May is a month of connection, connection with family, with learning, and with the path I continue to walk. Once again, I returned to Guangzhou, continuing a journey that first began last year.
My deepest gratitude goes to Professor Tang and Director Huang, Head of the Acupuncture Department, whose thoughtful arrangements gave me the invaluable opportunity to continue shadowing the masters at the Acupuncture Department of Nanfang Hospital (1). During this visit, I had the privilege of learning directly from Director Huang, Professor Wang, Director Yang, Professor Li, and Professor Zhao throughout their clinical sessions. Each of these remarkable teachers guided me with patience and generosity, sharing not only their techniques, but also the wisdom and spirit behind their practice.
Although I am already a qualified Chinese Medicine practitioner, this experience reminded me that true learning has no end. The deeper one enters this field, the more one realises how much there still is to understand.
What moved me most profoundly was not only the exquisite needling techniques I observed, but the essence that animated them. In every consultation and every gesture, there was calmness, precision, compassion, and quiet confidence. These masters transformed each clinic day into something far beyond technical instruction, it became a living lesson in humanity, presence, and healing. Their way of practicing wove together rigour and gentleness, discipline and warmth, inspiring not only the mind, but also the heart.
I am equally grateful to Director Huang for trusting me with the opportunity to share my own knowledge and experience with a group of bright young interns. Teaching them became a meaningful reminder that learning is never one-sided. In guiding others, I found myself learning again, with renewed humility, reflection, and joy. That exchange of knowledge, and the passing forward of experience, became a gift for all of us.
This journey was never solely about acupuncture. It was also about humility, connection, and becoming a little wiser, not only as a practitioner, but as a person.
To everyone who guided, supported, and inspired me during this time, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Reference:
1) Nanfang Hospital:
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