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The Winter Experience
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The Winter Experience

Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness

The Winter Experience

By JaimeRoslyn|2024-01-08T13:21:18-05:00January 4th, 2023|Categories: Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness|Tags: nourishing, water, winter, yin|

Photo by Daniel Frese from Pexels Winter is the most Yin time of year in Chinese medicine. Yin being an energy that is dark, cold, slow, and inward, the antithesis of Summer’s Yang energy. The way we use our energy is particularly important during the most Yin and Yang times of year. During wintertime, nurture and nourishment is a necessity, introspection and reflection come easily, and planting seeds for the future is the strategy. This is the time to nourish the body, mind, and soul with slow, quiet, reflective, and restorative Yin activities. In addition, the winter season is ruled [...]

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Zhi: The Energy of Will, Purpose and Destiny
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Zhi: The Energy of Will, Purpose and Destiny

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Zhi: The Energy of Will, Purpose and Destiny

By JaimeRoslyn|2024-01-09T10:51:09-05:00January 3rd, 2023|Categories: acupoint, Seasonal Changes, Wellness|Tags: acupoint, bladder 52, destiny, kindeys, water, will, winter, zhi|

The spirit of the Water Element is zhi (pronounced zhur). This is one’s will, ambition, purpose, and destiny – a force that moves a person towards their destiny without much conscious thought or effort. In this blog, learn more about zhi and ways in which you can cultivate this powerful energy. Additionally, zhi is thought to be the innate power of life itself – life that wants to live and survive. Zhi is housed in The Kidneys. Therefore, a person with strong Kidney strength has strong zhi, i.e. a drive to be alive; a person with less Kidney strength may [...]

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Themes of Winter: Rest & Nourish
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Themes of Winter: Rest & Nourish

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Themes of Winter: Rest & Nourish

By allysonschurtz|2022-11-15T14:06:18-05:00January 22nd, 2021|Categories: coronavirus, Mood, Nutrition, Seasonal Changes, Self-Care, Wellness|Tags: bladder, Chinese medicine, emotion, fear, kidney, nourish, nutrition, rest, TCM, water, winter, yin|

Photo by Annie Spratt Lately in the treatment room, patients are reporting feeling extreme fatigue, lack of motivation, and depression. This admission is typically followed by the question, “what’s wrong with me?” Nothing is wrong! For many of us, our nervous systems have been under stress for a long period of time and this can have a significant impact on our health. The remedy is to lean into the wisdom of the season and allow ourselves the space to rest. This year, it’s more important than ever. Rest According to TCM, much like many animals in nature, Winter is [...]

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Winter Nourishment
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Winter Nourishment

Nutrition, Seasonal Changes, Wellness

Winter Nourishment

By aubreylewis|2024-01-24T13:34:03-05:00January 8th, 2020|Categories: Nutrition, Seasonal Changes, Wellness|Tags: kidneys, recipe, tips, water, winter, winter squash soup|

January is a reflective and exciting month. We make resolutions to improve our lives in some way each year, and while our energy remains in the yin and quiet state of winter, we are also brimming with potential. Much like the wise roots of ancient trees, we are deeply nourishing ourselves for the burst of life about to come forth. Winter nourishment is warm, slow, and deliberate. This same energy can be translated into the kitchen – cook times are longer, using low heat and less water. Think of the longer cook time as “infusing” food with heat. This helps [...]

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Winter: A Season of Power and Potential
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Winter: A Season of Power and Potential

Seasonal Changes, Wellness

Winter: A Season of Power and Potential

By JaimeRoslyn|2024-01-08T13:29:50-05:00December 26th, 2019|Categories: Seasonal Changes, Wellness|Tags: kindeys, water, winter|

The energy of Winter gives us time to pause and gather strength, to allow us to root and reflect – a perfect way to start a New Year. Winter is, as it is for all of nature, a time for internal work: meditation, containment, concentration, and the storing of our energy. We use this season for rest, filling and maintaining our reserves; gathering strength for the year ahead. Our ancestors had to conserve what they had canned, salted or preserved before the next growing season. Despite climate control and refrigeration, we are still natural beings connected to natural circadian rythms. [...]

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