Create an Eating Ritual for Better Digestion

You may have been told that digestion starts in the mouth, but your environment and state of mind can set the stage for proper digestion long before your food even hits your lips. In todayโ€™s busy, multitasking world, we rarely take the time to stop and eat. Be honest,...

Headaches: Take Four

Headaches can range from uncomfortable and annoying, to crippling and debilitating. They can even send people to the ER. We have focused on headaches for several weeks, this will be the final installment in this series. Let’s turn our attention to the Deficient...

Rolfing 101

Rolfing has existed as a form of physical therapy for decades, but it remains a mysterious term to many people. When people ask, โ€œWhat is rolfing?โ€ they are usually looking for a quick explanation. The problem with quick definitions is they convey the notion that...

The Download on Interior Excess Headaches

Last week, we focused on Exterior patterns of headaches, so this week we’ll focus on Interior Excess headaches. Believe it or not, there are eleven different kinds of Interior Excess headaches. From a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) perspective, the topic of...

Meditation in the Reduction of Stress and Anxiety

Meditation changes lives, including mine when I discovered it in my early 20โ€™s. Over the twenty years since then, it has shaped the way I thought, the way I dealt with stress, suffering, fear, and the way I created art. It affects the way I live my life, as well as...

Headaches Redux

Last month, we started the discussion about headaches. Headaches are among the top reasons people seek out acupuncture treatments. The subject is vast and varied, so we will take a look at it from different angles. From a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)...