Chinese Medicine
What’s for (healthy) breakfast?
I like to start the day with warm lemon water, or hot ginger tea. But THEN what? Decisions, decisions. And conflicting opinions, conflicting opinions… One reason you see a wide variety of recommendations about how to eat is that there are lots of ways to eat that work. One reason you see such different recommendations…
Read More“You’re too stressed! Calm down!” vs. ACTUALLY FEELING SOOTHED
How soothing is it to hear the words, “You’re too stressed about this. Just calm down!” Whether someone else says it or you speak it in your own mind, I don’t think this tends to be the most soothing, stress-relieving thing to hear. Nor is it very stress-relieving to hear about all the health problems…
Read More5 Ways Dreams Invite Insights About Your Physical Health
You’ve had those dreams, right, that you just know are important? But you have no idea what they mean? In my experience, every dream is significant. But at first glance, I usually have no idea what a dream means either. Stepping into dreamwork is like stepping blindfolded into a space filled with sounds, scents, and textures. Disorienting, mysterious, and endlessly interesting. We…
Read More5 Ways Dreams Invite You to Insights about Your Physical Health
You’ve had those dreams, right, that you just know are important? But you have no idea what they mean? In my experience, every dream is significant. But at first glance, I usually have no idea what a dream means either. Stepping into dreamwork is like stepping blindfolded into a space filled with sounds, scents, and…
Read MoreMetal Element Imagery In Dreams
Yes and no. The radiance of sound and light. Poignancy. Grief. In the cosmology of Chinese medicine, these resonate with the Metal element. This means they also resonate with the Lungs – think of an inhale, discernment of what stays (oxygen) and what goes (carbon dioxide), then an exhale. The Large Intestine is our other “Metal…
Read MoreMetal Element Imagery in Dreams
Yes and no. The radiance of sound and light. Poignancy. Grief. In the cosmology of Chinese medicine, these resonate with the Metal element. This means they also resonate with the Lungs – think of an inhale, discernment of what stays and what goes, and an exhale. The Large Intestine – which also sorts what stays…
Read MoreThe Emotional Healing Question – a Re-Frame
I mean, EVERYBODY has emotional healing they could do. It’s true that in some cases, our emotional stuck-places are the most significant reason we’re ill. Sometimes they’re just one piece of the puzzle, one tree fallen across the stream, one straw on the back. I do believe that in all cases, those stuck-places restrict our…
Read MoreMint Tea for Stress
You know those cravings for sweet foods when you’re stressed? We get those cravings because the sweet flavor (temporarily) soothes the Liver network. If you go for a cookie or a sugary drink, though, you won’t really relieve your body’s stress, and you’ll get the negative effects of sugar on your nervous system and your…
Read MoreHow Much Coffee Makes YOU Anxious?
For some people it’s a sip, for some it’s anything over 2 cups. For me, it’s having more than 1 cup in a day. But I notice that even 1 cup raises things to a higher pitch, a little hum of urgency and agitation. And more sweating. Here’s a natural way of reducing anxiety that’s…
Read MoreSome Heart Imagery in Dreams: Wildfires of Anxiety & Soothing Water
How does this wildfire come to rage out of control? One stray spark… a forest of parched trees… a wild wind? How can I douse the wildfire within me, that out-of-control spreading, that flaring of panic and anxiety? Water, first. Then, perhaps, over time, better nourished, more moist and supple trees. Calming the wind. Or,…
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