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Welcome to Yellow Court Conversations
This is a long-form conversation style podcast about all-things Daoism.
Our conversations and interviews will discuss ancient and modern Daoist wisdom teachings, universal understandings, seasonal longevity and healing traditions, spiritual practices, relationship guidance and profound insights on walking an authentic and meaningful path - however, you choose to your walk it.
Michael Smith has been a formal student and practitioner of Daoism for 40 years. Dr. Smith has practiced and taught Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 30 years. Michael is passionate about sharing skills like Daoist meditation and Qi Gong with people suffering from chronic illness, trauma, and addiction.
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Welcome to Yellow Court Conversations
This is a long-form conversation style podcast about all-things Daoism.
Our conversations and interviews will discuss ancient and modern Daoist wisdom teachings, universal understandings, seasonal longevity and healing traditions, spiritual practices, relationship guidance and profound insights on walking an authentic and meaningful path - however, you choose to your walk it.
Michael Smith has been a formal student and practitioner of Daoism for 40 years. Dr. Smith has practiced and taught Traditional Chinese Medicine for over 30 years. Michael is passionate about sharing skills like Daoist meditation and Qi Gong with people suffering from chronic illness, trauma, and addiction.
Please rate and review!
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Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
Is your Qi stuck, or is it waiting for something?
Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
Tuesday Apr 07, 2026
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After 30 years of practicing Acupuncture, I would like to share some insights about ‘stuck Qi.’
Qi Stagnation can cause poor circulation or is due to poor circulation. The Circulatory function of Qi is the most important for your health, because it is the easiest to assess. The more Qi stagnation develops, the more pain, fatigue, and depression can occur. For both patients and clinicians, the urgency is to find out why.
For example, Liver Qi Stagnation affects the movement of your blood, bile, enzymatic transformation (a function of Qi), and every nutrient getting where it needs to go. If your Liver Qi is stuck, your emotional adaptability can also become disoriented. This directs everyone’s focus to the Liver (of TCM) but may distract us from a whole-body stagnation that is waiting for something essential to change.
Qi needs to move, but Qi cannot move alone.
There is another aspect of Qi that brings up images of someone glowing in the dark, or radiating some kind of energy, or spiritual light. Which all animals do, in a way. The question, for both Qi skeptics and Qi enthusiasts, can a person’s Qi become more radiant?
Today, I would like to prove that both are true. Qi needs to function as circulation and as a warming and activating ‘glow’. It turns out, this kind of measurable radiance can be cultivated in the most common-sense way imaginable.
But your Qi is waiting for something…

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