Much of our suffering is caused by our mind. Most of us are not even aware of the extent to which our thoughts make us suffer. The way we see the world (and ourselves) has a tremendous effect on how we experience life. Studies have...
What does it take to really change? What’s required to break habitual patterns that make us unwell and unhappy? It’s easy to look out into the world and see what’s wrong with it. It’s easy to look at our past and identify what went wrong,...
A major focus in holistic medical systems like acupuncture is disease prevention. It’s clear why this is so important. None of us want to get sick. Also, conditions are much easier to treat before they manifest into a full-blown crisis. In Chinese Medical practice there are...
Worry, anxiety, resentment and fear are draining. We all feel this. Physiologically the emotions create internal heat and consume the blood of the body. Many of us are literally “bleeding ourselves to death” through our emotions. To some of us, our emotional dispositions are so...
Much of what I see in my acupuncture clinic are people “coming apart.” To an acupuncturist this means losing access to our energy, vitality and internal resources. Not because of lack, but due to inability to access them. We become scattered. Our acupuncture channels which...
