Breath and Ancient Spiritual Practices
At the start of the pandemic, I wrote about managing emotions at the height of the uncertainty and the communal fear that had rocked us. Now – more than six months later – we have not had a breather and the stirring external stimuli have been relentless. During this time, I’ve also seen more people coming in specifically for anxiety and…
We cannot treat with our needles. We cannot touch with our hands. We cannot speak in person with our patients. And like all of you we are forced to go within to seek the teachings that this moment is here to provide. Emotional Resilience in a Time of Global Upheaval I have heard from some of you since we closed…
Twelve Balance Method Acupuncturists from seven different countries travelled to Haiti in February 2019 forming part of the Global Balance Foundation’s (GBF) second official humanitarian mission trip to this country. The acupuncturists arrived in Port-au-Prince in the midst of significant social and political unrest as many Haitians took to the streets in anger to protest rampant systemic institutional corruption. GLOBAL BALANCE…
If there is one thing I try to consistently impress on my patients as they heal with acupuncture is that the healing is being generated from within. I use the needles to signal the body to self-adjust, to self-correct. There is no masking of the pain or disabling of your body’s healing mechanisms. We are working with (not against) your…
What does a book about sustainable farming practices have to do with taking good care of your body? Last year when I picked up “The One Straw Revolution,” which was written in 1978 by Masanobu Fukouoka, I had no idea how it would apply to good health. Fukuoka, a Japanese farmer and philosopher, introduced ecologically sustainable farming practices which were…
Acupuncture has gotten a reputation for helping with weight loss. Something about “magic ear seeds” that help you dump the weight has garnered attention in minor circles and I constantly get approached by people wanting to know if acupuncture can help them shed the weight. When women (as well as the occasional man) come to me specifically for acupuncture for…
Countless practitioners around the globe were in shock and devastated by the recent news of the passing of Dr. Richard Teh-Fu Tan. To say that I was deeply affected by this news is an understatement. Today I find it important to write something about this Master teacher that had such a profound impact on my practice. After my first seminar…
According to the Chinese calendar — the summer season officially began the first week of May. Thus, a month and a half prior to the official day of summer many Eastern traditions begin to pay heed to the changing season. Continuing with our seasonal attunement series — we focus on one aspect of what it means to remain balanced and…
“Not only are we in the Universe, the Universe is in us.“ “To learn is to become closer to Nature” Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, Director of the Hayden Planetarium. “In the past, people practiced the Tao, the Way of Life. They understood the principle of balance as represented by the transformations of the energies of the universe.” (from one of…