The path to wellness is neither linear nor passive. When we set out for our destination, our feet must move one in front of the other to get us there. We don’t just think or dream our destination into being before finding ourselves arrived. It’s the same for healing. Healing from past hurts and trauma,Continue reading “Healing – Walking the Talk”
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2022 – The Yang Year of the Water Tiger
Kung hei fat choy!! 1 February is when 2022’s Chinese Lunar New Year is celebrated, marking the end of Winter and the long-awaited beginning of Spring. I’m especially excited as we’re moving from the Yin Year of the Metal Ox to the Yang Year of the Water Tiger. Not quite the Wood Tiger year ofContinue reading “2022 – The Yang Year of the Water Tiger”
Late Summer – The Mellow Yellow Fifth Season
In the West, we think of the seasons as the quartet of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. And in 2021 we’ve seen the gamut of what the British summertime has to offer, from extremes of heat to almost ‘Octoberesque’ bluster. Now as the late summer fruits ripen, let us look again at the 24 SolarContinue reading “Late Summer – The Mellow Yellow Fifth Season”
2021 – The Yin Year of the Metal Ox
What a year that was! 1 January 2021 wasn’t the only New Year corner to be turned. On Friday 12 February 2021, the Chinese Lunar New Year is celebrated where we transition from 2020’s year of the Water Rat to the Year of the Metal Ox. Rats are sociable creatures; fearful of loneliness. The energyContinue reading “2021 – The Yin Year of the Metal Ox”
What is Tui Na Anyway?
Tui Na (pronounced “Twee-Nah”), which is gaining popularity in the West, is an ancient system of massage thought to be the world’s oldest form of bodywork. Forming one of the four branches of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), alongside Acupuncture, Qi Gong and Chinese Herbal Medicine, it’s still practised in Chinese hospitals to this day. InContinue reading “What is Tui Na Anyway?”