Acupuncture Treatments for Kids Kids do great with acupuncture, especially when it doesn’t involve needles!  I use a low powered (5mw, 635nm wavelength) laser to simulate acupoints — it doesn’t hurt at …

I hope you’re having a good summer! The longest and warmest days, and in ancient Chinese Five Elements Medical Theory (Wu Xing), the season of the Fire Phase. ​The ancient Chinese were an …

Acupuncture, Nutrition, Guided Imagery very effective and empowering ​ I’ve got a passion (and a lot of experience) helping teens to reduce, manage, and eliminate unnecessary anxiety and stress.  If you know an anxious teen, do …

MAY 1 – 3, 2020 AT 1440 MULTIVERSITY ​The class roster is filling for my workshop on mind/body self-healing skills including relaxation, visualization, listening to your symptoms, the inner wisdom …

Natural Ways to Improve SleepI’ve been saying for years that melatonin works best in smaller doses that mimic the physiologic dose that your brain provides as a signal for shutting …

In spite of there now being nearly 10,000 acupuncturists in the U.S., with 3 million Americans having been treated, acupuncture is still widely underutilized because people, even people who have …

Part flesh and blood, part stardust ​A basic axiom in Traditional Chinese Medicine is that a human existence is lived “between heaven and earth.” We have a remarkable, tangible, growing, changing, …

JUNE 28 – 30, 2019 AT 1440 MULTIVERSITY ​Registration is now open for my workshop, The Healing Mind:Calming the Mind and Healing the Body Through Guided Imagery. Spaces are already filling …

The seasons turn and we come into Spring, the season in which the Energetic Phase of “Wood” is emphasized in traditional Chinese Five Elements theory. An ancient Chinese text says …

Reinforcement Creates Long-Term Effects Research reported in the Menopause journal concludes that a series of acupuncture treatments has positive effects on menopausal symptoms and quality of life that last at least …