Prism Acupuncture

06/27/2025

I just had such deeply validating feedback from one of my long standing patients.

She was booking her next appointment after the session and said something along the lines of:

When you massage me, it feels like you’re putting my body back in order. Regular massage feels good, It's relaxing, but this is *different*.

And what struck me is - we’ve never talked about what I really do.
Not with my needles, not with my hands.
She’s been coming to me for a year and a half or so, and she also gets regular massage elsewhere. But this? This wasn’t about relaxation. It was her body telling her something was different, and her giving it words.

I actually told her how amazing that feedback was—because that’s exactly how I experience what I do. I’ve always believed it’s my frequency that does the work.
My hands and needles are just how that gets delivered.
And what she said landed so clearly because it came before any explanation. It wasn’t a reflection of what I told her - it was confirmation of what I’ve always known.

06/27/2025

I don't know if it's the shift in weather or something else, but today felt kind of heavy. Instead of reaching for one of my regular oil blends when I was setting up the office, I created one out of Peru balsam, copaiba oleoresin, lavender fine, lavandin, and blood orange, and my goodness what a beautiful grounding and centering blend it seems to be!

What are your favorite custom oil blends?

06/17/2025

If you’ve felt heavier, stiffer, or like your joints are creaking a little louder than usual the past few days - it's not your imagination.
The weather we've been experiencing - cold, damp, unrelenting - settles into the joints just like it settles into the structure of your house.
And if you already deal with joint pain or sluggish circulation, it can make everything feel even heavier...slower...sore in places that usually hold steady.
I posted a warm, simple soup remedy that draws from generations of traditional wisdom—designed to move cold and damp out of the body and bring warmth back to the joints.

Use this soup when you're experiencing joint or muscle pain that worsens in cold or damp weather, feels better with warmth, and may come with a feeling of heaviness, stiffness, or slow circulation.

06/16/2025

It’s giving… Seattle.
Days like this don’t just make us wet—they make us heavy.
Foggy. Sluggish. The kind of day where your body doesn’t quite want to move, your mind feels like it’s wrapped in cotton, and your appetite is there—but off.
This is damp. Not just outside, but inside.
In Chinese medicine, we treat that not with force, but with food.
Today’s recipe is a bowl that moves qi, warms the middle, and gently lifts the fog—ginger, jujube, goji, and a thread of orange peel.
It’s already up on the blog if your body’s craving it.

Use this congee when the weather is damp or cold, when digestion feels slow, or when emotions feel sticky and hard to move through. It's especially helpful on days where you're craving warmth, movement, and grounded sweetness without overstimulation.

05/29/2025

New on the site: Kitchen Remedies for Everyday Healing
This isn’t a recipe blog. It’s a collection of simple, real-life remedies rooted in Eastern medicine - made from foods you can actually find and use.

Whether you’re fighting off a cold, dealing with digestive upset, feeling emotionally worn down, or just… off - these entries are built for that.
Each remedy includes when to use it, how to prepare it, and why it works (without the jargon).

➡️ Explore congee, teas, broths, and medicinal foods now:
https://www.prismacu.com/recipes

If you have any conditions you'd be interested in seeing a recipe or remedy for, feel free to comment or DM me!

A cooling, mildly sweet tea that supports hydration, ease, and emotional softness—especially when you’re running hot, dry, or edgy.

05/27/2025

When the Mind Has Moved On but the Body Still Holds

You can know the story. You can understand the why. You can even forgive the people involved.

But if your body hasn’t caught up with the clarity, it’s not because something’s wrong with you.

Sometimes, what’s left isn’t the trauma - it’s the pattern of holding that trauma left behind. And acupuncture is one of the few things I’ve seen that can access that space - not to force release, but to let the body know it’s finally safe to do something different.

You don’t need to relive it. You don’t need to explain it. You just need a medicine that speaks the body’s language.

Link to full blog: https://wix.to/r7advRi

There’s a specific kind of patient I often see in my practice. They’ve done the inner work. They’ve read the books. They’ve had the hard conversations.They’re not stuck in the past mentally. But their body still is.The symptoms show up differently for each person: • Exhaustion without a ...

05/08/2025

Ever feel like your body’s backed up—but not in the usual way?

Think: everyone takes out their trash, but the garbage trucks are on strike.
That’s how Chinese medicine describes Spleen Qi Deficiency—and it’s more common than you think.

💡 If you deal with bloating, fatigue after eating, or brain fog... your Spleen might need a little love.

📖 Read the full post to learn how to support your digestion, energy, and emotional clarity—without overhauling your whole life. https://wix.to/yU8t4Co

05/07/2025

When the light in Room 3 is just right, it doesn’t stay put.

The prisms scatter rainbows down the hall, catching the mist from the diffuser like they’re playing tag on their way to reception.

Healing happens here—but so does wonder.
Some days, the building remembers she’s made of light.

05/06/2025

🌀 Vertigo. Dizziness. Feeling off balance.
Sometimes it’s not just physical—it’s your body’s way of saying:
“You’ve lost your center.”

I recently treated a patient using a Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis:
Liver Wind Rising and Phlegm Misting the Mind.
Emotional turbulence. Mental overwhelm. The inner and outer worlds spinning too fast.

That night, she saw the exact same pattern show up on her feed.
🪞Not coincidence. Confirmation.
Our bodies often speak before we find the words.

If your world feels like it’s spinning—physically or emotionally—this story might be for you.

🌲 Read the full post here: https://wix.to/1tvdESc

05/02/2025

What if your inflammation isn’t just physical?

In Chinese medicine, symptoms are messengers—not enemies.

I’ve been seeing the same story again and again: inflammation showing up in the body after the emotion was suppressed.
Anger that couldn’t be expressed. Grief that had no witness. Worry that calcified over time.

Your body doesn’t forget. But it will soften when it’s heard.

This is the work I do—at the surface and at the source.

📍Acupuncture. Coaching. Soul-level healing.
✨Book a session or learn more at www.prismacu.com

Prism Acupuncture specializes in Pain Management and Internal Medicine

05/01/2025

What if your body’s resistance isn’t failure… but memory?

GLP-1 meds are everywhere right now—weight loss, blood sugar, appetite control.
But no one’s talking about what happens when trauma, shame, and inflammation live in the tissues those meds are trying to regulate.

This isn’t a post about whether you should take them.
It’s about understanding what your body might be saying underneath the surface.

🧠🔥🧬
New blog: GLP-1, Trauma, and the Body’s Cry for Safety
https://www.prismacu.com/post/glp-1-trauma-and-the-body-s-cry-for-safety

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03/27/2024