Undercover Angels, Day 10: Kindness

Day 10 of Undercover Angels – Undercover Kindness

undercover angels, kindness, minneapolis acupuncture, light workerToday you can do another kindness to someone around you – and this one should be fun! See if you can find someone that might need a little pick me up, and give them a little treat. Try to do it secretly!

You can give anything – a snack, a poem, a cute or funny photo, a flower from outside, an inspirational quote or even a note that speaks to how special they are. The sky’s the limit! Read more “Undercover Angels, Day 10: Kindness”

Undercover Angels, Day 9: Listening

Day 9 of Undercover Angels – Listening More

listening, undercover angels, minneapolis, acupuncture, chinese medicineToday let’s try one that can be really challenging for some of us – try to spend the whole day (or one conversation) listening more than you talk. While they are talking, try to focus on the amazing miracle that is in front of you, and how lucky you are to have this moment to spend with them. Send then love and blessings…listen with your heart and your ears. Read more “Undercover Angels, Day 9: Listening”

Undercover Angels, Day 8: Loving Acts

Day 8 of Undercover Angels – Loving Acts

loving acts, minneapolis, acupuncture, chinese medicine, light workers, undercover angelsToday is the start of phase two in our undercover adventure! I hope you are feeling more full and abundant after your week of self care. This week we will begin to do loving acts for people in our immediate surroundings. That could be people or critters you live with, work with, communicate with – those that are in your immediate circle. Read more “Undercover Angels, Day 8: Loving Acts”

Undercover Angels, Day 7: Prayer

prayer, minneapolis, acupuncture, light works, chinese medicine, best acupuncturistAnswering Your Own Prayer – Day 7 of  Undercover Angels

Today I would like you to answer your own prayer. Is there a silent wish that you have been making? See if you can do fulfill your wish today. It could be for a thing you have been wishing for – or it could be for a state of mind. Maybe you can be extra kind to yourself, eat your favorite treat with no guilt, go for a walk, smell some flowers (did you notice that we have them now!), call a friend or family member that you love, love love, get a book from the library that is fun, take a bath or long shower, look at the stars and breathe…. Read more “Undercover Angels, Day 7: Prayer”

Fall 2016 Newsletter: Fall Preparations

Let Our Newsletter Support Your Body & Mind During This Seasonal Shift

Fall is here and it’s once again time to slow down and prepare yourself for, dare we say it, WINTER!

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Welcome to our fall newsletter!  We hope that you have had a fantastic summer.  It has truly been a beautiful and lush season. As we head into fall and delight in the changing seasons we have some exciting changes in store in our clinic as well.  This season’s newsletter introduces you to some of the new staff and offerings that will be available at the clinic as well as great ways to ready your body and spirit for autumn.  Enjoy!

 

Featured in this newsletter:

  • New Acupuncturist Joins Red Cricket
  • Winter Body Prep article
  • Bone Broth Recipe
  • Adopt/Donate a Scoby

The Spring Cleanse: How to Support Our Bodies

cleanse, minneapolis acupuncture, minneapolis spring cleanseIt’s Cleanse Season:  Support the Bodies Natural Purification Process.

Many people come to me each spring wondering about what would be the best way to help their body cleanse after a long winter filled with filling rich foods.  People will ask about cleanses from the store – usually with herbs that can be helpful to clean out the body or they may look to a particular diet – either one that will focus upon foods that will clean the body (especially the liver) or food that will purge out accumulated junk that built up during our long winters. Read more “The Spring Cleanse: How to Support Our Bodies”

Spring 2016 Newsletter: Purification

Let Our Spring Newsletter Support Your Spring Cleanse

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It’s that time of year for purification!

Welcome to our spring newsletter!  Spring is not called spring for nothing!  This is the time when all that was quiet starts moving, and it moves with leaps and bounds!  You can harness the energy of this time to support your body as it moves the energy and heat of the summer!

This newsletter will explore cleanses which can help you move towards summer as well as ways to support spring allergies.  Don’t forget to check out our upcoming workshops, the launch of our new scoby bank, and the delicious spring-detoxifying recipe!

We all want to support you in having the best spring ever that leads into a fantastic, healthy summer!

Featured in this newsletter:

  • Spring cleansing advice
  • Allerplex for Allergies
  • Community acupuncture hiatus
  • New scoby bank
  • Upcoming  workshops

 

 

Good Posture: Whats the Point?

good posture, minneapolis acupuncture, minneapolis acupuncturist, minneapolis healing centerWhy Does Good Posture Matter?

by:  Bill Easter, PT, MPH

“Sit up straight, get your shoulders back, stop slouching, you have bad posture,” we are told, but what does it all mean and why is posture so important?  If you are standing in a crowd of people or a clinic and someone mentions posture, there is a knee jerk response,and people will simultaneously stand in an erect position for 5 maybe 10 seconds, looking around with guilt expressions on their faces (echoes from our parents or our primary and secondary school days).  Posture is firmly engrained in our minds but remains very elusive and often misunderstood. Read more “Good Posture: Whats the Point?”

Get A Daily Healing Dose of Coconut Oil

coconut oilby Lisa Nelson, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M.

Try a Daily Dollop (or more) of Coconut Oil

Virgin Coconut oil is one of the healthiest foods on the planet and it is considered a superfood! Read more “Get A Daily Healing Dose of Coconut Oil”

Community Acupuncture: Radical & Affordable

by Carrie Nightshade, L.Ac., MSOM

community acupuncture minneapolis, minneapolis acupunctureWhy community acupuncture?  What about it makes me so loyal to it’s business model and techniques? 

Recently I came across an article (linked below) about the radical roots of community acupuncture (CA).  It reminded me about the reasons that I followed the healing arts and also why CA is so important to me.  At heart I’m an activist and social justice is one of the many things that drive my passions.  As a healer it was and is important to me that preventative health care is available for all people.  During my education I realized that acupuncture is not very accessible to my peers.  I spent many hours trying to figure out a way to fix this, bartering and work trades only work when people have mutually beneficial skills/ items to work with. Sometime during the second half of school Working Class Acupuncture out of Portland came to hold a workshop on CA.  Eureka!  It was like taking the fundamentals class in acupuncture after struggling in chemistry.  It just made so much sense to me, and it was such a relief to discover a way to be an acupuncturist that worked with my heart.

Read more “Community Acupuncture: Radical & Affordable”