Musing Thoughts

The Earth element in Chinese medicine corresponds to what we might think of as the ending of each season and is related to the concept of transformation. Although the Earth element is often...

Chinese medicine’s health “encyclopedia,” the Neijing Suwen, translated as ”The Medical Classic of the Yellow Emperor,” says that the corresponding relationship among...

Energetic Winter

The Kidneys are the Root of Life, Regeneration and Vitality

During the winter months all things in nature wither, hide, return home, and enter a resting period, just as lakes and...

Along the trail’s edge

beside a sparkling river

in the willow shade,

I lingered to take a nap—

lingered, and I’m still here.

—A Japanese Zen Poem, translated by Sam Hamill

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