I try to find the romance in all things, my Pisces sun and Scorpio moon will not have it any other way. Therefore, the ancient Chinese “way” for radiant health has completely won over my heart and curated my lifestyle.
After many years of education and self-practice, I have developed an all-encompassing approach to health and wellness, just doing some of the “things” wasn’t working for me.
One of the challenges I have had in my life is a sense of loneliness. As an empath, I feel everything, but don’t always understand it. For a long time, I also struggled with anxiety that I didn’t understand. I had weight that I couldn’t get rid of regardless of caloric intake, exercise and lifestyle. I felt alone even though I had a successful career and was always with people.
I became increasingly aware of this feeling when my best friend, at the age of 27, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. During this time, I was by her side for many of her doctors appointments. Leading up to her final doctor’s appointment, she was told she would only have one month left to live. I remember her falling into my arms, and as I held her she said “I have so many regrets on how I was living my life. You have to live for both of us now”. Her final journey was very painful and quick, there was no time for her to process this news or start a health program to battle her sickness. Her words became rooted in me and my actions. Several months after she died, regardless of how scared I was I started my own company.
Her loss was a big part of my feelings of loneliness and was why I started my ritual practice, to connect to her and keep her in my life on some level. She was my person and it was important I honoured her in everything I pursued.
With a continued sense of loneliness and feelings, I did not understand, I had to start looking deep inside as to why. I felt disconnected to the moon and her cycles. I was in relationships that did not align with my values. I was saying yes to things that I should have said no to. I wasn’t connected to nature or the magic of the universe, and was no longer being true to my emotions…not at all. In this time vulnerability became a word that ceased to exist in my vocabulary.
My older brother came to live with me for a couple of months, it was during this time my energy started to shift and I began to transform. My brother is a gifted soul that is deeply connected to source and has his doctorate in Chinese medicine. He started mentoring me and I fell in love with the ancient Chinese philosophy. My health was never better and I started to gain clarity in what I wanted.
More importantly, it helped me figure out how my emotions created stagnation in my body, which eventually manifested illness, especially in my stomach. One year later, I moved from downtown Toronto to a beautiful home with a barn in a small village and soon after opened The Moonshine Co. I changed everything and created my modality of health and wellness; Moon Medicine.
Moon Medicine is the amalgamation of; nutrition, plant medicine, astrology, Chinese philosophy, and daily rituals. The key to what I do is addressing emotional awareness. By understanding the emotion, we can map out stagnation or the source of aliment. The trick is to really understand what we feel in our bodies and then create the set-point in which you want to live. It is consistent work, but worth every moment. — Corina Crysler
