Energy Medicine Articles
We are now in the fullness of fall. Don’t be fooled by the idea that fall begins on the equinox, or that the trees aren’t fully golden. The season began to turn on the first of August with Lughnasad, and is now coming into its peak with Mabon, the festival...
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I’ve been vacillating about when to write about the use of hydrotherapy as a health-care treatment, but I think the time is now. I thought maybe I should wait until the season of Water Element, but that’s during the winter months, and who wants to take a...
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With the passing of Lughnasad, we’re easing into the season of Metal. This is the season of release and letting go, of cutting away the chaff. Though it may not yet seem apparent at this early stage, the Earth (in the Northern Hemisphere) is beginning to pull...
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As many of you know, I came to the world of energy medicine through the doorway of massage therapy. As a beginning massage therapist, I knew that there was more to our bodies than flesh and blood and bone, but it wasn’t until I began to study energy medicine...
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This is an exercise to use for balancing your Fire Element when you are feeling panicked, outside of yourself, or overwhelmed by chaos. It eases insomnia, anxiety and generally freaking out. It also promotes grounding. •Rub your hands and shake them off, rest them on...
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Come the first of August, Earth Element will enter again to mediate the shift from summer’s firey nature into autumn’s metal rhythm. This cross-quarter day was originally named for the God Lugh, the Sun King, who’s light begins to wane after the...
