Meridians, Points + Chinese Medicine
Bladder and Kidney Meridians for Yoga
In Chinese Medicine, the Kidney and Urinary Bladder are paired. When looking at the organs through the lens of Chinese Medicine, it’s important to remember that Chinese Medicine is concerned with relationships, interactions, and functions more than physical location. So whenever the organs are discussed in Chinese Medicine, what’s usually ...
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What are Meridians and How do Meridians Work?
In my private medical practice people ask me all the time “What are meridians?” and “How do meridians work?” So in today’s video I answer these questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd__2eKnNS4 According to ancient medical systems like Traditional Chinese Medicine, we not only have a physical body, we also have an energetic or ...
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Heart and Small Intestine Meridians for Yoga
In Chinese Medicine, the Heart and Small Intestine are paired. When looking at the organs through the lens of Chinese Medicine, it’s important to remember that Chinese Medicine is concerned with relationships, interactions, and functions more than physical location. So whenever the organs are discussed in Chinese Medicine, what’s usually ...
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Spleen and Stomach Meridians for Yoga
In Chinese Medicine, the Spleen and the Stomach are paired. When looking at the organs through the lens of Chinese Medicine, it’s important to remember that Chinese Medicine is concerned with relationships, interactions, and functions more than physical location. So whenever the organs are discussed in Chinese Medicine, what’s usually ...
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Liver and Gallbladder Meridians for Yoga
In Chinese Medicine, the Liver and Gallbladder are paired. When looking at the organs through the lens of Chinese Medicine, it’s important to remember that Chinese Medicine is concerned with relationships, interactions, and functions more than physical location. So whenever the organs are discussed in Chinese Medicine, what’s usually being ...
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Lung and Large Intestine Meridians for Yin Yoga
In Chinese Medicine, the Lungs and the Large Intestine are paired. When looking at the organs through the lens of Chinese Medicine, it’s important to remember that Chinese Medicine is concerned with relationships, interactions and functions more than physical location. So whenever the organs are discussed in Chinese Medicine, what’s ...
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How to nourish Kidney Qi in the winter + audio meditation
“The highest good is like water. Water is good at benefiting the ten thousand things, and yet does not contend with them. It dwells in places the multitudes detest, therefore, it is close to the tao.” Tao Te Ching Eastern medical systems such as Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda view the ...
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Seasonal Cycles :: Deepen into Winter
At this time of year, water turns to ice, and plants store their energy in their roots. Winter is considered a time of reflection, deep receptivity, and a time of building potency. The season of winter asks us to slow down and store up. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, this ...
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Seasonal Cycles :: Release into Fall
Today I walked in the forest. Surrounded by soaked verdant leaves I listened to the crows talk to one another and observed the earth heavy with dark soil and moss. And now I’m here, at home, with the comfort of a hot teapot, wrapped in blankets as I listen to ...
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Wellness Wednesday :: Seasonal Practices for Spring
Many wisdom and medical systems looked to the natural world as a way to find balance. Right now in the northern hemisphere the sprouts will soon be bursting through the rich dark soil. The spring is a time we can find clarity around our direction and vision, we can invite ...
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