Nourishing Life: Yang Sheng
Before the formalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Daoist philosophy taught people how to cultivate vitality through direct relationship with nature and the rhythms of life itself.
In this program, we will explore nutrition not through macronutrients—not through fat, protein, or calories—but through the inherent and seasonal energetics each food offers the body.
We will rotate herbs with the seasons, supporting and cleansing the two organs most active during each phase, allowing the body to stay in harmony with nature’s cycles.
We will learn to listen to symptoms as a poetic dialogue—messages from the body guiding us back to balance, not as enemies to silence but as teachers to understand.
We will explore holistic healing modalities that nurture both the material and energetic aspects of the body. For healing to occur, the body requires both root substances and vital energy—the building blocks of regeneration.
Through these practices, you will begin to build a reservoir of vitality—a storage of light, fluids, and essence—upon which your body can rebuild its house, so that you may feel healthy, grounded, and at home within yourself.