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Flow Methods
Workshops, talks, and short practice methods given by me to enhance coherence and a sense of embodied flow. Many of the short methods come from my book, The Medicine of Flow.


Effortless Healing - Conversation and Experiential Workshop
Most of us have been taught that better health requires more effort -- discipline, optimization, and willpower. In this experiential workshop, hosted by The New School at Commonweal, a nonprofit long dedicated to health and the environment, Dr. Li guides you through a different way of healing: opening yourself to greater flow in the mind, heart, and body, and also observing patterns that may be keeping you stuck. After Dr. Li experienced a radical healing firsthand, she began


Presentation by Dr. Li: The Healing Potential of Triggers
Most of us try to avoid anything that triggers us at all costs. Especially if we have sensitive nervous systems. But what if triggers, approached consciously and incrementally, can be a source of deep healing? Cynthia Li, MD, gave this presentation for the World Consciousness Community (a global qigong community) to illuminate how, through embodied consciousness practices, triggering events can potentially contribute to deeper healing, rather than just keeping us in a trauma


May 2026: The Medicine of Flow
Any page I turned to offered me a gem of insight and instruction. I’ll turn to it again and again. — Anne Lamott, activist and NYT bestselling author of Bird by Bird Optimize your body’s innate healing abilities...in a seemingly effortless way. Are you one of the millions who suffer from chronic illness? Have you tried everything—conventional or alternative—only to find that you still aren’t healing? Do you struggle daily with anxiety, stress, or overwhelm? Most of us have be
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