Energy

Need more Energy?

Could you use some more energy?  Energy is a central focus of Chinese Medicine. In the clinic it’s common to hear people say they feel tired, or even just that they could use some more energy. Energy is called Qi (pronounced Chee) in Chinese medicine. Although Qi is more than the ideas that the English […]

Live a better life with Chinese Medicine

Chinese medicine is founded on major prevention and health promoting principals: It’s the practitioners job to keep you healthy, rather than just focus on the health problem you have now Chinese medicine sees more inter-connections in the body than mainstream medicine (biomedicine or western medicine). A practitioner looks for how Chinese medicine follows ancient wisdom […]

Tips for going sugar free

Trying to kick refined sugar in your life?  Here are a few tips to get you started on your sugar free journey…  1) Go cold turkey – it’s better just to quit sugar, throw away your sugary treats and spend a few days letting your body and mind adjust. Pick a time when things aren’t […]

Discover the peace zone…

Where is your peace zone? Where is the place where everything shuts off, where your mind can focus on a singular thing? Just breathe – no emails, no ideas or problems, no bills, no to do list or things to organize.  …just breathe in and out. Feel that life giving breath as your chest expands […]

New Years Resolution…Part 2 Will Power

In the Huang Di Nei Jing it says the “Spleen stores ideas worrying beyond measure with out self-control will injure ideas” This concept that the Spleen stores ideas, is a link to digestion of both food and thoughts,  reinforced by another quote from the Nan Jing “…the Spleen stores ideas and intelligence” This same passage […]

I feel Energised

Energy is such a precious resource to our human world – it can seem like a finite resource – we only have so much and then once used, it is gone. We often use phrases like “conserve your energy” or “that took up alot of energy” or “I dont feel like I have the energy […]

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