by Melanie | Feb 6, 2015 | Mental Health, Podcast, Traditional Chinese Medicine
In today’s episode we continue our exploration of the emotions through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine with the beloved emotion of Joy. Starting with a visualization of fire and concluding with how to use catnip to calm a restless heart, our journey...
by Melanie | Jan 26, 2015 | Podcast
Opening Exercise: Body Scan Begin by scanning through your body; see if there is any tension, frustration, anger- anything that feels a little bit stuck or pent up (especially in your shoulders and your neck). After you scan for a little bit take a nice deep breath...
by Melanie | Jan 16, 2015 | Podcast
We begin our exploration of the emotions with fear, the emotion associated with the element of water, the season of Winter, and the organ system of the Kidneys (capitalized to signify the TCM concept of Kidneys rather than the physical organs themselves.)...
by Melanie | Jan 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Health can be seen as a river of integration that flows between the two opposing forces of Chaos and Rigidity. (For more on this idea, please see Dr. Dan Siegel ‘s book, Mindsight.) Too much chaos gets us into trouble, but too much rigidity is equally risky. The...
by Melanie | Jan 2, 2015 | Podcast
Resolutions are rigid. They call upon a certain hardness and lack of flexibility and give us a sense of “sticking to it—no matter what.” That’s why they fail. That’s why gyms are packed to the gills in January and back to normal by...
