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For many, September signals an end to summer fun and a return to “real life.” The kids are heading back to school, and you may be buckling down to accomplish your year-end goals. During [...]

We’re approaching the longest day and most yang time of the year, the Summer Solstice. What is yang? It’s associated with the sun, daytime, summer, light, heat, activity, joy, the fire element, [...]

Curious about how you can perform self-acupressure, anytime you need it? Join me for an hour-long introduction to acupressure on Saturday, June 29 at 10 AM in my San Rafael office. Learn how to [...]

Springtime check-in: How are you doing? Many patients I’ve seen in my San Rafael acupuncture clinic recently report feeling more irritable and less patient than usual. As we’ve worked [...]

Maintain Your Health This Fall Are you concerned about staying healthy and avoiding illness this fall? From an East Asian medicine perspective, your immune system is less effective in fighting [...]

As you wrap up your summer travels, how do you want to reconnect with your community? What rhythms and routines do you want to nurture or reestablish in your day-to-day life? The earth element, [...]

Let the equinox, one of two days a year when (yin) and day (yang) are exactly equal and in balance, be a reminder that balance is constantly changing. So often, we speak of balance as a 50:50 set [...]

Here are five ways to help you achieve inner harmony as we enter the season of renewal. Move Regularly The energy of spring supports movement, literally and metaphorically. The element associated [...]

The first week of daylight savings can be jarring. In a world where you wake up with an alarm clock and not the light of the sun, moving the clock ahead (or back in the fall) profoundly affects [...]

The rain has come, there is a chill in the air, and the trees are changing colors and shedding their leaves. Cozy weather has arrived! If you’ve been following me for several seasons, you know [...]