by Sue Crites | Sep 12, 2019 | anxiety, Autumn, Blog, Digestion, Earth, Emotions, Five Elements, Grounded, Late Summer, Liver, Peace, Stomach
‘Tis is the season of digestion! According to the Five Element Theory of Chinese Medicine, in the Northern Hemisphere we are in the short season of Late-Summer and the associated Element of Earth. Mother Earth nourishes, supports, and nurtures all living things....
by Sue Crites | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Fire, Five Elements, Heart, Qigong Exercise, stress, Summer
Stress and anxiety can be debilitating both physically and emotionally. I know people who feel like they can’t breathe or are having a heart attack when stress or anxiety peaks. For me, stress is more of a daily wave I try to ride without getting caught up in the...
by Sue Crites | Jun 21, 2019 | Blog, Fire, Five Elements, Global Healing, Healing, Heart, Love, Qigong, Summer, video
The energy is very powerful around this season of solstice. Summer has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere, and winter has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere. You may have noticed some challenges with this energy. Negative energy is trying to pull us in one direction,...
by Sue Crites | Jun 10, 2019 | Blog, Change, Parenting, Qigong, Relationships, Spring, stress
I have some big news! My son Luke graduated! Whoop! Luke was my second –and final– child to graduate from high school. In these parts (Alberta, Canada), we make a big deal about this milestone. There was undoubtedly less-stress having a boy graduate than there was...
by Sue Crites | Mar 22, 2019 | Blog, Emotions, Health Tips, Liver, Spring
Happy Spring!Were you wondering if spring was ever going to arrive?I know I have been pretty quiet over here for the last few months. I have good reasons. Firstly, I was in Baja Mexico for a few weeks (six to be exact). Mountain Man has been recovering from an ankle...
by Sue | Feb 18, 2019 | Blog, Featured, New, self-care, Self-love, Uncategorized
I sat down to write a post on self-care as it has been forefront on my mind lately. In doing my research, I found this post from a few years back, dusted it off, did some updating, and thought it would be good to share it with you. Years ago, when I first heard the...
