Elk & Me Therapies Dispensary in Thornbury, Victoria | Alternative & holistic health service

Elk & Me Therapies Dispensary

Locality: Thornbury, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9484 1659

Address: 810 High St 3071 Thornbury, VIC, Australia

Website: http://elkandme.com.au/bookings/

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24.01.2022 S P R I N G. WOOD ELEMENT CHINESE MEDICINE- we are as nature, opening into the Wood element- LIVER and GALL BLADDER organs/meridians/energy. What does this mean? As we move out of winter and the deepest YIN state of the yearly cycle we erupt into the need to BREAK THROUGH, to blossom, sprout all that been beneath the earth during winter. ... Stagnation naturally leads to friction, friction leads to growth. Like a sprout positioning itself to reach the sun. PUSH OUT. This is wood energy. Spring births, it creates, it heightens our exploration of all that’s around us, health, SEXUALITY, home, society politics, etc. Our vision is focused in the details to how best to generate our path forward and toward our destiny (heart). Notice the emotional landscape of our archetypes, the shadow aspect of the RULER, being THE TYRANT- Over reaching CONTROL. Energy in the wood element can illuminate insecurity that surrounds the insability in the psyche- displaying as anxiety, anger, frustration, Injustice. Be aware of the JUDGE. The true nature of outter judgement can be the evasive face of the inner critic / our inner judgement projected onto the external world of many mirrors. We are nature, work with the cycles of nature cultivate and soothe your wood energy; detox - EAT GREEN cultivate sexual energy practices for your self care, then share stretch, jump, yell, scream, dance, MOVE in a way that releases you. seek you passion and run with it. Follow your flow, be kind and be free! #fiveelements, #fiveelementacupuncture, #acupuncture, #chinesemedicine, #health, #wellbeing, #livingwithnature, #seasonal, #woodelement

21.01.2022 DU MAI CHANNEL: SEA OF YANG S.I 3& BL 62 Du- Orientation to the world, the uprightness within self and within the outer world. It governs our independence, activation and our arousal, it is the sea of Yang. ... #tcm, #chinesemedicine, #acupuncture,#chineseherbalmedicine,#wellness,#health, #mentalhealth, #lifeforce,#qi

19.01.2022 __________THE RETURN____________ A treatment is not just the moment given to the session. It’s not just the action of putting down the gauntlet the shield that carries the narratives, the wounds of our days. A treatment can be a presence summoned weeks, months, years after its introduction. It’s effects are still transforming your being, your perspectives and reactions, it’s in your cells, your energetic body and your memory. ... Some of the most profound changes I have had from sessions have been long after the touch, the echoes that resonant within me when I call them in. In a time where we may not have access to our practitioners this is the practice I do; PRACTISE: Set your environment ( I use a lot of the scents that we use in the clinic at home take your senses back to the healing space: paki santo, resins, oils tea etc) Close your eyes and summon not the words but the deep sensations of exploration felt in the treatment room, draw in the surrender, sensations of being held by your higher self or your practitioner . Meditate on these sensations/ invite memory out of your cells and throughout your being, your energetic body, return to the experience of deep healing. You are your greatest healer. #meditation, #healing, #ritual, #selfcare,

19.01.2022 Absolutely REAL, RAW and RELATABLE. Kat John epic podcast with Pete Coles of Emotional Intellect http://www.emotionalintellect.com.au/. These to legends explore Emotional hijacking, emotional regulation and many more interesting aspects of our human existence. Enjoy! Kat has many more goodies on her podcasts, well worth a Sunday stroll.

14.01.2022 MOMENTS OF SERENITY We are here for you, still open, offering treatments to assist in any physical, emotional or spiritual disharmony. Psychotherapy... Acupuncture Counselling Massage Ayurvedic Medicine Naturopathy Psychology Shiatsu Myotherapy Kinesiology #thornburyheights,#communitylove, #health, #stillopen,#stillness,#acupuncture,#counselling,#psychology #chineseherbalmedicine,#massage,#myotherapy,#gestulttherapy,#kinesiology,#shiatsu,#ayurvedicmedicine,#naturopathy,#fiveelements,#love

13.01.2022 It’s your light that lights the world From us to you some light for our community, unity, our inner and outer kindness. With love from the Elk team xox

11.01.2022 A SYMPTOM OF GRIEF AND UNCERTAINTY Judgement - When we are still coming to terms with loss and great change when we are struggling to find reprieve or conclusion, we can use judgement as a tool for stress relief, to let off steam and tension, this method does give us momentary relief, however it has a tendency towards building more tension and more divisions in our lives in the long run ... At times it can be a form of emotional bypassing But if we become aware of what we are doing, when we see ourselves judging the world or those in it, we can use it as a reminder to bring ourselves back to our own personal grief, our sadness or loss and begin the healing process of soothing ourselves and our body, giving our grief it's rightful name, a voice and a space to feel our loss. Pete Coles Transpersonal Therapist @elkandme #mentalhealth, #isolation, #covid19, #counseling,#transpersonaltherapy,#bekindandgentle, #thornbury

11.01.2022 MAKE YOUR OWN CALENDULA OIL We use organic dried Calendula flowers (Calendula Officinalis) from @southernlightherbs, or even better, grown your own! Use the whole flowers (in particular the base of the flower) contain more of the healing oil. ... I’ve used premium cold pressed olive oil, but you can use the oil of your choice. Calendula oil is my go to remedy for just about any skin complaint, It’s been used a lot in our household with the two little ones (nappy rash, wounds, fungal infections, tantrums...the list goes on!) and in combo with serums in my face skin care routine: BENEFITS OF CALENDULA OIL; Assists wound healing Anti inflammatory Antimicrobial and Antifungal Stimulates secretion of collagen Great for Dry, Red, irritated skin ( rashes,eczema) Overall astringent and calming. Have a play, combine with other oils, make a slave, add essential oils, it’s liquid gold! #healing,#naturesremedy,#medicinalherbs,#inyourgarden,#herbalinfusions,#herbs,#organicskincare, #naturalremedies @ Elk & Me Therapies Dispensary

07.01.2022 HOME REMEDIES for PREVENTION and IMMUNE SUPPORT These are our some of our go to’s at home based on natruropathy and Traditional Chinese Medicine. 1st level defence;... Gan Cao Gan Jiang Tang; Fried Licorice and Dried Ginger Zhi Gan Cao (Licorice root) 4 Liang - (62.5g Classical dose / 12g Modern dose) Pao Jiang (Blast Fried Ginger) 2 Laing - (31.25g Classical dose / 6g Modern dose) Basically 2 parts licorice to 1 part ginger. Take this as a powder, step in a cup or tea pot overnight, refill with hot water and sip throughout the day. ACTIONS; Protects the chest strengthens lung qi, clears toxins from the throat and supports the digestive centre. Fantastic barrier again any pathogen trying to invade. DM if you would like us to make this formula up for you. MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS; we love these! REI SHI in particular is a superb immune adaptogen, it strengthens lung Qi, boosting immune whilst deeply nourishing the kidneys. Totally calming yet uplifting Herb! It’s a staple in our coffee everyday. We stock @superfeast ARMAFORCE: great all round immune supplement working in prevention and treatment of Cold and flu’s: andrographis, echinacea, olive leaf, vitamin C and zinc. Can pick up from @terramadreorganics or Chemist Warehouse or DM us and we can get it in for you CHEN PI; DRIED MANDARIN PEEL. It’s spicy and bitter, warm and aromatic, fantastic in resolving damp and dissipating phlegm, my go to for coughs woth copius viscous sputum, stuffing sensation in the chest, loss of appetite, food accumulation, bloating, nausea. Easy to make at home simple dry organic manderine or Tangerine peel, blend into a powder and add to your teas or drink alone BONE BROTH: plenty of recipes online or purchase dehydrated bone broth, it’s a winner in its own or combine with your fav foods. VIT C: up to 1000mcg 3 x per day VIT D; I would recommend 4000 IUD/day And MOST IMPORTANTLY Rest, healthy sleeping habits,exercise, nourishing food, good vibes and friends to talk to #homeremedies,#covid19,#covidprevention,#immune,#health,#herbalremedies,#superfeast,#bioceuticals,#staywell,#acupuncture,#chinesemedicine,#chineseherbalmedicine,#caringforeachother

06.01.2022 S P R I N G. WOOD ELEMENT CHINESE MEDICINE- we are as nature, opening into the Wood element- LIVER and GALL BLADDER organs/meridians/energy. What does this mean? As we move out of winter and the deepest YIN state of the yearly cycle we erupt into the need to BREAK THROUGH, to blossom, sprout all that been beneath the earth during winter. ... Stagnation naturally leads to friction, friction leads to growth. Like a sprout positioning itself to reach the sun. PUSH OUT. This is wood energy. Spring births, it creates, it heightens our exploration of all that’s around us, health, SEXUALITY, home, society politics, etc. Our vision is focused in the details to how best to generate our path forward and toward our destiny (heart). Notice the emotional landscape of our archetypes, the shadow aspect of the RULER, being THE TYRANT- Over reaching CONTROL. Energy in the wood element can illuminate insecurity that surrounds the insability in the psyche- displaying as anxiety, anger, frustration, Injustice. Be aware of the JUDGE. The true nature of outter judgement can be the evasive face of the inner critic / our inner judgement projected onto the external world of many mirrors. We are nature, work with the cycles of nature cultivate and soothe your wood energy; detox - EAT GREEN cultivate sexual energy practices for your self care, then share stretch, jump, yell, scream, dance, MOVE in a way that releases you. seek you passion and run with it. Follow your flow, be kind and be free! #fiveelements, #fiveelementacupuncture, #acupuncture, #chinesemedicine, #health, #wellbeing, #livingwithnature, #seasonal, #woodelement

05.01.2022 "After many years of living in the rich world of the psyche and learning its laws, Carl Jung saw a vast evolutional Power at work in the psychic universe. He sa...w that the human psyche strives always toward wholeness, strives to complete itself and become more conscious. The unconscious mind seeks to move its contents up to the level of consciousness, where they can be actualized and assimilated into a more complete conscious personality. Each person’s psyche has an inborn evolutional urge to grow, to integrate the contents of the unconscious, to bring together all the missing parts of the total individual into a complete, whole, and conscious self. Jung teaches us that the unconscious is the source: the primal matter from which our conscious minds and ego personalities have evolved. All the values, ideas, feelings, capacities, and attitudes that we have developed into functioning parts of our conscious personalities originated in the raw, primal material of the unconscious. To get a clear image of this, we may picture a coral island that gradually rises out of the sea. The ocean slowly creates this island out of its own matter and pushes it finally above the water into the sunlight. After centuries, topsoil and plant life develop, animals and people appear, and the little island becomes a tiny center of human life and consciousness. Like the vast ocean, the collective unconscious gives birth to a tiny island; it is the conscious psyche, the ego, the Ithe part of me that is aware of itself. This little ego-mind, surrounded by the vastness of the unconscious, has a high and noble task, a special destiny to live out. Its role in this evolution is to integrate more and more of the unconscious until the conscious mind truly reflects the wholeness of the self. All humankind is in the grip of this huge evolutional Power. When the collective unconscious begins a new stage in this process, it tolerates no obstacle. In order to force a new ideal or possibility into the conscious psyche of a people, it will turn a society upside down, launch crusades, beget new religions, or shake empires down into rubble." (from "We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love" by Robert A. Johnson) See more

05.01.2022 We miss you all and are looking FORWARD to being back in service with your dear soul.

05.01.2022 and EXHALE- Just breathing in the space.

05.01.2022 __________THE RETURN____________ A treatment is not just the moment given to the session. It’s not just the action of putting down the gauntlet the shield that carries the narratives, the wounds of our days. A treatment can be a presence summoned weeks, months, years after its introduction. It’s effects are still transforming your being, your perspectives and reactions, it’s in your cells, your energetic body and your memory. ... Some of the most profound changes I have had from sessions have been long after the touch, the echoes that resonant within me when I call them in. In a time where we may not have access to our practitioners this is the practice I do; PRACTISE: Set your environment ( I use a lot of the scents that we use in the clinic at home take your senses back to the healing space: paki santo, resins, oils tea etc) Close your eyes and summon not the words but the deep sensations of exploration felt in the treatment room, draw in the surrender, sensations of being held by your higher self or your practitioner . Meditate on these sensations/ invite memory out of your cells and throughout your being, your energetic body, return to the experience of deep healing. You are your greatest healer. #meditation, #healing, #ritual, #selfcare,

04.01.2022 SUPERFEAST MUSHROOMS BACK IN STORE: dm if you would like a little package of mushroom joy sent your way. We have currently in stock; Lions Mane Rei Shi, Chaga... Mason’s Blend Jing, Beauty Blend. Visit https://www.superfeast.com.au/ to read up on the ethical sourcing and environmental commitment of this brand and of course the wonderful being it’s of each Blend. My morning ritual: Rei Shi in my @kristinolds amazing mug, keeps a bit shine in my soul in this crazy lockdown period! #kristinoldsceramics, #superfeast, #reishimushroom, #lionsmane,#chaga,#mushrooms,#naturesmedicine,#soulsmedicine,#fungi, #withlove

04.01.2022 ONE FOR THE METAL ELEMENT TYPES AND ANYONE FEEING A LITTLE ... LONGING Is the transfiguration of aloneness, the defenceless interior sectret core of a person receiving its overdue invitation from the moon, the stars, the night horizon and the great tidal flows of life and love. Longing is the divine discontent, the unendurable present finding a physical doorway to awe and discovery that frightens and emboldens, humiliates and beckons, makes us into pilgrim souls and sets ...us on some road that starts in the centre of the body, and then leads out, like an uncaring invitation, like a comets passing tail..... David Whyte CONSOLATIONS #davidwhyte,#poetry,#longing, #isolation,#clinicspace,#sacredspace, #spacetoreflect, #fiveelements,#fiveelementacupuncture, #metalelement