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Notes on knowing your body, written after living with it rather than reading about it.

Building a body-type log that lasts: four details people skip
Knowing Your Body

Building a body-type log that lasts: four details people skip

Let us set the limits of building a body-type log that lasts first: it reliably improves a working feel for your own baseline, and it does not…

Silas TurnerSilas Turner·March 16, 2026·4 min read
How long adjustment really takes: method, rhythm and limits
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How long adjustment really takes: method, rhythm and limits

Let us set the limits of how long adjustment really takes first: it reliably improves a working feel for your own baseline, and it does not deliver…

Thea BergstromThea Bergstrom·March 10, 2026·4 min read
Stop confusing symptoms with constitution: making the complicated part simple
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Stop confusing symptoms with constitution: making the complicated part simple

Put stop confusing symptoms with constitution back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only…

Imogen ClareImogen Clare·March 4, 2026·4 min read
What a qi-deficiency pattern actually feels like: making the complicated part simple
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What a qi-deficiency pattern actually feels like: making the complicated part simple

If you only read one paragraph, read this: what a qi-deficiency pattern actually feels like depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·February 26, 2026·4 min read
Telling yang deficiency from yin deficiency: making the complicated part simple
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Telling yang deficiency from yin deficiency: making the complicated part simple

There is plenty written about telling yang deficiency from yin deficiency and little you can act on. This piece stays concrete: every action can be…

Silas TurnerSilas Turner·February 20, 2026·4 min read
Where damp-heat diets go wrong: what to do and what to skip
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Where damp-heat diets go wrong: what to do and what to skip

Most people want where damp-heat diets go wrong to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad…

Thea BergstromThea Bergstrom·September 12, 2026·4 min read
Why phlegm-damp bodies resist weight loss: nine specific questions
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Why phlegm-damp bodies resist weight loss: nine specific questions

Anyone who has spent time on why phlegm-damp bodies resist weight loss has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence.…

Imogen ClareImogen Clare·September 6, 2026·4 min read
Small signs of blood stasis worth tracking: method, rhythm and limits
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Small signs of blood stasis worth tracking: method, rhythm and limits

If you only read one paragraph, read this: small signs of blood stasis worth tracking depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·August 31, 2026·4 min read
Does a balanced constitution need tonic herbs: nine specific questions
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Does a balanced constitution need tonic herbs: nine specific questions

Anyone who has spent time on does a balanced constitution need tonic herbs has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then…

Silas TurnerSilas Turner·August 25, 2026·4 min read
Does your body type shift with the seasons: making the complicated part simple
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Does your body type shift with the seasons: making the complicated part simple

Advice on does your body type shift with the seasons tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs…

Thea BergstromThea Bergstrom·August 19, 2026·4 min read
How to run a one-page self-assessment: the order that saves effort
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How to run a one-page self-assessment: the order that saves effort

Most people do not fail at how to run a one-page self-assessment from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows…

Imogen ClareImogen Clare·August 13, 2026·4 min read
Cold hands and feet: which pattern fits: a version you can actually follow
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Cold hands and feet: which pattern fits: a version you can actually follow

Separate two things in cold hands and feet: which pattern fits: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·August 7, 2026·4 min read
Recurring mouth ulcers and body type: the order that saves effort
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Recurring mouth ulcers and body type: the order that saves effort

If you only read one paragraph, read this: recurring mouth ulcers and body type depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the…

Silas TurnerSilas Turner·August 1, 2026·4 min read
Is constitution the same as personality: four details people skip
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Is constitution the same as personality: four details people skip

Anyone who has spent time on is constitution the same as personality has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence.…

Thea BergstromThea Bergstrom·July 26, 2026·4 min read
What to adjust first in spring: three things to understand first
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What to adjust first in spring: three things to understand first

There is plenty written about what to adjust first in spring and little you can act on. This piece stays concrete: every action can be done at the…

Imogen ClareImogen Clare·July 20, 2026·4 min read
The most common misreading of body type: four details people skip
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The most common misreading of body type: four details people skip

Most people do not fail at the most common misreading of body type from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·July 14, 2026·4 min read
How late nights change your baseline: the order that saves effort
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How late nights change your baseline: the order that saves effort

Advice on how late nights change your baseline tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some…

Silas TurnerSilas Turner·July 8, 2026·4 min read
Matching exercise intensity to your pattern: method, rhythm and limits
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Matching exercise intensity to your pattern: method, rhythm and limits

Most people want matching exercise intensity to your pattern to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can…

Thea BergstromThea Bergstrom·July 2, 2026·4 min read
Rebuilding after childbirth: a practical plan for ordinary weeks
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Rebuilding after childbirth: a practical plan for ordinary weeks

Most people want rebuilding after childbirth to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…

Imogen ClareImogen Clare·June 26, 2026·4 min read
Why weight gathers after forty: three things to understand first
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Why weight gathers after forty: three things to understand first

If you have already tried why weight gathers after forty and dropped it, the fault is usually in the setup: a starting point set too high, an…

Gideon StarkGideon Stark·June 20, 2026·4 min read