Acupuncture can appear mysterious. Being an acupuncturist, I have asked myself at times, how can the insertion of tiny needles into the skin cause healing? I still find it amazing. Beyond the mystery of how acupuncture works, is the question: how does an acupuncturist determine where...
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,...
As an acupuncturist, the major tool I use for diagnosis is the pulse. Everyone is fascinated by this process. For good reason: a tremendous amount of information can be gathered by feeling a person’s wrist. Pulse diagnosis is thousands of years old. Along with diagnosis of...
Quality of life is dependent on our mental state. Health obviously is the most important aspect of life. Without health little else can be achieved or enjoyed. The stability of our mental state is an important part of health, and certain vital to quality of...
A physical problem isn't always just physical. I’ve come to know this both through personal experience and many years as an acupuncturist. A patient recently came to me complaining of two main physical problems. The first was a persistent laryngitis: a scratchy throat with loss of...
