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Play is the Process

Play is the Process

Posted on May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

Almost two decades ago, I traveled to a workshop at a retreat center in an old historic mansion in West Virginia. We lived and ate together for 5-days dong transformational work to heal our bodies, minds, and spirits. I returned many times over the years and formed deep friendships. Eventually, we started gathering together outside …Read More

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It wasn't fun anymore...

It wasn’t fun anymore…

Posted on February 27, 2025February 27, 2025 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

In 2018, I competed with one of my stories in the Toastmasters International Speech contest. Telling good stories is an essential part of giving speeches. While a speech concentrates on transmitting information and a message, the essence of story is to entertain with an often emotional journey. On the road to becoming the World Champion …Read More

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Play is more than fun ~ Stuart Brown

Play is more than fun ~ Stuart Brown

Posted on January 30, 2025January 30, 2025 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

Stuart Brown wrote the book on Play… literally. Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul by Stuart Brown “When we play, we are engaged in the purest expression of our humanity, the truest expression of our individuality… we feel most alive…” ~ Stuart Brown Play is a profound biological …Read More

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What is an invocation? ~ Join the online workshop

What is an invocation? ~ Join the online workshop

Posted on December 19, 2024January 7, 2025 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

What is an invocation? In its simplest form, it’s a request or a “calling in” of a desired outcome. How do you “call in” what you want in 2025? We all have a longing for something – for change, for love, for connection, for transformation, for success, for better health – but finding ways to …Read More

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Release and Renewal Retreat ~ Creating a Powerful Invocation

Release and Renewal Retreat ~ Creating a Powerful Invocation

Posted on October 26, 2024December 26, 2024 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

Join us this year and let us guide you in crafting a prayer and distilling it to its essence – as an invocation that will guide and inspire you in the new year – towards manifesting your soul’s dreams. Dr. Joel Ying and Suzanne Scurlock have been co-teaching the Release & Renewal Workshop for over …Read More

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Transforming Your Life Story

Transforming Your Life Story

Posted on October 29, 2023October 30, 2023 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

At some point while working full time as a hospitalist doctor nearly two decades ago, I began to feel thin. I remember standing outside leaving a meeting at the home of one of the other doctors. The day was sunny and warm, just before the start of the really hot summer in Florida. The heat …Read More

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Setting Intentions for 2023 ~ Online Workshop

Setting Intentions for 2023 ~ Online Workshop

Posted on December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” ~ Paulo Coelho As the year comes to a close, I look back at what I have accomplished. Then, I look forward, what do I want for this new year? The universe will help me to achieve it… “If you don’t …Read More

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Release & Renewal: January 2023

Release & Renewal: January 2023

Posted on November 25, 2022November 28, 2022 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

Are you feeling stuck? Get ready to release 2022… and step into 2023 with renewed energy. We’ve got something new planned. New processes to tune into the Wisdom areas to create an embodied prayer. New stories and ceremony to enter into sacred space and time together. “If you don’t know where you are going, any …Read More

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My Personal Prayer for 2022

My Personal Prayer for 2022

Posted on January 2, 2022January 3, 2022 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

On this second day of the new year, I step into the ritual of looking at the year ahead. I celebrate beginnings and endings in the same way that I marvel at the sunrise and the sunset, marking time with their beauty. Today, I sink into my intention for the year. From a place of …Read More

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New Year Intentions ~ New Normal

New Year Intentions ~ New Normal

Posted on December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

In March of 2019, with a pandemic looming on the horizon in the United States, I decided this was a good time to take a break. (I was determined to make the most of a strange situation. How long could this last anyway?) I rested, then I watched video courses on Storytelling from home. Then, …Read More

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