Author Archives: Amy
Manage Stress & Anxiety in 3 Minutes – a Simple Technique
Remember this Easy Technique when you’re in the moment, right after an upsetting situation, or before you head into a difficult situation, or as a daily “vitamin” for stress reduction! Oh and by the way, you can use it for any type of physical pain as well! This is the at home DIY version of Neuro Emotional Technique that is
Acupuncture for Anxiety
Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine View of Anxiety
In Chinese Medicine, and many other traditional systems of medicine, the mind and body are one. Thoughts create physical states, and physical states affect the mind. Here is a summary of the emotions as they correspond with the 5 elements, organs and meridians.
Wood – Liver & Gallbladder –
Reasons Why #4: Balance Hormones!
reasons why people get acupuncture #4 – balance hormones!
It’s a bit reductionist to think of life as a bucket of chemicals, and at the same time, the factual complexity is mind blowing!
While it’s important and super cool to understand endocrine glands and the hormones they secrete, one of the simplest and most effective ways to treat
Reasons Why #3 – Get Regular! Beat IBS
Poop like a champ! Eliminating waste on a daily basis is not a ‘nice-to-have’. It’s a top-down job!
What is IBS?
While it’s beyond the scope of this short blog, Irritable Bowel Syndrome in a nutshell manifests as diarrhea, or constipation, or both alternating, often with pain and unpredictability/dysregulation of elimination.
How Often is Normal?
We are designed
Reasons Why We Choose Acupuncture #2 – Avoid Medications
reasons why we choose acupuncture #2 – avoid medications
While the adage ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ is still meaningful and relevant, eating a healthy diet is not the only thing you can do to prevent developing disease. There is an ancient Chinese proverb ‘the best physician has no sick patients’. This speaks to the
