Noell Eanes Acupuncture + Healing

01/22/2025

Well, yesterday was a day for the history books in our fine city. Literally.

I’ve never seen so many grown adults filled with joy and playing like children and being together in community, and I’m here for it.

May the rest of 2025 bring this kind of energy❤️❤️❤️❤️


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12/31/2024

A little hodgepodge of the last 7 days of 2024 spent with my sweet fam 💛

1. The black-velvet-sequined-googly-eyed reindeer jumpsuit will go down in history as the best thing I’ve ever worn on Christmas Eve 😂

2. Enjoying some equine love 🐴🩵

3. My playmate all week. This adorable 6 year old made me laugh so much. I love her with all my heart ♥️

4. Ever had scrapple? It’s delicious (don’t EVER look up the ingredients, though. Trust.)

5. The brewery my cousins started on the farm. Truly epic small batch beer made with things they grow🍺

6. How fortunate to leave New Orleans where live music is everywhere and live music was still right at my doorstep even though i was surrounded by horse and cow pastures 😃 Live music is so healing! 💚

7. My cousin’s dog Carl is the best boy 🍉

8. Sitting in the woods staring at the sun, just a happy lil nature fairy 🧚

9. Trees my late Aunt Beth planted 30+ years ago 🥹💓

10. The end 😌😘

What a year.

11/28/2024

This year, my friends. Wow. What a year. Amirite?

I remember what I was thinking when taking this photo back in September.

Something like “I have never felt so incredibly loved, held, supported and guided while also feeling called to surrender control + everything I thought I used to know…all at once…in my entire life”

Honestly, the thought was probably more accurately “so incredibly loved, held and guided, and also so…like, WTF?” 😆

Letting go of control is not easy

Especially when faced with circumstances layered with unknowns. That’s when the desire for control kicks in the hardest.

AND I’m learning a better option is to slow down + get curious. To draw closer to God, ask for guidance, and follow the next steps. Seeing what happens. Trusting.

And then trusting that the more I do that, the less I need to worry about all the circumstances outside of my control. This year has been about integration and healing on a level I’ve never experienced before. It’s been so transformative, I cannot even express it. And it’s not “over.” I’m still in the cocoon🐛

The one thing that has remained SO CONSTANT in the journey this year is appreciation for the power of relationship.

Nothing is possible outside of relationship.

We are relational beings living on a planet of billions of life forms that all contribute to life.

Even your body is a community of cells and bacteria and viruses that are all working together. It’s amazing when you think about it.

Life *itself* is relational.

Today, I want to express my appreciation for the relationships I have with all the incredible souls that I get to work with in the practice of acupuncture and Eastern Medicine.

This medicine has kept me rooted in both service and relationship, and it has been such an anchor for me as life takes its twists and turns.

Being able to hold space for someone’s healing is really + truly such a gift 🎁

If I’ve ever worked with you as a client, whether this year or 12 years ago, I am grateful for you!

Thank you for adding to the richness in my life and for trusting me as a practitioner 🧡

And Happy Thanksgiving for those of you who are celebrating!

xo, N 😘🫶🏽

10/18/2023

If you’re in New Orleans, this is your invite to come out tomorrow to to see the screening of the film “Heal The Land,” hear some beautiful live music, visit the healing arts village (I’ll be there giving *free* acupuncture treatments), meet Huichol elders, and eat yummy food.

All to benefit the Wixarika people!

The Wixarika Community, often known as Huichol, is an indigenous culture of San Andres Cohamiata, Mexico who have kept their rituals and traditions alive for hundreds of years.

Every year, the Wixarika make a pilgrimage to the sacred valley of Wirikuta to collect the Sacred Hikuri (pe**te) cactus as well as leave offerings at many other ancient sacred sites. Wirikuta is a unique ecosystem and forms a part of the greater Chihuahuan Desert which has the greatest biodiversity and concentration of cacti per square meter on the planet.

The Wirikuta was declared a member of the UNESCO World Network of Natural Sacred Sites in 1988. Most of the cacti of Wirikuta are contained in the Mexican Official Standard of Threatened and Endangered Plants. A large proportion of its flora and fauna is endemic.

Wirikuta is also a habitat of the Golden Eagle, one of 157 bird species that nest in this area and top of the list of priority species for national conservation.

I hope to see you there! xo, N ☺️🤍

10/11/2023

Since it’s World Mental Health day, I’d like to share the idea of “Active Coping”

Why? Because the reality is that life does and will continue to throw 💩our way: climate crisis, deaths, breakups, job loss, unexpected illness…you already know; the list can go on and on.

We all learn to cope in one way or another, and some ways are healthier than others.

“Active Coping” is taking back power and feeling like you can *do something* when things are out of your control.

The most important part of the little flow chart here is the “Normal + Natural Feelings” section at the top…

After sitting with hundreds and hundreds of people over the years of operating in the healing space, I can say that the pattern of pretending or making yourself wrong for feeling the way you do causes SO many more problems down the line than simply accepting and acknowledging what’s actually real for you…so being with and accepting all the things that come up *before* moving on to the active coping is really, really important ❤️

P.s. This is definitely not an exhaustive list. What else would you add, to either the maladaptive coping or active coping lists??

xo, Noell

09/22/2023

Happy Fall + Metal Element Season 🍁🧡

The days are getting shorter, and the abundance of Late Summer is coming to a close…it’s a time of letting go, and as cliche’ as that phrase is, it’s something that happens with every exhale (Lung) and every 💩 (Large Intestine), hopefully every day, for each one of us.

On a very basic level, we can check in with those two functions and get a little glimpse of how the Metal element is balanced (or not) in our lives.

The Lung meridian has to do with rhythm. Think about how crucial rhythm is when it comes to breathing. For that reason, breathwork and working with the breath is *so* helpful for releasing and balancing Metal element symptoms.

Some common imbalances that fall within the Lung and Large Intestine meridian functions:

•Constipation
•Perfectionism
•Holding On
•Sinus issues
•Dry skin
•Self-judgment/ Criticism
•Asthma

Metal is one of the more misunderstood elements in my experience.

It’s about the emotion of Grief AND it’s also about Inspiration. Its about the inhale AND the exhale. It’s about taking the “gems” from the 💩 and releasing the rest. It’s about the physical body AND the spirit body. It’s so incredibly dynamic.

Metal is the element that represents the alchemy and transformation that’s possible when we let go.

P.s. In some Eastern paradigms, it is said the soul leaves our body through the Large Intestine (and the a**s).

Now, think of a baby and what it does when it enters the world: takes a BREATH! (Lung).

Death on one end of the spectrum and new life on the other.

That gives you an idea of the incredible opposition and alchemy present within the Metal element! ✨✨

07/07/2023

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04/19/2023

Quick Wood Element rundown :

Season: Spring
Meridians: Liver + Gallbladder
Body Parts: Muscles, Tendons, Eyes
Emotion: Frustration + Anger
Gift: Benevolence + Creativity
Sound: Shout
Taste: Sour
Color: Green
Key Themes: Vision, Planning, Details, Balanced Action, Flexibility, Patience, Grace

04/18/2023

Have you ever heard of Heart-math?

If not, it’s kind of like meditation + biofeedback. I love it.

I wanted to share this free course with you! ❤️ It’s such a valuable tool!

A Free Course on Coherence – Increasing Self-regulatory Capacity: The Scientific Basis of The Coherence Model.
Rollin McCraty Ph.D., HeartMath Institute’s director of research, explores many of the key concepts embraced by the term coherence and the science that underlies the 10 key aspects of the Physiological Coherence Model.
While the main focus is related to the physiology of how heart coherence is related to improved physiological, mental and emotional self-regulator capacity, it also includes an introduction to social coherence.

03/10/2023

There’s plenty of energy to go around — our job is to plug up the leaks of unnecessary tension and inhibited breathing.

Are you relaxed right now? Take a deep breath and shake loose — especially in times of stress. What would it be like to maintain and channel a higher level of energy?

02/22/2023

Last call to sign up for tomorrow’s lecture at the Spyre Center: Intro to Using the Five Element Theory! 🌿🔥🌍💎🌊

It’s free! Sign up via Mindbody on the website! I hope to see you there! 🥰