Have you ever done a cleanse? Annual cleanses are a great way to care for your body, support longevity, cancer prevention and provide an overall reset for the body.
Permaculture: Wha?!? Kiss the Ground Part 4
Part four: what’s in it for us all?
Draw Down, first plan to remove carbon throughout the world. France took it to the world for a vote, many countries signed on, the US did/ would not.
Have you ever heard of the ‘legacy load’ this is the amount of CO2 that we omitted from 1778 to present. Then there is our daily omissions. Even if we stop our daily omission, the legacy load will still be there, warming the atmosphere for possible centuries. We must do more than stop omitting. We must DRAW DOWN in order to avoid chaos.
How to Ease into Daylight Savings Time
Daylight savings can be a great help to many of us, annoying and disruptive to others. Regardless, it happened. Now, how do we manage our cycles and systems in order to support ease in our transition? This article is all about ways to support yourself and those around you as you shift over the next couple weeks.
Permaculture: Wha?!? Kiss the Ground Part 3
Part three:
what’s in it for the economy?
A really beautiful depiction, done by NASA illustrates the carbon in the earths atmosphere daily, throughout the years. Sped up, you can see that in April, when the land is tilled across the planet in preparation for planting the carbon in that atmosphere skyrockets, then in June it does a nose dive… why you might ask?
Permaculture; wha?!? Kiss the Ground Part 1
what’s in it for me?
Did you know that the man who invented fertilizer and pesticides also invented the gas used to kill humans in world war two. Farmers still use these toxic chemicals, they don’t just impact the food but they also make their way into the soil, water and our guts. These impact our gut health, killing the most necessary microbes throughout the body.
Live to 100: The Secrets of the Blue Zones
I am obsessed with the Blue Zones! If you aren't sure what I’m talking about, the short answer is it’s about a few areas in the world where the rates of people living to be 100 years old (young) or more are high. Too old for you, you say? Not if you can still dance while balancing a Sake bottle on your head as this centenarian is doing in Okinawa, Japan.
Terminal Illness, Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture
When you or someone close to you is experiencing grief or the end of their lives, it can be life-changing. Ongoing acupuncture care and support for you and your loved ones during the last part of the human journey can provide a space for the processes needed. Making time for care and attention to these needs allows for a healthy and stable closure to this experience of death.
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for Painful Periods
Painful menstruation is called dysmenorrhea, and refers the pain that occurs around the menstrual, or bleeding, phase of the cycle. There may be other associated symptoms like nausea, fatigue or diarrhea. While many people experience some cramping with their period, some have pain severe enough that it keeps them from doing their regular activities. They may rely on pain relievers and heating pads, but sometimes that is not enough. There are many possible causes for dysmenorrhea that can be explored with a gynecologist - endometriosis, adenomyosis, fibroids, cysts, hormone imbalance, heavy periods, low back injury, past or present infection, pelvic nerve compression, pelvic inflammatory disease.
Loneliness, Depression, & Disenfranchised Grief
COVID Long-haul; treatment options with acupuncture + herbal medicine
Cleansing for the large intestine; annual preventative medicine
Your mental health from a wholistic perspective
Tips for before and after vaccination
What is Five Element Acupuncture?
A unique treatment principal of Five Element Acupuncture is that within each person there is thought to be one root cause of all imbalance, illness, pain, or symptom that the person experiences. By treating the causative factor, all elemental energies come into greater balance and the person starts to feel more like themselves while experiencing an improvement in symptoms.
Preparing Your Body for Allergy Season with Acupuncture and Herbs
Acupuncture and Chinese herbs can be incredibly helpful in reducing allergy symptoms. The best time to begin these treatments is at least four weeks before you typically start having symptoms in order to prime the immune system. Acupuncture for allergies focuses on strengthening and regulating the immune system making you less reactive to allergens over time.