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Featured Meridian Massage Institute Graduate: Lenore Anderson
With more than 20 years experience as an educator and practitioner in the healing arts, Lenore Anderson is a true believer in hands-on healing. A graduate of The Massage School in Easthampton, Mass.,...
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What is Qi?
Qi (“chee”) is not a western term. It comes from a culture vastly different than European based cultures. Although cultures differ, people everywhere in the world wonder about the same things: Why are...
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What is Qi Gong?
Illustration from an ancient Qi Gong manual Qi (“chee”) is our Life Force, or energy. Gong means “skill”. Qi Gong is a practice of developing sensitivity to Qi and building an ability to manage or use...
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Introducing A New MMI Program: Teach and Travel
I absolutely love that I can teach my classes basically anywhere. I love to travel too, so I figured why not teach and travel? Introducing the MMI Teach and Travel Sponsorship Program! If you have a...
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How To Relieve Sinus Pain with Acupressure
Points to relieve sinus pain Apply gentle yet firm pressure to each of these points to relieve sinus pain due to sinus pain from sinusitis and sinus congestion. The four points shown on the diagram...
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Featured Meridian Massage Institute Graduate: Paula Begel
After working for four years as a physical therapist assistant, Meridian Massage Institute graduate Paula Begel was doing a lot of hands-on work. “Patients started telling me that they were getting...
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What’s in a name?
“The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.” - Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching Is your name actually who you are? Who are you without your name? Wondering about this is the inner path. Turning inward,...
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How to support digestion with Chinese Medicine
Combining a little massage with simple adjustments to eating can bring big improvements to your digestion. Let’s talk food first According to Chinese Medicine, the same energy we use to digest our...
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Featured Meridian Massage Institute Graduate: Carol Horton
After working for nearly 20 years in the banking industry, Meridian Massage Institute graduate Carol Horton realized she needed a change. “I was so unhappy where I was, even so much that my son—who was...
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The Effort of Awareness
Internal awareness takes effort. It is a strange kind of effort. It does not require muscular strength and endurance. Awareness requires persistent attempts to quiet the mind, to “shush” the internal...
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Heart Meridian
The Heart meridian is rooted internally in the heart itself. Every meridian has an internal pathway that connects with organs and areas of the body. These internal pathways provide connection between...
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Featured Meridian Massage Institute Graduate: Lauren Walker
After deciding that an art degree wasn’t for her, Meridian Massage Institute graduate Lauren Walker obtained her bachelor’s degree in Wellness and Alternative Medicine from Johnson State College in...
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Lung Meridian
The Lung meridian begins internally, in the stomach. This internal pathway connects with the large intestine, stomach, lungs and the throat. The external Lung meridian pathway that we can contact...
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What is a Meridian?
A meridian is where Qi flows. This simple sentence speaks volumes! Qi (pronounced “chee”) is a Chinese word that is translated as “energy” or “breath”. All life depends on Qi and all life arises from...
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What is the difference between Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine?
Qi. Qi (“chee”) is the basis of Chinese Medicine. Western medicine has no equivalent notion of Qi. Qi is the difference between Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine. As energy, Qi is unseen and...
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How to utilize the Large Intestine Meridian
The Large Intestine meridian has more of an impact on the respiratory system than it does on the large intestine. “The Large Intestine is responsible for transportation of all turbidity. All waste...
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Points for Shoulder and Neck Pain Relief
Add these points to any massage to help relieve neck and shoulder pain or tension. These images are great for Pinterest, and I just installed a new plugin that allows you to pin images directly to your...
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Our Self-Healing Mechanism
The function of self healing is often overlooked and under appreciated. How did that cut on your knee heal without you paying any attention to it? What happened while you slept that allowed you to...
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Different perspectives, same “thing”
Omega Nebula by NASA Western science seems to be catching up with ancient wisdom. The Tao Te Ching was written over 2,500 years ago in China. It is small book of 81 poetic verses offering us a way to...
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Be a place of peace
What if the body you occupied was a place of peace? What if all you had to be responsible for was maintaining peace, harmony, kindness, generosity, happiness and compassion within the walls of your...
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