The Wisdom of Prevention: October Acupuncture Newsletter

What Aristotle, the Metal element, and your body can teach us about prevention. October Newsletter · Metal Season October has arrived—and apparently someone forgot to tell summer. The mornings are cooler, the leaves are changing, and…

‘Ground Control to Major Tom’ – Don’t Get Disconnected From Earth, Protect Your Spleen

September is when summer drifts away and life speeds back up. Schedules fill. Vacations end. Work accelerates. Suddenly, you're back in orbit. “Ground Control to Major Tom…” What You'll Learn This Month Why late summer is the season…

Celebrating 20 Years of Healing, Growth & Gratitude

Two decades of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the late-summer season that asks us to slow down, digest, and prepare for autumn. 20 Years... Thanks to You Twenty years ago, I opened my practice with a simple goal: Helping…

Summer Acupuncture: How TCM Supports Yin and Digestion during Heat

More time. Less money. More you. A September–October Pilot Program Let’s face it — most people run into one of two problems when it comes to taking care of themselves. They’re short on time. Or they’re short…

Spleen and Lung Qi 101 – Eating for a healthy Gut and immunity in Chinese medicine

Eating for a healthy Gut and Immunity in Chinese medicine: Spleen and Lung Qi 101 While we’re transitioning from the late summer to fall (Earth to Metal Phases according to the TCM - Traditional Chinese Medical language), there are…

Fall 2023 – The functions of Spleen and Signs of Deficiency

Happy Fall.  While we're transitioning from the late summer to fall or (Earth to Metal according to the Chinese Medical language), there are a few things to consider. Spleen/Earth is the mother element of Metal/Lungs so before the 'child'…

Spring 2023 Newsletter

Happy Spring!!! In the Cycle of the Five Elements, Spring/Wood is a forceful energy moving Up and Out (just like a tree). The Organs related to Spring are the Liver and Gall Bladder which are responsible for the smooth flow of energy. If…

Fall 2022 Newsletter – Long Covid (part 1)

As most of you know, Traditional Chineese Medicine (TCM) medicine is based on Patterns Diagnosis and I must admit that I've diagnosed and observed quite a rainbow. We're now in the season of Summer, Element of Fire with the Circuit of Heart.…

Fall 2022 Newsletter – Long Covid (Part 2)

In the last newsletter, I mentioned a common denominator in the Pattern Physiology of Long Covid being Kidney, Spleen, and Lung Qi (Chee) Deficiency. So far we looked into Kidney deficiency as being the most detrimental among the three. According…

Peace through a Sattvic Diet

By thelivingcentre.com A Life Enhancing Diet to Balance the Mind "Food is a dynamic force which interacts with the human on the physical body level, the mind emotional level, and also the energetic and spiritual level. The study of nutrition…