Category: Self-care

  • Our Spleen is the main digestive organ in Chinese medicine.  It separates the pure from the impure from food and extracts Qi, or vital energy, to be used for proper functioning of our body and mind.  The Spleen can become weakened by dietary irregularities such as overeating, skipping meals, eating too much “damp” foods (alcohol,…

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  • When I was in living China, every morning while the “East is Red” was blaring through the University speakers, groups of seniors would congregate in the courtyards that my dorm balcony overlooked and begin a quiet gentle movement routine. Some were flowing together as flocks of birds, some where following their own movements. They were practicing…

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