Breath, Lungs, Large Intestine & a Warming Tea! In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Lung and Large Intestine belong to the Metal element and form a paired system. Autumn is traditionally associated with Metal — a time of drawing inward, refining, breathing deeply, and letting go of what is no longer needed. But to balance ourselves before we let go, we need to be grounded. In backbends, we need to establish a strong support to the ground beneath and inside ourselves, in our

And why we loose the spinal mobility as adults and how to reverse it! Our ankles provide the foundational contact with the ground. When our ankle joints are weak, stiff, or unstable, everything above adapts poorly. Ankles are often forgotten until they get injured! (as are feet - read about them in an earlier blog ). Our ankles are often the cause of other pains higher up in the body, but they rarely get "blamed". Why are our ankles overlooked? Probably because these joints a