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Need a TCM-approved recipe to lift your spirits going into the New Year?

Check out this warming mulled wine that can be adjusted to be sweeter or spicy based on your preferences. Build Blood and Yang while getting your drink on this holiday.

Special thanks to guest writer, Analicia Garcia for her last two blogs. She has promised us more in 2024!

A Warming Mulled Wine Recipe The time has arrived for celebration of the simultaneous ending and beginning of the year. In TCM, death and life are synergistic and always intertwined. The endings and new beginnings that New Year’s Eve to New Year’s Day represent is a wonderful symbol of this ongoing interplay. As we come tog...

Check out this lovely reflection by guest writer Analicia Garcia about the transition of Autumn into Winter, and ways to support yourself through this season with nutritional and herbal allies for the dry, cold months ahead.

As Autumn Ends... As we enter the first few weeks of December, the chillier season surrounds us in full. In TCM, this is the season of looking and moving inward, in preparation to store energy for the winter. We see this in the way small animals harvest their food and how trees let loose their leaves for the frost. H...

What do you know about the Lunar New Year? This holiday, celebrated by over 20 percent of the global population is most commonly celebrated in East Asia, and by those of East Asian descent. For myself though, I have always appreciated celebrating what feels like a more logical new year (based on an actual new cycle in the moon, rather than an arbitrary date on the calendar). Plus, I love the food!

This Tuesday, February 1st, will be the beginning of the Year of the Water Tiger... a year of abundance so long as we are able to lean in to the flow.

Here's a great article on the Lunar New Year... make sure to watch the stunning dance piece by Alex Wong called "Capture of the Tiger."

2022 brings the Year of the Tiger. Are we in for a passionate, tumultuous year? For some, Chinese astrology is a guide to making responsible decisions. For others, it's fun folklore. Either way, what should we know about the Year of the Tiger?