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Regulate & Reset: The Science Behind Acupuncture and Stress Management

By Dee Dorrance, R.Ac, CNP Stress is a big buzzword these days, but for good reason. Stress matters. In modern life, stress has become a ubiquitous companion, affecting everyone and anyone, no matter what we do or the lifestyle we choose to live. While occasional stress is a normal part of life, chronic stress can take a toll on physical, mental and emotional health.    Traditional Chinese...

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Herbal Help for Pregnancy Fatigue

Herbal Help for Pregnancy Fatigue

“Even my eight naps per day weren’t enough…” If you apply common sense to the idea of fatigue in pregnancy, its no surprise. Your body is working really hard, all the time, to build a whole other person! Many women find that their fatigue peaks around week 9 of...

Drop-in for Dad’s and Dad’s to be

Drop-in for Dad’s and Dad’s to be

  Learn and talk about the stuff that nobody tells you about being a dad in today’s world. Frustrations with your wife/partner/girl friend/co-parent? Are they frustrated with you? Not sure how to cope with the overwhelming change of becoming a Dad? Are you a dad...

Sautéed Greens with Garlic

Sautéed Greens with Garlic

This recipe is perfect for spring. Eating dark greens can help irritable emotions that come up in spring. Also very helpful to our livers which at this time can use the boost! Ingredients: 2 large bunches greens (chard, collards, kale or mustard) 1 tablespoon...

How to Optimize your Spring Energy

How to Optimize your Spring Energy

Spring is a time where everything is coming back to life after the cold dormant winter. Generally we tend to spend more time cozied up inside trying to stay warm in the winter, but once spring hits we start to come alive again as things come back to life. In Chinese...

Dear Menstrual Cramp Sufferers

Dear Menstrual Cramp Sufferers

Spring is a natural time to focus again on our health. According to research about 60 % of Canadian women suffer from painful periods (source). I am hear to tell you that you do not have to suffer needlessly or continue to pop painkillers. Chinese Medicine offers a...

Spring Detox

Spring Detox

Here are some simple tips for a gentle spring cleanse to help leave you feeling light and full of energy: Drink a cup of warm water with lemon first thing each morning. This helps to get digestion going and lemon is a great aid in detoxifying the system Eat green...

Spring Cleaning Our Spirit

Spring Cleaning Our Spirit

Over the next few weeks as the weather gets warmer and warmer, as the trees awaken from their WATER Element winter's slumber, so are does our Spirit strive to capture the essence of this beautiful WOOD Element Spring. When our Wood energy is abundant, we have clarity...

ART THERAPY & ANXIETY

ART THERAPY & ANXIETY

Art therapy can help to reduce anxiety, and the associated tension.  Activities such as painting to music, creating mandalas, working with scents and sculpting with clay can be calming, and can at the same time, promote the cathartic release of pent-up tension. In...

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