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  Welcome to Shirley's Kitchen      

Shirley

 

Often people come to Wu Healing Center to ask questions about healthy eating and today I am pleased to share with you my experience in the kitchen.

 

I also welcome healthy eating friends who love life to join us and to share kitchen experiences and recipes. Very simply, just take pictures of your cooking process and mail/email them to us.   

 

Thank you!

Shirley Wu  

 

Shirley Wu works at the Wu Healing Center, West Hartford location, Monday-Friday. She and husband Dr. Ming Wu have a son Yimin. 

Aromatic Fish and Vegetable Rice Porridge

Cold winter is coming;

        we need a warm stomach, repelling cold,
        nutrient-rich gruel.

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 Cup rice or sticky rice
  • 6 Cups water 
  • Goji Berries (10g)
  • Ginger - 1 slice
  • Coconut Oil - 1 Tablespoon
  • Chinese Bok Choi (cabbage)
  • Salt - 1 teaspoon
  • Tapioca Starch - 1 Tablespoon
  • Cilantro
  • Fish Fillet

(Chicken lovers can place in shredded chicken, but be sure to mix in tapioca starch with the meat until it softens.)

 

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Directions:

 

1. Wash sticky rice, and place both sticky rice and cold water in the pot, cooking for 40 minutes (mix every 5 minutes to prevent paste off).   

 

2. Wash chopped Bok Choi (cabbage), shred ginger and slice fish now.  

 

3. Place fish slices in a bowl, add spoonful of tapioca starch and salt and mix.

 

               

 

4. Put ginger, a spoonful of coconut oil and Bok Choi into the rice porridge which has cooked for 40 minutes and stir together. Cook for 5 more minutes and the aromatic fish and vegetable rice porridge is ready.    

 

soup

 

Ming likes to eat vegetarian food, I give bowl you see here on the left.

 

My son likes to eat fish, so I'll put cut sashimi, one minute from the pot into cilantro - see bowl on right. 

 

   

Look!!  Yimin Love it, do you want to eat it?  

 Hurry a bowl to your parents, to your children,  

or for yourself to warm your tummy
and warm your heart.

 

Ming's son

 Please share your healthy recipes!

 

Email to Wu Healing Center  

or by Mail to:  

Wu Healing Center,
76 Nason St, Maynard MA 01754

 Thank you! 

  Upcoming Events         

Tea Making Competition   tea ceremony

 

Sunday, January 21, 2012 

4pm - 7pm  

Wu Healing Center:  

45 S. Main St. Suite 100

West Hartford, CT  

 

You be the Judge!

As a member of the audience, you will have the opportunity to taste the teas prepared by our competitors. Judge your favorite and a winner will be selected!

Please stay and enjoy vegetables and dumplings after the contest.
  

For more information.  

Taoist Fair PosterTaoist Healing Arts Fair  

 

Sunday, January 29, 2012 

2pm - 8pm
West Hartford Town Hall
Auditorium & Conference Center
50 South Main St., West Hartford, CT   

  • Hourly Workshops, presentations & book signings 
  • Tai Chi, Qi Gong & Martial Arts Demos
  • Over 30 Holistic Health Exhibits & Vendor Tables
  • Local Art Exhibition - "Entering Into Stillness"
  • Healing & Massage Therapy Sessions
  • Traditional Chinese music & dance performances 
  • Tibetan Singing Bowl & Gong Concert
  • Tea Tastings & Ceremony with Lotus Leaf Tea
  • Celebrate Asian New Year - Year of the Dragon 2012 

For more information

 

Registration:  

$30 at door  

$20 online (until Jan.15th) 

$25 online (Jan. 16-27)   

  January Product Specials                     

The Handbook of TCM Self-Care System  - 20% discount
                 An Ancient Medicine for Modern Life Style by Ming Wu 

TCM Book

 

Among other topics, this book includes:

  • Qi Gong 1 Booklet
  • Wu Healing Center Philosophy
  • Healthy diet for Weight Loss
  • Healthy diet for High Blood Pressure
  • Recipes: Chinese Pickled Salad, Carrot Ginger Soup,
    Wood Ear Mushroom Soup, and Smoothie

 $20.00 (regular $25.00)  Order Now   

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310 Ancient Shu Pu Er Tea (3oz)   - 20% discount 

Shu Pu Er Tea

 

Ancient Tree Teas are hand harvested in a wild, organic and shade grown environment.

The Dai, Lahu and Bulang ethic minorities of Yunnan's remote mountain villages have cultivated tea for more than 1300 years.  Wu Healing Center's Ancient tree teas are produced exclusively by these peoples, whose economic well-being and cultural traditions are intertwined with the ancient trees.  

 

$ 8.00 (reg. $10.00)  Order Now    

Certainly Slim - lose weight simply and safely  - 20% discount 

Certainly Slim

 

Uses: Weight Loss, Maintenance. Drawn from effective Chinese Medicine herbal formulas, certainly slim is a safe and effective weight loss and maintenance formula. This does not contain ephedra or other strong stimulants. It works to balance your metabolism and foster weight loss naturally.

 

Ingredients: Rhubarb Root, Licorice Root, Ganoderma Lucidum.

 

More information about the Weight Loss Program. 

  

$24.00 (regular $30.00)  Order Now   

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Cooking with Chi DVD - 20% discount

Cooking with Chi DVD
Learn how to channel universal energy into your food to make it more vibrant, healthy and tasty. 

 



$16.00
(regular $20.00)  Order Now   

Tai Chi Yang Style Short Form DVD  - 20% discount

Tai Chi DVD
Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese martial art and a healthy form of exercise. It has been called meditation in motion. It promotes relaxation, health and longevity.

The postures a
re performed softly and slowly to build your balance, strength and patience. It increases personal energy levels releases stress and tones muscles.

$16.00
(regular $20.00)  Order Now 
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weightloss  Weight-Loss - A Self Health Approach       

4 Week Weight-Loss Program

 

This program is offered in both West Hartford, CT
and Maynard, MA.
(see below for schedule of classes) 

new office

 

In this 4 week class program, you will learn:  

  • Qi Gong for weight loss
  • Moxa self treatment for weight loss
  • How to make MILA Smoothie for weight loss
  • How to make soup for weight loss

Fee : $200.00: Includes four classes and the following products (which if purchased separately total $246.00 ):

  • 2 bags Mila (16oz)
  • 1 bag of GoJi berries (16 Oz)
  • 1 bottle Certainly Slim
  • 1 Qi Gong for Weightloss DVD
  • Cooking with Chi DVD
  • One box of moxa for self treatment to open and tonify the Chi in the wireless system in your body.
  • TCM book in Self Health  by Dr. Ming Wu.

locationsWest Hartford, CT: 45 South Main St., Suite 100

Four Saturdays: 4pm-6pm        Sign Up (Pre-registration Recommended)  

  • February  4, 2012
  • February 11, 2012
  • February 18, 2012
  • February 25, 2012

Maynard MA: 76 Nason St.     

Four Wednesdays: 5pm-7pm:   Sign Up (Pre-registration Recommended)

  • February  8, 2012
  • February 15, 2012
  • February 22, 2012
  • February 29, 2012

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  Classes

Upcoming Classes  

 

Ming Wu
Dr. Ming Wu, bio 

Wu Healing Qi Gong Level 1 - Jan. 8, 2012 (Sunday)
1:00pm
- 6:00pm 

45 South Main Street Suite 100, West Hartford, CT
Dr. Ming Wu

4 Week Weight Loss Program - Feb. 4-25, 2012 (4 Saturdays)
45 South Main Street Suite 100, West Hartford, CT
details above
Dr. Ming Wu

4 Week Weight Loss Program - Feb. 8-29, 2012  (4 Wednesdays)
76 Nason Street, Maynard, MA
details above
Dr. Ming Wu

Tui Na Level 1 - Feb. 19, 2012 (Sunday)
45 South Main Street Suite 100, West Hartford, CT
Dr. Ming Wu

Wu Healing Qi Gong Level 1 - March 11, 2012 (Sunday)
1:00pm
- 6:00pm 

45 South Main Street Suite 100, West Hartford, CT
Dr. Ming Wu

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Ongoing Classes


Ming Wu
Dr. Ming Wu, bio
Free Wu Healing Qi Gong Class
Mondays: 5:00 - 6:00pm
45 South Main St. West Hartford, CT
(led by Erik Harris)

Tong Ren Healing
Mondays: 7:00 - 8:00pm
45 South Main St. West Hartford, CT
(led by Dr. Ming Wu, $10)

Free Wu Healing Qi Gong Class
Tuesdays: 5:30 - 6:30pm
76 Nason St. Maynard, MA
(led by Cynthia Durost)

Wu Healing Qi Gong Class - Beginner
Tuesdays: 6:00 - 7:00pm, Starting Jan. 17, 2012
Health & Wellness Center - Emerson Hospital
(led by Dr. Ming Wu)

Healing Stretch by Vera
Wednesdays: 7:00 - 8:00pm
45 South Main St. West Hartford, CT
(led by Vera Reed)

Tai Chi Class
Wednesdays: 9:30 - 10:30am
Health & Wellness Center - Emerson Hospital
(led by Dr. Ming Wu)

Wu Healing Qi Gong Class
Wednesdays:10 :30 - 11:30am
Health & Wellness Center - Emerson Hospital
(led by Dr. Ming Wu)

Free Wu Healing Qi Gong Class
Wednesdays: 5:30 - 6:30pm
76 Nason St. Maynard, MA
(led by Cynthia Durost)

Tai Chi Class
Thursdays: 6:00 - 7:00pm
Health & Wellness Center - Emerson Hospital
(led by Dr. Ming Wu, $98/8 weeks, $15/class)

Tong Ren Healing
Thursdays: 7:00 - 8:00pm
Maynard, MA
(led by Dr. Ming Wu, $10)

Tong Ren Healing 

Saturdays: 11am - 12noon
45 South Main St. West Hartford, CT
(led by Dr. Ming Wu, $10)
 

Free Wu Healing Qi Gong Class
Saturdays: 12noon - 1:00pm
45 South Main St. West Hartford, CT
(led by Dr. Ming Wu)

 

Tong Ren Healing
Saturdays: 11:00am - 12noon
45 South Main St. West Hartford, CT
(led by Dr. Ming Wu, $10)

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  Continuing Education Units (CEU)                                                                

CEU Qualified Classes                             

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The following classes qualify for CEU credit for
massage therapists:


Tai Chi:      8 hour class, 8 units
Qi Gong:     8 hour class, 8 units
Tui Na:       8 hour class, 8 units  

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