There’s a quiet season that lives between two louder ones. Summer’s fire has had its moment — the long days, the outward energy, the excitement of expansion. Fall hasn’t yet arrived with its cooler air and its invitation to release. Right in between sits the Earth Element, and in Traditional Chinese Medicine, this is exactly
Do you feel like your energy could be better? Trouble sleeping, brain fog, or that low hum of stress and anxiety you can’t quite shake? Maybe you’re recovering from surgery or illness, feeling unmotivated, or you just need a pick-me-up. Your body already knows how to heal — sometimes it just needs a little help
If you’ve been with me in class lately, you know June was all about the Fire Element, where we explored the organs of Fire (heart and small intestine), the systems of Fire (our inner and outer protectors), and the emotions of Fire (anxiety or inspiration and joy). And here’s the truth: we’re not leaving the
Summer arrives like a long-exhaled breath. The days stretch wide, the light lingers, and something in us loosens. We want to say yes — to the cookout, the road trip, the spontaneous swim, the late-night conversation on the porch. Summer whispers that anything is possible, and for a glorious moment, we believe it completely. But
Something stirs in May. The trees are pushing skyward, green is taking over, and there’s an unmistakable charge in the air. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this energy has a name: the Wood Element — and all month long, we’re going to work with it. The archetype for the Wood Element is the Warrior or the
Last August, I had the good fortune of attending a class called The Five Spirits of Mt Kunlun presented by Sara Allen, PhD, EEM-AP, a senior Eden Energy Medicine Teacher. Sara was also one of my main teachers when I was studying to become an Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner. The four-day training was about everything
Winter has a way of grinding us down. By the time January rolls around, the holidays are behind us — but the exhaustion, the overstimulation, the “I need a real break” feeling? That tends to stick around. If you’ve ever found yourself thinking there has to be more than this, my Kripalu and Energy Medicine
Something is shifting. If you’ve felt it — in your body, in your conversations, in the collective exhale between moments of chaos — you’re not imagining it. The established structures we’ve long relied upon are crumbling, sometimes violently, sometimes quietly. And yet, in the spaces those structures leave behind, something ancient and powerful is rising
Remember the last time you felt completely at peace in nature, moved by beautiful music, or experienced a moment of pure gratitude? Or remember the way you felt the last time you belly-laughed with friends, danced with abandon, or sang at the top of your lungs? Or remember the feeling of falling in love with
How many New Year’s resolutions have you made with your mind—carefully reasoned, logically sound, perfectly sensible—only to watch them dissolve by February? We set intentions to exercise more, eat better, be more productive, as if we could simply think our way into transformation. But what if the mind isn’t the right instrument for this work?
