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Seven Rivers of Healing

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Part 1: What are the Seven Rivers?

Video: Seven Rivers of Healing Introduction (1:52)
What are the Seven Rivers?
First, Do No Harm
Part 1, Self-Study Questions and Projects

Part 2: How to Use the Seven Rivers

How to Use the Seven Rivers
Not All Rivers are Equal
These Rivers Flow Both Ways
A Brief Tour of the Seven Rivers
Part 2: Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 1

Part 3: The Spring

The Spring
Part 3: Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 2

Part 4: What are the Three Traditions of Healing?

The Three Traditions Are Ways of Thinking, Not Acting...
The Scientific Tradition
The Heroic Tradition
The Wise Woman Tradition
Part 4: Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 3

Part 5: Nourishment

Nourishment is...
I See the Wise Woman
Part 5: Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 4

Part 6: The Great Divide

The Seven Rivers Can Work Together
Active Ingredients
Rivers of Green
Strong Actions, Strong Interactions
Part 6: Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 5
A Recipe for You: Invisible Seaweed

Part 7: The First River of Healing, Embrace Emptiness

Embrace Emptiness
Video: The First River of Healing: Embrace Emptiness (0:57)
Is It Safe To Do Nothing?
Some Ways to Embrace Emptiness
Part 7: Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 6

Part 8: The First River of Healing, Embrace Emptiness

Silent Waters Flow Deep
Alone in the River
Beyond Time
Part 8: Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 7

Part 9: The First River of Healing, Embrace the Emptiness

The Fullness of Emptiness
Healthy Chaos
Part 9: Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 8

Part 10: The First River of Healing, Embrace the Emptiness

Perfectly Empty
Embrace Emptiness
In the First River of Healing
Part 10: Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 9

Part 11; The Second River of Healing, Investigate Options

Video: The Second River: Investigate Options (1:08)
Investigate Options
Part 11: Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 10

Part 12: The Second River of Healing, Investigate Options

Collect Information; Encounter Wisdom
The Second River Has Two Branches
Part 12: Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 11

Part 13: The Second River of Healing, Investigate Options

Non-invasive Diagnosis
Become Your Own Expert
Part 13; Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 12
A True Story from the Second River

Part 14: The Second River of Healing, Investigate Options

The Problem is the Diagnosis; The Diagnosis is the Problem
Part 14: Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 13

Part 15: The Second River of Healing, Investigate Options

Time Limit Please
The Surest Diagnostic Tool
Share What You've Learned
A World of Non-Invasive Diagnosis
Diagnosis to Avoid
Part 15, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 14

Part 16: The Third River of Healing, Restore Energetic Connections

Video: Restore Energetic Connections (0:55)
Restore Energetic Connections
The Image
Entering the Third River of Healing
In the Third River of Healing
Part 16, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 15

Part 17: The Third River of Healing, Restore Energetic Connections

You Don't Believe in That Stuff Do You?
What is Energy?
Part 17, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 16

Part 18: The Third River, Restore Energetic Connections

Don't Get Carried Away
Whose Energy is It?
Part 18, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 17

Part 19: The Third River of Healing, Restoring Energetic Connections

Vibrational Healing
Part 19, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 18

Part 20: The Third River of Healing, Restore Energetic Connections

What Can Energy Do?
Part 20, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 19

Part 21:The Third River of Healing, Restore Energetic Connections

Experience Healing Ritual
Touch the Energy
Part 21, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 20

Part 22: The Third River of Healing, Restore Energetic Connections

Free the Energy
The Power of the Placebo
Part 22, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 21

Part 23: The Fourth River of Healing, Strengthen and Feed Health

Video: Strengthen and Feed Health (0:46)
Strengthen and Feed Health
What are Tonics? What is Nourishment?
Part 23, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 22

Part 24: The Fourth River of Healing, Strengthen and Feed Health

Set a Time Limit
Strengthen and Feed Wholeness
Tonics Build Strength and Flexibility
Part 24, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 23

Part 25: The Fourth River of Healing, Strengthen and Feed Health

Drumming
Some Tonic Therapies
Herbal Tonics
Part 25, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 24

Part 26: The Fourth River of Healing, Strengthen and Feed Health

Drown Your Stress in the Fourth River
Laugh Yourself Silly, Remember to Cry
Part 26, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 25

Part 27: The Fourth River of Healing, Strengthen and Feed Health

Feeding Builds Substance and Stamina
The Spirit of the Food
Whole Foods, Whole People; Real Foods, Real Health
Part 27, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 26

Part 28: The Fourth River of Healing, Strengthen and Feed Health

What's for Dinner?
Part 28, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 27

Part 29: The Fourth River of Healing, Strengthen and Feed Health

Stories Strengthen and Feed us in Many Ways
Nourishing Herbal Infusions
Project 29, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 28

Part 30: The Fourth River of Healing, Strengthen and Feed Health

A Word to the Wise (Beware!)
Part 30, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 29

Part 31: The Fifth River of Healing, Incite Strong Responses

Video: The Gap (0:53)
Video: Incite Strong Responses (1:01)
We Want to be Excited
Part 31, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 30

Part 32: The Fifth River of Healing, Incite Strong Responses

Wise Woman Favorites from the Fifth River
What's the Harm in a Little Excitement?
Just "One Cup"?
Part 32, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 31

Part 33: The Fifth River of Healing, Incite Strong Responses

This is Really Medicine
Use a Scale
Part 33, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 32

Part 34: The Fifth River of Healing, Incite Strong Responses

Stimulant? Tonic? Herbalists Confused
A Scale of Herbal Sedatives
A Scale of Herbal Stimulants
Part 34, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 33

Part 35: The Fifth River of Healing, Incite Strong Responses

Heat Relieves Pain
Relieve Menstrual Cramps
Part 35, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 34

Part 36: The Fifth River of Healing, Incite Strong Responses

Acupuncture
Addiction
Contrived Foods
Part 36, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 35

Part 37: The Sixth River of Healing, Take Pills

Video: Take Pills (0:54)
Take Pills
What is a Pill?
Part 37 Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 36

Part 38: The Sixth River of Healing, Take Pills

A Pill for Your Problem
Problems with Pills
Part 38, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 37

Part 39: The Sixth River of Healing, Take Pills

Hierarchy of Harm
Part 39, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 38

Part 40: The Sixth River of Healing, Take Pills

Nutritional Supplements and the Sixth River
Supplements Problematic
Isolation: The Whole is the Active Part
Part 40, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 39

Part 41: The Sixth River of Healing, Take Pills

Taking Pills? Take Precautions
Part 41, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 40

Part 42: The Seventh River of Healing, Destroy Obstacles

Video: Destroy Obstacles (0:38)
Destroy Obstacles
Part 42, Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 41

Part 43: The Seventh River of Healing, Destroy Obstacles

Fear
Violent and Dangerous
Part 43 Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 42

Part 44: The Seventh River of Healing, Destroy Obstacles

Diagnosis
Quick Fixes
Part 44 Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 43

Part 45: The Seventh River of Healing, Destroy Obstacles

You're So Pretty
The Heroic Tradition
Radiation
Part 45 Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 44

Part 46: The Seventh River of Healing, Destroy Obstacles

The Seventh River as a Metaphor
Safety First in the Seventh River
Part 46 Self-Study Questions and Projects
Answers from Part 45
Answers from Part 46

The Seven Rivers of Healing: A Personal Experience

Susun uses the Seven Rivers

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Bonus: Articles for You

Article: Spirit and Practice of the Wise Woman Tradition
Article: Nutrition
Article: Herbal Medicine is People's Medicine

Bonus: Audios for You

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Audio: Listening to Our Bodies: Story Medicine

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