One of the great wisdoms of ancient East Asian medicine is the tenet to live in accordance with the rhythms of Nature. Without context, this statement sounds somewhat dry and prescriptive, cliché, or abstract. But when put into practice, it is utterly juicy, sensual, and worshipful. Because Nature is not only around us, but actually IS us, this way of life is about sensitivity, creativity, and improvisation, not following a rulebook written by someone else.

Calling acupuncture experimental is racist, and constitutes epistemological violence. Millennia of research, discovery, study, and practice are automatically undermined by this statement. What validates this violence is racism, as in “it’s ok to discredit this form of medicine because it comes from an indigenous culture.”

Chinese almond cookies are traditionally made to celebrate the lunar new year. I adapted this recipe to be gluten-free and low sugar.

Healing, especially from chronic illness, can be an arduous journey with lots of ups and downs. It’s easy to get fatigued and burnt out… None of us can do it alone.

East Asian medicine is an animist medicine. It is born of a worldview where everything, every mountain, raindrop, and twisty tie, is alive.

We’re tired. Living in a culture that puts immense value on productivity, profit, and individual accomplishment, and sees a successful human life as one that yields all of these in ever increasing

One of the things I love about Chinese medicine is its simplicity. It's built on elegant principles that we can clearly observe in nature through our own senses. Unlike much of the medical-industrial

With the interruption of routine that’s accompanied our response to the current pandemic, I’ve had occasion to notice something: Time isn’t linear. I've had glimpses of this previously, but as the