WellPoint Acupuncture

10/09/2025

If you are looking for some fun this weekend. My friend Lark of Dwennimen African Dance Company is hosting this class.

I promise you, there is nothing like losing yourself in movement and community to the rhythm of the drums.

09/29/2025

Autumnal inspiration.

09/03/2025

Trouble sleeping? Feeling agitated or anxious?

Rather than reaching for your phone, try this quick nervous system balancing exercise to bring your body into a more rest and recover state.

Stand facing a wall with feet shoulder-width apart.

Press flat palms against the wall and push for 2-3 seconds. Exhale as you push.

Release and relax. Inhale, as you push again.
Repeat the push and release a few times.

You can also do this seated, pressing against a desk, a chair, steering wheel or other firm object.

When your body is wound up from a busy day or stressed, this is a signal to your nervous system that the challenges are over (for now) and it's time to release the day.

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08/25/2025

We had a great time co-regulating our nervous systems at the Rugged Resilience workshop this weekend. Thanks again to the League of Women Voters for hosting, and to everyone who shared their Saturday to join in the conversation. I hope we can keep it going.

Watch for future sessions on mapping your nervous system states to cultivate resilience, and to practice more intentional responsiveness and less reactivity.

I'll also be posting more regularly about some somatic practices to help regulate your nervous system.

08/14/2025

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A lot of my patients who come to Acupuncture find relief for their back or knee pain. And yet, they still have stiffness getting up from a chair. This is a simple and practical explanation of why and 3 seated exercises to help.

Pain when standing after sitting?Wish your joints weren't so stiff?Many people experience joint pain or stiffness after sitting for a while because of lack o...

08/11/2025

Out for a walk on my break and this guy(girl maybe) tags along.

08/11/2025

This is amazing group of experts.
Check out some of these free sessions starting Aug 18 if you are struggling with your digestion.

It's time to stop treating symptoms - and start healing the cause.

07/25/2025

Rugged Resilience Workshop
August 23, 10:30 to 1:30
East Shore Library, 4501 Ethel St, Harrisburg, 17109

If you find yourself overwhelmed, anxious or cycling through an endless loop of fight, flight or freeze, join me and my dear friend, resilience expert Ellen Smith, MD, for our free, interactive session on how to become more adaptable in challenging times.

We'll discuss how regulating your nervous system and practicing self compassion can enable you to recover from your automatic responses to stress. We'll also lead you through an exercise to create a personal “rugged” resilience plan to better manage stress in the future.

Details:
This session is sponsored by the Capitol Region League of Women Voters

It is free and open to anyone interested in creating more resilience.

Light refreshments will be available.

RSVP by August 8, to register: https://forms.gle/7F9e4BNdpinwunJZ9

For More Information: Michele Emerson at 717-913-1099

06/25/2025

Thought y'all could use something like this about now.

If you get overheated, there's a point on the back of your knees. You could put a cold water bottle or an ice cube to cool your body down. Also a cold water bottle or ice cube on the inside of your wrists is another one.

05/27/2025

This is a simple exercise to practice some breathing that regulates a jangled nervous system.

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05/18/2025

This still holds true.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
-- Anais Nin
In Spring, it's like we have no choice but to open up and get growing.
Here are some ways to tap into Spring’s energy to support your own health:

*Stretch, twist, and move: this helps our bodies loosen from the contracting nature of Winter. Spring is about action. Walk. Run. Bike. Take a yoga class.

*Practice the yoga tree pose. Feel your ability to bend and be pliable, as well as to stand rooted, tall and firm.

*Make time for spring cleaning. Open the windows, dust, vacuum, scrub, polish, organize. Not just in your homes, in your life. Spring winds blow away the last of the remaining dead leaves so that the majesty of new growth can really sparkle.

*Eat foods to cleanse and refresh the body/mind/spirit: lemons, asparagus, spring onions, and salad greens such as dandelion greens and leaf lettuce—all plentiful at this time of the year. Spring is the perfect time to lighten up our eating from the denser foods that sustained us in winter.

*Dwell in possibility! Rethink obstacles. Replace the word obstacle with the word opportunity; the word problem with the word possibility. Substitute the word but for the word and.

*Learn from your frustration: If your plan isn’t working, what does that tell you? Have you lost the “big picture”? Are you bogged down in details? Is it time to redirect your energy and make a new plan?

*If you’re stuck, do something physical to release pent up anger or emotion: Stomp, take a walk, stretch, play drums, hit a tennis ball, kick a soccer ball or take a kickboxing class.

*Be adventurous. See something new. Taste new foods. Try an activity you’ve never done.

05/13/2025

Spring fireworks in our garden