Resources
This page is a collection of Michael’s articles, newsletters, sources of inspiration and posts. These are offered to you as educational material and practical tips for health and wellbeing in everyday life.
Clinic Newsletter June 2011 Stagnancy in Chinese Medicine
Winter Notably, of late, the winter chills have hit and laid many people low. My advice, generally, is to stay warm and protected from the cold, by dressing appropriately for winter - something that many Brisbanites don’t do. Eating for the season is also really important . This involves minimizing foods which are more identified [...]
Summer 2010 Real Resolutions
Keep all your healthy practices rolling throughout the festive break and that includes normal maintenance treatments in clinic. Remember that peak health is the best gift you can give to yourself and think how cool that will feel in early January, when you're not picking up the pieces. Resolve not to have resolutions. "A new [...]
Spring 2010 Food & Absorption – we are what we assimilate
Is it true that we are what we eat? Is it true that we are what we eat? Greetings at the outset of Spring 2010. This edition is dedicated to dispelling some misconceptions concerning how we fuel our bodies. Now, some thoughts on food: 'Fish is the only food thats considered spoiled once it smells [...]
Clinic Newsletter July 2010
Staying Warm - A Winter's Tale Its official, the winter chill has truly descended upon us. Though we live in the subtropics, its still relatively cold in Brisbane and we need to act appropriately. Generally speaking, we don't have the same heavy duty warm clothing as residents of Melbourne and Sydney, so we need to [...]
Paradigms
Cultures, Contexts and Shifts ‘Personally engaged’ paradigms are the corner stones of one’s version of reality and thus, one’s filters to experience’. In regards to healing practices, useable paradigms are amongst other things culturally endowed. Attitudes toward health, fitness, disease and dysfunction are all framed early in our lives; these mature and solidify into staunch [...]
Feng Shui and Chinese Medicine
Feng Shui is pronounced “Foong Schway” and literally means ‘wind and water’. Feng Shui originated in China thousands of years ago and was practiced as an imperial prerogative until early this century. Feng Shui is not a religion, not just a set of superstitions or a static science. feng shui provides us with models for [...]
Channels
“Most living systems exhibit multi-level patterns of organization, characterized by many intricate and non-linear pathways, along which signals of information and transaction, propagate between all levels, ascending, as well as descending.” (From ‘The Turning Point’ Fritjof Capra. Pg 282) (From ‘Chasing the Dragon’s Tail’ by Yoshio Manaka, Kazuko Itaya and Stephen Birch. Paradigm Publications, 1995) [...]
Heaven, Earth and Human
Heaven, Earth and Human (HEH)is basically a designation. A central component of Taoist philosophy, this concept can spawn many different bearings. HEH is a viewpoint which suggests, amongst other things: A theory of evolutive creative forces The place occupied by humans in the scheme of things Observances, via which one can restore balance, harmony, homeostasis [...]