Every year around March, I start seeing the same pattern in clients. Energy drops. People who felt fine through summer come in saying they feel run down but cannot explain why. Skin gets drier. Old respiratory complaints resurface. Sleep becomes lighter or more disturbed. Most people attribute this to the weather getting cooler. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the explanation is more specific and it points to a practical response. Autumn marks a time of change where nature a

Of all the things I do in a Shiatsu session, Hara work is the one that surprises people most. They come in expecting the back, the shoulders, the neck — the obvious places where they are holding tension. And we do get there. But every session at Enso begins with the Hara: a period of quiet assessment and work on the abdomen, which in Japanese medicine is understood as the body's energetic centre and diagnostic map. Most people have never had their abdomen worked on therapeuti

Moxibustion: An Ancient Healing Practice for Holistic Wellness When I mention moxibustion to clients who have not encountered it before, the response is usually some version of: "That sounds unusual. Tell me more." It is fair. Burning dried herbs near someone's body is not what most people picture when they book a massage. But moxibustion has been a central practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine for well over two thousand years — predating acupuncture in some historical acc