Transitioning from Spring to Summer with TCM - Root + Bones

Transitioning from Spring to Summer with TCM

TCM conceptualizes the transition from spring to summer as a significant shift in the balance of Qi (life force energy) and the body’s relationship to our external environment. As we continue to experience building Yang...
The Nervous System through a TCM Lens - Root + Bones

The Nervous System through a TCM Lens

In the holistic framework of TCM, the nervous system encompasses a variety of coordinated organ systems, tissues, metabolic functions, and energetics. As such, its regulation is an excellent reflection of comprehensive harmonyβ€”not just on the...
Moxibustion: Herbalism of the Exterior - Root + Bones

Moxibustion: Herbalism of the Exterior

As a comprehensive system of integrative medicine, TCM aims to cultivate healing through wholenessβ€”whether by harmonizing polar forces like Yin and Yang or by helping the body align with its environment. As such, it contains...
The Second Spring: Menopause - Root + Bones

The Second Spring: Menopause

From the perspective of TCM, a woman’s transition out of her childbearing years is celebrated as the beginning of a very special era. As the term β€œSecond Spring” suggests, menopause is akin to a renaissance,...
Tracing the Patterns of Wind - Root + Bones

Tracing the Patterns of Wind

As a truly holistic approach to healing, TCM constantly holds up a mirror to the interconnections between the state of our bodies and the conditions of our environment. Wind could be understood as the epitome...
Harmonizing the Transition to Spring - Root + Bones

Harmonizing the Transition to Spring

As the days lengthen and temperatures start to climb, we begin crossing over into the Yang phase of the year, though we are wise to remember that we remain in the domain of the liminal....
Follicular Phase: Inner Spring - Root + Bones

Follicular Phase: Inner Spring

Following menstruation, women naturally cycle through a significant point of transformation as Yang energy begins to rebuild once again. While this recalibration process is extremely natural, most women will benefit from supporting the follicular phase...
Nutritional Presence: Eating with the Seasons - Root + Bones

Nutritional Presence: Eating with the Seasons

The belief that nature is inherently intelligent shines through all of TCM, which prioritizes teaching us to align ourselves with that intelligence in the pursuit of truly vibrant health. One of the arguably simplest ways...
The Beauty of TCM: Interviewing YINA - Root + Bones

The Beauty of TCM: Interviewing YINA

YINA, which means harmony and beauty, is an incredible brand rooted in the wisdom of TCM that empowers people to cultivate personal wellness rituals for overall well-being. Founded by two doctors of Chinese Medicine with...