Spring into Wood – Living with the Seasons

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Living with the Seasons

The shift from darkness to light, yang bursting from yin is officially upon us.  Spring brings a dramatic shift in seasons with longer days, warmer weather, budding blossoms, fresh earthly scents, and a rebirth of plants breaking through the soil.  Spring’s time of renewal, expansion, and growth offers many lessons to be learned from observing nature’s cyclical transitions.  Chinese Medicine is strongly based on the natural rhythms, expressions, and phases of nature.  Together with the philosophy of Yin-Yang, the theory of the Five Elements (Wu Xing) sets the foundation for Chinese medical theory.  Each season is viewed as possessing and expressing its own unique energy which directly influences all aspects of life, health, and balanced well being.  Read more

Preparing For A Successful Detox!

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The idea of “detoxing” can come across as quite a daunting task.  The first thing that comes to most people’s minds is starvation.  “How can I possibly go without eating for days on end?!”  The truth is, an effective liver cleanse does not have to be a compete fast from food, a liquid diet, or drinking mass amounts of lemon water or apple cider vinegar.  Read more

We Live In A Toxic World

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Chronic fatigue, weight problems, sleeping disorders, mood swings, fuzzy thinking, recurrent headaches, body pains, skin conditions, asthma, allergies, hayfever….. Complaints not exclusive to the elderly or unfit, but now frequently experienced by almost everybody, even children! Read more