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02/19/2026

How you eat matters. Sitting at a table, savoring the colors, textures and flavors of your foods, allowing your body to receive the nourishment from the food all make a difference to your digestive health just as much as the foods themselves. Your body needs the time and space to take in and properly digest food in order for the spleen and stomach systems to convert that food into Qi. 

02/18/2026

You can’t spend what you don’t have. Overworking, overthinking, overdoing draining your vital resources…Qi, Blood, Yin, Yang, and Essence. When you try to do more than body, mind and spirit can support, you compromise your health. Over time, rebuilding and recovery become more challenging. It’s important to work at your pace and take time for yourself. Self-care is healthcare.

02/17/2026

Happy Year of the Fire Horse! 🔥🐎

Energetically the fire has already been pulling us out of our yin Wood Snake Year. Transitions are times where we often feel conflicting energies as we let go of the old to make space for the new. Change is part of life, and the new year time reminds us of this. What change are you most looking forward to? 👇

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02/16/2026

How do your emotions affect your sleep? Anger, frustration or resentment that are internalized and held rather than transformed create Liver Qi stagnation. Chronic grief and worry can hinder Heart and Lung Qi, leading to stagnation in the chest. When there is stagnation, heat can build up and disrupt the system. Proper regulation of emotions is an important component of a good night’s sleep.

02/13/2026

Heart-yin is the cooling calming layer that keeps your body in mind, quiet, especially at night. So if you have a restlessness and anxious mind that won’t turn off, especially at night, it may be your heart-yin needing nourishment. Your Shen needs both heart-blood and heart-yin to function. Blood nourishes. Yin cools and calms. Without enough yin, the Shen becomes agitated and overheated. It can’t settle or focus. Memory slips because your mind is too restless to process and store information properly.

To rebuild heart-yin:
1. eat cooling, moistening foods like Goji berries, lotus seeds, honey, pears, and cucumber
2. stay hydrated
3. dim the lights and turn off screens by 9pm
#4. avoid spicy foods, alcohol, and caffeine in the evening.

02/12/2026

Three spirits need to find their rest.

Your Shen (Heart Spirit) must settle so your mind can quiet. Your Hun (Ethereal Soul) returns home to the Liver so you can dream peacefully. Your Zhi (Willpower) anchors deep into the Kidneys so you can truly restore.

When even one spirit is restless, your sleep suffers. Anxious mind? Shen isn’t settled. Vivid dreams or waking frequently? Hun can’t return home. Waking between 1-3am? Zhi lacks the anchor it needs.

02/11/2026

How is your memory affected by the relationship between heart and blood? In Chinese medicine, the heart houses the SHEN, which is associated with your mind. But the Shen needs heart-blood as its foundation. When heart-blood is deficient, the Shen loses its anchor. It floats, scatters, and becomes restless. Memory slips. Concentration fails. Anxiety creeps in. And sleep can become disrupted.

To nourish heart-blood: eat red dates, beets, dark leafy greens, and bone broth. These foods nourish blood naturally. Protect your sleep. Rest is medicine when you have a heart-blood deficiency. And manage your overthinking through deep breathing, walking, or tai chi.

02/10/2026

Chinese herbs are magic! And the magic is in the way the properties of each herb are harmonized when combined. Shan Yao (12g) and Goji Berry (10 berries) work together to build deep reserves in your Spleen and Kidneys, the kind of nourishment that supports sustainable energy and vitality. Chen Pi (5g) and Bai Dou Kou (3g) keep everything moving smoothly so you get all that good building without any digestive sluggishness or dampness. And the dried pear (12g)? Their gentle moistening quality supports your Lungs beautifully.

02/09/2026

Inspired by what I saw on a recent walk. Warming yang energy of the sun, yin energy of the water, stillness in motion. A reminder to breathe and let nature nourish.

02/08/2026

What’s affecting your ability to remember names, dates, what you had for breakfast or where your glasses are? There are 4 primary factors: your emotional state, food and lifestyle, stage of life, and environmental influences. Forgetfulness is a sign that there’s an internal imbalance in the body. Your inability to remember little things is your body asking you to pay attention. Mindfulness practices, an energetically, balanced diet, gentle movement and social connectedness can help engage your Shen.

02/07/2026

Learning the Taoist Tai Chi arts was the best decision I made. Not only did I gain more strength and better balance, but it opened my heart and helped me manage stress and worry.

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