Portland, Ore. is getting acupuncture?

The land is getting acupuncture...literally. Kind of a strange story, but also an interesting idea: giving the earth acupuncture. From the New York Post today:

"An Oregon man is trying to improve his city's chi by giving it acupuncture.

Adam Kuby drove a 23-foot needle into the ground by the Willamette River in Portland and plans to plant more all over town.

Kuby's theory goes like this: Acupuncture is proven to help people's vital energy, so why wouldn't it work on a city? He says it's a way to make residents see the city in a holistic way.

"It is a visual way of expressing what a lot of people already know," said Kuby. The city is "one organism, one body, one very complex, independent system.""

I always describe the acupuncture channels as rivers that contain qi and blood and qi stagnation as a dammed river, so this earth acupuncture makes sense to me. Hopefully, this project can
continue and produce some recognizable results. I'll keep you updated!

Here is a link to the artist's explanation.

posted by: Michael G. Pingicer, M.S., L.Ac.

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