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It’s All In Your Head
People with psychosomatic pain use to be told “you’re not really in pain, it’s just in your head, you are making this up”. Such a diagnosis holds a big stigma. Yet the pain is real, though not from a physical … Continued
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What We Value
As some of you know I took some time off to attend my dear friend Nigel’s funeral in Devon. He died of cancer and had much time to prepare for his funeral. It was a fitting tribute to his life. … Continued
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Exercise – another view from traditional Chinese knowledge
In Live Well, Live Long (Deadman 2016), exercise is presented in its historical context. For centuries physical activity was seamlessly interwoven into everyday life: cleaning the house, digging, chopping wood, hunting food and only in our modern, relatively wealthy society … Continued
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Singing for unsticking your Qi and feeling good
A long time ago I met Katie Rose at a business networking meeting in Crystal Palace. At the time I was starting to investigate how Tibetan singing bowls can be played to resonate with the body and induce a sense … Continued
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Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy – how acupressure can help
Usually morning sickness is a good sign that the pregnancy is progressing well and often for women who have struggled to get pregnant it is a reassuring sign. But for some women it can be debilitating and even life threatening … Continued
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Press-stroke your Cold away
You feel a cold coming on, perhaps slight soreness in the throat, a sneeze here and there. Now is the time to act. I’ve provided some homecare remedies on my website (https://traceygoulding.com/search/colds) you can follow, but have you thought of … Continued
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Eating to build ‘Blood’ and Yin
Summer is the time of salads. In Chinese Medicine eating with the seasons is advocated, so eating salads and some raw foods in the summer is seen as living harmoniously with nature. So while we’ve still got some summer left, thought I’d … Continued
Read MoreBurnt out Brits struggle with stress
The nation’s stress levels are on the increase and we are risking our health by turning to sugary food, takeaways and alcohol to help cope with modern life a new survey has revealed. The brand new study by the British … Continued
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Finding the Quiet Within: Qigong and Meditation
Are you overworked and overwrought? Are you tense, always tired and generally ‘under the weather’? These are things I hear often from my clients. Living in London is a rollercoaster of activity from waking up in the morning to bedtime; … Continued
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Gua sha: traditional healing for our modern times
Gua sha is a healing technique of traditional Chinese Medicine, often used with acupuncture. It involves press-stroking of a lubricated area of the body surface to intentionally create transitory therapeutic petechiae called ‘sha’ representing release of blood from blood vessels … Continued
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