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Mend 2.0: The Plane Landed, Now What?
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Mend 2.0: The Plane Landed, Now What?

Acupuncturists, Clinic Updates, coronavirus, Mend 2.0

Mend 2.0: The Plane Landed, Now What?

By JaimeRoslyn|2022-11-15T14:06:59-05:00May 14th, 2020|Categories: Acupuncturists, Clinic Updates, coronavirus, Mend 2.0|Tags: collaboration, coronavirus, reflection, teamwork|

As you know, we closed the clinic the third week of March. This was one of, if not the hardest moments in our 14 years as an organization. As a group of people who share the desire to be of service to others and believe in the power of this medicine, shutting down was the last thing any of us wanted. But, it was the safe and right thing to do. The difficult decision to close our doors means we will need to reemerge slowly. Additionally we will need to limit our patient volumes to ensure a safe space. [...]

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A reflection of Spring in the time of COVID
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A reflection of Spring in the time of COVID

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A reflection of Spring in the time of COVID

By mca_sarah|2022-11-15T14:06:59-05:00April 22nd, 2020|Categories: coronavirus, Seasonal Changes, Wellness|Tags: Chinese medicine, coronavirus, questions, reflection, seasons, spring, wisdom|

Since the start of the pandemic, it's felt like everything has changed. And indeed it has. However, the world continues to turn and change its relationship with the sun. And the season continues to offer its infinite wisdom for us to learn from. It is Spring. And with it all the joys of re/birth, creativity and potential, as well as its coordinated emotion of restless frustration. In this time of uncertainty and as our usual rhythm has been disrupted, it may be even more imperative than ever to lean into the laws of nature and the lessons of each [...]

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Perhaps If We Get This Right, We’ll Never Go Back to Normal
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Perhaps If We Get This Right, We’ll Never Go Back to Normal

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Perhaps If We Get This Right, We’ll Never Go Back to Normal

By mca_sarah|2022-11-15T14:06:59-05:00March 22nd, 2020|Categories: coronavirus, Seasonal Changes, Wellness|Tags: Chinese medicine, coronavirus, pulse-reading, trust, wisdom|

In TCM, pulse-reading is an observational tool that evolved from a time when there was little to no capacity for “internal inspection” (bloodwork, scans, blood pressure readings, etc). It allows the practitioner a sense of how a person is doing in regards to various systems (digestion, immune function, the hormonal picture, one's level of fatigue, and even one’s mood). There have been so many moments in these past few years, when I listened to someone’s pulse * and thought to myself, “We weren’t built for this.” I’ve been practicing for 14 years now. Coming out of the gate [...]

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Mobilize Without Fear: Self-Care in the Time of Coronavirus
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Mobilize Without Fear: Self-Care in the Time of Coronavirus

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Mobilize Without Fear: Self-Care in the Time of Coronavirus

By gryph|2022-11-15T14:07:00-05:00March 18th, 2020|Categories: coronavirus, Immunity, Self-Care, Take Home TCM|Tags: coronavirus, covid-19, gryph & ivyrose, TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine|

Gryph & IvyRose's pediatrician Stephen Cowan, MD offers this important Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective of mobilizing without fear in the time of coronavirus. There’s something missing from the information the CDC is offering right now that is more critical to our personal health than all the statistics. During my many years of primary care practice whenever flu came through town, I would call those newly diagnosed every day to see how they were doing. This served two purposes. It let them know that I was caring for them and this helped them feel less alone, AND it also helped [...]

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