Health Tips Blog
Search contents or browse categories:
Medical Benefits of Meditation and How to Integrate it with Acupuncture
Do you have a 2025 New Year’s Resolution? If so, how is it coming along? This was the year I finally made the leap to do a 10-day Vipassana meditation course and I had such a great experience I wanted to share about it here. Why Meditation My 2018...
New Year’s Resolution Inspiration
New Year's resolutions are popular for good reason. As mentioned in my previous post about the social science of timing and how to make it work in your favor, there is a lot of momentum around new beginnings (like years or even Mondays) in the sense that it is...
Self-acupressure with Ear Seeds: Why & How
These inconspicuous self-acupressure tools extend the effects of an acupuncture treatment for a variety of conditions for up to a week! Sometimes referred to as ear seeds because in ancient times, Vaccaria seeds were used, now most auricular acupressure tools are made...
Therapeutics of Sound– Integrate Daily Tunes
I'm thrilled that the clinical portion of my research collaboration with Cardea Ketamine Space has concluded. It was an incredible experience and we'll be announcing the results plus more opportunities to engage in this type of mind-body transformative experience in...
Dispensary Featuring Tried & True Recommendations for Effective Supplements
Prior to becoming an acupuncturist, I spent a decade in the health food supplement industry researching, ordering and working with nutritional supplements. I learned a lot in those years about how to discern quality from hype. My Fullscript dispensary features what...
The Power of Daily Intention Reinforcement
Big news-- I am now making custom Vivacitea herb and mushroom formulas available more widely! I've added a few telehealth slots each month so that people outside NYC can now access this service to have a custom infusion or topical blend made specifically for their...
Acupuncture Dovetailing Therapeutic Ketamine Experiences
As psychedelic medicine grows in prominence, researchers are increasingly exploring Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) – a new treatment paradigm that uses low to moderate doses of ketamine to facilitate psychological therapy. KAP's effects are typically...
A Traditional Medicine Take on Cannabis & Kratom
Now that cannabis has been granted recreational status here in NYC, there are more and more trendy shops hustling recreation-geared products with roots in Traditional East Asian Medicine. Looking for suggestions outside of the commercial hype on how to best experience...
How to Find the Most Reliable Acupuncture Research
As the prevalence of acupuncture in the U.S. grows, many practitioners including myself are going on to conduct doctorate-level research in order to advance Traditional East Asian Medicine (TEAM) through broader understanding and accessibility. As I know many people...
