Archive for October 2009

How Much Time Do You Yin & Yang?

October 27th 2009

Yin and Yang lies within all of us.  We have both Yin and Yang.  It is not good to be only one or the other.  We are are meant to be balanced.
Yin are the qualities of inner reflection, inactivity, and internally-focused.
Yang are the qualities of motion, movement, directed activity, and outwardly-focused.
It’s important to spend time [...]

Yin & Yang Are Bound To Each Other

October 20th 2009

Yin and Yang are bound to each other forever.  It’s like marriage (except there isn’t a divorce).  Yin and Yang live with each other forever.   Even though they are interdependent, they may try to dominate the other as a way of balancing each other.
However, at any given time, Yin can accumulate and overpower Yang or [...]

Yin & Yang, Separate But Never Separated

October 13th 2009

Chinese Medicine is misunderstood by most people. It is a whole different system of viewing the human body & psyche.  Chinese Medicine is based on real principles that align with the ebb and flow of nature and the universe.  Chinese Medicine coincides with nature.
Although Yin and Yang are separate entities, Yin cannot be by itself [...]

Can Stress Affect Your Lifespan?

October 8th 2009

The primary goals of Chinese Medicine is to promote your longevity by focusing on a healthy lifestyle, diet, and a peaceful heart.
Now we know from, Nobel Prize winner, Elizabeth Blackburn’s work on telomeres – she has found scientific confirmation that life stress and lifestyle choices do, in fact, affect your lifespan.
Elizabeth and her team [...]

Yin & Yang Applied In Real Life

October 7th 2009

I love the principles of Yin & Yang.  It is the very basic and extremely important premise in Chinese Medicine.  All of nature and the universe follow the principle of Yin and Yang.
This one principle is so simple and yet so profound.  I find that it can be applied in so many aspects of living [...]