#166: Divination, Acupuncture + Wayfinding w/ Jonathan Hadas Edwards

About this episode

Michelle interviews Jonathan Hadas Edwards about his journey in divination, acupuncture, and Vedic Astrology.

In episode 166, Michelle interviews guest, Jonathan Hadas Edwards, LAc, on his journey of divination, working with the IChing, acupuncture, and what drew him to Vedic Astrology. We dive deep into how he started working with divination, how he integrates the IChing with his acupuncture patients, what a good acupuncture session looks like, scents and the sacred. His Wayfinding offerings, and his work with his wife, in the Heartward Sanctuary www.heartwardsanctuary.org About Jonathan H Edwards, LAc. Jonathan H Edwards, LAc. is an acupuncturist, herbalist and perpetual student of wisdom traditions. He holds a Bachelors in Religious Studies (Swarthmore College) and dual Masters in East Asian Medicine (NUNM) and Creative Writing (Warren Wilson College). Originally from New York City, Jonathan lived and studied in India and Nepal on a Fulbright Fellowship in 2008-9. While in Nepal he had a course-altering encounter with last-of-his-lineage Ayurvedic physician Keshab Laal, which inspired him to pursue traditional medicine seriously. Jonathan now lives at Heartward Sanctuary, an animist church org he co-founded with his wife, Julia Hartsell, in the North Carolina piedmont. Connect w/…

People in this episode

Host: Michelle Wong

Guest: Jonathan Hadas Edwards

Topics covered

• divination
• acupuncture
• IChing
• Vedic Astrology
• Wayfinding

Keywords

• Heartward Sanctuary
• traditional medicine
• herbalist
• wisdom traditions

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Wayfinding, acupuncture, IChing

Books & works: Masters, Set Your Own Sail

Places: LAc, New York City, India, Nepal, North Carolina

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