Category Archives: Seasonal Health

Easy Immune Support – Gan Mao Ling

Number 1 Easy Immune Booster This time of year everyone asks me what they can do to boost their immune system.  It’s normally not a quick answer, because I think it’s important to tailor treatments to each person, and improving … Continue reading

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Hydration for your Spirit

Summer to Fall TransitionsCan you believe the official start of fall is next Saturday, Sept 22?  While it has started to feel a bit crisper in the evenings and mornings, we’re lucky to have warm second summer weather in Sonoma … Continue reading

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Hydration from the Outside In

Late Summer Hydration from the Outside InWhat is your body’s largest organ and what does it have to do with hydration?  Your skin.  Did you forget not all body organs are on the inside?  Without your skin you’d evaporate.  And … Continue reading

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Body Experiment – Hydration

Summer Hydration–Cooling frazzled bodies and so much more from the inside out!Happy Summer!  I hope you have been making the most of the joyous expansive energy of summer.  All our summer activity and socializing can leave us feeling a little … Continue reading

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Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning for your mind & Spirit—how to get more spring in your step with less effort!It’s happening again.  Every year around the start of spring, patients start reporting that their energy has tanked and they feel blah for no … Continue reading

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Quiet Mind – an Experiment

The super-power of a quiet mind, why and how to get more of itI call myself a recovering intellectual.  Because I used to think that I had to figure it all out.  I was pretty good at.  I mean I … Continue reading

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End of Year Happenings and THANKS

Grateful For YouOctober and November have gone by so fast.  I call it the firestorm time warp.  With all the dashing around in October staying safe, and then getting back to service, and playing a bit of catch up when we … Continue reading

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How to Get the Spring Back in Your Step

Spring Wellness Plan, Part 2 March 20th to June 20th  The Spirit of Renewal, Creativity, Growth, Flexibility, & Vision Spring is the ideal time for cleansing and rejuvenation for overall health and well-being. It’s time to clear out any internal stagnation you may … Continue reading

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Are You in Balance this Spring?

Spring Wellness Plan, Part 1 March 20th to June 20th  The Spirit of Renewal, Creativity, Growth, Flexibility, & Vision According to Chinese medicine, human beings are microcosms of the natural universe.  We are subject to the same cycles that occur in nature, which … Continue reading

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How to Keep the Spring in Your Summer Step

Summer Wellness Plan, Part 2 June 21st to September 4th The Spirit of Expansion, Growth, Joy, and Intuition The Heart, mind, spirit, and Small Intestine are ruled by the fire element of Summer, so priority should be given to these important … Continue reading

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