Summertime Balance
The Five Elements are central to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Each element corresponds to different phases of the year, systems of the body, emotions, and other aspects of human life. As we head into summer, it’s time to adapt to the fire element. The fire...
Summertime Balance
The Five Elements are central to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Each element corresponds to different phases of the year, systems of the body, emotions, and other aspects of human life. As we head into summer, it’s time to adapt to the fire element. The fire...
Winter: Navigating The Water Element With Chinese Medicine
According to Chinese Medicine, each season resonates with the energy of one of the traditional five elements, or energy phases, of life: water, wood, fire, earth, and metal. Winter invites us to align with the deep currents of the Water element. In Chinese...
Meditation for Philosophers
“People try to find retreats for themselves in the countryside, by the sea, and in the mountains,” writes Marcus Aurelius1. “A marked longing for such a haven has been a habit of yours too. But nothing could be more unphilosophical, given that you may retreat into...