Our “family sport” is live theater, and how I miss it! We like basketball (woo, Lakers!), but we really love theater. Of all the many losses we’ve endured since the pandemic, the loss of live theater has left a unique hole in our lives. But that hole is starting to be filled again. Even though […]
The Gift of Losing My Office
You’re kidding, right? Where is the gift of losing my office? In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic?! Well, when one office door closes, another office door opens! I’m here to tell you that the cliches are sometimes true. On March 13th, I closed my acupuncture office and waited for the all-clear to re-open, and […]
More on Letting Go: The Kitchen Towel Edition
The deciduous trees are eloquent Fall teachers, showing us how to gracefully lose their leaves when the time is right. They do not hold on to their dried leaves in case they need them next season. Yep, I’m still sitting with the Metal/Fall concept of “letting go” and watching as it bubbles up through my […]
How (and why) to make an easy Foot Soak with essential oils now
Five reasons why you should make a foot soak with essential oils as a part of your self-care now: You only need 3 or 4 gallons/15 liters of water max It takes less time to fill up a bucket/basin than a bathtub It only takes a few drops of essential oils to make it special. […]
The Spirit of Metal: Inspiration, Grief and Letting Go in Fall
The body, mind and spirit aspects of Metal, which associates with the Fall season, are interrelated. And yet we can still look at these organs and systems through individual prisms to appreciate them in greater detail and nuance. So, just as we breathe air in through the Lungs, our Spirit is animated by “the breath of […]