Winding Path

Winding Path Certified Medical Qigong Practitioner | Master Face Reader

04/29/2026

Falling asleep fine and then popping wide awake between 1 and 3 AM with a mind that will not quit?
That is not insomnia. That is your Liver talking.
In Chinese medicine, 1 to 3 AM is the Liver’s window on the organ clock. It is when the Liver is meant to receive the blood, process the emotional residue of the day, and restore the whole body. When Liver Qi is stagnant or congested, that processing cannot happen quietly. The stuck Qi generates Heat, the Heat rises, the mind gets loud, and there you are at 2 AM staring at the ceiling replaying everything.
This pattern is not random. It is a pattern. And patterns can be shifted.
Cooked beets or tart cherry juice before bed for two weeks. Gentle, nourishing, and targeted directly at that 1 to 3 window. Try it before you try anything else. 🍒
Link in bio to book a session and look at the whole picture together. Your sleep tells me so much about what is happening underneath.

04/27/2026

The space between your eyebrows is one of the most honest places on your face. And it has been quietly reading your Liver this whole time.
Those vertical lines between the brows are not just from frowning. They tell the story of what your Liver has been holding. One deep line reflects long-standing frustration or anger that never fully found its way out.
Your face is not aging. It is recording.
The next time you catch yourself making that expression, pause. Something inside is tight. That is not a wrinkle. That is a message. 🌿
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04/25/2026

Woke up with a stiff neck out of nowhere? Old pain flaring up? Headache that came on fast with no obvious reason?
It may be the Wind.
In Chinese medicine, Wind is said to bring a thousand diseases because it never comes alone. It brings cold, heat, and dampness straight into the body. And your Liver and Gallbladder are especially sensitive to Wind.
The entry point is the back of the neck. Fengchi or Wind Pool.
A lightweight scarf on a breezy day is not old fashioned. It is one of the simplest and most effective things you can do for your Liver this spring. 🍃
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04/24/2026

Paralyzed by decisions lately? Spinning in circles, every option feeling wrong, anxiety spiking just from being asked what you want for lunch?
That is not overthinking. That is Gallbladder Qi.
In Chinese medicine, the Gallbladder is the Official of Decision and Judgment. It gives you the nerve to act on what the Liver already knows. When that Qi is weak or blocked, you do not just feel indecisive. You feel small. Timid. Like you cannot trust yourself.
Spring is exactly when this pattern surfaces because Wood energy is demanding movement and the Gallbladder is the one that has to answer the call.
One breath. One choice. Even a small one. That is how you start building it back. 🌿
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04/23/2026

Stretching more than ever and still feeling locked up? That is not a flexibility problem. That is a Liver Blood problem.
In Chinese medicine, the Liver governs every tendon and sinew in the body. When Liver Blood is full, you move with ease. When it is depleted or stagnant, the tendons dry out and no amount of stretching will fully get you there.
Spring is when this shows up most because Wood energy is pushing outward fast and the deficiency that was quietly hiding all winter suddenly has nowhere to hide.
Warm first. Then nourish. In that order. 🌿

04/22/2026

Wishing for peace in the world this Earth Day 2026. May we find harmony within, with each other and with the cycles of nature and the universe.

Image credit: NASA

Nos vœux de paix dans le monde en ce Jour de la Terre 2026. Puissions-nous trouver l’harmonie en nous, avec les autres et dans les cycles de la nature et de l’univers.

Mention de source : NASA

04/21/2026

Brittle. Peeling. Ridged. Slow to grow. You have been treating the nail when the conversation needs to happen with your Liver.
In Chinese medicine, the nails are an extension of the sinews, and the sinews are governed by the Liver. What shows up at your fingertips is a direct reflection of how well your Liver Blood is nourishing the whole system.
This is one of those things that changes how you look at your body forever once you know it.
Add black sesame seeds to your meals this week. One of the easiest to buy Liver and Kidney Blood tonics, and you probably have them in your kitchen right now. 🖤
Save this and go look at your nails.

Training the mind is every bit is important as training the body. I have had so much benefit, both mentally and physical...
04/20/2026

Training the mind is every bit is important as training the body. I have had so much benefit, both mentally and physically from practising these arts. 

04/19/2026

Dry eyes. Evening blurriness. That twitch that keeps coming back. Your Liver is communicating through your eyes.
In Chinese medicine, the Liver opens to the eyes. Everything that shows up there, the dryness, the redness, the floaters, the strain, is a reflection of what is happening inside the Liver system.
Screen fatigue is real. But it is rarely the whole story.
Nourish Liver Blood and the eyes respond. Start with a small amount of goji berries every day.
Save this and check in with your eyes today.

04/17/2026

That pressure cooker feeling? Short fuse, zero tolerance, wound tight with nowhere to go?
That is not just stress. That is Liver Qi stagnation, and spring turns up the volume on it every single year.
The Wood element wants to move. When it cannot, anger is what rises. And the fix is not to manage the emotion. It is to move the Qi.
Shake your body. Two to three minutes. It sounds too simple and it is not.
Save this for the next time you feel ready to snap. Your Liver needs movement, not management. 🌱

04/16/2026

In Chinese medicine, seasonal allergies are not just an immune overreaction. They are a sign that your Liver and Gallbladder are already under pressure, and external Wind is pushing them over the edge.
Nourish Liver Blood, anchor the Wind, and your body becomes a lot less reactive from the inside out.
Start with cooked leafy greens every day this week. Simple. Seasonal. Medicine.
Save this for the next time the sneezing starts. 🌿

03/23/2026

Day 3 of my Chinese medicine training. A field trip to 8700 feet. What does this have to do with practicing Chinese medicine? All the better to understand how yin and yang manifest in the body. You can’t heal what you can’t feel!
Heaven above, Earth below, and all human human beings as the living bridge between them. At the top of a mountain the Earth Qi is at its most concentrated. And you are closer to Heaven than almost anywhere else you can stand.
It’s incredible to feel these energies resonate in you, and to feel so small and so expansive at the same time.
The goal of Chinese medicine is to help you balance yin and yang and to connect to the energies that are in you and everywhere around you.

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