The Beauty of Limits
Winter is upon us. All that we imagined, sprouted, nurtured, grew and harvested in the previous seasons now comes to an end. Plants and trees retreat to their roots. Wind, cold, snow and ice put a...
View ArticleYin & Yang, Keep it Simple
Yin meridians are located on the anterior (front) and medial (inside) areas of the body. There are six Yin meridians. Three are on the arms, three are on the legs. All of these meridians are found on...
View ArticleFall and Spring
Another Yin & Yang Balancing Act The Wood Element of Spring gets plenty of attention here in the west! In general, western culture worships the Wood Element to such an extreme that many of us live...
View ArticleCooling Cycle
During extremes it can be challenging to stay aware that this moment is part of a larger cycle of balance. As the cold, dry winds of winter push into us, it is hard to remember the humid heat of summer...
View ArticleAcupressure Points for Balancing Fire and Water
Taiji, the symbol of Yin and Yang ever changing, one into the other Chinese Medicine offers western holistic medical practitioners a wonderful way to explore health and vitality. At its simplest level,...
View ArticleHow Yin and Yang Shift Throughout a Day
The flow of Yin and Yang Yang is the warming cycle, Yin is the cooling cycle. The movement of light and dark throughout a twenty-four hour period is the motion of Yin and Yang expanding and...
View ArticleBody and Spirit
Just like a cup of coffee, the form sustains the formless. The Body sustains the Spirit. Yin is the material basis of Yang. Without the coffee, it is just a cup. Without the Spirit, it is just a body....
View ArticleYang emerging
It’s almost the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere. Winter Solstice marks many things. One is that this will be the shortest day and longest night of our year. We are coming to a tipping point,...
View ArticleThe Yin and Yang of sleep
Awake and asleep are a Yang & Yin pair. Just like night and day, up and down, still and moving, wakefulness and sleeping are relative to one another, dependent on one another, and tied to each...
View ArticleYin and Yang of Self-awareness
Symbol of Yin and Yang Yin and Yang are two sides of the same coin Together, Yin and Yang create a “whole.” For example, a complete calendar “day” is actually 24 hours, made of daytime and nighttime....
View ArticleHow to Relieve Adrenal Fatigue using Meridian Massage
The Yin and Yang of Adrenal fatigue Meridian Massage looks at conditions through the lens of Chinese medicine. First, we always understand a condition from the Chinese medicine framework. Next, we...
View ArticleYin, Yang, and Yoga
A few asanas (postures) of Yoga Use Yoga to balance Yin and Yang. Yin is inward, slow, low, and gentle. Yang is upward, quick, high, and active. There are many ways to practice the asanas (postures) of...
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