest, Richard Alpert, Ph.D, formerly of Harvard University, now unemployed psychedelic advocate extraordinaire and first such type of speaker invited onto the Berkeley Campus. Our little organization had achieved stardom!
I was looking at a tall, lanky 35 year old with dishwater curly blond hair, a white, puffy-sleeved Mexican wedding shirt and multi-colored checkered pants. Visually pleasant if you’re ‘trippin’’ on acid. I was. Later that year, I too adopted the practice of dressing as if everyone I encountered might be in an expanded state of consciousness and would appreciate good visuals.
He did not look like a 1966 college professor. Well, maybe he looked like a college professor who had been fired by Harvard for the crime of advocating expanded consciousness. Everything seemed pretty “far-out,” and I couldn’t figure out if it was his vibe, his attire or my current state of mind. I had a very strong urge to talk with him. After his presentation, he agreed to talk with me privately.
I do not know what Dick Alpert addressed in the auditorium. I was in an altered state. Afterwards, we went for a walk and talked. My previous psychedelic experiences had been deep and far reaching, in very foreign terrain and unguided. Now I was on a guided journey with an older brother. Primarily he assisted me reaching into myself for deeper self-awareness. He endorsed my looking into my own mirror to see the light and recognize how I was casting the shadows on my own mental and spiritual landscape. We talked of consciousness and family and the role and goal of the visionary or scout; the potential and the ability to respond to an ever new moment. We talked for hours.
He returned to New Hampshire where he lived, I returned to my family and continued with my studies and inner journey. We corresponded occasionally and he continued to offer insights to my questions.
One day I was on a psychedelic journey and I was very much in my head with the “Who am I?” “What if……” “Is there any sense to this or any experience?” Thinking and wondering and trying to figure out what life is all about, I wandered out into the yard and stood staring at a young maple tree, a sapling. It spoke to me and said, “I am. Be. All is complete and perfect. Be.” As they say, it blew my mind.
As that experience settled in, I wrote a letter to Dick and shared my “burning bush” experience.
Months went by and I did not hear from him. That was unusual and I thought, “Oh boy, I went over the deep end and he is putting distance between us.” Actually, I really did not feel abandoned. I had confidence in him and in our relationship and I told myself to be patient and to remember the sage advice of the maple tree. Sometime later, I heard that he gone off to Africa or India or someplace exotic, probably in search of psychotropic substances.
It was about a year and a half later when the letter arrived. The handwriting and the Franklin, New Hampshire postmark told me who it was from. I was wrong, it wasn’t from Dick Alpert.
The 5 1/2 x 8 sheet of golden rod colored paper had gold ink writing on it. Close examination revealed Sanskrit beautifully written all over it. The letter was written in black ink. At the top, he had drawn the OM symbol. The letter read:
(front page)
Tom
“Difficulty at the beginning works
Supreme success,
Furthering Through perseverance"
I Ching
Do nought with the body but relax
Shut firm the mouth and silence remain
Empty your mind and think of nought
Like a hollow bamboo
Rest at ease your body
Giving not nor taking
Put your mind at rest
Mahamudra is like a mind that clings
To nought
Thus practicing in time you will
Reach Buhhahood
The Song of Mahmudra
Desire is a trap
Desire-less-ness is MOXA.
I have no scruple of change nor fear of death,
Nor was I ever born, Nor had I parents.
(back page)
India (Bharat) took me by the hand &
led me through the door
NOW
I am doing Sadhana
In a cabin in New Hampshire
The only battle is within!
Ashirbad (Blessings)
Shanti
Ram Dass*
*Dick Alpert
______________________________________________________________________________
Clearly, a new chapter was now in the works. A spiritual teacher had materialized. To be continued.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Meditation Classes
"Enhancing the Spiritual Journey": classes on sound, silence, prayer and meditation at Natural Life Therapy Clinic, 443 N. New Ballas Rd, #224, St. Louis 63141.
(314)991-6035
Thursday Jan 12 & Jan 19, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
(314)991-6035
Thursday Jan 12 & Jan 19, from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Video Suggestions: Meridian Points in Acupuncture
Dr. Duckworth recommends this one from YouTube, compliments of Dr. Andrew Ling. It's part of his "Acupuncture Understood" series and features "Meridian Points in Acupuncture."
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Gratitude 2011
2011 is coming to a close. For many it has been a challenging year, and we are grateful to all of you who have involved us in helping you to recover your health and to be part of your healing.
There have been many hardships across the world over the past couple years. There has been much talk over the years of the coming of 2011-2012 and what that may mean for the world. There are those that believe that this will be a time of serious physical change on our planet, perhaps even the occurrence of more catastrophic events. Of course, none of us ever know what may transpire, but we at Natural Life Therapy, tend to focus on the notion of a beginning shift of consciousness merging the material and spiritual worlds, causing the greater possibility of personal, communal and global change and healing.
So as we head into the winter of 2012 we wish for all of you much peace and continued healing and it is our plan to continue to offer you and your families the highest standard of Meridian Acupuncture care. In the most recent edition of our favorite professional journal, North American Journal of Oriental Medicine, Dr. Duckworth and I each had an article published about our journeys through apprenticeship training. I personally am experiencing deep gratitude for having been shown the way of the medicine by my teacher, Thomas Duckworth.
As the cold rapidly ascends on us, check out our recipes on our website (www.nltclinic.com), especially Dr. Duckworth’s informative article on the medicinal uses of ginger, a miso soup recipe as well as Winter Root Soup, a recipe from one of my wife’s favorite cookbooks, Nourishing Traditions.
Stay tuned for continual classes offered at Natural Life Therapy Clinic sponsored by the Institute of American Acupuncture and Life Medicine:
On the first and third Thursday evenings of each month, IAALM will provide an on-going practice “Enhancing the Spiritual Journey”. (6:30pm-7:30pm)
On the second Thursday evening of each month, lessons and discussions on Self-Health Care will be provided. (6:30pm-7:30pm)
The fourth Thursday evening of each month IAALM will continue with its “Oriental Medicine Roundtable” continuing education activities approved by the National Commission on Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). (Hours from 6:30pm-8:00pm) The approved courses will also be listed on the IAALM website (www.iaalm.org).
On the second Saturday of the month before clinic we will be offering again ‘Stress Arrest’(learning and practicing getting quiet with breath, sound, and self- handwork). Hours from 8:30am-9:15am.
And, of course, we continue with the celebration of cosmic consciousness, Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony, on the Sunday closest to the 23rd of each month at 10am. This coming month it will be held on January 22, 2012. Please visit our blogsite (www.naturallifetherapy.blogspot.com) for ongoing articles, videos, discussions, class schedules and updates.
Lastly, as we move into the New Year, keep in mind that healing takes time, perseverance and patience. We often make our healing process too complicated, so don’t be afraid to trust your body and keep it simple. As Lao Tzu said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Wishing you all a very Happy Holidays and New Year!
With gratitude,
Thomas E. Duckworth, DKM, L.Ac.
Jason R. Hackler, L.Ac.
Sharon Reed
There have been many hardships across the world over the past couple years. There has been much talk over the years of the coming of 2011-2012 and what that may mean for the world. There are those that believe that this will be a time of serious physical change on our planet, perhaps even the occurrence of more catastrophic events. Of course, none of us ever know what may transpire, but we at Natural Life Therapy, tend to focus on the notion of a beginning shift of consciousness merging the material and spiritual worlds, causing the greater possibility of personal, communal and global change and healing.
So as we head into the winter of 2012 we wish for all of you much peace and continued healing and it is our plan to continue to offer you and your families the highest standard of Meridian Acupuncture care. In the most recent edition of our favorite professional journal, North American Journal of Oriental Medicine, Dr. Duckworth and I each had an article published about our journeys through apprenticeship training. I personally am experiencing deep gratitude for having been shown the way of the medicine by my teacher, Thomas Duckworth.
As the cold rapidly ascends on us, check out our recipes on our website (www.nltclinic.com), especially Dr. Duckworth’s informative article on the medicinal uses of ginger, a miso soup recipe as well as Winter Root Soup, a recipe from one of my wife’s favorite cookbooks, Nourishing Traditions.
Stay tuned for continual classes offered at Natural Life Therapy Clinic sponsored by the Institute of American Acupuncture and Life Medicine:
On the first and third Thursday evenings of each month, IAALM will provide an on-going practice “Enhancing the Spiritual Journey”. (6:30pm-7:30pm)
On the second Thursday evening of each month, lessons and discussions on Self-Health Care will be provided. (6:30pm-7:30pm)
The fourth Thursday evening of each month IAALM will continue with its “Oriental Medicine Roundtable” continuing education activities approved by the National Commission on Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). (Hours from 6:30pm-8:00pm) The approved courses will also be listed on the IAALM website (www.iaalm.org).
On the second Saturday of the month before clinic we will be offering again ‘Stress Arrest’(learning and practicing getting quiet with breath, sound, and self- handwork). Hours from 8:30am-9:15am.
And, of course, we continue with the celebration of cosmic consciousness, Jizo Bosatsu Ceremony, on the Sunday closest to the 23rd of each month at 10am. This coming month it will be held on January 22, 2012. Please visit our blogsite (www.naturallifetherapy.blogspot.com) for ongoing articles, videos, discussions, class schedules and updates.
Lastly, as we move into the New Year, keep in mind that healing takes time, perseverance and patience. We often make our healing process too complicated, so don’t be afraid to trust your body and keep it simple. As Lao Tzu said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
Wishing you all a very Happy Holidays and New Year!
With gratitude,
Thomas E. Duckworth, DKM, L.Ac.
Jason R. Hackler, L.Ac.
Sharon Reed
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Clinic Holiday Hours
Please note some iterations to our clinic hours in coming weeks.
Dr. Thomas Duckworth will be offering limited hours on Friday, December 23 (9 a.m.-noon), then will not offer clinic hours through Monday, Dec. 26. Appointments resume on Tuesday, Dec. 27.
Jason Hackler will be out of the clinic from Friday, Dec. 23, through Wednesday, Dec. 28. He'll be available for appointments again on Thursday, Dec. 29.
There will be no weekend hours on Saturday, Dec. 31, or Sunday, Jan. 1. Hours will resume on a normal schedule on Monday, Jan. 2.
Dr. Thomas Duckworth will be offering limited hours on Friday, December 23 (9 a.m.-noon), then will not offer clinic hours through Monday, Dec. 26. Appointments resume on Tuesday, Dec. 27.
Jason Hackler will be out of the clinic from Friday, Dec. 23, through Wednesday, Dec. 28. He'll be available for appointments again on Thursday, Dec. 29.
There will be no weekend hours on Saturday, Dec. 31, or Sunday, Jan. 1. Hours will resume on a normal schedule on Monday, Jan. 2.
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