Ask ten people what wellness means, and you get ten different answers. One person talks about green juice, another swears by 5 a.m. workouts, and someone else is buying whatever expensive powder they saw online this week. Between nutrition advice, hormone changes, and all the talk about getting older, the word gets thrown around so…
Category: Traditional Wellness
The Little Things in Korea I Wish I Could Pack in My Suitcase
There’s a moment I keep coming back to from Korea. I was sitting in this little café in Seoul, just enjoying my drink and doing absolutely nothing in particular, when the girl at the table next to me got up and walked away. She left her laptop sitting wide open on the table, her purse…
The Organ That Doesn’t Exist (But Runs Everything)
So, here’s something interesting. In Chinese medicine, there’s an “organ” that doesn’t actually exist as a physical body part. It’s called the San Jiao, or the Triple Burner. There’s no tissue you can cut open or see on an ultrasound and Western anatomy doesn’t recognize it at all. But TCM treats it like one of…
Wei Qi: Understanding Your Body’s Protective Energy
Some days I stride through the cold without a second thought. Other days I wince at the slightest breeze on my neck. It wasn’t until I started paying attention to those sensitivities that I truly began to understand Wei Qi. I’ve noticed this in my own body, and for a long time, I didn’t really…