a woman has cups on her left upper back, and cupping marks on her right side
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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 Qi for Spring! 8 cups and 8 needles, and you’re good to go! A “cupping detox” is applied to your shoulder blades and tops of…

this shows a model of a woman with the acupuncture meridians or channels diagrammed on her back and head
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Adapting acupuncture treatments during pandemic times

I am happy to announce several new treatment options to reflect safety and budget considerations to help you get through these pandemic times.  We are all needing to adapt to the current circumstances, and I hope these offerings will help you get the help you want and need. REDUCED CONTACT TIMES: Even though I am…

a decorative key sits on tumbled stones
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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…

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Now: Lungs, Large Intestines, and Skin & the Metal Element in Fall

This the second article in a short seasonal series, which focuses on the body.  The previous article introduced the concept of Five Element acupuncture theory and the seasonal associations of Fall. In the body we turn our attention to the Lungs, Large Intestines, and our skin. It might seem odd that those organs would be…

Acupuncture theory explains why you need to move your body and how it will help you with “pandemic head”
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Acupuncture theory explains why you need to move your body and how it will help you with “pandemic head”

Many years ago, I was taking a yoga teacher training class from the renowned teacher BKS Iyengar, and he was not happy with the level of attention of our class. He accused us of being “monkeys who had been drinking beer and had just been bitten by a scorpion.”  Even though we are finding ways…