2024: Welcome the Yang Wood Dragon year! The Dragon rises and recharges our Qi, encouraging us to broaden our horizons. If your Qi needs support, come in!
Spring, flowers, a poem and songs to lift your spirits
Every day that I am out walking, I see new growth on trees, the shrubs are flowering, and flowers are blooming everywhere, showing off petals or fragrance. And even though…
How often should you get acupuncture?
The truthful answer is, “it depends.” It depends on everything! I’m getting treatment every 3 or 4 weeks because that’s what I need to maintain stability in body, mind and…
Cupping + Acupuncture for the Change of Seasons
Cupping plus acupuncture helps you get in the flow for the change of seasons and can help release built-up toxins in your system. This is the way to jump-start your…
Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Ox Year 2021!
Gong xi fa cai! Happy Yin Metal Ox Year! If you want to celebrate this Lunar New Year on February 12th, you can start by eating dumplings and/or present your…
Spring, flowers, a poem and songs to lift your spirits
Every day that I am out walking, I see new growth on trees, the shrubs are flowering, and flowers are blooming everywhere, showing off petals or fragrance. And even though I experience Spring annually, it never fails to lift my spirits. The pandemic has been a hardship for so many, for such a long time,…
About The Medicine
Within Chinese cosmology, all creation is born from the marriage of Yin and Yang – the two polar principles: Earth and Heaven, winter and summer, night and day, cold and hot, wet and dry, inner and outer, body and mind. Harmony of this union means health, good weather and good fortune, while disharmony leads to…
Introducing Classical Five Element Acupuncture!
Since opening my practice in 1997, I’ve studied with a variety of teachers and learned a variety of techniques to help relieve pain, improve digestion and sleep, reduce stress and anxiety, and even reduce fine lines and wrinkles. And now I’m happy to offer Classical Five Element Acupuncture, which gives you profound access to vitality…
2021: The Updated Dirty Dozen List & The Clean 15
Strawberries, spinach and kale/collard greens/mustard greens topped EWG’s 2021 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce list of the dirtiest, or most pesticide-contaminated, fruits and vegetables. Half of this list are repeat offenders, appearing on many prior years lists. This is valuable for you to know because pesticides have been linked to a number of health…
Does acupuncture hurt?
“Acupuncture” means to puncture the skin at a specific point (with a needle). Because acupuncture needles are quite thin, they are virtually painless upon insertion, although sometimes you’ll feel a small pricking sensation where the needle has been placed. You will then feel a unique sensation that has been described variously as tingling, heaviness, a…
We both wear masks, use hand sanitizer before pulses and 11 more steps for safety during acupuncture
You are already a sophisticated user of acupuncture, so you know it will help you get through the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis by fortifying your body, mind and spirit. Staying healthy and as resilient as possible is even more important now. So I want to tell you about safety steps I’m taking in my…