Acupressure Points
Thank you, thank you, thank you
They say you teach what you need to learn …. in two weeks I will be teaching and cooking for a weekend retreat on Stomach & Spleen in Chinese Medicine. I know one of my habits can be to see the things I didn’t do or didn’t get right. I may have...
My twin boys are growing up – Yes, Yes, Yes
My twin boys are growing up, they’re becoming men, transitioning from cuddles and tantrums to spotty faces and smelly armpits. Unfortunately this coincides with a fear of water so showers are unpopular. Nevertheless the road to hygiene and...
For it is in Giving we Receive – St Francis of Assissi
So we are really into the yang and busy season of giving but with the preparation of the new gift voucher, I have been also drawn to focus on the yin aspect of receiving. Both are related to the Stomach & Spleen meridian which if overworked by...
Anyone for detox?
Following on from the last post where my body was stiff but became soft, supple and full of joy through some creativity – I decided to further support that by doing a little detox. Usually at easter I get almost a week to myself as the kids are...
Put some sugar in my bowl
The average person in the UK is on average 3 stone heavier than they were in the mid-60’s. But people haven’t become especially greedy and contrary to popular belief, our physical activity has not changed drastically to that of 50 years ago. So...
Building Heart Blood
It’s been a while since the last post – summer holidays together with work and kids around is leaving little time for random thoughts which can formulate into a post. These thoughts on heart blood have been floating about since the “Building a Home...
Building the Yin
So in my last entry posted just before the “Building a Home for your Heart” weekend workshop I typed about the heart being represented by the eternal flame within us. That this flame is our unique, divine consciousness, our “shen” in Chinese...
Early Summer, the time of the Heart
As we enter the energetic climax of the year, High Summer we enter the time of the Heart. So for the next few posts (and days as I am running a weekend residential for the Heart 8-10th June, see conscious cooking classes) I will be addressing the...
Shiatsu and Children
I am inspired to write this not to instruct as to specific acupressure points for children but because the more I work on people the more I realise the wonder of touch. To be touched in a connected and loving way supports the stomach and spleen...
“Where energy goes, blood flows”
With points on the body, Kidney 1 a good place to start. It’s literally our connection to source – it touches the earth with every step we take. Kidney source is our very essence, the energy we are born with all our inherited patterns and impulses....