Exploring Chinese Medicine: The Kidney & Bladder Meridians

As we approach winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the days are wrapping around us like a blanket, the air is cooling and deepening, and the ground shines with frost.

In Chinese Medicine, winter is the season of the Water element. And water is associated with mystery, emotion and the unconscious aspects of our life.

The two channels of the Water element in the body's energy system are the Kidney and Bladder meridians.

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Wishing You Great Gifts of Healing

During this festive time of year for many, I would like to take the opportunity to wish you all wonderful gifts of healing, now and in the year ahead.

This is an auspicious time of year, as the connections grow stronger to our spirit (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) and astrologically as the planet Saturn enters the sign of Capricorn and marks out the next two and a half years.

This marks the start of a new chapter - what will it mean for you? 

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The Importance of Holistically Stretching & Releasing

This is a blog all about stretching and releasing...

Stretching and letting go at all levels of your being: physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically and spiritually.

As you stretch, you grow. As you release, you allow the vitality of your soul to fill up those spaces.

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Life Is Like A... Series Of Yoga Classes

I have just come back to yoga after almost a year's hiatus. And I have fallen in love with it all over again.

I am reminded of how amazing yoga is for assisting in the process of self development and awakening. How vital it is for all of my joints, connective tissues, and organs. And how enlivening the practice of yoga is for my soul.

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The Strength of the Soul is Unimaginable

Very often, in the midst of difficulty or suffering it can be almost impossible to imagine that you are strong and your soul is invincible.

As humans, we feel weakness, failure and disconnection from our true self. We go through dark nights, feelings of helplessness or powerlessness. These are unavoidable aspects of the human experience.

Yet the soul perseveres and endures.

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