Tag: summer

How to Create a Bedtime Routine – A Five Element Perspective

Posted on by Hailey Ward-Maldonado
How to Create a Bedtime Routine The summer season is dominated by the fire element. Here, we may have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep due to restless energy and active minds. Routines settle restless energy, creating predictability. Try to adopt three or more of these suggestions as you create a bedtime routine. Eat dinner at roughly the same time each evening Avoid caffeine/ sugar consumption late afternoon into evening Incorporate a movement practice like yoga or qi gong, even if just for a few minutes Give some thought to what's coming for you tomorrow - pick out your clothes or plan your meals Evening epsom salt baths or foot soaks No electronics at least two hours before bedtime Avoid...Read More

Thai Massage with Lydia Moneyhun

Posted on by Hailey Ward-Maldonado
https://youtu.be/1RB2SV1MU68   Lydia Moneyhun is the massage therapist at Balanced You Clinic. She offers a few types of massage services, including ashiatsu style massage and Thai massage. Lydia tells us more about Thai Massage - You may feel like this is the right style of massage for you, or be interested in trying something new! What does a Thai Massage session with you look like? It’s a 90 minute session, and the client is fully clothed in something comfortable, stretchy. Thai massage is very slow, and consists of a lot of compressions on tight areas. And, of course, slow, passive stretching! I describe it as “Yoga being done to you!” What are the benefits of Thai massage? Thai is great...Read More

Summer Food Therapy

Posted on by Hailey Ward-Maldonado
Moving into Summer, the season governed by the fire element, our primary focus with food therapy is to nourish yin fluids and clear excess heat. By maintaining a healthy balance between the water and fire dynamic of the body, we are helping to support hydration, regulate proper fluid metabolism, reduce inflammation, and calm the nervous system. Common foods that we recommend during the summer season: - Watermelon and cucumbers are a staple! It nourishes fluids and clears heat. - Summer veggies like peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, and zucchini all have high water contents and thus nourish Yin. - Berries help to tonify the blood. - Eat lots of summer greens like: broccoli, swiss chard, kale, cabbage, spinach, parsley, mustard greens, dandelion...Read More