We’re in the process here of creating a library—a wellness library of sorts. Please take a chance to browse through a variety of articles on acupuncture for migraines, acupuncture for allergies and sinus issues, acupuncture for sciatica, acupuncture for… everything! We also have a ton of articles on herbal medicine, cupping, meditation, diet, and other aspects of lifestyle and personal transformation. Enjoy!
by Nadia Bouhdili | Dec 18, 2016 | Lifestyle & Personal Transformation
Here we will outline how to free yourself from one of the most common compulsions of the mind: judging. We’re talking about that incessant judgement of people, places and things. Here’s what we’ll cover: Why you’d want to cut down on judgmentalnessHow you can live...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Dec 17, 2016 | Lifestyle & Personal Transformation
There exists a type of meditation specifically designed to change patterns of negative thought (sweetening the mind), cultivate the qualities of love, and send that good, positive energy out into the world. The Buddhists refer to this type of meditation as...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Dec 16, 2016 | Lifestyle & Personal Transformation
Here is an insight that you can apply any time you feel negativity as you go throughout your day. This insight has the power to: take the edge off of the negativity,help you “digest” the emotion with more ease,Bolster your confidence in your ability to accommodate and...
by Dr. Adam Miramon, DACM, DiplAc, LAc | Dec 16, 2016 | Physical Health
Allopathic physicians, those that practice “conventional” medicine, use vocabulary and special terminology to identify conditions happening within the body, their causes, tests, and treatments. These include terms like mastitis, heart attack, cystic fibrosis,...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Dec 15, 2016 | Lifestyle & Personal Transformation
You know that scene in The Matrix when Neo finds himself face-to-face with a spray of oncoming bullets? He expertly handles the situation by slooooowing everything down and neutralizing the bullets. They drop to the ground like pebbles before they ever reach...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Dec 14, 2016 | Lifestyle & Personal Transformation
A capacity to focus is just one of the myriad byproducts of a meditation practice. Here we cover our mind’s tendency NOT to focus,the value of training it to focus,how meditation helps train your mind to focus. Either watch our video below, or read on. The crazy...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Dec 13, 2016 | Lifestyle & Personal Transformation
We have described meditation as an exercise that helps you develop “life skills” for your mind. Here we will look at life skill #2—sensitizing yourself to the subtleties (of experience): what these subtleties are,how meditation sensitizes you to them,the dangers of...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Dec 12, 2016 | Lifestyle & Personal Transformation
This is our first micro-meditation lesson as part of our 10-Day Chill Pill Challenge. Read 10 Micro Meditation Lessons Livestreamed from Facebook for an overview of the lessons and challenge. You can also watch the Live Stream replay of this lesson below. One of the...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Dec 12, 2016 | Lifestyle & Personal Transformation
Welcome to this very first installation of our 10-day Chill Pill Challenge. A series of 5-minute mini-lessons on meditation that are available as Facebook Live Streams and instructive blog articles—like this one. The objective is to help you use meditation to...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Dec 8, 2016 | Lifestyle & Personal Transformation
So here's what went through my mind yesterday evening at 5:15pm: "Oh, Jesus. Here he comes." Broad-shouldered, wild-eyed, screaming incoherently at the top of his lungs, the man a-few-sandwiches-short-of-a-picnic was coming straight at me on Connecticut Avenue. I did...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Dec 3, 2016 | Lifestyle & Personal Transformation
First, a provocative question for you... In the last month, what percentage of your free time did you spend doing things that are "important" or "meaningful" to you—things that matter? If you are like most people, your answer is WELL under 50%. To increase that...
by Jeremy Riesenfeld, L.AC., M.AC. | Oct 26, 2016 | Physical Health
One of the most common reasons patients come to see us is for pain relief. Acupuncture is extremely effective for many patients in both relieving physical pain, and also at helping patients remain pain-free on an ongoing basis over the course of multiple acupuncture...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Jan 28, 2016 | Physical Health
We love turmeric for its myriad health benefits, which is why we carry the very finest turmeric supplements in our clinic shop. Here we detail (and trumpet) the benefits of Gaia brand’s Turmeric Supreme formula for Pain, which, along with Gaia’s Turmeric Joint and...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Jan 14, 2016 | Physical Health
Do you have tension headaches with any regularity? If so, congratulations—you’re part of a colossally large club. Of all headache types, tension headaches (also called myogenic headaches or muscle contraction headaches) are the most common. The World Health...
by Jeremy Riesenfeld, L.AC., M.AC. | Jan 8, 2016 | Mental & Emotional Health
Stress, along with anxiety and depression, is one of the most common issues that patients come in for at our Washington DC acupuncture clinic. Their chronic stress manifests as a wide range of emotional, physical, cognitive and behavioral symptoms. In many cases,...
by Courtney Codina, L.AC., MSOM | Dec 3, 2015 | Physical Health
Sciatic nerve pain is a common condition, and it can be a very debilitating one. Typically caused by an impingement of sciatic nerve in the lower back, pain will be felt radiating down the buttock and leg. There are many treatment options for sciatica, and acupuncture...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Nov 12, 2015 | Mental & Emotional Health
When insomnia rears its restless head, it can have many different faces. Traditional Chinese herbal medicine recognizes several different patterns of insomnia, and treats them according to their specificities. Here we walk you through four common types of insomnia and...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Nov 5, 2015 | Mental & Emotional Health
Modern city life has a lot to offer, sometimes even too much. Many people find themselves frazzled and exhausted at the end of a long work day, wanting nothing but a good night’s sleep, only to find themselves lying in bed for hours watching their minds race like a...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Oct 22, 2015 | Physical Health
As we discussed in our Secrets of Pulse Diagnosis post, tongue diagnosis is another primary method in Chinese Medicine for understanding what is happening inside the human body. It is the other “MRI” of traditional medical systems. While tongue diagnosis can be used...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Oct 8, 2015 | Physical Health
The pulse is measured in both Western medicine and Chinese medicine, but there are key differences. In Western medicine, we typically measure the heart rate, which is taken with blood pressure as part of a standard physical exam. In Chinese medicine, pulse diagnosis...
by Nadia Bouhdili | Jul 30, 2015 | Physical Health
Back pain for all ages… We all know the quintessential image of low vitality—the hunched, hobbling elderly person, one hand holding a cane, the other supporting their aching back. But if our patients are any indication, back pain does not discriminate by age. We have...
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