As I was preparing the newsletter, several themes came to mind for the autumn season. Fall is my favorite season, so I love getting out my fall boots and fall jackets. I was feeling excited about my themes and meditating on positive words such as “gratitude”, taking in the “harvest” of what I have worked hard on. Yet I was feeling this inertia when it came to journaling these thoughts.
Read MorePicture this – it’s a beautiful Spring day, suddenly you’re sneezing, your eyes are itching, your head is pounding, and you feel like you are tracking through a pit of mud. Allergies are the worst!
Read MoreWithin each season, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) embodies an organ, a taste, a feeling, an emotion and an action to help heal the body. The winter season is correlated with the Kidneys. Like we have established in Western Medicine, Chinese Medicine sees the kidneys as the organ that filters our body and blood by removing waste and excess water. However, in TCM, the kidneys play a much larger role.
Read MoreFeeling guilty about not setting New Year’s Resolutions? According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, adding big changes to diet or lifestyle and going to the gym are not what you should be doing this time of year.
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