Join us and embark on a life-changing journey into the world of healing and lifestyle medicine. Join us as we engage our international healing community, where like-minded individuals come together to connect, learn, and enhance their passion for service and learning. Each episode brings you handpicked lessons and insights from our community, offering inspiration and practical insights for your healing and education journey. For people of all levels, you'll easily find the content that reson ...
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Tong Ren Podcasts
Welcome to The Photo Vault. Our host, Lukas Birk, takes you on a voyage filled with exclusive on sight interviews featuring renowned artists who draw inspiration from vernacular photography, collectors who have dedicated their lives to amassing incredible troves of images, and curators who curate exhibitions that bridge the gap between past and present. The Photo Vault steps into a hidden world filled with forgotten snapshots, dusty family albums, and gems of visual history to be uncovered. ...
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Healing Carpal Tunnel Naturally: Evidence-Based Relief Methods
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In this episode, Joseph Lucier, AOBTA, shares the techniques to help with carpal tunnel and ideally, eliminate any surgery. Common sense teaches us not to cut off one's finger if you have finger pain; simply support the area to recover naturally with the abundant resources of our own bodies. For carpal tunnel, the median nerve passes through the wr…
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Tongren Energy Healing for Brain Cancer Recovery
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Discover how ancient wisdom meets modern understanding as Joseph Lucier explains the science behind cancer development, referencing Dr. Otto Warburg's groundbreaking research on hypoxia and cellular metabolism. Learn about proven holistic therapies, including the Gerson Technique, Budwick Diet, and Wigmore programs that focus on restoring the body'…
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Breaking Free from Asthma: Tong Ren for Respiratory Health
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In this episode, Joseph Lucier gives his own testimony of resolving his asthma and also how the Tong Ren therapy, accompanied by a simple laser, can actually greatly support asthma. Joseph challenges the mainstream understanding of asthma by using drug-free choices such as breathing techniques, resistance breathing, herbal remedies, and Tong Ren di…
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The Science of Intention: Tong Ren, Quantum Energy, Biophotons, and Distance Healing Explained
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In this episode Joseph Lucier takes listeners deep into the world of distance healing, exploring how Tong Ren therapy helps unblock the body's bioelectrical flow—particularly along the spine—using only intention and focused energy. Joseph compares and contrasts several distance healing modalities, including Reiki, cranial sacral therapy, and crysta…
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Integrative Healing Strategies and Tong Ren Distance Healing for Advanced Prostate Cancer
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In this episode, Joseph Lucier shares the inspiring story of a man diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer in 2019 who has remained stable and thriving through 2025, thanks to an integrative approach that blended conventional, naturopathic, nutritional, and energetic healing. Joseph details the multi-faceted healing journey that included Tong Ren di…
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CHANTAL RENS - cut glue stick combine Vernacular collage art
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In this episode, we hear from an artist who, according to reliable sources, is BIG IN JAPAN—Dutch artist Chantal Rens. Her lifelong obsession with collecting has shaped her into a collage artist creating surrealist images brimming with fantasy and a hint of desire. What she desires, we’ll uncover in this conversation. A favorite quote: “If people s…
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Healing with Oxygen: How Tong Ren Therapy Supports Natural Cancer Healing
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In this episode, Joseph Lucier dives into the powerful healing potential of Tong Ren distance therapy, with a special focus on cancer and oxygen deficiency. Joseph challenges the mainstream understanding of cancer, explaining that cancer is not a disease but a survival mechanism triggered by low oxygen levels in the body. He references the pioneeri…
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Gaining Traction: The Power of Consistency in Healing
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Joseph unpacks the powerful principle of traction and momentum—a cornerstone of successful healing through Tong Ren therapy. Far from a quick fix, Joseph emphasizes that healing is a process of repetition, conditioning, and unwavering consistency. He explains how just like training for a marathon, the body learns and adapts through steady practice,…
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Childhood Leukemia: How Tong Ren Gave One Family New Hope
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In this powerful and emotional episode, Joseph shares the inspiring story of a six-year-old girl battling leukemia and the unconventional path her family took when all traditional treatments had failed. After enduring intense medical procedures—including bone marrow transplants—the young girl entered hospice care. Refusing to give up hope, her moth…
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Tong Ren Distance Healing Transcends Allopathic Medicine
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In the debut episode of Tap into Tong Ren: Stories of Healing and Change, we explore the fascinating world of Tong Ren and its transformative impact on lives worldwide. In today's episode, we delve into the origins and science of this unique healing practice. We discuss the birth of Tong Ren and the pivotal figure behind it, Tom Tam—a skilled acupu…
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KURT TONG - books that inspire you / Bram Stoker / Mike Flanagan / Philip Pullman
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Welcome to the Photo Vault, featuring books that inspire you! Today, we’re exploring the work of one of my favorite storytellers in the form of a photo book that uses a lot of vernacular photography—Kurt Tong. Listen to this episode to gain insight into why he values these three bodies of work. Dracula - Bram Stoker The Haunting of Bly Manor - Mike…
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ROY NG - neo-colonialism / cultural agenda / photography
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In this episode, I take you to Singapore, where I attended the Singapore International Photo Festival with the Myanmar Photo Archive. During my time there, I met Roy Ng, a curator at the National Gallery Singapore. Our conversation quickly turned into a deep dive into the evolving cultural landscape of Singapore—how the city-state is positioning it…
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CHIARA CAPODICI - Creating accessibility for photo books
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In this episode of The Photo Vault, we speak with the wonderfully insightful Chiara Capodici about her experience in the photobook world. From the "mythical times" in Europe 20 years ago to today's bookselling landscape, portfolio reviews, and photobook publishing, Chiara shares her journey and perspectives. Chiara runs Leporello Books in Rome, Ita…
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CHANTAL RENS - books that inspire you: Diekman Miep / Hans van der Meer / Roland Topor
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We all need inspiration, and books can certainly provide it. Today, we explore some wonderfully unusual inspirations from Dutch collage artist Chantal Rens. Her book selections stem from her deep love for animals. Discover more through her descriptions, and see links to the books she discusses below: Mijn lama, Diekman Miep Counting sheep Hans van …
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KURT TONG - archives, fiction and other storytelling
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Meet Kurt Tong, an award-winning photographer and storyteller who has crafted some of the finest narratives in recent years, blending archival and vernacular photographs with personal storytelling. In our conversation, he gives a very honest account of why he left photojournalism and how to rethink your goals as an artist. Enjoy this conversation! …
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CHIARA CAPODICI - 3 Books that inspire you: Sebastian Bruno / Ciro Battiloro / Roberto Calasso
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3 Books That Inspire You Today with Chiara Capodici, who runs Leporello Books in Rome. Chiara brings a deeply philosophical approach to photobooks and bookmaking. Tune in to hear about her two current favorite photobooks and her all-time favorite author. She recommends the following books and authors Tara - Sebastian Bruno Silence is a gift - Ciro …
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WAR & PEACE - REVU issue 2 - The Vernacular Social Club
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This episode of The Photo Vault accompanies the latest edition of REVU magazine, titled War & Peace. REVU is the Vernacular Social Club’s print outlet, covering a variety of subjects. Although there is much to say on War & Peace, this episode was not easy to create. We decided to touch on a few aspects of War & Peace in photography and in general. …
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ARLES Les Rencontres de la photographie - Report on photo books
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In this episode, you will follow Lukas as he explores the photobook world at Les Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles, a fantastic photo festival in the south of France that has been running since 1970. Lukas talks to publishers, artists, fair organizers, and bookshop owners about the festival, the book market, and how the photobook has evolved in…
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Cemre Yeşil Gönenli - 3 Books that inspired you / Sophie Calle / Alec Soth / Chien-Chi Chang
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In this episode of The Photo Vault, we receive book recommendations from the Istanbul-based artist Cemre Yeşil Gönenli. Her book choices are varied and full of emotional connections to her own journey of becoming a photo artist. Listen to her colourful stories of how books can inspire and change your perspectives. Listen also to a previous episode …
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In this Episode of The Photo Vault we are going to explore a very peculiar Vernacular Photo Festival in Italy. Gu.Pho. Our host Lukas went South to work on an exhibition of the Vernacular Social Club as well as an installation for his new book “A tiny visual history of the Moustache”. Gu.Pho festival, in the wonderful town of Guigla, about 40 minut…
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In this episode of The Photo Vault, we discuss with Dutch artist and editor Erik Kessels why it is important to have an opinion and dislike things, as well as why it is most important that young artists get paid. Erik is a prolific book and exhibition maker, known for his narrative creation through appropriated images. Take a look as well at Erik’s…
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Follow French editor and artist Thomas Sauvin on his journey from a Chinese language student to the collector and editor of an enormous archive that he continually augments from a dumpsite in Beijing. With his project, Beijing Silvermine, he has produced humorous and intelligent publications over the last 10 years, granting us access to a specific …
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Everyday imaging - the analogue and the digital realm
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In this episode, we delve into a talk event on Vernacular Photography that took place in November 2023. Our host, Lukas, was one of the speakers and has encapsulated a myriad of ideas, thoughts, and practices surrounding everyday imaging that were presented during the event. The talk was organized by the Eidolon Center in Budapest, a new institutio…
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Thweep Rittinaphakorn - learning about yourself through collecting
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In this episode, we meet Thweep Rittinaphakorn, also known as Ake, in Bangkok, and explore his collection of photographs from Myanmar during the colonial era. Ake is an expert in Myanmar textiles who ventured into collecting photography and released a photobook from a very different background. His collection is fascinating and multi-layered, as he…
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Annebella Pollen - rejects are the majority and why we should study packaging
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This episode of The Photo Vault prompts us to question the world around us by examining product packaging, which often reinforces and perpetuates stereotypical norms in various aspects of our lives. Our guest, Annebella Pollen, a professor of Visual and Material Culture, author of numerous books, and an avid collector, delves into some of her proje…
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Lucy Sante - on being a bilingual writer and how vernacular photography changed her life
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In this episode, we hear thoughts, ideas, and stories from writer, critic, educator, and artist Lucy Sante. She has a fascinating history and engagement with photography, writing on photography, and collecting. She has turned some of her collections into books and tells us about how she retrieved the photographs that went into titles such as 'Evide…
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Joachim Schmid - on authorship, Flickr and NOT collecting
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In this episode of The Photo Vault, we discuss with artist, photographer, and book publisher Joachim Schmid why he is not a collector but a gatherer. We also delve deep into computer history and Joachim’s first contact with Apple computers, as well as why he likes to create low-quality photobooks, explore Flickr, and engage in gardening. Joachim Sc…
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Natasha Christia - Three books that inspired you / Emmanuell Carrere / Ariella Azoulay
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In today's Three Books that inspired you special, we hear Greek curator and writer Natasha Christia talk about the important role of literature in her work and also what inspired her in theoretical writing. Her three recommendations are: Emmanuel Carrère Ariella Azoulay - the civil contract of photography / potential history: unlearning imperialism…
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Cemre Yeşil Gönenli - seeking the hidden in photography and being an artist in todays Istanbul
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In this episode, we are meeting with Cemre Yeşil Gönenli, an Istanbul-born and -based artist, photographer, and educator. She gives us insight into her quest for finding the invisible through photography, by looking at what cannot be seen in images. Cemre also talks about the current difficult situation for artists in Turkey and why inflation makes…
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Erik Kessels - Three Books that inspired you
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In our first Three Books that inspired you special we asked Dutch artist Erik Kessels about photo-books that enriched his way of thinking The books are: Chantal Rens - YOU RUN AROUND TOWN LIKE A FOOL AND YOU THINK THAT IT'S GROOVY, published by PANTOFLE BOOKS, 2916 Christian Boltanksi, KADISH. Paris: Musée d'Art Modern; München: Gina Kehayoff Verla…
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Geoffrey Batchen on vernacular photography and appreciating the banal
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In this episode, we have the great pleasure to meet with Professor Geoffrey Batchen, an expert in the history of photography. He has taught in his native Australia, the United States, and currently holds a position at Oxford in the UK as a professor of the history of art. He has curated exhibitions in renowned institutions such as the ICP in New Yo…
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[Version française] Inauguration du Vernacular Social Club et du journal REVU
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Nous publions, donc nous existons ! Voici le premier épisode de The Photo Vault. Découvrez la proposition éditoriale de ce podcast, ainsi que la façon de vous engager auprès du Vernacular Social Club, votre plateforme dédiée à la photographie vernaculaire, aux archives photographiques, aux collections et aux livres de photos. Dans cette introductio…
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Inauguration of the Photo Vault & definition of what Vernacular Photography is
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We publish; therefore, we exist! This is our first episode of The Photo Vault. Find out what to expect from this podcast in the future, as well as how to engage with the Vernacular Social Club, your platform for Vernacular Photography, Archives, Collecting, and Photo-books. In this introduction, you will hear the voices of collector, editor, and ar…
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