Here at Kundalini House, we’ve asked our Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Naturopaths what they ate to replenish their energy and nourish their resources during pregnancy and after birthing. Here’s their recommendations: Eat warming, cooked foods rather than cold salads and raw foods Ask your family to arrange a ‘meal train’ so your loved ones can [...]
Fire Cider is a simple, powerful, seasonal folk medicine that is made predominantly from ingredients you’ll already have in your kitchen. It is a multi-purpose and versatile remedy that can be used for a handful of different health issues, as a preventative medicine, or to improve health and wellbeing overall. Below you’ll find a recipe [...]
DEALING WITH STRESS To say the least, it's been a stressful time and we have been feeling the effects that stress puts on our bodies. I have put together some of my favourite recommendations I give my clients to help support them in stressful times and prevent exhaustion. I hope you find them helpful too. [...]
Yogic and Lifestyle tools to Build the Immune System Something we would like to share with you from one of our dear teachers Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur (Yoga Therapist) There are many simple, effective and useful practices in Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan® and Humanology that can strengthen your immune and nervous [...]
Winter – Time to rug up, eat walnuts & have acupuncture Chinese Medicine encourages us to live in harmony with the seasons, and according to Chinese medicine theory, there are five seasons – winter, spring, summer, late summer, and autumn. Winter is the season of hibernation, when energy moves inward. A time of retreat [...]
Beetroot & Goats Cheese Tart: A goat’s cheese and beetroot tart is not only super easy, it’s a fantastic way to use seasonal produce. Serve for lunch, as a side dish or light dinner. INGREDIENTS 450g (1lb) beetroot, peeled 30ml (2 tbsp) olive oil salt and freshly ground pepper 1 pack (320g) ready-rolled puff [...]
Home Remedies to Treat Cold Hands and Feet Experiencing cold feet is normal from time to time. Changes in temperature, as well as health and lifestyle choices, are some of the most common causes of cold feet, and adjusting these factors will usually help you to relieve symptoms. There can be a variety of reasons [...]
Oyster Shells & Dragon Bone – Chinese Medicine Dr Leela Klein (TCM), 0421 283 442, www.shellsandbones.com.au Figs with chicken Serves 6 As dryness is often prevalent during autumn, this dish will help to moisten the body, ease constipation and soothe a dry tongue or throat. Omit the ginger if you are experiencing signs of [...]
Oyster Shells & Dragon Bone – Chinese Medicine Dr Leela Klein (TCM), 0421 283 442, www.shellsandbones.com.au Autumn is the season where the hot summer days gradually become shorter, where the cold creeps in and where the energising energy of summer is replaced by the deeper, more introspective, contracting energies of autumn. Autumn also governs [...]
Your Guide To A Healthy Spleen & The Importance by Leela Klein The Spleen, from a Chinese medicine point of view, is responsible for digesting food and converting it into energy (Qi), similar to the way the pancreas releases insulin to allow the body's cells to absorb ingested glucose, providing the cells with energy. [...]