Center for Chinese Medicine blog – Summer 2014

The summer seems to be upon us early. In the traditional Chinese calendar the Summer is considered to come earlier than June 21st, but maybe in this Wood Horse (‘Pony’) year it is kicking in already no matter what calendar you follow! When I give talks I often emphasize that a good maintenance program, if everything is generally okay,…

Thoughts on January 2014

NOW is an appropriate time for retreat, planning, preparing, visioning, and resting.  The weather and general seasonal ‘qi’ says so. According to the Asian lunar calendar we have another 4 weeks before the new year comes – this one on January 31st. And the next year is very different in its mood – the shift…