In our current terms of climate change and dealing with “post truth“ in the news, all we can really verify is what we experience in nature. The New York Times article “Springing Too Far Ahead ” by David George Haskell looks at how climate change is altering the way the seasons unfold. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/opinion/sunday/the-seasons-arent-what… The Spring […]
Rest, Retreat, Restore
Winter is the season where all living things start to slow down. The seasonal energy of Winter Solstice gives us the opportunity to embody the gifts of increased silence and darkness to build our reserves. Nature does it, so why not go with Nature. The more we go with Nature’s energetics ebb and flow of […]
Spring Seasonal Allergies
Spring is the time of upward and expansive movement. It’s an explosion of growth with buds on the trees sprouting and doubling in size daily. As with the season, we too have to healthily attune to the movement of the season. So with the sun shining, birds chirping, why are some us blowing our noses, […]
All in The Family
It’s late summer and the season of Earth Element in Chinese Medicine. This season has many themes to support our health. A healthy Earth is stable and adaptive in an ever changing world. Earth is about sharing, caring and community around and within us. A community with shared responsibilities, cooperation and reciprocal caring. This appears […]
Addictions and Acupuncture
Addictions have been a part of our society throughout history. The ongoing quest to understand and treat addiction can be viewed through the lens of Chinese Medicine (both a medical and philosophical system). Addiction in the most simplified terms would be considered an imbalance of Yin and Yang. The gathering, encompassing, cooling water like quality […]