My hubby is a hottie! He's literally on FIRE! My husband has so much energy, he practically bounces off the walls. He's always happy, passionate and excited. I love that about him, but of course it also comes with tendency to restlessness, insomnia, high blood pressure and ADD. When we go see a comedy at the movie [...]
Prior to becoming a TCM Geek, I was managing a fitness club where I personal trained clients, taught aerobics and hip-hop dance class (how do you like the hair? Yikes!) My friends were all fitness fanatics and we spent our time off hiking, mountain biking, running marathon, participating in adventure races and triathlons! CRAZY! We talked [...]
I love to teach the Zang-Fu Theory to new students, because it forces them to let go of what they know about the function of organs in a western sense, and wrap their heads around the TCM view point. But what's really important, is the functions of each TCM organ will help a good practitioner figure out [...]
Nobody messes with my mom. She's always right and will bite your head off if you don't do it her way. Imagine when at 10 years old, I decided to paint our kitchen bright turquoise. Her LV yang exploded when she came home and saw I had painted the fridge, the windows and the door as well [...]
Some of the best foods for the TCM kidney are black in colour (Corresponding colour in the 5-element theory), such as blackberries, black sesame seeds, black beans, seaweeds, black chia seeds and wild rice. I was born 10 weeks early and had scoliosis and asthma as a child. The hair on my head didn't grow until I [...]
I love how TCM Nutrition can heal our bodies, and TCM food cures are amazing if the patient is willing to be compliant. I was born premature. Ten weeks premature actually! According to my mom (who smoked 2 packs a day during her pregnancy), babies are born early all the time and smoking had nothing to do [...]
