Winding Path

03/23/2026

Day 3 of my Chinese medicine training. A field trip to 8700 feet. What does this have to do with practicing Chinese medicine? All the better to understand how yin and yang manifest in the body. You can’t heal what you can’t feel!
Heaven above, Earth below, and all human human beings as the living bridge between them. At the top of a mountain the Earth Qi is at its most concentrated. And you are closer to Heaven than almost anywhere else you can stand.
It’s incredible to feel these energies resonate in you, and to feel so small and so expansive at the same time.
The goal of Chinese medicine is to help you balance yin and yang and to connect to the energies that are in you and everywhere around you.

03/23/2026

There's still time to join us Friday, March 20th at 2pm for Tai Chi For Beginners. Register at https://dunedin.librarycalendar.com/event/tai-chi-beginners-30459

03/22/2026

The second day of a Chinese Medicine retreat focusing on gathering Qi from the environment. You don’t have to do anything on this path. Just receive.
In Chinese medicine, the world around you is alive with Qi. The trees exhale what your Lungs need. The earth beneath your feet grounds your Kidney energy.
This is Yang Sheng. Nourishing life by the way you move through it.
Even five minutes outside, with your phone in your pocket and your senses open, is a form of medicine.

03/21/2026

In retreat to sharpen my Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment skills. Our lesson today: we are not separate from heaven and earth. We carry both within us. Heaven qi descends into the body. Earth qi rises to meet it. And we live in that conversation, every breath, every heartbeat.
This is what I come back to in my work. Medical Qigong and Chinese Face Reading are not techniques I perform on people. They are ways of helping you remember the same thing I remembered standing here, watching this water find its way home. You already carry the medicine.

03/16/2026

It is like coming home every time I pass through this gate. I really feel a sense of connectedness and purpose. 

Taoist Tai Chi®: Be active, enjoy life. Everyone is welcome!
Tai Chi Taoïste® : Soyez actif, profitez de la vie. Tout le monde est le bienvenu !

#蓬萊閣 #道家太極

03/12/2026

I see a lot of patients in my Chinese Medicine clinic who have fallen into a rut with their food choices to the detriment of their gut health. We need a wide variety of foods to support a robust microbiome, and our gut is the root of our immune system.
Start with small changes. Add one new food and cook it several different ways to understand qualities and energetics.

03/10/2026

Food is much more than its nutrients. Each food has its own Qi, and it’s important to know how a food’s energy resonates with you. To do that, you have to experience it with all of your senses. You look, smell and touch long before you taste.

03/09/2026

It’s days like this that reminds you why you do what you do with a whole ❤️

03/06/2026

Every organ in Chinese medicine has a season. Liver gets spring. Heart gets summer. Lungs get fall. Kidneys get winter. And the Spleen? The Spleen governs all the in-between times. The transitions. It’s a reminder to return to center before any transition. 🌿

03/05/2026

You are what you eat. But in Chinese medicine, you are also what you watch, what you listen to, what you scroll through, and what you let loop in your head. Your Spleen is working on all of it. Feed it wisely.

03/04/2026

Daylight savings time is coming. If you feel the effects, and they seem worse each year, your system is telling you that this time change is counter to your natural rhythm. Over time, our bodies find this twice yearly change harder to recover from. Take the time now to ease into it by adjusting your bedtime a few minutes each day. After the time change, get morning sun first thing each day. This will help your body adjust more quickly.

03/03/2026

https://www.windingpathguide.com/blog/dont-rush-the-thaw

If you push hard into spring and crash by May, TCM has an explanation. Learn how your Kidney energy sets the foundation for the whole year and what to do right now.