What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a gentle, effective and safe method of holistic healing that works on the physical, emotional and psychospiritual levels. Acupuncture is an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and regards the human body as a complete, self-sufficient system that is always in a state of change...
How Will I Know If Acupuncture is Helping Me?
In your initial visit with your acupuncturist, you are asked a wide range of questions about your lifestyle, physical health and frame of mind. While your immediate focus may be the alleviation of a particular symptom, your practitioner is also monitoring your spectrum of health within this wide array of concerns (such as energy, sleep, appetite, stress, emotional issues, etc.). Very often, change appears first in areas seemingly unrelated to the primary symptoms...
The Major Organ Systems and Their Energetic Natures...The HEART governs the blood, controls the blood vessels, manifests in the complexion, houses the Mind, opens into the tongue and controls sweat...
Akashic Acupuncture is a gentle process of inquiry and deep listening that takes us into the heart of the matter. We each possess the wisdom of the ages encoded in our “Records” in the “Akashic Field...”
Menopause serves as a natural homeostatic mechanism. While we view it as a sign of aging,
it actually slows the aging process. By losing blood in menstruation beyond age 49, one could
actually lose too much vital essence and could experience weakness. With the cessation of
menstruation, the essence lost monthly can be consolidated and contained, and women can
maintain vibrant health for many more years. Continuing to bleed after age 49, as women on
estrogen replacement therapy may do, could deplete the blood and Qi (vital energy)...
Depression seems to be affecting millions today, with anti-depressant medication becoming the most widely prescribed drug. In the past, this emotional state was referred to as melancholy, feeling mournful, gloomy or in grief. My Mac thesaurus lists “doldrums, down cycle, rut, apathy, boredom, emptiness”, as a few synonyms for depression. I prefer “gap, space and opening”...
Pain—An Opportunity For Change
We have all experienced some form of pain, whether it be physical, emotional or psychological, and Iʼm sure most of us would rather live without it. However, perhaps there is a dimension to the pain from which we might learn something about the way we are living our lives...
In the Chinese language the heart is related to all affections. It is not just that rhythmic organ that controls our circulation, but is also viewed as the sovereign ruler of the body and the master of the emotions...
Many diseases today are caused by inflammation, e.g., heart disease, asthma and autoimmune disorders. Stress and stress hormones can also cause inflammation and pain, not to mention the acidic food and drinks we may consume. Andrew Weil maintains that the Mediterranean and traditional Japanese diets are the healthiest, and that the typical American diet is the least healthy...
Some doctors and complementary practitioners believe that to be healthy and disease free, it is important to have a healthy pH balance in your system. I, too, am interested in this approach to health...
