You and your Water Element: To BE and to DO Keywords: foundations, structure, balance, motivation, action The Water element, manifests itself as the Urinary Bladder Yang and Kidney Yin meridians. Together they govern our ability to “BE” – upright and balanced – to move forward and to “DO” things in your life. You’re probably wondering […]

BEAT THE WINTER BLUES Winter is well and truly here: the end of the TCM year, the deep blue and black season of the Water element. A healthy, well balanced water element allows you to feel calm and comfortable with who you are – confident in your motivations and in your ability to get things […]

FOOD AS ENERGY As energy food goes, Pumpkin & Adzuki Casserole – especially this “Superior” version – is one of my absolute favourites. It combines intense sweet and salt with some garlic/ginger heat and, the inclusion of whole oats, sets off the light smoothness of the pumpkin and the slightly heavier, fine granulated texture of […]

As with all the Makko Ho exercises, MASUNAGA’S ZEN STRETCH for WINTER should be performed gently. This exercise invites you to use your unforced breath and sensitivity to develop your awareness of the Bladder and Kidney meridian energies as you “move the KI” to both open and tonify those meridians. So put aside any ideas […]