This is achieved by using techniques like acupuncture, herbal medicine, and qi gong to balance the body’s energy, improve health, and treat various ailments holistically.

What is Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an ancient holistic healing system focusing on maintaining balance and harmony between the complementary forces of yin and yang. By stimulating the smooth flow of vital life force energy (chi/qi) through the body’s meridian pathways, TCM aims to prevent and address physical, mental and emotional disharmonies before they fully manifest.

Why it Works

Based on the Taoist philosophy of sustaining dynamic equilibrium, TCM operates under the premise that illness arises from blockages or imbalances in the body’s energy flow. TCM’s multi-pronged modalities like acupuncture, herbs, massage and more work synergistically to remove obstructions and re-attune yin/yang forces.

How it Works

• Acupuncture inserts fine needles along meridians to redirect chi/energy flow • Herbal remedies nourish deficiencies and drain excesses to harmonize • Bodywork like tui na releases musculoskeletal blockages limiting flow • Tai chi/qigong practices cultivate energy awareness and self-regulation • Nutrition strategies replenish vital essences according to one’s constitution

TCM views the body, mind and universe as an interconnected whole. By precisely manipulating subtle energy dynamics, the system’s innate self-healing mechanisms are activated to restore complete psycho-emotional-physical coherence.

What to expect of a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) session at Tvam Healing Retreats?

Your journey begins with a comprehensive intake covering your health history, symptoms and TCM diagnostic methods like tongue/pulse analysis. An individualized treatment plan integrating multiple TCM modalities is then precisely crafted for your unique constitution and concerns to initiate deep, lasting transformation.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) addresses all the basic three koshas namely Annamaya, Pranayama and Manomaya kosha directly and creating an impact on the Vijnanamaya and Anandamaya Kosha indirectly.