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Acupuncture Helps Treat Back Pain
Back pain affects almost everyone at some point in their life. It can be a small discomfort, an inconvenience that limits your activities, or one of...
8 Reasons You Should Try Acupuncture
Did you know that acupuncture is one of the most common and safest forms of healthcare treatment in the world? Acupuncture has been providing relief...
Do you hate spring? Is it because of spring allergies?
If you suffer from seasonal allergies, here are some tips to help. I offer Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment in Vancouver, using acupuncture, Chinese herbs, supplements, and nutrition to help you manage (and maybe get rid of) allergies.
Wishing for Peace, Offering Support
What's happening in the Ukraine now is scary and terrible. Like many, I wonder what I can do to support those affected. I have these items I had...
Cupping for neck pain home treatment
Sometimes you wake up with a kink in your neck and you don't have a treatment booked to address it right away. This happened to me the other day, so...
TCM Immune System Support Tips
We're not out of the woods yet. This has been a long, long journey, as you know. And it now seems like everyone knows someone who has been affected...
7 Healthy Holiday Tips
What a year, what a year. I was interviewed recently to find out what I think were the health highlights (and lowlights) of 2021 and what I think we...
Letting Go: Processing Grief and Sadness
Grief and sadness. For some of us, just reading these words already brings those powerful feelings to the forefront. Letting go can be one of the...
Kuchisabishi and Other Japanese Words Worth Knowing As We Move Through a Pandemic
Some of the following words I learned when I lived in Japan, prior to studying and practicing acupuncture in Vancouver. While for many of us, 2020 and 2021 have been challenging years with the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps you’ll find an expression or two here to be helpful, uplifting, or even just amusing.
Making Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut Recipe Today I hosted an online gathering of friends. Pre-COVID, we used to meet at my place to do crafting, but a couple of months ago I...
Preventing Pandemic Posture Problems
We're now more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and many of us are feeling the neck and back pains of poor posture related to working from...
My Top Health Tips to Manage Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
It’s been a year since the first case of COVID-19 showed up in Canada. With unpredictable times like these, many of us feel anxious. If this is you, you are not alone. According to a recent poll done by Mental Health Research Canada (MHR), 23% of Canadians are reporting their highest ever levels of anxiety.