Category - Seasons
2019 is Year of the Pig
Chinese, Myths & Legends, Seasons
Happy Year of the Pig Here’s wishing you and your family good health, prosperity and happiness for the Year of the Pig. Chinese New Year, 2019, arrives on February 5, and it is the Year of the Female Earth…
Beat the Heat of Summer
Chinese Medicine, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasons, Uncategorized
Summer is Fire, one of the Five Elements. It is symbolic of the maximum activity and the greatest Yang; a time of heat and movement, nature at its peak of growth. Summer heat is expressed in the body…
Rest is the Story
Chinese Medicine, Featured, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons, Uncategorized
ENTERING AUTUMN As we enter the Autumn season, the air becomes cool and crisp, and the leaves are starting to turn. Autumn brings the harvest of crops, shorter days and preparation for winter. It is a time of ripening, withering, and completion.…
The Power of Olive Oil
Featured, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons
Mediterranean Diet and Oil We have heard the benefits of a Mediterranean diet, and enjoyed the wonderful flavor of a good olive oil. Studies associate olive oil intake with a decreased risk of heart disease, as it supports…
Seasonal Detox and Cleanser
Chinese, Chinese Medicine, Featured, Healthy Living, Personal, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons
Since childhood, my family has used herbal elixirs and tonics to help heal the body and mind, and I remember my beloved Grandmother making strong ginger root tea for menstrual cramps or snow fungus and goji berries for…
Balancing a Yin Yang Sheep
Chinese, Featured, Seasonal Living, Seasons
Wishing you continued happiness in this Chinese New Year of the Goat-Sheep! We have welcomed the Yin Wood Sheep year in 2015. It is also called Year of the Goat or Ram in the Chinese Astrology calendar. Is…
Yin Yang Returns to Earth
Chinese, Seasonal Living, Seasons, Teacher Training
Summer Heat As the summer heat fades into memory, we move from the Late Summer season to Autumn. Nights become longer and days shorter as we slide into a cooler season. Times of transition are challenging for our…
Returning to the Center of Balance
Chinese, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons, Teacher Training
ELEMENT OF SUMMER Summer is Fire, one of the Five Elements. Fire is the fiercest yang energy; excitement, assertiveness and exuberance brightening life with light and clarity. It’s associated with the heart and small intestines, clarity and compassion,…
Awakening Spring Green
Chinese, Chinese Medicine, Featured, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons, Teacher Training
Spring = Wood energy = Liver In Chinese culture, the world is a harmonious place where all beings live in balance with Nature. There are rhythms and movement in the weather and Seasons, and we exist as part…
Slow Down for Kidneys Sake!
Chinese, Chinese Medicine, Healthy Living, Seasonal Living, Seasonal Medicine, Seasons, Teacher Training
“The wise nourish life by flowing with the four seasons and adapting to cold or heat, by harmonising joy and anger in a tranquil dwelling, by balancing yin and yang, and what is hard and soft. So it…