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Thoughts & Musings
In Traditional Chinese Medicine philosophy the 10,000 things that make up this world are composed of five elements : water, wood, fire, earth and metal
The elements are laid out in a wheel. To the North lies water, To the East, Wood, to the South, Fire and to the West, Metal. In the Centre of that circle is Earth
Bringing life into the world is one of the most extraordinary journeys a woman can take —transformative, awe-inspiring, and deeply human.
In ancient China, under ideal circumstances, a new mother would use the one hundred days after giving birth to recover from it. Her focus would be to bond with her baby, while all other household duties – cooking, cleaning, washing – were handled by other members of the family.
