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It’s been a while since I’ve written a post – I hope the holidays went well for everyone, and happy new year.  And a big welcome to those of you who are new to the Transformational Acupuncture blog. I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a weeklong spiritual retreat in the second week of December, led by my teacher Rupert Spira.  Located in Westchester County about 45 minutes north of New York City, the retreat took place at a small retreat center called Bailey Farms.  The days consisted of guided meditation, silent ...

                      Ah, just got finished with a 3 hour walkabout through Rock Creek Park!  As you DC residents know, this entire weekend was absolutely beautiful, and it was a pleasure to be outside. [caption id="attachment_711" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Jeremy on the road in Rock Creek"][/caption] Beautiful Creek As many of you know, there is a revolution of sorts sweeping the running and walking world.  That revolution is a turning toward "barefoot" running and walking.  I put "barefoot" in quotes ...

              Recently, I had 2 patients ask me for a granola recipe.  Coincidentally, inspired by my uncle Daniel who started making his own granola a while ago, Caroline and I have been making an awesome granola recipe from scratch for the past month.  We always make a double recipe, but, it's usually so good that it only lasts a week... [caption id="attachment_691" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Granola just out of the oven"][/caption] There are some things you can buy at a store that work ...

My good friend Michele Collins, and her fiance and one of my best friends, Andres Vergara, are in town for a few weeks.  It's been great because we've had a chance to catch up about their last nine months, which have been quite extraordinary. 6 months studying advanced Chinese herbal medicine and the integration of western medicine and Chinese herbal medicine at the Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, along with a trip to Michele's birthplace in the Marshall Islands and a 6 weeks in Israel.  Quite awesome! One of the first things I asked Michele to do for me when she ...

A patient of mine came in to the office a few months ago with chronic and severe ankle pain.  One of her great loves is walking through the city on a daily walk with her husband, and also walking and hiking on her many travels.  In addition, as she entered her 60’s, she wanted to be sure that she was able to maintain her physical strength and mobility, and to lose and keep off the weight that had been accumulating over the past 5 years. ChiWalking I immediately thought of ChiWalking. ChiWalking and ChiRunning are written by Danny and Katherine Dreyer.  Danny is ...

A philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion but determined to judge for himself.  He should not be bound by appearances, have no favourite hypothesis, be of no school and in doctrine have no master.  Truth should be his primary object. Michael Faraday (1791-1867) Ah, cholesterol.  And its good friend, saturated fat.  Invariably, when the topic of healthy eating comes up, one of the first things many people bring up is how they eat a health low-fat diet, and try their best to stay away from those bad, evil, high fat foods. Immediately following ...

I'm very pleased to publish my first case study.  "Jennifer" is a 28 year old patient who came to my office in April with lifelong insomnia, which had been getting worse in the past 6 months. Read her case study to see how acupuncture, Chinese herbs, diet and exercise changes, and "sleep hygiene" adjustments helped her completely overcome her insomnia in 2 months. If you or someone you know could use help with insomnia, you can set up an appointment anytime by using our online schedule, or by calling us at ...

A patient asked me the other day about how to take his herbs.  He was taking the herbs based on the Sexual Health for Men Over 40 herbal protocol that I featured in my last newsletter.  (By the way, he had already started on the dietary recommendations in the article and was experiencing excellent results.) As I was writing down the dosages for each herb, I realized that there were some important insights I had gained over the past years of using herbs that I wanted to communicate to him, but we didn't have time because it was the end ...

I hope everyone is enjoying the first glimmers of Spring in the DC area. Traditionally, in many cultures, the beginning of February is considered the beginning of Spring. (The equinox on March 23 is actually the peak of Spring energy.) This is why the Chinese start their new year in the beginning of February. Gong Hay Fat Choy! Or in Mandarin, Xin Nian Kaui Le! 2011 The Year of the Rabbit If you really want to get ...

Just before the holidays, a patient of mine asked me a simple question: What do you eat? She was interested in changing her diet to improve her health.  We had talked about including more whole foods, vegetables, protein, high quality fats from real foods, fiber from whole food sources, and so on. So, I was beginning to list out all of the recipes I use for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, when all of a sudden, two Sundays ago in the New York Times, I ran across a short article that seemed like it was practically written for ...