title: Internal Alchemy: A New Perspective
author: Dr Bisong Guo
description: Dr Bisong Guo was born in China. She studied Western Medicine at Fuzhou Medical School before specialising in Classical Chinese Medicine (CCM). She is a Qi Gong master, having studied for over three decades with Buddhist Qi Gong masters and Daoist monks in remote mountainous regions of China. Dr Guo has lectured on Daoism and Chinese Medicine extensively in the UK, continental Europe, Australia and the USA and still travels widely overseas conducting seminars and workshops and teaching Qi Gong. She is the founding director of the Shen Foundation and Classical Chinese Medicine Society, dedicated to the healing and transformation of humanity. As an executive member and UK Ambassador for the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS), Dr Guo is currently collaborating with the World Health Organisation (WHO) for further development of CCM. She is also involved in health and wellbeing leadership training, international cultural exchange projects and in the development of innovation in community healthcare including the design and implementation of digital health networks. Deeply concerned with the welfare of the planet, she is engaged with climate change and sustainability issues, including local movements such as Transition Town Forres, and the international disaster prevention initiative, the Hanwang Forum. Dr. Guo is the author of Listen to Your Body  the Wisdom of the Dao (co-authored with Dr Andrew Powell), with editions in English, Thai, Italian and Chinese.
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  # The Alchemy of Us
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # The Alchemy of Us
  
  
  # How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
  
  
  Ainissa Ramirez
  
  
  The MIT Press
  
  
  Cambridge, Massachusetts | London, England
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  © 2020 Ainissa Ramirez
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any
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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  
  Names: Ramirez, Ainissa, 1969– author.
  
  
  Title: The alchemy of us : how humans and matter transformed one another /
  
  
  Ainissa Ramirez.
  
  
  Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2020. | Includes
  
  
  bibliographical references and index.
  
  
  Identifiers: LCCN 20190291