by Reception Team | Aug 5, 2025 | Andrew Chambers, Chinese Medicine, Exercise, Health
Drug-Free Pain Management with Chinese Medicine By Andrew Chambers, Chinese Medicine Practitioner Are you living with chronic or acute pain? Whether it’s caused by injury, illness, or long-term conditions like arthritis, fibromyalgia or musculoskeletal issues, pain...
by admin | Aug 28, 2023 | Chinese Medicine, Exercise, Quiescence
The Benefits of Qigong Recently we were lucky enough to meet Emma Adnams, the founder of Move for Life Qigong, and experience her wonderful Qigong classes here in Fitzroy. Qigong, pronounced “chee goong” is an ancient energy-centred movement practice, deeply...
by Annalise | Mar 17, 2020 | Chinese Medicine, COVID-19, Energy, Exercise, Health, Quiescence, Seasons, Winter
Colds, Flus, COVID-19 and how to stay healthy this season is in the forefront of everyone minds right now. Fortunately Chinese medicine has a lot to offer for both building the body’s immunity and how to treat infectious diseases. In fact this is one of the...
by Annalise | Nov 19, 2015 | Chinese Medicine, Exercise, Fertility
If you are in your mid-20s to mid-30s, you are sure to have heard the phrase “don’t leave it too late” when people are talking fertility. And it’s true. The stats are frightening. As women our fertility peaks around 25 years old. In our mid-30s the chance of...
by Annalise | Nov 7, 2014 | Chinese Medicine, Exercise
This is the pivotal time of the menstrual cycle in Chinese Medicine. As the fullness of Yin reaches its total capacity ovulation occurs and Yin switches to Yang. The increasing levels of estrogen (yin) trigger the release of Luteinizing Hormone. This stimulates the...
by Annalise | Oct 8, 2014 | Energy, Exercise, Happiness, Health, Stress
So much of Chinese philosophy is grounded in balancing yin and yang, and this goes for exercise too. Often times if we are a yang personality, or we’ve had a particularly stressful day, we are drawn to more energetic forms of exercise. Getting the heart rate pumping...