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Keep dreaming & save our Kidneys from our Smart Phones!

April 4, 2016

In Chinese Medicine our Kidneys are the powerhouses of our system and their proper functioning is fundamental to our overall wellbeing. During the winter they can take a bit of a battering from the cold and over stretching ourselves during this supposedly peaceful hibernation season. The winter is traditionally a time to hunker down, eat less, meditate, reflect on what is going on in our lives and restore our bodies in preparation for the rebirth of the spring.

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Kidney Supporting Black Sesame Tea

April 4, 2016

As my all patients know because I don’t stop banging on about it, the health of our kidneys is incredibly important for our overall wellbeing. They give us the motivation and stamina to keep going when times are tough, they give us the will to finish projects, keep on the path and not give in to external pressures and most importantly they are essential for healthy fertility; for the boys and the girls.

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Winter and the Water Element – a time for silence & stillness

January 5, 2015

If I were to sum up last year it would be “busy…busy…busy”, and for some reason I feel very ashamed saying that – I left no time to simply ‘be’, I felt a constant need to ‘do’. In hind sight there was a perverse buzz from being so busy in which my ego relished – it was as if all this rushing around and being busy made me somehow important and relevant to the world… What a trap!

After an equally un-relaxing Christmas and countless messages from obscure sources urging me to calm down, I am finally acting and consciously listening to my knowledge of Chinese Medicine and meditation in terms of honoring the tides of the seasons, which prompted me to write this post as I know I am not alone in getting caught up in the whirlwind that surrounds us.

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