Did you know 18 days before the start of a new season is typically when people will start to get sick according to Traditional Chinese Medicine. As of today, September 4th, we are 14 days away from the beginning of fall cold and flu season. Fall is a hard time on the...
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Hypothyroidism Is What Happens When We Don’t Speak Our Truth
“Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.” Albert Einstein Imagine swallowing all your anger, resentment or fear. These feelings are forms of energy. And the thing about energy as Einstein so brilliantly wrote –...
Why Dermarolling is so Great for Your Skin
Why We LOVE Dermarolling and What It Actually Does Ok – what is dermarolling? It essentially causes micro tears to the epidermis layer of the skin. In short, you are running 540 tiny needles across your face causing all kinds of trauma to the skin. Why is this a good...
7 Steps To Help Seasonal Affective Disorder
7 Steps to Help Seasonal Affective Disorder Fall is the time of years when people’s energy takes a hit. After having had the sun’s natural source energy, many people report feeling more tired, down and lethargic. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a big problem here in...
Most Effective Treatments for Neck and Shoulder Pain
Out of the areas of the body I treat – neck and shoulder pain is the most common complaint. The base of the skull where the occiput meets the trapezius muscle, the top of the shoulder or in between the shoulder blades these three areas are generally the tightest and...
What Do Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing) and Acupuncture Have in Common
Acupuncture, like Shinrin-Yoku, helps regulate the body. It provides a path for excess energy stored in the form of emotions to leave our body. Helping us to feel calm, regulated and grounded.
Healing from Trauma
Why are Love and Compassion Are Critical to Healing Trauma As humans we not only track another person’s movements but also their emotional state and intentions. When we are in sync with each other we mirror each other: our voices, our stance, our facial expressions...
Healing Trauma in the Body
I did not set out to treat trauma when I started practising Chinese Medicine. The majority of my early cases involved using acupuncture to relieve neck and shoulder pain. But every now and again young female patients would arrive at the clinic complaining of multiple...
Coping with Emotional Wounds
When it comes to dealing with stress three seems to be the magic number. If two bad things happen in a row people can handle it but if that number suddenly becomes three, then the body shuts down; we become emotional and have difficulty regulating ourselves. In...
Time For A Reset
Time for a Reset If it feels like you’re going through a transition right now you are. With all the yang energy of summer we run on a natural high, but as light and heat of summer gives way to fall’s cooler temperatures and diminishing daylight your body goes through...
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Julie Nelson R.Ac.
Doctor of Chinese Medicine