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Spring time detox

Spring and Autumn, the transitional seasons, are a great time for detoxifying and cleansing your body of the harmful impurities that have collected in your organs and tissues over the past months or years. Seasonal cleansing offers an important chance to decide what you want to let go of in pursuit of greater health [...]

Say goodbye to pain

This year National Pain Week   (July 21-27, 2014) is being celebrated by creating awareness that PAIN IS AGELESS. Pain is one way that your body can tell you that something is wrong and needs attention.   It is a feeling triggered in the nervous system that may be sharp or dull; off-and-on or steady; localised [...]

By |2022-08-01T12:14:34+10:00July 23rd, 2014|Aches and Pain|0 Comments

How winter wisdom can help you improve your health

The winter solstice is usually around June 21st each year in the southern hemisphere. This is the shortest day of the year after which the days once again grow slowly longer. Arriving at the solstice can be like coming to the dark night of the soul where we reach our darkest point and from [...]

What everyone should know about supporting immunity

When cold and flu season looms it's time to start thinking about how to stay well through winter. You are constantly being exposed to infectious agents and yet, in most cases, you are able to resist these infections. Exposure alone to viruses and bacteria does not always lead to illness, it is a weak immune [...]

The secret behind the 4am wake up

Each year the Autumn Equinox falls around March 21st.   This is the date on which there are an equal number of hours of daylight and darkness. After this the nights will start to get longer until we reach the longest night on the Winter solstice. As the nights become longer issues with sleep can [...]

Your Health in the Year of the Horse

Jan 31, 2014 is the start of the Chinese Year of the Wood Horse. The horse is fundamentally a fire creature, so this year the elements of Wood and Fire will be highlighted. Wood and Fire relate primarily to the Liver and Heart in Chinese Medicine. So how can you best look after your health [...]

By |2017-02-17T14:29:53+11:00February 8th, 2014|Astrology|2 Comments

New Year, New You

New Year's Eve is often a time for reflecting on our past, deciding where we want to head in the coming year and then making resolutions in order to achieve these goals.   Without a direction we often wander aimlessly through the year and then wonder why we haven’t accomplished anything as the year draws [...]

Treat Men’s Health Naturally with Chinese Medicine

Men's attitudes towards health and health services are different to those of women which is why occasions like Movember have been created.   Looking at the clients I have treated in clinic this year only a little over a quarter of them were men. So I would like to call upon the women of the [...]

By |2022-08-27T16:01:03+10:00November 6th, 2013|Men's Health, Stress Management|0 Comments

Flow Well, Stress Less

Stress is defined as an internal resistance to an external force. As such, stress is actually about the relationship between you (your inner issues) and the world around you (external events). When you resist the flow of the moment, rather than going with it, your body responds with an increase in adrenaline and a [...]

By |2022-09-20T09:57:23+10:00October 5th, 2013|Stress Management|1 Comment

Spring Clean Your Mind, Body and Spirit

Imagine living in a pollution-free environment, drinking only pure, mineralized, alkaline water and eating naturally untainted nourishing foods. Imagine living in homes free of chemicals, breathing clean air, wearing natural fibre clothes washed in clean water with pure soaps. Unfortunately very few of us live this way and so the toxicity of modern life, [...]