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The Apricot Grove

The Apricot Grove is a diverse, purpose-driven community of healthcare professionals, scholars, artists, and others committed to human transformation and global well-being through the study and preservation of traditional medical knowledge.

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Registration is open for Autumn Courses! 📢

Registration Is Open! Two Pathways into Neijing Nature-Based Medicine Both begin August 8, 2026 Live course begins 10:00am PDT · Early Start opens July 1 Greetings! We're excited to announce that enrollment is open for our autumn programs, The Wisdom of the Cosmos and Neijing Nature-Based Medicine: 2-Year Postgraduate Mentorship, both with Dr. Edward Neal. For those who've been patiently waiting, now is your opportunity to take the next steps forward. Whether you are a practitioner returning...

15 days ago • 3 min read

Upcoming in May Dr. Neal is speaking and teaching at TCM Kongress Rothenberg, there's a workshop in Ireland in late May, and registration for autumn is opening next week! Also check out the videos of Dr. Neal and students talking about classical medicine and NNBM. Reimagining Beauty: A Weekend Introduction to Neijing Nature-Based Medicine with Edward NealWest Cork, Ireland on May 30-31 The workshop in Rhode Island was wonderful! While it was considered an introductory course, participants...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read

Spring News A weekend workshop in Rhode Island, a name that reflects our educational model, and two programs opening for registration. Reimagining Beauty: A Weekend Introduction to Neijing Nature-Based Medicine with Edward NealRhode Island, April 25-26 If you've been curious about Neijing Nature-Based Medicine but haven't had a chance to study it directly, this weekend is a good place to begin. Reimagining Beauty is a 2-day introduction with Dr. Edward Neal, held at the Awaken Wholeness...

2 months ago • 2 min read

Rediscovering Beauty:A Weekend Introduction to Neijing Nature-Based Medicine with Edward Neal, MD Join Dr. Edward Neal for a two-day in-person immersion into the living roots of Chinese medicine. This workshop introduces Neijing Nature-Based Medicine, an approach drawn from the earliest sources of Chinese medical thought and grounded in more than twenty-five years of Classical Text Archeology. Together we will revisit the Huangdi Neijing, the foundational text of Chinese medicine, and explore...

3 months ago • 1 min read