Anxiety – Another perspective.

When Anxiety shows up for a client I often ask them ‘why should you have anxiety right now?’ ‘Why should it be showing up in your body at this point in time?’ More often than not its because the client has not stopped and listened to the wisdom and the insight the body as to offer. They have pushed too hard, for too long disregarding the messages from the heart. So the next time you feel anxious, in an active meditation, close your eyes and focus. Focus on the anxiety. Focus on the what your body is doing but then…

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Adieu Winter.

Winter is a season that definitely affects us and while it’s now coming to an end, we’re still very much in a period where many women are feeling physically and emotionally out of balance. What can assist with this and help you to come out of the winter rut feeling alive and vibrant? As a little background information regarding the very basics of TCM, the Chinese revolve their lives around 5 seasons: Summer, Late Summer, autumn, Winter and Spring. These are respectively represented by the 5 elements; fire, earth, metal, water and wood. Each element has a corresponding yin organ…

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What you can do for YOU this Valentines day.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought it would be valuable to write an article on relationships. Despite all the hype that surrounds the superficial notion of finding your perfect soul mate, I am here to get real and talk about the reality that some romantic relationships in fact challenge us to our very core. We are all familiar with relationships that don’t bring out the best in ourselves – those relationships where we question the way we behave around that person and potentially go so far as to dislike ourselves when around that person. But what if…

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