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Your winter wellness Chinese medicine guide — warm foods, restorative rest, and why ice baths aren't the answer this season

Looking for acupuncture in Altona? Dr Karina Smith offers Classical acupuncture, Chinese medicine and NLP coaching to support pain, stress, women’s health, fertility and emotional healing.

Classical Acupuncture refers to the ways in which Acupuncture was being practiced all the way back in the Han dynasty 202AD-220BC of China.

I have a confession to make, and a soft regret to share. For 7 years now in my yin teacher trainings I have been teaching my budding yin teachers all about the primary channels of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), and I kind of wish I had never done that. In fact, I have now removed all information about Chinese Medicine theory from my live in-person trainings. And if I'm being completely honest, I would like to see the yin yoga community moving far away from talking about

Common suggestions given to every patient about how to manage and maintain good health.

Change is never easy. It can be very overwhelming to try and form new habits when it comes to our health.

Over the years, I've come across lots misunderstandings (and myths) about acupuncture, what it does, and how quickly it works.