• Pause for Parsley

    One of my first memories of Parsley is being in elementary school, reenacting the Passover meal (something we did every year). During the Passover meal we would dip the parsley in salt water – an incredibly symbolic, meaningful activity.  Parsley has a very long, extensive history of being used throughout many cultures. Though today we often just think of it as a garnish for our meal. But in reality it is a highly nutritive herb that contains: Vitamin A, C, iron, calcium, magnesium, chlorophyll, and flavonoids. Historically it has been used to help with:  Energetics/Emotional Usages The energy of parsley is truly amazing. It is incredibly helpful for people who…

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  • No More Avoiding, Just Start! Sound Recording

    This recording is for when there is something you’ve been meaning to do and you just can’t seem to get it done. Hopefully this recording puts a little oomph in your step and you can get the task, activity, etc. done and off your plate. Bonus Points: While you listen you can place your hands over your solar plexus (right below your chest) and breathe into that area. Pro Tip:  Best to listen to via headphones or earbuds. Still feel stuck and like you can’t move forward with things? That’s a Wood Element imbalance in Chinese Medicine. If you are interested in learning more how Chinese Medicine session can help…

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  • Short Sound Session to Calm Road Rage

    The freeways in the Sacramento Valley are getting worse and worse. You put together major construction with lots of anger drivers and all kinds of scary, frustrating incidents happen on the roads. So for those who are experiencing some road rage here is a short sound byte to help recognize your anger and (hopefully) calm it down. Try drinking lavender and/or chamomile tea (wait to hit the coffee until you get to work if you can) to help soothe the nervous system even more. Pro Tip: Recordings like this or always best to listen to via headphones or earbuds. Having anger/frustration issues? If you are interested in learning more how Chinese…

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  • Definitely Dill When Your Tummy is Ill

    The last herbal kitchen series post I did my partner suggested lavender – there is tons and tons of information about lavender. The next one he suggested was dill. Which I was excited about because I was taught it is wonderful for infant and nursing mother health.  Surprisingly, for an herb with such a long history of medicinal use there wasn’t a ton of information out there, even though through my education it was touted. But herbs can certainly fall in and out of fashion.   Usually when people think of dill they think of pickles, potato dishes, ranch dressing, and perhaps some ham dishes. Dill was not an herb that…

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  • Grounding Sound Meditation Ft. Tibetan Bowls and Ohm Chime

    So previously I posted a grounding recording with only Tibetan bowls. Here is another short recording with Tibetan bowls and my Ohm chimes. You can listen to this whenever and however many times you need to when you feel the need to reground, refocus, and center yourself. Bonus points for doing some acupressure on ST36 while you listen! Pro Tip: Recordings like this or always best to listen to via headphones or earbuds. If you are interested in learning more about a session where you get to experience the bowls live and how Chinese Medicine can help you or your child’s imbalances please feel free to reach out to me here to book a…

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  • Lovely Lavender

    Everyone loves lavender. My partner included (he loves it in the herbs de Provence). So every time I ask him which kitchen herb I should write about next he says lavender. And I would sigh and go, “nope”. Lavender is a huge topic. I could easily have lavender be one of my herbal classes. There are books upon books just about lavender. And quite frankly, it’s easier to talk about what lavender doesn’t do than what it does do.  That being said, I would argue that all herbs do way more than we can imagine. However, people loooovvee lavender. And that love and popularity has made it so that as…

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  • Sound Meditation For When Everyone Is On Your Last Nerves

    Here is a short recording with bowls and chimes to help keep you grounded when everyone is on your last nerves. Listen as often as you need to. And even better if you listen while you do some acupressure on spleen 6. Spleen 6 can help you transform your irritation and frustration as well. Pro Tip: Recordings like this or always best to listen to via headphones or earbuds. If you are interested in learning more about a session where you get to experience the bowls live and how Chinese Medicine can help you or your child’s imbalances please feel free to reach out to me here to book a free 15…

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  • Add some pep to your step with Black Pepper

    Everyone has heard of black pepper, it graces pretty much every eating establishment in America. Including the tables of people who claim they don’t use herbs in their cooking. Black pepper is one of the oldest recorded herbs used, so perhaps its long history in human history has allowed it to wiggle its way into the hearts of even the most stubborn-I-do-not-like-herbs-in-my-food humans. While those humans just think of it as something to shake on to their food to add flavor there are tons of other things our ancestors used black pepper for throughout history.  But first, let’s talk about herbal stimulants. Black Pepper is considered a stimulant in the…

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