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Somatic Movement for ease in Walking & Running
By Indu Vashist Running and walking are complex, full body movements. If you want to be able to run, walk or climb stairs with improved freedom, ease and balance, we have to go back to the basics. In somatic movement, we can re-learn to run and walk through gait...
Somatic Movement for ease in Walking & Running
By Indu Vashist Running and walking are complex, full body movements. If you want to be able to run, walk or climb stairs with improved freedom, ease and balance, we have to go back to the basics. In somatic movement, we can re-learn to run and walk through gait training. Gait retraining is a movement specific intervention that aims to facilitate learning new techniques for more functional and...
PCOS – A Chinese Medicine Diet and Lifestyle Approach
By Dr. Angela Warburton TCM Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), affects 5-10% of women in North America and is the leading cause of ovulatory based infertility. Women with PCOS are known to have high levels of male hormones (androgens), which interfere with the normal...
The Importance of Postpartum Care
The month after giving birth is called ‘the golden month’ in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and it is of utmost importance that the mother along with the newborn, get exceptional care during this time. So often in western society mothers are ‘back at it’ at rapid...
Food For Thought
TCM, Food and Fertility By Dr. Angela Warburton TCM The latest research on diet and fertility states a diet consisting of complex-carbohydrates (ones that are slow to break down in the body like beans, whole grains, vegetables), whole foods (avoiding processed foods...
Lean Green Vanilla Ice Cream (NO Ice Cream Maker Required)
Credit: Adeline Chan, C.N.P. (Hons), B.Sc. (Hons) Registered Nutritionist Ingredients (use organic whenever possible): 1/2 cup kale leaves (deveined, washed, and patted dry) 2 frozen ripe or overripe bananas (frozen overnight) 3 pitted medjool dates 1 tbsp or so...
Barley Water
If you find you are retaining a lot of water and react strongly to the humid weather, try drinking barley water daily. It can help soothe your digestive system, clear excessive heat and balance water metabolism. Ingredients: • 2 ounces organic barley • 1 liter...
Seasonal Awareness
by Jen Bowers In Chinese medicine, each season is affiliated with an organ system and each organ system is associated with both a spiritual and an emotional aspect. Each time the seasons change, we have an opportunity to nourish and support our bodies by...
Cooling Summer Tea
Soothing on the stomach and liver systems, this tea is ideal for cooling summer heat. Drink hot or cooled. Ingredients: Peppermint (2 tea bags or a tsp of loose leaf) Rosehips (2 tea bags or a tsp of loose leaf) Lemon juice Pour boiling water over herbs and let steep...
Beat the Heat – Summer Food Cures
by Dr. Angela Warburton, TCM In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) we look at food as having properties (hot, cold, dry, damp etc) in addition to nutritional value. Foods grown in each season have properties that help balance the body during that time. For example,...
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