Post-natal recovery
Chinese medicine considers the post-partum period as one of the most vulnerable times in a woman’s life. The reason for this is because of the profound task of birth. During birth, the mother must open on every level – physical, emotional and spiritual. The task of birth asks the mother to travel to the deepest […]
Chinese medicine and pregnancy
Changes in pregnancy and beyond For a new human being, the journey of conception and pregnancy is the entry-way into the world. Chinese medicine recognises that pregnancy is a special time in a woman’s life. It is an altered physiological state with special characteristics. Whereas menses used to gather and release with each moon, now […]
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine for teens, children and babies
Teens, children & babies Chinese medicine has so much to offer parents and their babies, children and teens. It’s a natural system of medicine that includes information for helping with acute problems like respiratory infections, as well as sensible and time-tested advice for promoting long-term health and wellbeing. Raising children with Chinese medicine knowledge The […]
The deep practice of parenting
Several hundred years ago, Liu Yuan taught “first cultivate oneself, then go about cultivating others.” In his teaching for the everyday person, Customary Words, he explains why this is the only way it works. According to the teaching of Sydney Banks, we experience our life from the “inside out”, so our state of mind […]
