03/28/2026
Reading Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, one idea stayed with me.
The balance of yin & yang—heat & cold, rest & activation—has existed since the Han Dynasty. The tools evolve, but the wisdom remains.
And I felt this firsthand.
Over the past 9 months, I’ve been dealing with significant hip pain—what I now understand as accumulated stress. It got to the point where I could barely get up and down. X-rays and tests showed nothing. The next step was physio… and an MRI, a year away.
So I chose differently.
I returned to acupuncture & herbs.
I reconnected with my acupuncturist—who supported me during my pregnancy 23 years ago.
Three sessions in, I’m 80% better.
But this wasn’t just about pain—
it was about listening.
Because the body speaks. And sometimes it asks us to slow down, recalibrate, and choose differently.
Healing doesn’t come from constant doing.
It comes from rhythm.
Less force. More flow.
Less pushing. More listening.
Over time, I’ve shifted how I live—and my body reflects it: less pain, better sleep, a calmer mind.
Ancient wisdom isn’t outdated.
It’s often the missing piece.
Living in rhythm is knowing when to warm, when to cool, when to act, and when to rest.
It’s taken me years to understand this.
And now, I’m ready to share it—
not as a workshop,
but as a method.
A way of living in flow, not against it.
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At Welmä . It’s a Lifestyle.
P.S. This photo is from a women’s circle at Welmä—honouring one of the oldest practices of all: Community.
