Cynthia Li's THE MEDICINE OF FLOW In-Store Event And Book Signing

Dr. Li shows how to cultivate flow, an inner state of harmony & energy efficiency, to combat health challenges, stress, and anxiety

Join us at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore on Monday, April 27 when Dr. Cynthia Li comes to the store to share her new book The Medicine of Flow: Harmonizing Your Inner State for Effortless Healing. Cynthia will be joined in conversation by April Dembosky and will sign copies of her book after the presentation.

Click here to preorder a copy of The Medicine of Flow.

Most of us have been taught that better health requires more effort — more discipline, optimization, and willpower. In The Medicine of Flow, Dr. Li offers a different path. Drawing from her own healing journey, modern science, and ancient wisdom, she reveals how embodied flow — a state of deep internal coherence — allows the body to restore itself, as if effortlessly. The result: lasting health and vitality that emerge not from pushing harder, but from finally getting out of your own way.

Are you one of the millions who suffer from chronic illness? Have you tried everything—conventional or alternative—only to find that you still aren’t healing? Do you struggle daily with anxiety, stress, or overwhelm? If so, you aren’t alone. If you’re looking for lasting relief, this empowering guide offers a cutting-edge, holistic, and synergistic approach to healing—one that works with your body rather than against it.

In this highly anticipated follow-up to her acclaimed memoir Brave New Medicine, Dr. Li shows you how to cultivate embodied flow—an inner state of physiological coherence, harmony, and energy efficiency essential for optimal health. Drawing from modern science alongside time-tested methods for healing—such as the ancient Chinese movement practice of qigong—she reveals how coherence can activate your body’s peak healing capacity and help you thrive amid life's inevitable challenges.

This book shows you how to support your physical and mental health while doing less, not more. As your body returns to a state of coherence, you’ll begin to feel the radical effects of embodied flow, and use this inner state to find lasting health and harmony.

CYNTHIA LI, MD, is a board-certified physician, and doctor of integrative and functional medicine in Northern California. She is also a certified teacher in qigong, an ancient mind-body practice, and leads workshops for individual and collective healing. Her earlier work centered on public health, with a focus on HIV/AIDS and underserved communities. She served on the faculty of Rachel Naomi Remen’s Healer’s Art program at UCSF Medical School, which enables medical students to discover their sense of calling and service. She is author of the breakthrough self-help memoir, Brave New Medicine.

APRIL DEMBOSKY is the health correspondent for KQED public radio and a regular contributor to NPR. She specializes in covering altered states of mind, from postpartum depression to marijuana-induced psychosis to schizophrenia. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a national Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting and a Carter Center Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism. Before joining KQED in 2013, Dembosky wrote for The Financial Times of London and The New York Times. Her first book, Tell Me I'm Your Man, will be published by Simon & Schuster in May 2027.

THIS EVENT is free but registration is requested. Registration ends at 6:30 pm on April 27.

BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend.

DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged.

WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows.

WE ASK that attendees arrive between 6:45 and 7:00 PM for the event.

PLEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home.

OUR shared restrooms are not accessible after 6:30 PM, please plan accordingly.