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Seasonal articles and practical ideas for looking after your body, energy and wellbeing through the colder winter months.
Looking After Your Kidneys This Winter As I was revisiting some of my old notes on traditional Chinese medicine recently, I was reminded how much importance was placed on caring for the kidneys during winter. We often think of our kidneys simply as organs that filter our blood, but in traditional Chinese medicine they are … Read more
When Fear Gets Louder As I continued reading through my old notes on the Water Element and Winter, I came across an idea that immediately made sense to me. Have you ever noticed that when you’re tired, everything feels a little harder? Perhaps you haven’t been sleeping well. Life has been particularly busy, you’ve been … Read more
Over the past few weeks in our Winter Wellness Series, we’ve explored winter as a season of restoration and looked at how fear can sometimes become louder when we’re tired, stressed or depleted. This week I’d like to talk about something we often take for granted until it starts demanding our attention — our bones. … Read more
The Gift Hidden Inside Winter Today is the first day of winter here in New Zealand. Recently, while sorting through some old notes from my studies, I came across some fascinating teachings about winter from the ancient Chinese. I’ve always been struck by how closely they observed the natural world, and as I reread my … Read more