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Some of the sights of the journey of education and inspiration.

Dr Sonia Tan with Toronto Balance Method Acupuncture Class

Montreal Balance System Acupuncture class

First Langara Balance System Acupuncture Class

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As you read this, I’ll be on my way again to tea

As you read this, I’ll be on my way again to teach and transmit the beauty of Balance Acupuncture and the San Cai to the very passionate practitioners of Australia! 🌏 I am excited and grateful to see you all again and meet new keen students! I am thrilled to continue to pass this area of Classical Chinese medicine onward. Let the ripple continue! 🌊
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I am also very aware of the effect modern travel has on our Mother Earth and the Earth’s “inflammation”. From my teens, I was always passionate about the Environment and the Earth. Those that know me well, know this is part of my core. I feel it deep in my heart the environmental disharmony, and now climate crisis that Mother Earth is going through. Thus, I am happy to share that once again I purchased Carbon and Radiative Effect Offsets for my trip! 🌎✈️
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The project I chose to support for this leg is the 120MW Solar Power Plant in Gujarat, India. This project also supports children that are hearing impaired. Happy to help social and sustainable projects and take action against Climate Change. 🌬️
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Keep living in kindness, balance and flow! ❤️
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👋🏻 Hello daggers! 🔪 Today at 06:38 we beg

👋🏻 Hello daggers! 🔪 Today at 06:38 we begin the Xīn Yǒu 辛酉 Metal Phoenix month-a double metal month. 😲 ‘daggers’? The 👎: Yin Metal is a refined metal, made into a tool or a beautiful piece of jewel. In order to get there, one must chisel and pick away. Globally, this entire month may feel harsh, picked, poked, prodded & sliced due to the double Yin Metal. This momentum began in the previous month (Metal Monkey). Now it comes to a head. However, the 👍: This forces you to look deeply inward + process – and if you do so with an open ❤️ & mind ready, this push will bring about enlightenment. This nudge is intended to transform you & help you rise above, ready to unfold toward your new transformation + trajectory. Commonly known as the Rooster, in my lineage the classical reference is the Phoenix. This better illustrates Yǒu 酉 being a symbol of refinement, to a new being + beautiful transformation. 💎 It’s time to let go, and attune, align and allow.
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Need Metal? Yay abundance! If you don’t, lay low-say no. Either way, this month on a global scale is about refining, transforming, letting go of old, weaving in new. It continues with the theme of the previous month…transformation + clarity of next steps…and you can only step forward by letting go.
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The solar seasonal node of Bái Lù (White Dew) 白露 also begins in the Northern Hemisphere. We see white dew on the leaves. The cool + dryness trend will keep increasing as we reach the Autumn Equinox Qiū Fēn 秋分. 🌬️ It’s Chinese preventative medicine best practice to start having more warming foods and put those socks and scarves on!
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Chinese medicine practitioners, this is a double Metal month again. Similar to last month. Be mindful to add a high dose of compassion. ✌🏻
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Remember a true classical Chinese doctor is an astute observer and sensor to enhance harmony of Qi 氣 (气). Attune, align and allow. 👀 May love + light Qi be with you! 🤞🏻🏄‍♀️
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🤓 To give a child a thousand pieces of gold is

🤓 To give a child a thousand pieces of gold is not as good as giving him a skill. -Chinese proverb 👉🏻 Meaning: Giving you the skills to analyze, formulate + create is a life skill, and more helpful than giving you the end results. Aka giving you fish can feed you for 1 day, but giving you the skills to fish can feed you for a lifetime. 🌎 Any guesses on why I chose this quote this month? 🤔
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赐子千金不如一艺 (Trad. 賜子千金不如赐子一藝)
Cì zǐ qiān jīn bù rú cì zǐ yī yì.
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This is my mindful meditation this month as we will soon begin the Metal Phoenix month, which is another double metal month and full of refinement + transformation, harshness + enlightenment. Be kind fellow humans. 🙏
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May the journey be smooth and the Qi flowing with you this month! 🏄‍♀️
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Guess what? I’m teaching in-person again soon! S

Guess what? I’m teaching in-person again soon! So exciting right?! 🤓 You get the best out of a teacher from an in-person experience - honest, fluid, customized exchange. It’s my preference to teach this way. Join me for these upcoming Balance System Acupuncture (BSA) Foundation + Advanced classes.
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👉 BSA Foundations December 1+2+3, Vancouver, BC, Canada. This INCLUDES hands-on practice and optional evaluation for entry into the Tan Academy of Balance BSA Certificate program. 🎤
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👉 BSA 2.5RP + 3+4 September 22+23+24, Sydney, NSW, Australia. This BSA 2.5 is a Refinement + Practical course including your case questions, hands-on review, refinement and practice. I’m excited to be returning to Australia again! My last visit was very special. I’m looking forward to creating magic again and continuing to pass on the lineage and knowledge. TY @ChineseMedicineEducation and @ChinaBooksSydney for the invites! 🙏 If you took BSA Foundations via the webinars, the BSA 2.5 practical is an important course to anchor your learning of hands-on skill and practical applications. BSA 3 + 4 (Channel Conversion + Twelve Meridian/Magical System) are two of my all-time favourite strategies. Expanded your clinical reach with quick results! 🎤
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Check out the free overview Shop Talk video for BSA Foundations with Chinese Medicine Education 👉 https://chinesemedicineeducation.com/product/balance-system-acupuncture-bsa-foundations-with-dr-sonia-f-tan-copy/
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👉 Our upcoming classes (hybrid delivery or in-person only) are listed here: https://tanbalance.com/teaching-schedule/ Or here: https://www.soniaftan.com/#teaching-schedule . 👇 Scroll down to find the course you want!
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☝️ IMPT! When signing up for our courses via the TanBalance.com website, make sure you follow the instructions on the Student Access page here: https://tanbalance.com/students/
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Will you join me? 😁🤓 See you when the stars align! 🙏
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👋🏻 Hello swords! ⚒️ Today at 03:16 we be

👋🏻 Hello swords! ⚒️ Today at 03:16 we begin the Gēng Shēn 庚申 Metal Monkey month. 🐒 Ai ya! Swords may come out as we move toward a refined place, cutting through the past inefficiencies and blockades, as we finally find some of our enlightenment + hack away at creating a new place in our world. It may be rough or abundant. This depends on your personal chart. Metal is a time of clarity and letting go. On a global scale, this is where cold hard truth sets in. Chill time is done. Time for new change + a new era coming. Monkeys are movers, intelligent, intuitive and hardy. They don’t mind putting the work in, and they like to think and intuitively sense their way outside the box. With the Yang Metal in the Heavens this month, logic and efficiency will reign, but keep remember to listen also to your spiritual sense/intuition that the Monkey has deep within.
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If you need Metal (which would depend on your personal Ba Zi Birth Chart) you’ll get a tsunami this month (and more next month). If you don’t, try to lay low. Either way, this month is about clarity of your next steps. And you cannot step forward without letting go.
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The solar seasonal marker of The Beginning of Autumn 立秋 Lì Qiū (Fall Stands Up) also begins in the Northern Hemisphere. The cold air of autumn begins and increases from now on until The End of the Heat trend 處暑 (处暑) Chǔshǔ (End of Hot). In the Chinese solar calendar, the fall and cool dryness trend has begun. 🌬️
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Chinese medicine practitioners, this is a double Metal month. This will be really cutting/inflammatory or really calming. You may see Metal issues flare up if they are already in excess. I’d be using the Taiyin-Yangming Channel Conversion or Metal Seasonal Balance or combined as my go-to. ✌🏻
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Remember a true classical Chinese doctor is an astute observer and sensor to enhance harmony of Qi 氣 (气). Attune, align and allow. 👀 May the Qi be with you! 🤞🏻🏄‍♀️
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🌊 Only when the water in the big river is high

🌊 Only when the water in the big river is high will the small streams rise. -Chinese proverb 👉🏻 Meaning: An individual’s well-being depends on collective prosperity. 🌎
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大河有水小河满. (Trad. 大河有水小河满滿.)
Dà hé yǒu shuǐ xiǎo yǒu mǎn.
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This is my mindful meditation this month as we will soon begin the Metal Monkey month, which is a double metal month and full of movement and knowledge, harshness yet abundance, coldness and refinement. Be kind fellow humans. 🙏
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May the journey be smooth and the Qi be with you this month! 🏄‍♀️
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Blessed! One of my missions is to pass on the know

Blessed! One of my missions is to pass on the knowledge of Classical Chinese medicine (CCM) and Channel Theory that had been forsaken in contemporary education. Outside of Balance Acupuncture, the tools that fill the gap of Psycho-Spiritual support that are also as efficacious as Li Gan Jian Ying of Classical Chinese medicine (including Balance Acupuncture) are the Eight Extraordinary Vessels and Channels (8EVC). This includes the Sinews, Luos and Divergents, when applied in the classical & Channel Theory way. I’ve had the blessing of learning from Jeffrey Yuen and Yvonne Farrell, the latter a student of Master Yuen. My relationship with Dr. Yvonne Farrell dates back to when I was completing my doctorate at Yo San University, where we connected like kindred spirits in the CCM & Channel Theory camp! Her articulation of the 8EVC is so beautiful and her passion for education palpable. Dr. Farrell embraces clear transmission of knowledge with anchoring and passion. I’m thrilled to have her as part of my faculty at the Tan Academy of Balance Inc, to lead her lineage of the 8EVC Mentorship!
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Last weekend we had our 8EVC Mentorship Module 2: The Luos, one of my personal favourite systems to work with that creates ease, space and enlightenment for the spirit. It was beautiful to watch the simple but profound transformations taking place with our special Cohort 1! (We’ve tagged students that only wished to be.)
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Looking forward to providing the next mentorships weekend with Dr. Farrell!
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Stuck in life? Trauma? Is your capacity full, your clarity blocked? Spiritual journey need support? Eight Extra Channels and Vessels are for you to consider.
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Students and colleagues, keep watch for Cohort 2 2024/25, dates TBD or get on the list for our first call out!
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May you all have good Qi flow!
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👋🏻 Hello chillax time! ☀️ Today at 18:10

👋🏻 Hello chillax time! ☀️ Today at 18:10 we begin the Jǐ Wèi 己未 Earth Goat month. 🐐 We have a chance to ground and slow down after the super Fire month we just had. Goats want to chill, ponder, visualize, create joy, socialize/connect, help…but after time to themselves to ponder. Add in the Earth from the Heavens, the Goat this month is all about chillaxing! And we need this. Take the time to tune inward, reset and reground with the Earth dominance of this month. Prepare to cut through and move in the next several months with lots of Metal coming, which means set the foundation this month.
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If you need Earth (which would depend on your personal Ba Zi Birth Chart) you’ll enjoy the ease of this month. Regardless, the theme is about self awareness and self care, regenerating and grounding, laying your foundation of strenght. It’s taking care of yourself and your relationships this month.
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The solar seasonal marker of Little Heat 小暑 Xiǎo Shǔ also begins. The torrid heat is rising as it heads to the climax at Greater Heat 大暑 Dà Shǔ (July 23) the hottest time of the year which is the most sweltering. Summers’ heat is at its max at Dà Shǔ. Stay cool everyone in the Northern Hemisphere! 🏖️
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Chinese medicine practitioners, this is double Yin Earth most of the month. This will be really grounding or really stagnant. I’d be using the Channel Conversion Magic 4 midline + Liver as my go-to. However, there are many other choices, but my sense is that this is Magic 4 midline +LR CC is likely to be a good Balance. ✌🏻
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As always, attune, align and allow. Remember a true classical Chinese doctor is an astute observer and sensor to enhance harmony of Qi 氣 (气). 👀 May the Qi be with you! 🤞🏻🏄‍♀️
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🍚 Eat a full breakfast, eat a full lunch, but o

🍚 Eat a full breakfast, eat a full lunch, but only eat a small supper. -Chinese proverb 👉🏻 Meaning: Eat breakfast like Monarch, lunch like a Prince/Princess, but dinner like a pauper. This is a Chinese cultural method of healthy living, that comes from the Chinese medicine perspective of aligning with the Stomach & Spleen Qi’s highest strength in the morning and lunchtime, versus its lowest and weakest point in the evening. If you align this way, it will harmonize better with the Stomach & Spleen Qi, and overall digestive system function. 🍲
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早饭吃得饱, 中饭吃得饱, 晚饭吃得少. (Trad. 早飯吃得飽, 中飯吃得飽, 晚飯吃得少.)
Zǎofàn chī dé bǎo, zhōngfàn chī dé bǎo, wǎnfàn chī dé shǎo.
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This is my mindful meditation this month as we will soon begin the Earth Goat month, which is about relaxing the pace, nourishment from the earth, and stability. Grounding and regeneration time - with people and yourself. 🙏
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May the journey be smooth and the Qi be with you this month! 🏄‍♀️
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It's a wrap! 🙌🏻 Day 2 done and it was a slam

It's a wrap! 🙌🏻 Day 2 done and it was a slamming busy day again! We (the Tan Academy of Balance) loved providing Balance Acupuncture and Classical Chinese Medicine to the racers! Quick results, happy athletes, happy body, mind and spirit. We ran out of intake forms and almost ran out of needles. 🤦🏻‍♀️ TY to @dragonboatbc for inviting us back year after year in this celebration of Chinese culture and wellness. ❤️ Happy to help, and see you all next year! 🤸🏻‍♀️✌🏻
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Day 2 and a slamming busy day again! We loved prov

Day 2 and a slamming busy day again! We loved providing Balance Acupuncture and Classical Chinese medicne to the racers! Quick results, happy athletes, happy body, mind and spirit. We ran out of intake forms and almost ran out of needles. 🤦🏻‍♀️ TY to @dragonboatbc for inviting us back year after year in this celebration of culture and wellness. ❤️ Happy to help and see you all next year! 🤸🏻‍♀️✌🏻
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Day 1 complete at the @dragonboatbc Festival! We a

Day 1 complete at the @dragonboatbc Festival! We are thrilled to be providing Balance System Acupuncture (BSA) and its quick results to the athletes for over 5 years now. This year is the 35th anniversary of the festival, and the largest contingent they have ever had. It is hopping and we are happy to continue to showcase this great classical and effective medicine!
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TY to @acufast for the needle donations and to the Tan Academy of Balance students and alumni of the BSA Certificate mentorship program for volunteering! 👏🏻 Day 1 volunteers: @heartandhandsyyj
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Reset time and prep for Day 2! 😴
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This is historic! 🙌🏻 The very first Certifie

This is historic! 🙌🏻 The very first Certified program for Chinese Astrology Practitioners (CAP) has begun! This mentorship involves feedback - assignments and testing for competency and confidence - something very important when you are dealing with constitutional energy. It’s taken me over 7 years to feel I have the design to teach it with integrity and proficiency. Of the San Cai - Three Essences and the Wu Shu - Five Skills, Astrology is a big passion of mine due to my family lineage and experience. It gives one both perspective and tools to navigate the ebbs and flows of life. This is all for helping humanity, whether it be how to apply it in medicine, recommend in consultation, or support with perspective. All of these students are trained in Chinese medicine already. Now they are taking their knowledge, particularly of the Five Phases, to another level! 🤓
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Please join me in applauding these students who have decided to take the leap into this deep, complex and enlightening world! They have no idea exactly what they stepped into (big grin from me 😉), and I know they’ll forever look at the world, humankind and themselves with a different lens! Welcome CAP Cohort 1! 👏🏻
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Grooming classical Chinese doctors and astute observers and sensors one student at a time. 👀 May the Qi be with you all! 🙏🏻🤞🏻🏄‍♀️
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👋🏻 Hello beach time! ☀️ Today at 06:46 w

👋🏻 Hello beach time! ☀️ Today at 06:46 we begin the Wù Wǔ 戊午 Earth Horse month. ⛰️🐎 Horses are jovial spirits that need to be free to wander and follow their impulse, yet need earth groundedness to feel settled with family, people and connection. The Heavenly Earth this month brings a mountainous groundedness which can be just what one needs to calm the fire and instability, or the Yang Earth may feel restriction in Fire’s need to expand. This would depend on you and your personal Ba Zi Birth Chart. Regardless, the theme is about patience and action. Patience and thoughtfulness before impulse and action. And when the systems and foundation are good and the timing is right (listen to your gut), expansion will follow.
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We also begin the Máng Zhòng 芒种 (芒種) Feather Seed/Grain in Beard month. Here we see the wheat grows ripe and corn appears on the ear. Look, so you see that in nature this month? 👀 The hours of heat and sunlight trend continues to increase up to the mid-summer or “maximum summer” point of the Summer Solstice on June 21. This isn’t the maximum time of summer’s heat. Rather, it is the maximum time of the sunlight hours, where we reach the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. 🌞
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Chinese medicine practitioners, I see an interplay happening here with people needing to freely express themselves and others that need re-grounding. Either way, people are looking for their center to pivot from. I’m reminding you that one of the easy resets or centering strategies is Magic 9. ✌🏻
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As always, observe both outside and in. Remember a true classical Chinese doctor is an astute observer and sensor to enhance harmony of Qi 氣 (气). 👀 May the Qi be with you! 🤞🏻🏄‍♀️
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It takes one year for a tree to start growing; it

It takes one year for a tree to start growing; it takes ten years for a person to start growing. -Chinese proverb 👉🏻 Meaning: Good things take time, especially for a person to mature into wisdom.
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Trad: 一年樹木, 十年樹人. (Yīnián shù mù, shí nián shù rén.)
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This is my mindful meditation this month as we will soon begin the Earth Horse month - An impulsive jovial free spirit grounded or halted by the earthly mountains to take its time. 🙏
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May the journey be smooth and the Qi be with you this month! 🏄‍♀️
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Hello hot stuff! 👋🏻 At 2:33am today, we begi

Hello hot stuff! 👋🏻 At 2:33am today, we begin the Dīng Sì 丁巳 Yin Fire Serpent month. 🔥 Double fire-oh no or oh yes. Fire is here to illuminate our path+passion. It is quick and gets things done even faster than Wood energy…when excited by the topic. It blazes a trail of inspiration+integrity and exudes light+joy. It could be a month of propelling action after all that prep and planning. On the other hand, Fire, especially Yin Fire, is also fickle, impulsive, easily distracted, temperamental and easy to burnout/lose interest. Things may crash fast, including money. Be mindful of your impulse, what you say, and your temperament. But also be aware that what you are inspired to do now, may be propelling you towards a direction that has been in the works for some time, whether you like it/planned for it or not. The metal+earth in the Serpent brings about work ethics, a sharp tongue, hardiness and trust. Remember this as you blaze and bring to light what your inspiration and passion is going forward.
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We also begin Lì Xià 立夏 Stand up Summer aka the First Day of Summer. ☀️ This is the start of the hot and increasing sunlight trend in the Chinese Solar calendar. Look and observe that the sunlight hours extend longer each day, leading up to the longest day of sunlight at the Summer Solstice which will be the midpoint of summer/sunlight trend. Our bodies want and should align with natural law. Endeavor to rise and rest with the sunlight hours to align your body with the cycles of sunlight and the season of Fire and Summer.
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Chinese medicine practitioners, be aware of more Shen disturbances and utilize your cooling herbs and Classical Acupuncture strategies. Bring on the Jing-Wells with Jueyin-Yanging I-IV or Magic 4 Heat right?!
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As always, observe both outside and in. Remember a true classical Chinese doctor is an astute observer and sensor to enhance harmony of Qi 氣 (气). 👀 May the Qi be with you! 🤞🏄‍♀️
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A closed mouth keeps flies from flying in. -Chines

A closed mouth keeps flies from flying in. -Chinese proverb 👉🏻 Meaning: If you keep your mouth shut, you can’t get into trouble.
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Trad: 閉著的嘴飛不進蒼蠅. (bì zhe de zuǐ fēibùjìn cāngying.)
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This is my mindful meditation this month as we will soon begin the (double Fire month) of the Serpent that is coupled with Yin Fire, a highly passionate, inspiring, chatty and volatile energy. The Metal within the Serpent can mean words may cut, but hopefully the Earth within the Serpent can be utilized more at this time in order to exercise tolerance. 🙏
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May the journey be smooth and the Qi be with you this month! 🏄‍♀️
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April is a special month for me. Many of the impor

April is a special month for me. Many of the important Tans in my life, both still living and passed on, have birthdays this month. 🤸🏻‍♀️ It’s with love and joy I wish happy birthday to:
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Agong Tan
Da Shi Tan
Mama Cheng and
Baba Tan
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And many blessings to them and to all of you! 🙏❤️
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Hello ancestors! 👋🏻 At 9:14 am today, we beg

Hello ancestors! 👋🏻 At 9:14 am today, we begin Pure Brightness Qīng Míng 清明 and the Fire Dragon Bǐng Chén 丙辰 Month. Qing Ming is traditionally a time we pay respects to our ancestors. We go back to the grave sites and clean off the debris and dead of winter, brightening the area up for life to flow more easily. We also gather with our family to keep the connection going.
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The Feng Shui of where the ancestors are laid to rest, is believed to have an impact on the future generations, hence the importance of Feng Shui in burials and use of the Fu Xi/Xian Tian Gua. A reminder that Feng Shui is more than just visual cues. It involves precise calculations of how energy cycles, absorbs, emits and ages over time. Putting aside the Feng Shui context, this is still the perfect time to pay respects to your family that has passed before you as the Qi of the Earth grows and begins to transition to the height of Yang and Summer. Your Qi is from their Qi after all. So regardless, it’s time to pay respects to the life and lessons they brought you, and continue to work towards what yours is to bring in this lifetime.
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We will also be out of “double” element/phases months in this month. Was the last 2 months a bit pushy or clunky for you? Or were they powerfully elevating? We will have no more Double Wood months for some time…
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Chinese medicine practitioners, with the end of the Wood months, you may think we finally get a release of the tension and push that can be oppressive at times. However, we enter a Wood-Earth Ke/control cycle month. You may still see underlying tension, but much more easier to sedate as we enter the 3rd week of April. Stay the course. Perhaps moving from Jueyin-Shaoyang III-VI to a little Magic 9 may be due.
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As always, observe both outside and in. Remember a true classical Chinese doctor is an astute observer and sensor to enhance harmony of Qi 氣 (气). 👀 May the Qi be with you! 🤞🏄‍♀️
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