Decades ago, Dr. John Sarno, a rehabilitation physician at NYU, challenged traditional views of chronic pain. Some of his patients came in with excruciating back pain yet had perfectly normal scans. Others had dramatic findings—herniated discs, arthritis, narrowing—and felt no […]

In The Body Keeps the Score, the author explains that trauma, sometimes forgotten or buried, lives in the body. It isn’t always meant to be explained away; it wants to be felt, witnessed, and understood. Some say trauma even travels […]

Are you moving through life with a center—or just spinning in place? Finding the Still Center in a Spinning World isn’t about perfection. It’s about the messy, funny, real-life path that leads me back to something steady inside. This is a […]

Today it is 103 degrees wrapped in a horsehair blanket of humidity. “The hellscape of the damned,” as my colleague’s husband calls the Mid-Atlantic summer. Accurate. As a Northeasterner, I crave cold water in the heat. I was plunging into […]

People often ask me, “Does acupuncture work?” Or sometimes, “Who taught you?” Whether someone comes in burned out, emotionally overwhelmed, in physical pain, or simply seeking to stay in balance, acupuncture offers a way to remember what wellness feels like. […]

Today marks the beginning of a 40 day stretch of opportunity to get our lives in order. Ash Wednesday marks the time in late winter/early spring when we commit to practices that help rid ourselves of habits and ways of […]

Chinese Medicine divides the year into five seasons, not four. This time of year, called “Late Summer”, begins around mid-August and ends with the September solstice. Late summer’s unique weather affects our internal environment. August and September are the dampest times […]

Feeling like you need some solid ground to walk on? Political, economic or personal climate making your life feel a little less ‘solid’? Here are 7 exercises to help build a foundation of steadiness in this season of long days […]

What. A. Year…but, spring is here! Everyone’s experience has been different, but undoubtedly, together we moved  through the intense disorientation of uprooted routines, overwhelming loss, steep challenge, and chaos, but amidst all of this, we collectively had an intense time of […]

Fall—the air gets crisper, the days shorter, we finish up projects started in the spring and prepare for new ones. We harvest the fruits of summer’s heat—apples and mums, pumpkins and corn. It is time to let go of long […]

Charles Chu, master calligrapher, painter and professor, explained to the crowd at the Yale School of Art the ‘secret’ of how to make one’s art, work and life compelling: “You learn the Law and then you break it, according to […]

With only 6 weeks until spring arrives, here are 6 ways to jump-start the body, mind and spirit: 1. Move: If you dislike doing exercise on your own, sample a yoga class, take a dance class or join a hiking/walking […]