Your Inner Alignment Guide

As summer begins to soften, something subtle starts to happen. The evenings arrive a little earlier. The mornings feel cooler. The gardens begin to shift. The light changes. It’s easy to miss. In our Western culture, we tend to move from the fullness of summer straight into the busyness of fall. We rush from vacations into school schedules, projects, multiple holidays. But Traditional Chinese Medicine recognizes something we’ve largely forgotten. There is another season. Late Summer - Begins...

I just got back from a two-week trip to Australia. My husband had a work conference, and I got to tag along. So much gratitude for the experience! It was a great trip filled with many memorable moments. We stayed in Sydney for the first few days. Walked the coast – it was a 3-hour walk starting at Coogee beach and ended at Bondi Beach. It felt very Mediterranean. When we got to Bondi Beach we put our feet in the very cold sea water which felt great after walking so long. We headed to lunch at...

The summer has already started off on a busy foot. I've been to two retreats already. One was the Wisconsin Women's Herbal Conference in Almond, Wisconsin. It had been 9 years since I was there last...man, do the years just fly by! It felt like just a couple of years ago. What made this time special was that I went with one of my daughters. It's nice to share the love of plants with her. I learned some neat things about cattails (did you know that parts of them are edible?), but I mainly went...

As I write this, we are in what is known as the second week of the Start of Summer (according to the 24 Solar Terms – an agricultural calendar used in the East). I love to look to nature for clues on how to live in alignment. Transitions of the seasons are the perfect time to reflect on the concept of changing to grow. Nature is literally growing all around us, changing every day. Energy is building. The trees become fuller as more leaves unfold. Flowering trees are losing their flowers and...

What is the Success Codex? Since the Success Codex is a new tool I'm using with clients, I recorded a video to introduce it to you. In the video I share part of my own chart with you and explain how it has shown up in my life and how I use the information. May is my birthday month! Yep, it's my birthday month! I wanted to celebrate by giving you a gift...$50 off a Single Path Success Codex reading or $100 off Full Success Codex Series (all four paths) if purchased during the month of May (you...

I just wanted to hop into your inbox and send a reminder about World Tai chi & Qigong Day, which is this tomorrow, April 25. There are two ways you can join me - both are free: 8:30 am Central Time via Zoom for a 45 minute Shibashi Qigong session - sign up here - these movements are simple and easy to follow along with 10 am in person at the Pardeeville Library for Tai Chi Even if you can't practice with me in person or live, you can follow along with any of my recorded videos or sign up for...

Last weekend was the Alignment Reset Workshop for Spring. We had a small group, and it was a wonderful afternoon. Attendees learned about the organs of spring through a Traditional Chinese Medicine lens: liver and gallbladder, and how to support them with food and lifestyle habits. I brought in something new which I thought would be fun, creating a visual representation of the internal emotions. Each person created their own using the media of their choosing. It wasn't about creating...

Have you noticed your body feeling a little tighter lately? Maybe in your shoulders… your neck… or even just a general sense of feeling a bit stuck or restless. I've been feeling it. Also sluggish and more tired. Our bodies are shifting out of the winter mode and into spring. Think of a bear coming out of hibernation...she moves slow until she has nourished herself properly and got her body moving. We're like that bear. We are connected to the shifts of the seasons, whether we are aware of it...

HAPPY SPRING! There’s a shift that happens this time of year that we don’t always consciously notice… but the body feels it. After the slower, more inward energy of winter, spring begins to stir something new. Energy starts to rise.Circulation increases.The body begins to move things out that it’s been holding onto. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this season is connected to the Liver - responsible for the smooth flow of energy, emotions, and detoxification in the body. Which means this...