A look at the Lightbody, the interconnected field of physical, energetic and emotional systems that acupuncture, Chinese medicine and sound healing all engage with, each in its own way. Drawn from a live Q&A with Sonic Harmony Sound Healing, this piece covers group energy fields, altered states, trauma and dissociation, and what this work can honestly offer for addiction, and where its limits are.

Steven Booth's account of how a back injury at twenty, one that made stairs impossible, led him into a twenty-year career in Chinese medicine. This piece explores what actually happens in a treatment: the physiology of needling, the real history behind "Traditional" Chinese Medicine, pulse diagnosis, the five elements, and why a good treatment can open an altered state. This journal grew from a conversation with Jacob Gossel on his podcast, Awake Aware Alive.

A look at Transpersonal Acupuncture and how the body stores not the event, but the posture you took toward it. Drawn from Steven Booth's clinical practice, this piece explores somatic memory, altered states, the nervous system, and why moments of safety can become places the body learns to return to. This journal grew from a conversation with Ben Cleaver on his podcast, Everyone Knows.

Can a tick bite give you a meat allergy? Yes, and Australia has among the highest rates of this condition in the world. A single bite from the eastern paralysis tick can permanently alter how your immune system responds to red meat, producing reactions that arrive hours later, often in the middle of the night. The standard advice is avoidance. There is more to the story than that.

There is a particular hour, usually before anyone else is awake, when you cross the kitchen barefoot and the tiles meet your soles like a small electric shock. You wince, you fill the kettle, you carry on. This piece is about what happens next — in your body, your blood, your sleep, and your mind — and why Chinese medicine has been paying attention to that moment for longer than most people realise.