Maureen Goss Acupuncture

O.K. This is the first time I have shared a recipe on my blog, but this is, in my opinion worth it and related, albeit circuitously, to acupuncture and lifestyle. Although it has some ingredients that people try to avoid […]

This is what I wrote on my Instagram account @mgacupuncture on New Year’s Eve when contemplating the year to come after a few days away: “Acupuncture practice intention for 2023: to support each patient in resolving their health issues so […]

What a good time of year to strive to improve our habits. Here are five guiding principles to help you in your unique journey toward balance: 1. Kindness: treat others the way you would like to be treated. 2. Use […]

I have a new space to practice acupuncture: a small sanctuary in the heart of the laid back Del Ray district in Alexandria, Virginia. Would you like to feel as relaxed as the woman in the photo might appear? My […]

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 […]

“A form of exercise that can help to prevent and even support in treating disease,” read the description of the qigong class. I had never heard of this movement art before, which is similar to tai chi. “Really?” I asked […]

Feng Shui means the art of placement. In acupuncture work I begin with my surroundings, but this ancient art moves deep into my practice as well. There should be balance and elegance in a treatment strategy whether it is for reducing anxiety […]

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 […]

Encouraging us to find the treasure in unlikely places,  The Beautiful Doldrums does just that, an eloquent blog post written by Annie Moyer, the owner of Sun and Moon Yoga Studio  “In a riveting true story of survival and redemption, author […]

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 […]

I hope you have time during our collective experience of “social distancing” to try this 18-minute qigong exercise warm up. It was not filmed on the south coast of Barbados as pictured in this photo but rather in my living […]