The Frolicking Fish Community

Join Leo Lok and Sabine Wilms for a delightful dip in a pond of monthly treats on Chinese medicine and culture!

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Our Vision

Originally conceived as Dr. Wilms’ “Imperial Tutor mentorship,” the collaboration with Leo Lok has shifted our focus: to respond more effectively and joyfully to the need of the current moment, we want to not just educate, but also play, connect, and express ourselves with curiosity and creativity. We want this to be a healing space for the Chinese medicine community!
Clinical Gems

We want to help you by advancing your clinical practice and expanding your tool chest! So we present you with clinical cases, diagnostic tricks, innovative therapeutic methods, and discussions of traditional knowledge that is otherwise not accessible in the West. In our unprecedented collaboration, we explore the limitless treasure house of Chinese medicine in contemporary and traditional Chinese medical texts, to share our most exciting discoveries, in alignment with the theme of the month.
Culture, Arts, Food, and Play

We both love food and care deeply about food as a powerful vehicle for joy and healing and connection. We also love to express ourselves creatively, have a deep appreciation for art and poetry, and happen to be into ecstatic dancing and other ways of making the Qi flow…. This is the part where we get to just frolic in the fountain of life, to replenish our Qi in community with you all. We so look forward to receiving your feedback as we invite you to dance and play with us.
Medical Chinese Dimsum

We also delight in sharing our knowledge of the Chinese language with you. So each month, we treat you to explorations of characters and phrases that are relevant to the theme of the month. Through these recordings, we aim to introduce you to the language and literature of traditional Chinese medicine.
Translation

One of Sabine’s favorite passions is translation. Paired with Leo’s limitless supply of “translation candy,” we will try hard to restrain ourselves and not overwhelm you with too many nerdy literal translation posts.
Moongate

On the first day of each lunar month (i.e. the New Moon), we invite you to enter the Qi of the month with a Dimsum cart full of delights. In each month’s “moongate” post, you learn about the associated earthly branch and zodiac animal, seasonal nodes and holidays, stories, art, quotes, and other pertinent cultural information. In this way, we honor the traditional Chinese calendar and situate ourselves in the macrocosm and our local microcosms.
A Virtual Teahouse

Our community provides a lovingly moderated, self-contained gathering place for practitioners, created specifically for the exchange of information and “healing Qi” between Leo and Sabine and all our members. Always open and ready to receive you, no matter where you are and what time it is in your part of the world, our online platform and asynchronous discussion forum is waiting for you, and we can’t wait to receive your questions, insights, cases, and additional resources.

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A sample of what you may find…

Membership Benefits

Develop, improve, and deepen your clinical practice of Chinese medicine by directly connecting to its origins and accessing rare classical materials in exclusive translations.
Every month, you receive a lovingly curated smorgasbord of original and exclusive recordings in audio and video format.
In addition to the recorded sessions, we also share written posts, for you to enjoy at your leisure and sit with. We bring you an array ranging from academic discussions to creative poetic expressions and even cooking recipes.
Live more closely and consciously aligned with the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, by learning about the Qi of each month and the associated earthly branch and zodiac animal in the monthly “Moongate” post, always published on the new moon, i.e. on the first day of the month in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. We also offer Sabine’s original translation of the 72 five-day “micro-seasons” and offer our own seasonal observations and life adjustments.
Become part of an active, engaged, supportive academically-oriented online community of critical thinkers and dedicated practitioners. Make friends and connections, learn and teach and exchange ideas, and get inspired by the work of your colleagues.
Gain a front-row seat, direct communication, and influence on the direction of the research, writing, and teaching by Sabine and Leo. You get to suggest passages of general interest for translation, topics for online lectures, interview partners for Tea Time Talks, and much more. We are here to serve you and so look forward to serving you!
Members of our Frolicking Fish Community receive 10% discounts on Leo’s and Sabine’s other offerings and exclusive invitations to live events.
Last but not least, please know that your membership provides essential consistent financial support that allows us to do the work we do with our free monthly “Pebble in the Cosmic Pond” podcast and other free offerings. As independent scholars and (in Sabine’s case) small publisher wIthout a lucrative clinical practice, your fees are our bread and butter. We take this relationship of mutual support very seriously and thank you from the bottom of our hearts because your support allows us to follow our passion in sharing the gems of Chinese medicine with a larger audience in the West.