By Sunny Connor, LMT For the past 18 plus years I have been a Licensed Massage Therapist with multiple Certificates in a variety of avenues of bodywork. I have earned over 2,800 hours of classroom…
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Chinese Hospital Internship
Acupuncturist and Admin Xi Yang recently departed for an internship at a hospital in China. Read on to learn more about what she is doing there! By Xi Yang, Lic.Ac. Guangzhou Guanxi Hospital of Traditional…
Happy Year of the Dog!
By Michael Dell’Orfano, Lic.Ac. On February 16, 2018 the Chinese Lunar New Year begins. This is a two week long celebration in China with many traditional customs, including wearing the color red for good luck,…
Year of the Fire Monkey (2016)
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 2/1/2016. By Michael Dell’Orfano, Lic.Ac. Celebrating the Year of the Fire Monkey In China, the New Year is celebrated for several weeks starting…
Reflections on Meditation
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 9/27/2013. By Karl Bower, Lic.Ac. One might ask how meditation relates to acupuncture, or how it relates to health in general, for that…
The Body’s Movement Never Lies
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 09/25/2013. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. People always ask me why I became an acupuncturist. And I don’t have just one answer. Sometimes I…
When Trying to be Healthy Becomes Unhealthy
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 07/18/2013. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. I am an acupuncturist. It is my job to help people be more healthy – I do this…
Mushrooms
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 10/15/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. When I was 2 years old, mushrooms were my favorite food. Weird taste for a 2 year old,…
Marathon Recovery
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 10/09/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. Today’s topic is one near and dear to my heart: acupuncture for recovery after an athletic performance. I…
Why I Stopped Eating Sugar
This post is copied from our older, original blog. Original post date 03/22/2012. By Marcie Bower, Lic.Ac. I stopped eating sugar last April. I read Gary Taubes’ article “Is Sugar Toxic?” (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html?pagewanted=all) in the New…