Dampness is another strange term we use in Chinese medicine, and it definitely comes up in the context of fertility and women’s health.
Think about Dampness as the body struggling to properly manage its water. So think about things like edema, swelling, water weight gain, excess vaginal discharge, or urinary issues (too much, too urgent, too frequent).
Read MoreHot springs in winter: a blissful balance of Hot and Cold.
I talk about the body as your internal ecosystem, and Heat and Cold are two important aspects of that. Heat and Cold — balanced or otherwise — play a critical role in all kinds of health issues, and a particularly strong role in the menstrual cycle and fertility.
Read More“Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.” -Lao Tzu
Read MoreYin and Yang are probably the most well known Chinese medicine terms in the West, today. Their literal translations are “shady side of the hill” and “sunny side of the hill.” So we can say they are opposites.
But they are so much more than opposites. Yin and Yang are about the intermingling of opposites that is fundamental to life (egg and sperm, anyone?)
Read MoreIt’s September and we’re fully in late summer. Here in northern New England a few mornings have had some chill to them, but it’s still not quite autumn; the air on warm afternoons is heavy with the thick, ripe scents of another growing season. It’s earthy and rich and abundant.
Read MoreWhat is the state of your Heart?
In Chinese medicine we see a strong correlation between the state of the Heart and the state of the Womb. What nourishes the Heart, nourishes the Womb.
Read MoreWhat color is your menstrual blood?
I ask this question of clients and patients all day every day — and most women are somewhat confused by it. “Isn’t that obvious? It’s red. Blood is red, my blood is red.”
Read MoreOne of our primary missions is to connect you with your body in increasingly deeper ways. We want your body’s needs and requirements to be increasingly self-evident to you. We want to help you clear away the mist, to help you clarify its messages.
Read MoreYour breath is one of the most powerful tools you have for facilitating change in your physiology. Your breath reflects the state of your body’s stress response, but the key here for us is that your breath can also control the state of that same response.
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