WELLNESS

Tea is Medicine. Which feelings do these words evoke in you? Do you agree? Do you have doubts that this is true? After all, most people drink tea casually and …

Have you ever held back from sharing your sewing or pattern ideas because you were afraid that others might not take them seriously? Do you tend to stick with the …

I’m sure most of us in the sewing community have experienced feeling like we have lost our “sewing mojo” – a dip in our motivation that can leave us feeling …

Act One: A Failure in Kindness One time I had to ask the local sheep shearer to come to shear my family’s flock. He is notoriously difficult to work with. …

For many, this time of year can be challenging. The shorter and darker days can make time feel difficult to comprehend. In Chinese Medicine, Autumn is the season of Metal. …

Large white puffs of snow were drifting down. It was the first snowfall of the season. One landed on my eyelash as I walked back from letting the hens out …

If it comes- let it, if it goes- let it. One of my favourite Buddhist mantras. One true, and especially hard to follow in the midst of stormy emotions, which …

A long time ago a close friend told me about a man he knows, an elderly gentleman who went blind during his middle years. This man told my friend that …

The phrase reached my ears while discussing future plans with a former boyfriend. I shared my dream to someday be a stay-at-home mother and still provide income, but not bear …

Have you ever had a major crisis come up in your life or a big door closed on something you were putting a lot of hope in? Maybe in a …

With World Earth Day just behind us, we are being reminded to take a look at how we connect with our environment and how we in turn, connect to ourselves. …

As we are in the dawn of spring, March the 20th brings more than longer days and extended evenings. In Chinese Medicine, Spring is the season of the Wood Element. …

As we begin to slowly and gently emerge from our winter cocoon, there are a few things to consider when it comes to our health and mental wellbeing. In Chinese …

‘Nothing, ever, is worth closing your heart over.’ Michael A. Singer By the age of 19 I found myself alone in a foreign country, I needed an algorithm to survive …

When I’m treating the menstrual cycle, I feel a sense of fusion. The fusion of the individual experiencing reconnection back to themselves. When we look at any type of dysfunction …

What does it mean to be well? This is a question I ask myself, every single day. To be more precise, I ask myself; how does this person sitting before …