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Questions to Consider for Winter
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Questions to Consider for Winter

Mood, Prompts, Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness

Questions to Consider for Winter

By JaimeRoslyn|2023-02-07T16:50:17-05:00February 7th, 2023|Categories: Mood, Prompts, Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness|Tags: Chinese medicine, emotion, fear, questions of the season, TCM, winter|

Photo by David Besh from Pexels In Chinese Medicine, Winter is the darkest, slowest, most inward and reflective season. Just as its opposite Summer, is the brightest, most active and energetic. This is not to be taken lightly, as truly, these seasons are polar opposites, i.e. yin (Winter) and yang (Summer). Similarly to how Summer's abundant daylight beckons us with long days and "fun in the sun," Winter pushes us to confront darkness and slowing down. This vibe can feel incongruent to our modern world. But rest assured, in Chinese Medicine, this is for our own good. Winter instructs us [...]

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Intention-Setting for the New Year
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Intention-Setting for the New Year

New Moon, Prompts, Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness

Intention-Setting for the New Year

By JaimeRoslyn|2022-12-31T17:35:14-05:00December 27th, 2022|Categories: New Moon, Prompts, Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness|Tags: Goals, Intentions, Manifestation, New Year, Resolutions|

Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels As the New Year fast approaches, that nagging feeling starts to emerge – it’s a new year. Often there’s a feeling of potential for a new you, a new chance, or a new chapter. With the end of one year and the beginning of the next, a sort of reset button emerges. And, as we are in the depths of winter – the season of Yin, the Water element (wisdom, stamina and endurance) and the spirit of Zhi (one’s will, ambition, purpose and destiny) – there’s no better time to reflect on what has [...]

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Leveraging Spring Energy
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Leveraging Spring Energy

Mood, Prompts, Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness

Leveraging Spring Energy

By JaimeRoslyn|2023-05-01T15:30:22-04:00April 10th, 2022|Categories: Mood, Prompts, Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness|Tags: building, Chinese medicine, emotion, gallbladder, growth, leveraging, liver, new beginnings, renewal, spring, TCM, tips, walking|

A Season of New Beginnings and Growth In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the seasons hold a powerful symbiotic relationship on our body, mind and spirit. And while Western culture certainly is influenced by seasonal aspects, TCM goes much deeper. At the heart of Traditional Chinese Medicine lies the Five Element cycle which symbolizes the continuity and stages of life. Each season, and its corresponding element, represents a stage of development. Spring, aligned with the Wood element, is the first in the cycle and signifies creation – birth, life and its subsequent evolution. The rest we took in the winter [...]

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It’s Okay to Feel However You Feel
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It’s Okay to Feel However You Feel

Mood, Prompts, Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness

It’s Okay to Feel However You Feel

By JaimeRoslyn|2022-11-15T14:06:03-05:00April 5th, 2021|Categories: Mood, Prompts, Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness|Tags: Chinese medicine, covid, emotion, pandemic, spring, TCM|

Image by Karolina Grabowska “I feel like I’m in quicksand,” reports one interviewee from the New York Times’ article We Have All Hit a Wall: Confronting late-stage pandemic burnout, with everything from edibles to Exodus. The feeling of being exhausted all of the time is a common complaint, i.e. pandemic fatigue which encompasses physical, mental and emotional exhaustions. Malaise, burnout, stress and depression...all have risen due to 13 months of this mess, according to a recent Metlife study. And no wonder, this has been a sustained year of loss, tragedy and hardship. In addition, memory lapses, forgetting what day [...]

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