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Nepal World Healing Exchange Trip

June 30th, 2009

Nepal World Healing Exchange Trip
October 23 - November 7, 2009

Acupuncturists Without Borders is beginning an international program called World Healing Exchange, and this two week Nepal trip is our founding journey!

The intention of this program is to provide service and training in communities around the world and to learn from indigenous and traditional healers in these locations about their healing practices.

An important part of these journeys is also for us to renew and refresh, and to deepen our own practices that support the work we each do. The trip is open to all healers. We invite you to join us!

Each day of the trip will weave inner practice with outer practice, service to the spirit with service to others. The program will culminate in a trek to Chiwong Monastery and the Mani Rimdu festival. We will spend a few extraordinary sacred days at this festival, the focus of which is on transformation of society toward wisdom, compassion and service.

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Top 5 Acupuncture Myths

June 30th, 2009

In recent years acupuncture has enjoyed a tremendous surge in popularity and acceptance.

Just the other day, my mother called to tell me "Oprah's talking about acupuncture on her show today!"

Despite Oprah's coverage, the questions I hear over and over again about acupuncture tell me that what I do for a living is still not well-understood by everyone.

When I was asked to write an article for a local newspaper about acupuncture, I decided that busting common myths about acupuncture would be a good place to start.

Myth #1: Acupuncture needles hurt!
Compared with the needles used to take blood or deliver medicine, acupuncture needles are many times thinner, solid rather than hollow, flexible rather than rigid and rounded at the tip. An acupuncture needle is inserted quickly through the skin's surface...

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Fertility Tips from an Acupuncturist
June 30th, 2009
Anybody who is having trouble conceiving, or is worried they are having fertility problems, would do well to follow very some good ancient and modern advice. Consider Chinese Dietary Therapy: If your daily meals resemble the “typical American diet,” chances are that the foods you are eating run counter to what Eastern medicine would consider the optimal diet for fertility. Even so called “health foods” such as fruit smoothies are a poor choice according to Chinese dietary principals. Many American women consume a diet loaded with cold, sweet drinks, raw salads, excessive fats and maintain an irregular eating pattern. This can create a sluggish, bloated digestive system, excessive mucus, poor circulation and coldness in the uterus. Cut down on coffee: Drinking coffee can over stimulate the kidneys. In Chinese Medicine, the strength of the kidneys plays a vital role in the health of the overall reproductive system. In western medicine we know that an over stimulation of the adrenals glands, can adversely affect cortisol levels and your fertility. [Read More]

The Energetics of Foods for Body-Mind Health and Healing Part II
June 30th, 2009
Traditional Asian, Chinese and Macrobiotic Medicine practitioners often stress that to achieve and maintain good health one needs to tend to one’s physical, emotional and spiritual well being as well as caring for others. Treatments of various forms such as shiatsu/acupressure, acupuncture, energy healing, etc. can help greatly and at times are deemed necessary. Yet, they are meant to be conjunct with daily fundamental practices of healthy eating, regular movement, exercise, and active work. These comprise a personally and socially interactive life. Dietary guidelines and recommendations are devised on the basis of Traditional Chinese and Macrobiotic intake and diagnosis for general use and/or for one’s specific and personal health needs of body/mind. Food Energetics and Diet therapy involve the removal of foods that perpetuate the imbalances at hand, and supplementation with food types which help heal and correct the imbalance. [Read More]

Treatment Of Autism With Acupuncture
June 30th, 2009
Studies have shown that there is an increase in the number of children that have been diagnosed with autism. Until now, doctors have not yet found a cure to this illness which is why some parents want to experiment with alternative forms of treatment and one example is acupuncture. Acupuncture is a holistic approach in treating and preventing certain diseases. Its main tool are very thin needles that are inserted to targeted points in the body. The body has about 400 of them linked through a system known as meridians or pathways. Once these are stimulated, these are supposed to create balance in the body. Autism on the other hand is a brain disorder that is long term. This disease is characterized by deficits in language, social communication and cognition. Children who are diagnosed with this illness may also suffer from secondary problems such as aggression, irritability, stereotypes, hyperactivity, negativism, volatile emotions, temper tantrums, short attention span and obsessive-compulsive behavior. Preliminary studies have shown that acupuncture may provide symptomatic relief to children suffering from autism. Although difficult at first, it is believed that... [Read More]

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