Rudi Therapy

11/02/2024

“The year of the wood dragon 🐉 is a rare and auspicious astrological event that occurs once every 60 years. The wood dragon is a symbol of creativity, courage, and wisdom. It represents the ability to overcome challenges, break through limitations, and create new realities”. #1964 🙏

06/08/2023

Breath in, Breath out. Pranayama ( yogic breathing), being mindful of our breath entering our body. Yoga sutra says: “when we practice pranayama the vail is gradually drawn away from the mind and there is growing clarity”. The more aware of the breath the more conscious we are. In Chinese Medicine, consciousnesses, mind and spirit resides in our Heart ❤️ and it is called the “Shen”. Our Shen is our light from Heaven. When we breath in and out the Ethereal Soul moves our Shen, our Ethereal Soul provides the mind with intuition, inspiration, movement towards others in relationship, creativity, imagination and planing. With every breath in we awaken our Shen from heaven, with every breath out we anchor our inspiration, intuition and creativity. .

10/05/2023

“A Tree that is unbending, is easily broken” Lao Tzu

01/04/2023

Thank you Angie & John Hicks, Peter Mole and all the teachers at CICM 💜🌸🙏
Proud to be one of your students

18/02/2023

20 years since his passing, my beloved father Dr. A. Al- Fekaiki 1934- 2003 He’s been always a great inspiration to me. He was a cardiology doctor, studied medicine in Istanbul and then Wales U.K. As a doctor, he visited many countries and joined many conferences, but the most memorable visit was in 1975 to Japan when he stayed for 4 months studying and learning new diagnostic techniques. The stories that he told me and our family about Japan still holds a special place in my heart ❤️ their culture, art, music and food, their respectful manners, their discipline and above all their way of delivering medicine.
Fast forward 47 years I started studying Chinese Medicine, for reasons I still don’t know. Every time I wear my white gown I remember my father, I wonder if the real reason I chose this subject is to connect with my father? There is no day that passes without you in my thoughts and heart baba 🥹❤️ I hope I made you proud as much as you did habebiii ❤️🙏 ذكرى عشرين سنة على رحيل والدي الغالي د. أديب الفكيكي ١٩٣٤-٢٠٠٣ درس الطب في اسطنبول واكمل دراسته في ويلز- انكلترا، سافر لعدة بلدان من خلال مهنته لكن السفرة التي يقت ذاكرتها في بالي هي سفرة اليابان عام ١٩٧٥ حكايات هذه السفرة لها موقع خاص في قلبي، حياة اليابانيين، اخلاصهم في العمل، انضباطهم وجمال بلدهم. وبعد ٤٧ سنة ولسبب اجهله ليحد الان.. بديت ادرس الطب الصيني. كل مرة ارتدي الصدرية البيضاء اتذكر ابي، ولعل سبب اختياري لهذا المجال هو الارتباط بوالدي بل الاشعور. حبيبي بابا ❤️ انت في بالي وفي قلبي كل يوم، ان شاء الله تكون فخور بيّ مثل ما انا فخورة بيك ❤️🙏

31/10/2022

YIN- YANG theory. The concept of Yin and Yang is influenced by the Daoist philosophy and was mentioned in the “ Book of Changes” (Yi Jing) dating back 700 bc. The Yin- Yang theory is the most fundamental and important in Chinese Medicine. It represent opposite but complementary qualities, as everything or every phenomena in the universe has it’s opposite. Yin is opposite to Yang, yet each has the seed of the other in it. Yin has the seed of Yang so it can transform to Yang and Yang has the seed of Yin so it can transform to Yin i.e. Day can transform to Night. The observation of the cycle of day and night was observed by peasants thousands of years ago and was extended to other opposites phenomenon in nature and in the universe. YANG correspond to: Light, Sun, Brightness and Activity. YIN correspond to: Darkness, Moon, Shade and Rest. Yin and Yang is in every aspect of Chinese Medicine. The human body is divided into Yin and Yang. The back of the body is where the Yang channels flow carrying Yang energy to protect and interact with the exterior, while the front of the body where the Yin channels flow carrying Yin energy and have the function of nourishing the body. Each Yang organ has a pair of Yin organ. Yang organs transform, separate and excrete the products from food in order to produce Qi. Yin organs sore pure essence extracted from the food that we eat and they store Vital Essences i.e. (Qi, Blood, Body Fluids and Essence). Yang correspond to Heat in the body and Yin correspond to Cold in the body, however these opposites are relative to one another and it is not absolute. Symptoms of Yang raising in the body: headache, hypertension, insomnia. Symptoms of Yang is deficient in the body: feeling cold, tiredness, loose stool and oedema. As Winter is coming closer and the weather is becoming colder, Yin energy is closing in and Yang energy is retreating. We need to honour our bodies by resting, keeping warm and eating nourishing food like porridge, soups and stews.

04/09/2022

The ancients believed there was a pole that ran through the universe, joining the underworld to earth and heaven, and at the centre of the pole towered, mighty and magnificent, the great cosmic tree. It’s branches held up the sun, the moon, the stars and the constellation, and it’s roots reached all the way down into the abyss. But when it came to defining exactly what kind of plant this might be, human fell into bitter disagreement. Some said it could only be a balsam poplar. Others argued it must be a tamarind. Yet others insisted it was a cedar or a hickory or a baobab or a sandalwood. This is how humanity divided into hostile nations, warring tribes. If you are hurting and have no one willing to listen to you, it might do you good to spend time beside a sugar maple. If it is friends and friendships on your mind, the most suitable companion would be a spruce or a ginkgo. For wisdom, try beech, for intelligence, a pine, for generosity, a hazel; for joy, a juniper. If it is love you’r after, or love you have lost, come to a fig, always the fig 💚 shafak # the island of missing tree #

28/08/2022

“The English word “Psychology” is derived from Psyche the Greek word for “soul”. In Greek mythology, Psyche was a beautiful maiden who became a goddess. She is usually pictured with the wings of a butterfly and is emblematic of immortality. The word is related to the Greek word “pneuma”, which means “breath”. The Ancient Greek viewed the breath as a connecting link between heaven and earth, divinity and humanity, between spiritual energies and the physical matrix of the body. They thought of the soul as a kind of breath body and likened it to the butterfly that flits between the air above and the world below. Like the breath itself, the soul was thought to move freely between spirit and matter, infusing one with the essence of the other as it brought animation and intention to living beings”. .

21/08/2022

Fire- Water relationship 🔥💦 “ is one of the fundamental dualities of Yin- Yang theory in Chinese medicine”. Heart fire ❤️🔥 and Kidney water 💦 Heart stores the spirit “Shen” and the Kidneys stores “ the will power”. Fire is essential to all physical precess, it represents the flame that keeps us alive. The physiological Fire assists the Heart in its function of housing the Shen. It provides the heat necessary to the Kidneys and Bladder in the lower burner to transform and excrete fluids and provides heat necessary for the Uterus to keep the Blood moving. If the physiological Fire declines, the mind will suffer with depression and the Kidneys, Bladder and lower burner can not excrete fluids and there will be Oedema. The Uterus turns cold, which may cause infertility. When Fire gets out of hand and becomes excessive, it has a tendency to flow upwards in the upper parts of the body and the head causing headaches, red eyes, red face, insomnia, excessive dreaming and thirst.

14/08/2022

Before the summer season ends, we need to talk about the main organ associated with this season which is the heart ❤️ the Heart is the Emperor 🤴 in 5 element Chinese medicine. The body is the kingdom and the organs are the officials in this kingdom and they are all interconnected and interdependent of one another. The Heart is childlike, strive for connections and unions with others “the more unity, the more love, the more joy the heart finds, the more it radiates those delights to others”. The Heart is an emotional powerhouse, it connects us with the divine and our spirit resides in the heart. As the Heart is vulnerable to hurt and sorrow, other officials are there to protect and evaluate. The Small intestine separate the pure from the impure experience and relationship while the Heart protector like a parent, protect “ evaluate a potential harm and allows only acceptable risks to pass along the Heart”❤️

03/07/2022

Summer correspond to the Fire Element theory in Chinese Medicine. It is associated with maturity “celebrating that which has become” it is the peak of power, the maximal energy. “Summer flowers explode from buds embodying Fire energy in their brightness and their expansion”. The organ associated with the Fire Element is the Heart ❤️. The colour is Red, emotion is joy, sound is laughter, taste is bitter and climate is Heat. #

28/06/2022

Summer Time ☀️💙

15/05/2022

My treatment room 💙

04/05/2022

Spring correspond to the Wood Element in the 5 Element theory in Chinese Medicine. It is associated with birth, new life and growth for countless new energies that has been hibernating and germinating through the winter season.
Wood movement is expansive, outward movement and in all directions. The organ associated with Wood Element is the Liver, the colour is green 🍀 emotion is anger, taste is sour and the climate is Wind.

20/03/2022

Happy spring equinox and the beginning of the wood season 🌱 🌳
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13/03/2022

As we approach the spring season which is associated with the Wood Element in the 5 Element theory. Wind is one of the faces of spring season. It reflect the Wood energies of movement and change. Wind can be very forceful and destructive as in hurricanes and tornadoes and it can be very useful once it’s forces are channeled like windmills. Spring winds can carry seeds and insects from one place to another contributing to the massive change in the cosmos.

“Wind is an agent of change, bringing new ideas and re arranging old ones”
Gail Reichstein

Inspired by the book “ Wood becomes Water” by Gail Reichstein

11/03/2022

The origin of Five Element cycle lie in the Taoism and Shamanic religions of ancient China.
The Chinese character for the Five Element are often translated as the “five movements”, “five phases”, or “five processes”.

The Five Elements are: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.

Wood 🪵 represents birth and early growth.
Fire 🔥 pertains to the height of development
Earth 🌾 describes transition and balance
Metal 🪨 governs decline
Water ❄️ represents death and renewal.

From the book: “Wood becomes Water” by: Gail Reichstein

27/11/2021