Acupuncture Nirvana

11/26/2025

As Thanksgiving week arrives, many of us naturally turn our attention to gratitude, reflecting on the people, comforts, and moments that make life feel a little brighter. But while this season invites thankfulness, the real power of gratitude comes from weaving it into everyday life, not just once a year.

For pain patients especially, cultivating even small moments of gratitude can gently support the nervous system, lift mood, ease stress, and create a greater sense of steadiness throughout the year. In other words,
Thanksgiving may remind us to be grateful, but practicing gratitude daily can become a quiet, steady source of healing long after the holiday is over.

Living with chronic pain can make your world feel very small. When everything hurts, it’s hard to feel thankful for anything and being told to “just be positive” can feel infuriating and invalidating.

Gratitude is not about pretending your pain isn’t real or “looking on the bright side” while you suffer. It is a way to gently shift your nervous system, your mood, and even your pain levels by noticing what is still supporting you, even on the hardest days.

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11/26/2025

As Thanksgiving week arrives, many of us naturally turn our attention to gratitude, reflecting on the people, comforts, and moments that make life feel a little brighter. But while this season invites thankfulness, the real power of gratitude comes from weaving it into everyday life, not just once a year.

For pain patients especially, cultivating even small moments of gratitude can gently support the nervous system, lift mood, ease stress, and create a greater sense of steadiness throughout the year. In other words,
Thanksgiving may remind us to be grateful, but practicing gratitude daily can become a quiet, steady source of healing long after the holiday is over.

Living with chronic pain can make your world feel very small. When everything hurts, it’s hard to feel thankful for anything and being told to “just be positive” can feel infuriating and invalidating.

Gratitude is not about pretending your pain isn’t real or “looking on the bright side” while you suffer. It is a way to gently shift your nervous system, your mood, and even your pain levels by noticing what is still supporting you, even on the hardest days.

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Discover how gratitude can calm chronic pain, boost your mood and nervous system, and transform everyday moments into healing opportunities.

11/21/2025

One of the indicators that a person is exhausted is a weak pulse. Thats means it is harder to feel the actual pulse quality. A weak pulse signals deficiency.

Whenever i tell someone are they are deficient, it means that if they try to push through the exhaustion, with time their body will likely become sick in some sort of way. It can also cause signs of aging and wear and tear on the body.

So what can you do in your daily life to help the exhaustion?

- Go to bed early and get plenty of rest.
- Meditate, take hot baths, do things that bring you calm and nourish your spirit.
- During winter - eat hot nourishing soups and drink hot teas - the digestion flourishes from hot things.
- If you are exhausted - yoga or a 30 minute walk or very light weights are a better bet than going hard at an intense workout. Save that for when your energy improves.
- Dont eat fast food or junk food - aim for home cooked meals.
- Strive not to fight with your friends - or work it out as peacefully as you can - bc this also takes a toll.
- Lower your expectations of yourself. Your kids will be ok if only one basket of clothes is folded or if they eat a really simple meal. Instead of doing everything on your to do list, pick one or two things. Its still progress. Be gentle with yourself.

Good rest, healthy food, a peaceful mind and even what you expose yourself to daily can cause more or less ease in the body. You cant always control the ups and downs of life. But you can control yourself. So if you are exhausted remember to go slowly, rest, and cultivate more peace whenever you can. It all leads to good health.

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11/13/2025

This patient was unable to bend his feet due to scar tissue when he first came in for acupuncture. Getting needles into the area was like needling a brick wall. But slowly it improved and with each treatment he has regained more mobility. It’s so cool to see the change!

11/03/2025

New hours start this week! Come get your acu-nap!

Occasional Mondays 8am-12pm
Tuesday 12-5:30
Wednesday 8am - 5:30pm
Thursday 12pm - 5:30pm
Friday 12pm - 5:30pm
Saturday 8am - 12:30

To schedule: https://acu-nirvana.com/

10/09/2025

New hours are coming up in November. We are changing to:

- Occasional mondays 8-12
- Tuesdays 12-5:30
- Wednesday 8-5:30
- Thursday 12-5:30
- Friday 12-5:30
- Saturday 8-12

Thank you!

10/03/2025

As a healer myself having a small injury is interesting. I have been treating my injured left hand - so on month 3 it’s better but healing slowly bc i use it every day when i work. It typically takes 6 months for a ligament tear to heal but with any injury, theres always more at play.

What i mean is that i view the body holistically so every hand injury is being affected by your neck and your posture. When i treat carpal tunnel i don’t see it as just a wrist injury where the medial nerve is trapped. I see it as a breakdown of the whole upper body and treat all of that. I also think we are all energetic beings so its complicated bc injuries teach us alot about ourselves.

I KNOW this but as with anyone with their own business life gets busy. So i am blessed to also have people who help me with my own care. I recently went to Quantum Chiropractic and they adjusted me and my hand injury dramatically improved. It was funny bc i was also feeling a bit depressed about the injury and with the adjustment I felt hopeful again…yes this WILL heal.

I could feel the shift bc my hand strength on my left side which has been super weak and always feels strained suddenly returned. It just reminds me how we all need hope and a little help when we have our health issues.

It also reminds me that it is wise to have providers you work with through the years who know your body - whether it is a chiropractor, acupuncturist or physical therapist or massage therapist or all of the above. Its such a gift to get better when you are injured. Have you established care with any holisitic practitioners who can help you with the injuries in life? If not, it might be time to start!

08/06/2025

Are you getting the kids ready for going back to school and feeling a bit anxious? Acupuncture is great for stress relief! Book your appointment here: https://patient.unifiedpractice.com/acupuncture-nirvana/

07/15/2025

Did you know that acupuncture is a whole system of medicine? This system involves defined pathways called “merdians”, each of which has multiple acupuncture points that affect various organs, areas or body systems. There are hundreds of these points. The basic 101 concept of how acupuncture is done is that you stimulate an acupuncture points to correct imbalances or blockages in the flow of qi, blood, yon and yang. All this is ultimately done to restore good health with very few side effects.