Are you loving the Skin you are in? Skin forms an essentially protective and containing barrier for us physically but it can also reveal our inner emotional state. Our skin literally holds us together and forms an effective frontier and boundary between our body and the elements. Just like the rest of our complex, integrated, […]
Whilst sorting a pile of journals recently, I came across an old ‘best seller’ book on the concept of ‘Zone Therapy’ for beauty, health and wellbeing by Joseph Corvo. (A little more about his interesting life later in the Blog). It’s a veritable ‘mine of information’ covering conditions ranging from anaemia to varicose veins! Given […]
Fascinating Facts: A normal healthy heart is about the size of your own fist. Each minute your heart pumps 1.5 gallons of blood and beats around 100,000 times a day through a system of blood vessels over 60,000 miles long (1).Wow! Did you know that “Happiness and a strong sense of emotional vitality helps lower […]
Jump for joy! There’s a reason for the sunshine in the sky, there’s a reason why I’m feeling so high, must be the season when that love light shines all around us! There is! This is the TCM season for love, laughter, vitality, happiness; for kicking off the shoes and jumping for joy – some […]
Each Season of the year offers a personal health profile with Traditional Chinese Medicine Philosophy (TCM), a particular wellness focus period if you like. Spring is Liver and Gall Bladder’s TCM ‘ Wood’ season’ and it’s a good time to be ‘Liver Health Aware’. The Liver is responsible for the storing of blood and together […]
“In the bleak mid winter frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone” I find the words from this lovely Christmas Carol are applicable and relevant not only to the current season but also to our health and spiritual wellbeing. The verses, of course, celebrate the humble arrival of a […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Heart/Fire energy associations are about warmth, people, love and passions, exuberance and sociability. Through the TCM ‘Ko‘ Cycle, Fire regulates the refining subtle-energy qualities of Metal, the spiritual soul searcher. When Metal is out of balance the emotions of sadness and grief can take over; there can be a tendency to hang on […]
When I first embarked on my reflexology journey over 20 years ago I had no idea there was so much to the feet – they just keep giving! Embracing a theme (close to my TCM 5-Element Heart) of ‘Universal Energy’ Chris Stormer-Fryer’s 2-day workshop at the end of May was a delightful and fun event. […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dawn Chorus vs TCM body clock. There is a rhythm and flow to life and we are part of it”. (Louise Hay). In TCM terms (Traditional Chinese Medicine Philosophy), Spring is the Liver’s optimal time. My previous blog ‘Liver: Spring’s antidote to Stress’ referred to the seasonality of body energy and health correlations, particularly for […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The Liver: Spring’s antidote to Stress! © Which stress direction is your client heading for today? Can’t See the Wood for the Trees? Then it’s time to re-set their compass to Spring! With TCM Philosophy, each season correlates energetically with the internal organs and systems of the body. For example, the yin […]