THE INNER SOURCE BLOG

“I don’t have time to ( insert behavior that would be beneficial to one’s wellbeing ).” This is something I hear often from friends, family, patients, and at times is something I myself am even a culprit of. Being a father, commuting, and working full-time has taught me just how precious the minutes are that I can purely dedicate to myself. I often find those minutes in the wee hours of the morning, before anyone else is awake, though if the preceding day was particularly tax

By Christie Jordan, L.Ac. Just like a river needs a current to flow through it to create a rich habitat and ecosystem around it, our...

We are entering the lunar year of the Water Rabbit. It’s moving us into greater trust in the unknown in every moment, bringing calm.

You are being asked to create. We are all being asked to create. Your spirit is being asked to create. We came into this world to create. When we don’t create what our heart desires, we get stuck. And feelings of stuck-ness is the non-movement of Qi or "energy." Stuck Qi or energy can lead to physical symptoms not limited to depression, anxiety, and fatigue. Creation isn’t limited to manifesting things and situations outside of us. It is concurrently inside of us. It can be

Relationships have the potential to teach you about yourself and your deeply held beliefs and patterns, as well as a path to self-awareness.

Why is it so hard to love ourselves or even be worthy of love? The key could be looking at emotional energies that we have stored deeply in our bodies as stuck energy or "Qi." These stuck emotional energies are parts of us that we are unconscious of, that we deny or judge or simply are too afraid to look at because of trauma. And yet, these energies and Qi need to and want to move out of the body to heal. Embracing all parts of you is the key to self-compassion and healing.