Critical Mind, Embodied Spirit
Critical and compassionate enquiries into systems of mind, body, and spirit from the scientific and esoteric to the everyday. Barnaby Kent dives deep into subjects – from meditation to medicine, Yoga to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu – with accomplished practitioners who have already cut through the conceptual jungle so that you, the listener, can get straight to the practical essence of what actually works to transform yourself into a healthier, happier, more powerful person. Ancient traditions or modern methods are often inaccessible or clothed in cultural assumptions from another time and place. Critical Mind, Embodied Spirit is a mix of solo shows and interviews with the world’s leading experts that will hold your hand down the rabbit hole so that you – the 21st century seeker of health, power, and reality – can unpick the conceptual confusion to personally embody universal truths. Hit the subscribe button and get ready to enrich your life.
Critical Mind, Embodied Spirit
What on Earth is Qi? - The Physiological Perspective - Part 2
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Barnaby Kent
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Season 1
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Episode 5
#005 – Qi and modern science are surely contradictory, right? Qi can’t be found by modern physiologists after all. Following the clues in the ancient texts of traditional Chinese medicine, the mysterious qi molecule has finally been discovered! It’s called… adenosine triphosphate. You might be wondering what plain old ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the molecular currency of energy in the body, has to do in a story about a magical power called Qi. In this episode, Barnaby Kent guides you down the rabbit hole on a dense journey of discovery into the many different types of qi in the human body and how the modern, rational, English-speaking mind can relate to them as straightforward physiological processes.