A few weeks back, I took a back packing trip to Mt. Greylock in western MA. At the top of Mt. Greylock is Bascom Lodge, a wonderful full-service lodge and restaurant. What a great treat after a hot climb to sit down to a real meal, and not one made on a camp stove. One of the items on the… Read more »
A lot of you ask me why I am using certain points on your body during treatment. So I thought I’d start a mini-series on my blog about commonly used acupuncture points. Probably the most used point in my practice is Stomach 36 (ST36) – also known as Zu San Li in Pinyin, or translated to Leg Three Mile. This… Read more »
If you follow me on Facebook, you may have noticed a number of posts about decluttering and minimalism. Over the past year, I’ve been re-assessing my relationship with “stuff,” and finding that having less makes me happier. When I moved in March I kicked my efforts into high gear. I took this time in my life to assess what I… Read more »
Pregnancy is based on blood and qi. Blood and qi are based on the emotions. Suppressed emotions will lead to disharmony in the chong mai and ren mai. This is the cause of infertility. – Complete works of Jing Yue (Jing Yue Quan Shu) Zhang Jingyue (c.1563-1640). Are you struggling to conceive either naturally or through Assisted Reproduction Techniques (ART) such… Read more »
Did you know that spring time is the Liver time? In Chinese medicine, one way of looking at the body, and the external world, is through the lenses of the 5 Elements. According to these principles, all change—in the universe and in your body—occurs in five distinct cyclical stages or elements. Each of these stages is associated with a particular… Read more »