By Pip Atherstone-Reid, co-owner of Kundalini House. Everything has a silver lining and after nearly 2 years in and out of lockdowns and trying hard to not to get COVID19, I was a little stunned into silence as I looked at my phone: PHILIPPA, your COVID test on 25/11/2021 is POSITIVE… Hang on, this couldn’t [...]
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. [...]
The Five elements can be used in Chinese Medicine to describe the flow and relationship of the human body and the world around us. The Five Elements can represent the seasons, the major organs, personality types, emotions, spirit and more. I have always loved how it can be used to explain the flow of [...]
Co-owner Pip Atherstone-Reid was invited to speak with Dan from 'More Real', a Podcast about real people for real people! This is a special opportunity to listen to an intimate conversation with Pip - Enjoy! About this Episode: Pip is a beautiful woman, in so many ways, who brings all of herself to this conversation [...]
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 [...]
Tell us a little about your work these last few years? Over the last few years I have been working alongside private midwives in their family clinic. I helped to look after many pregnant women and postpartum using Chinese Medicine. It was such a joy to work closely with some amazing midwives and their extensive [...]
The idea of taking six weeks off to travel around Europe seemed very exciting, yet at the same time also quite terrifying. Could I really leave the clinic and my patients for so long? Could I allow myself to have a break, to look after myself? It’s a bit self-indulgent, isn’t it? And who would [...]
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 [...]
Yoni Steaming - really? by Dr. Leela Klein Yes, you did hear correctly – this is really about steaming your vagina, your yoni! Yoni steaming involves exposing the vagina to steam to cleanse it and enhance its health. The practice has recently made the news due to [...]
What about my body type? CHINESE MEDICINE BODY-TYPES SIMPLIFIED By Pip Atherstone-Reid The terms Yin and Yang are central to Chinese Medicine theory. They describe the duality of life and are therefore moveable and opposing in nature. We can say that: Hot is Yang, Cold is Yin but Cold water is more Yang in [...]
