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…
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…
Publication in Acupuncture Today of an article I wrote about my participation and impressions of my first humanitarian trip to Haiti with the Global Balance Foundation.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
“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.…
“The months of the Spring season bring about the revitalization of all things in nature. It is the time of birth….this is the season in which the universal energy begins anew and rejuvenates…one should attempt to correspond to it directly…
