Anxiety

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, [...]

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 [...]

Finding a mask that fits your face comfortably is important. If your mask is uncomfortable, you’ll constantly be adjusting it, or worse yet, avoiding wearing it. It’s also important that your [...]

lf you’ve been following me, you know that East Asian medicine considers the energetics of each season. We’re meant to modify our behavior accordingly to maintain optimum health. Around here, [...]

Remember when we were staying home for two weeks to flatten the curve? It’s been 17 months since stay-at-home orders were issued in March 2020. Regardless of your pandemic style, [...]

Did you know more of us experience depression in spring? Many people report feeling lonely while everyone else is out having fun in the sun. This may be especially true for those of you trying to [...]

It’s been a year since California issued Stay-at-Home orders in response to the virus. It has changed our lives for better and for worse and has thrown many (I would argue most of us) into a [...]

Feeling like your nervous system could use some help finding equilibrium right now? The NADA protocol is a series of five auricular points that was developed by the Black Panthers at the Lincoln [...]

At the end of April, Governor Newsom declared acupuncturists to be essential workers. Unless Marin County places restrictions on acupuncturists, as they did in the original Shelter-in-Place [...]

As I’ve begun reaching out to my regular patients, I’m finding that most of you are like me—still strictly socially distancing. Thank you for taking coronavirus seriously and doing [...]