Ariel Acu Gal - Mayer Acupuncture, Health & Wellness

07/11/2025

Which simple swap can you make in your kitchen today?

05/15/2025

Inspirational 💫

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04/22/2025

🌅Waking up sluggish? Digestion feeling off? Going to sleep with heavy sensations in your abdomen? Achy stiff joints in the morning? Consistent stretching in the morning and simple movement exercises like qi gong will help circulation, reduce stiffness and improve digestion.☀️

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04/04/2025

02/28/2025

Label reading is so important. Especially when baking treats. Why go to all the effort to make something from scratch like your Grandma used to make, but have it fall flat in wholesome nutrition like processed packaged baked goods? Unfortunately, this happens when we don’t know how to read labels and understand the nuances of manufactured packaging. 🙏🏼 I wish buying ingredients wasn’t so complicated but we currently live in an overly complicated food world. Not to worry! It’s easy to learn. Below is a post about flour so you 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳 can make, bake and cook goodies that won’t cause inflammation do to synthetic fillers. 🏆 Best to use unrefined organic ingredients.

01/29/2025

🎊 Happy Lunar🧧New Year! 🎊

🐍 2025 will be marked by transformation. This is a time for growth and new opportunities.
Deepening of important relationships.

🐍Wood Snake Wish: The Snake carries great wisdom, strong willed determination, caring thoughtful transformation.

☯️ May you find balance of internal transforamtion & external opportunitities to grow and thrive under the energetic guidance of the Wood Snake.

01/29/2025

🎊Happy Lunar🧧New Year! Wood 🐍Snake Wish:The Snake carries great wisdom, strong willed determination, caring thoughtful transformation.
May you find balance of internal transforamtion & external opportunitities to grow and thrive under the energetic guidance of the Wood Snake.☯️

11/11/2024

🇺🇸🕊️ Honoring the memory of a dear friend who passed this year, at 92, Dave Cruickshank 1932 - 2024. He served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was a true patriot. I do miss him, his stories, our deep conversations about the world, relationships, family, food and how to stay healthy. He was a good friend who was also a patient. For almost a decade, Dave would come in for his weekly “tune ups” and often said, “the acupuncture keeps me going”. He never complained; he rolled with the punches of an aging body; but his mind was sharp until the end; always a joy listening to the stories of his youth abroad while serving in the navy and his life in NJ. God Bless Dave and God Bless All the Men and Women who served our country 🇺🇸❤️🕊️. With deep gratitude and respect, we honor you all. 🇺🇸🕊️❤️

09/18/2024

Keyword search “hiking trails near me” in any map app. You’d be surprised how many trails there are nearby. Even a light 15 minute walk in natural surroundings can calm the mind, move stagnant Qi in the body, energize the soul, and connect your spirit to a more joyful attitude of gratitude.

09/17/2024

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05/10/2024

Last weekend, I was in Annapolis, MD at a BFA (Battlefield Acupuncture) seminar led by master practitioner John Howard, L.Ac. for hands on learning. 🙌🏼 Improving patient care by adding new protocols to my ever growing acupuncture “toolbox”.

😣 Quality of life diminishes when we’re in pain, stressed out, not sleeping night after night. Sleep deprivation often increases sensitivity to pain. The more pain experienced, the less sleep. Poor sleep leads to low energy and low mood. The more depressed or anxious we are, the more sensitive to pain.

👂Auricular (ear) acupuncture therapy can help reduce pain, anxiety, depression, the need to take strong pain meds and improve quality of sleep.

👂Battlefield Acupuncture is an auricular (ear) acupuncture protocol that has been successfully used in the military sector for decades and has been taught to thousands of acupuncturists, like myself, in the civilian sector. We learned about the history of BFA and then treated patient volunteers.

John Howard, L.Ac., taught us, “This ear (auricular) acupuncture protocol was developed by Dr Richard C. Niemtzow in 2001. He is a retired Air Force colonel and was the first full-time physician acupuncturist in the Armed Forces…. This unique technique uses semi-permanent ASP® needles to activate ear points in order to influence the processing of pain in the central nervous system…. BFA was recognized in 2019 as a solution to fight the opioid crisis by the Association of American Medical Colleges and presented in the documentary Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare in 2012.”

11/03/2023

Acupuncture treatments are tailored to the individual. Acupuncture taps into a person’s internal resources to improve circulation of Qi and Blood thereby eliminating pain. After the pain is reduced and resolved, they return for maintenance care. ☯️ Regular acupuncture offers a wide range of health benefits, including: improved sense of control over own health; reduced stress; reduced frequency of aging related aches and pains; increased energy and stamina; improved sleep; better digestion; overall improved quality of life.🕊