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Set Your Sights on the Moon
Set Your Sights on the Moon The moon has always held a mystical quality for human beings. It has fueled our dreams and imagination for millennia. For thousands of years we humans dreamed of going to the moon. The phrase “shoot for the moon” once meant dreaming big and setting your sights on the impossible.
Summer Season – Preparing Your Body to Transition from Yang to Yin Energy
Summer Season – Preparing Your Body to Transition from Yang to Yin Energy Summer is Yang energy, Fire energy, as we’ve written about before. The yang energy builds to a point where it peaks and then starts to diminish and Yin energy begins increasing. In the Chinese calendar, July 22 is a very special
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Soothing Gingery Pumpkin Soup
Soothing Gingery Pumpkin Soup BENEFITS: Good for maintaining healthy lungs and large intestine Serves 2 Ingredients 2 1/2 cups of coarsely chopped fresh pumpkin or winter squash 3 cups of organic vegetable or chicken broth 3 cloves of garlic peeled and minced 5 whole cloves 2 inch piece of fresh ginger peeled and
Qigong Master Chunyi Lin’s Oyster Mushroom Stir Fry
Master Lin’s Oyster Mushroom Stir Fry BENEFITS: Good for your kidneys, your pancreas, and for moving of energy. When we come to this transition to winter season it’s important to pay more attention to kidney energy and this dish is great for kidney energy. Serves 4 people Ingredients • 2 Oyster Mushrooms•
Qigong Master Chunyi Lin’s Winter Stir Fry
Master Lin’s Winter Stir Fry BENEFITS: Good for high cholesterol, diabetes, and constipation Serves 3: (Adding 1/2 chicken breast or 1 cup chopped pork serves 4) Ingredients: 2 cups bamboo shoots ½ cup peanuts 1 cup black mushrooms ( find at a Chinese grocery store) soak in water for ½ hour before
Soybean Kelp Soup
Soybean Kelp Soup BENEFITS: Good for lungs and breathing in winter. Good for lymph system and swollen legs. Serves 4 Ingredients: 4 cups mushroom or chicken broth (You can always add a little water if you like) 1 cup raw soybeans – soak for two hours before making the soup ½ cup walnuts
Bean Sprout & Wood Ear Mushroom Stir-Fry
Bean Sprout & Wood Ear Mushroom Stir-Fry BENEFITS: Strengthening the kidneys and nurturing the lungs Serves 4: (With or without adding chicken or pork) Ingredients: 3 cups bean sprouts 1 cup Wood Ear mushrooms – chopped 1/2 cup carrots – chopped 1 cup lotus root – chopped fine 1 cup raw potato
Eggs and Chives Stir Fry
Eggs and Chives Stir Fry BENEFITS: This is good for the liver, eyes, gum soreness, skin, and cracked lips. It also helps strengthen Yang energy. Serves 4 Ingredients: 4 Eggs (medium to large) cracked and scrambled in a dish set aside 1 cup Mung Bean sprouts 1 part of a leek chopped into