Episode 70

The third of seven episodes in which I'm talking to health practitioner Piers Gardner about integral (or holistic) anatomy. We continue talking about non-western conceptions of "bio-energy" such as chi and prana before moving on to considering the language used to describe tension in the body (and how much of it is related to spring mechanics), then considering interdisciplinarity, medical anthropology and problems with thinking of the body (and mind) mechanistically.

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Some relevant links:

• ch'i/qi
• tai chi
• qi gong
• prana
• kundalini
• piezoelectricity generated by bone tissue
• Wilhelm Reich's theory of "orgone energy"
• spring mechanics
• collagen
• fascia
• reductionism
• University of Kent's original interdisciplinary vision
• medical anthropology
• bloodletting
• leeching
• medical use of mercury
• heart transplantation
• thatched barnacle (Tetraclita rubescens)