17/04/2024 | Lifestyle
We all know keeping active is good for us. The rush of endorphins after exercise clears the mind, can lift our mood, makes us feel stronger and has numerous physical benefits. In the long term, regular physical activity helps us maintain a healthy weight,...
26/03/2024 | Lifestyle
The expansiveness of you vision and tendency to look up at the sky?
When we are feeling positive about ourselves and the world at large, we are more inclined to want to connect with others and with our immediate environment.
We might find that our eye i...
19/03/2024 | Lifestyle
Autumn is the season of harvest, storage and preparation for the coldest months of the year. Crops reach maturity, leaves turn and fall, seeds, grasses and plants dry out. It is a time of transition – from the brightness and openness of summer to the re...
04/03/2024 | Lifestyle
From the Chinese medicine perspective, this is the most Yang time of year.
In contrast to the slower, more inward pace of winter’s Yin, our Qi moves outwards and upwards, towards the skin surface. We cope well with more activity, can do with a little l...
27/02/2024 | Lifestyle
The first evidence of which can be traced back to ancient China.
It involves the insertion of very fine, single-use, sterile needles into specific points to manipulate Qi or ‘life force.’ The aim is to tap into the body’s innate healing capability...
15/11/2023 | acupuncture
Thinning hair lately? Traditional Chinese medicine approaches concerns about hair thinning by focusing on understanding how the body’s systems relate to each other. Let’s look into TCM’s view on hair growth/loss and some holistic approaches to ach...
02/06/2023 | acupuncture
Acupuncture for Hay Fever: Prevent & Manage With Chinese
Medicine
Acupuncture, Allergies and Autoimmune Although spring signifies new beginnings, it also marks the start of pollen season... and for most of us, this means one thing – hay fever. Do you:...
24/04/2023 | Visceral manipulation by Jean Pierre Barral
Development of Visceral Manipulation by Jean-Pierre Barral Methods such as Visceral Manipulation have been part of the medicinal cultures in Europe and Asia since prerecorded times. Indeed, manual manipulation of the internal organs has long been a compon...
24/04/2023 | Visceral manipulation Josh Neeft
What is Visceral Manipulation? Visceral Manipulation (NM) was developed in clinical practice collaboratively by French osteopath Jean-Pierre Barral. Visceral Manipulation is a gentle manual technique involving specific placement of soft manual forces to e...
23/05/2022 | What is pain relief Acupuncture
Low back pain How does acupuncture assist with low back pain? Acupuncture has a positive effect on acute and chronic low back pain, in terms of both pain relief and function. Through stimulation of the central nervous system, acupuncture releases naturall...
21/05/2018 | Announcement
Tony Scott has worked and exhibited in the Asia Pacific region for over twenty years. He has held 40 solo and group exhibitions in China since 1994 when he staged his first exhibition at the prestigious Red Gate Gallery in Beijing. His practice is committ...
13/12/2016 | Announcement
EsoLab will be closed on only the public holidays. There will be skeleton staff working throughout the Christmas and New Year break. To know the specific dates that a practitioner will be here, please see the list below or make contact with them via email...
18/11/2016 | Mind
ABOUT REIKI
Reiki is a gentle, yet effective energy therapy that can assist one to calm the body and mind, by fostering a deep sense of relaxation and interpersonal connection. It can be beneficial to foster some down time, which may be helpful to find e...
03/08/2016 | Mind
For a split second, I get a sense that the origins of this feeling that troubles me occurred long before I was able to remember things clearly. I liken it to a familiar sensation that troubles me, yet somehow feels strangely comforting. I am unable to mov...
06/07/2016 | Nutrition
The use of wine in Traditional Chinese Medicine can be found in seminal texts as a powerful harmoniser and driver of Qi. When infused with herbs the carrier wine has the ability to fight colds and flus, build immunity and harmonise the middle. This recipe...
06/07/2016 | Mind
They say grief is love with nowhere to go. I don’t know who said that. But when I first read it, I thought it to be truer than anything I had read. We live in such a grief illiterate society you see, so you grab onto anything that can unlock for others ...
23/03/2016 | Parenting
Do you have a grumpy teething, hot bubba? We have plenty of safe natural remedies to ease pain, cool and generally make little ones more comfortable.
23/03/2016 | Practitioners
Planning a holiday? Optimal gut health is imperative when travelling places such as Asia, Africa and South America. We can organise a tailor-made pack for you to fend off conditions such as the dreaded ‘Bali Belly’.
09/03/2016 | Nutrition
With Autumn beginning to show its colours, we are reminded that change is in the air again. The energy of this season can often help us to slow down the pace of things and consider what our bodies might need. Seasonal produce is also changing, reuniting u...
15/02/2016 | Careers
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17/08/2015 | Practitioners
Whether our challenge is physical health, emotional and spiritual hurt, or simply just tackling those unexpected curve balls that life throws at us... whatever the case, transition stages can be uncomfortable and tough. Fear of entering into newness can s...
29/06/2015 | Practitioners
When I begin to tell the story of how I came to be at EsoLab I usually begin with at the point where I discovered Chinese Medicine, however I have recently learnt that my journey really began once upon a time long ago... you see has a child I had a love o...
10/05/2015 | What is pain relief Acupuncture
Michelle is a registered Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist who practices with warmth and attention. She completed her studies in Melbourne at the Southern School of Natural Therapies and participated in an internship at the Tzu Chi Hospital in Taipei. I...
10/05/2015 | Parenting
The other day, my three-year-old son Yorke and I had an afternoon together at his childcare for a special mother's day event. The activity that Yorke chose to do with me was fingernail painting! As I sat there watching him paint my fingernails with so muc...
18/08/2014 | Announcement
11/08/2014 | Nutrition
By Dr. Mark Sircus
Magnesium deficiency is often misdiagnosed because it does not show up in blood tests – only 1% of the body’s magnesium is stored in the blood.
Most doctors and laboratories don’t even include magnesium status in routine blood t...
11/08/2014 | Announcement
Coming soon to EsoLab, Sophie Hickey will be giving a talk for mums and bubs.
• Transitioning your baby from milk to solids • Nourishing, safe, organic foods for your baby • Acupressure to aid bubs digestion • How to stop lactation naturally • ...
01/01/2014 | Announcement
Looking back on 2013 this morning I was thinking about what a changeable year it has been for most of us here at EsoLab….well the biggest event is that we all find ourselves starting on a new journey in a brand new clinic space which is extremely exciti...
18/12/2013 | Announcement
Welcome to EsoLab. A place for you to experience peaceful healing and find new ways to experience optimum health through our wonderful herbs and therapies, online tips and real life workshops.
Also we would like to welcome you to our new website which sh...
