Publications

May 2026: The Medicine of Flow

Cynthia Li has written a second book on healing from within that is just as profound and intimate as her first, Brave New Medicine. 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

Books

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Dr. Li on The Dr. Hyman Show: Doctor Heals Her Autoimmune Illness (Brave New Medicine)

3.4M+ views, and still creating ripples... What do you do when you have a debilitating chronic illness and the medical system you've dedicated your life to has no answers? For many, this leads to a feeling of learned helplessness, being punted from one doctor to the next only to be told your tests are "normal." In this powerful and personal conversation, Dr. Mark Hyman talks with Dr. Cynthia Li, a conventionally trained internist who found herself on the other side of the ste

Cynthia Li

Feb 121 min read

May 2026: The Medicine of Flow

Cynthia Li

Jan 271 min read

Awakin with Rollin McCraty, PhD: Heart Coherence Science and Practice

Awakin Calls is an initiative of ServiceSpace, a global, all volunteer-run community dedicated to inner change and outer service. In Awakin Calls, we engage in deep conversations with individuals gently shaking the world, and inspiring us to transformative action. What If the Heart Knows Before the Mind? A Deep Dive Into Heart Coherence The heart is by far the master rhythm maker in the body. Think of the heart as the conductor, and the body is the music it's playing. If the

Cynthia Li

Feb 112 min read

Intuition: The Lost Art of Medicine (And How To Get It Back)

I used to be a total skeptic when it came to intuition. Having grown up in Texas in an evangelical community, then going through western medicine training, I would say that my “gut feeling,” if I had one, was to steer clear of any such practices. The Other Kind of Knowing The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung defined intuition as a method of perception drawn from inner or imaginative experiences; this was in contrast with sensing, where information was drawn from the external wor

Cynthia Li

Feb 106 min read

Awakin with Mark Hyman, MD: Functional Medicine Visionary

Awakin Calls is an initiative of ServiceSpace, a global, all volunteer-run community dedicated to inner change and outer service. In Awakin Calls, we engage in deep conversations with individuals gently shaking the world, and inspiring us to transformative action. Reimagining Our Biology, Health, and the Process of Aging A physician, author, and public figure, Dr. Mark Hyman has been transforming Western medicine for 30 years. As a young man, he taught yoga and wandered Ti

Cynthia Li

Feb 83 min read

Awakin with Gangaji: Wisdom Teacher Invites Us to Stop Searching

Awakin Calls is an initiative of ServiceSpace, a global, all volunteer-run community dedicated to inner change and outer service. In Awakin Calls, we engage in deep conversations with individuals gently shaking the world, and inspiring us to transformative action. The Seeker Who Called Off the Search and Dares You to Do the Same This is an invitation to shift your allegiance from the activities of your mind to the eternal presence of your being. Born Merle Antoinette Robers

Cynthia Li

Feb 52 min read

Boost Your Immune System with Six Key Nutrients

When we think of infections or toxins or pollutants, we typically think of protecting ourselves. A rigid shield to protect us from the outside. While there's nothing wrong with this, a response of hypervigilance and alert can trigger the "fight or flight" stress mode which, if chronic, can suppress the immune system. Perhaps you get sick more often. Or your joints and muscles ache. Or your seasonal allergies are worse. Or you tire more quickly. These may be signs that the imm

Cynthia Li

Feb 43 min read

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

Cynthia Li

Feb 21 min read

Experiential Workshop with Dr. Li: Living in an Energy Universe

Cynthia Li, MD, offers these playful "Pure Consciousness in Daily Life" workshops for the World Consciousness Community (a global qigong community) as a way to integrate qigong theories and methods to transform your health, relationships, and day-to-day life. Although this workshop was given to support of students enrolled in ongoing courses, it can also support students new to coherence and qigong practices. ✨ In this talk, you'll learn about: • the common pitfalls of dee

Cynthia Li

Feb 21 min read

Awakin with Deo Niyizonkiza: Public Health and Peace Visionary

Awakin Calls is an initiative of ServiceSpace, a global, all volunteer-run community dedicated to inner change and outer service. In Awakin Calls, we engage in deep conversations with individuals gently shaking the world, and inspiring us to transformative action. Healing What Remains A young man arrives in the Big City with two hundred dollars in his pocket, no English at all, and memories of horror so fresh that he sometimes confuses past and present. When Deo first told

Cynthia Li

Jan 291 min read