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This article has been tagged since November 2006. Stephen Russell, also known as the Barefoot Doctor, is a practitioner of Taoism, its medicine, philosophy, meditation practices and martial arts and "magic" system, or wu wei. He has studied under prominent Western practitioners such as R. D. Laing in addition to leading doctors of Chinese medicine. Taoism (Daoism) is the English name referring to a variety of related Chinese philosophical and religious traditions and concepts. ...
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R.D.Laing; photo credit Robert E. Haraldsen Ronald David Laing (October 7, 1927–August 23, 1989), was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness and particularly the experience of psychosis. ...
His pseudonym is taken from the barefoot doctor system set up by Mao Zedong in China in 1965, where farmers were given basic medical training to bring health care into rural areas where urban-trained doctors were unwilling to settle. [1] Barefoot doctors (Chinese: 赤脚医生) were farmers who got basic medical training and worked in rural villages in China to bring health care to areas where urban-trained doctors would not settle. ...
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Russell ran his own private healing practice until 2001.
He has authored eleven books, including Barefoot Doctor's Handbook for the Urban Warrior, A Spiritual Survival Guide and Return of the Urban Warrior. Russel was a weekly columnist for The Observer for five years, and now runs a Taoist-based wisdom website. He performs talks, and is the organiser of a musical healing event, The Travelling Medicine Show. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
Russell has been a regular guest on London Live radio, as well as Channel 4's The Big Breakfast. He made in a series for BBC UK Style named "Barefoot Doctor" which aired in 2003. Lockkeepers Cottages, in Old Ford Lock, used as the studio for The Big Breakfast The Big Breakfast was a British light entertainment television show shown on Channel 4 each weekday morning from 28 September 1992 until 29 March 2002. ...
Controversy Russell's interpretation of traditional Chinese medicine has attracted criticism from the medical profession, for its unscientific application to Western ailments.[2][3]
In January 2007, Russell admitted to having sex with a number of his ex-patients, and becoming involved in inappropriate email exchanges with women who had met him through his healing website.[4]
Selected bibliography - Russell, S. (1998) Barefoot Doctor's Handbook for the Urban Warrior London: Piatkus
- Russell, S. (2005) Manifesto London: Element Books
- Russell, S. (1999) Barefoot Doctor's Guide to the Tao: A Spiritual Handbook for the Urban Warrior London: Three Rivers Press
- Russell, S. ( ) Dear Barefoot: The Wisdom of the Barefoot Doctor Atlantic Books: London
- Russell, S. (2004) Instant Enlightenment Element Books: London
- Russell, S. ( ) Handbook for Heroes: A Spiritual Guide to Fame & Fortune London: Londonbridge
- Russell, S. (2001) Barefoot Doctor's Handbook for Modern Lovers: A Spiritual Guide to Truly Amazing Love and Sex London: Broadway
References - ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4990242
- ^ http://www.healthwatch-uk.org/newsletterarchive/nlett45.html
- ^ http://www.healthwatch-uk.org/newsletterarchive/nlett43.html#barefoot
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,2000639,00.html
External links - Barefoot Doctor The Barefoot Doctor's Website
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