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Samantha Story L.Ac.

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Samantha Story L.Ac.

Samantha Story is a licensed acupuncturist in New York State.

She is a graduate of the Swedish Institute where she was honored to study Classical Acupuncture with master acupuncturist and Daoist priest Jeffrey Yuen.

08/11/2025

In honor of sacred spaces, this is a thank you to what was a very special space for me, my Shed in Nevada City. The house we found came with this funny small building next to it wired to the gills (probably for growing w**d) and in need of some care. Together my partner and I envisioned a space that could offer oasis, Dylan included the symbols for Fire and Water, another way of incorporating yin and yang. If I could pick up thie Shed and take it with me I would. I’m hoping its next inhabitant imbues it with even more magic. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came to see me in this space! 🤍🤍🤍✨✨✨✨✨

First photo as we move out
Photos in between in use
And the last few in states of how we found it and repair

08/06/2025

Fire calls us to reveal our true nature, to open to the unbearable beauty of creation , to risk the heartbreak of loss in order to love the world more deeply.
— Lorie Dechar

There is no season that changes us the way that way summer does. Summer is the season of alchemical fire in our lives. As Five Element acupuncturist Lorie Dechar states, fire is here to break us open to beauty. The beauty of the world, the beauty of each other and the beauty of ourselves. Intrinsic in that recognition is the experience of interconnection, “same same” as my Tai Chi teacher would like to say, we are all beauty, all here to love and be loved. Summer reminds us how delicious this world can be, drawing us close, sharing warmth and bounty. However this alchemical fire also asks of us, it will burn away all that is superfluous to get to truth. It will burn away the safety of ego, because loving isn’t something done with an armored heart, it is done in full recognition that to love fully is to experience both the joy and grief of that love.

- excerpt from July’s newsletter as I begin August’s 🧡🧚🏽‍♀️🐞🍄

07/28/2025

“I believe there are sounds we have not heard. I believe there are colors we have not seen. And I believe that there are feelings yet to be felt.”
— Jack Whitten

I love a solo date to the museum. Hilma’s flowers are breathtaking, the Woven Stories exhibit was an unexpected delight and I’m so glad to now be familiar with the work of Jack Whitten.

07/23/2025

Breathwork For Self Trust
7pm 7/29 at

Rediscover or discover for the first time, your body as safe haven, as home, as healer and healed.

This class is for anyone curious to know themselves at an energetic level and to deepen the connection of self-knowledge and self-trust.

Throughout this Breathwork class you will be guided to make the journey from the survival brain to the wisdom of the body brain via the active breath pattern.

You may find yourself moving through heartbreak, letting go of detrimental narratives and ultimately building a stronger more loving relationship with yourself.

Breathwork is an active meditation that by occupying the mind creates space for the body to release somatic holding, to experience emotion that might not be available at the surface and to access intuition and insight.

This is your practice and I encourage everyone to breathe at a pace that feels right for you and to use this practice as a container of self holding, self listening and self care.

Expect:

An opening drop in with intention
Opportunity for sharing and questions
Active breathwork set to music
Time for integration
Bring an eye pillow or eye covering if that feels supportive to your practice.

07/20/2025

Feeling extra grateful to be on this beautiful messed up ever evolving planet today with all of you. Thank you for starting us out with breathwork and swims in the pond this morning. My Woodstock ladies and are the loveliest and I even got to run into my birthday twin .

☀️ 💫

07/17/2025

How The Worst Day Of My Life Became The Best
-- Andrea Gibson

When you are trapped in a nightmare, your motivation to awaken will be so much greater than that of someone caught up in a relatively pleasant dream.
—Eckhart Tolle

When I realized the storm
was inevitable, I made it
my medicine.

Took two snowflakes
on the tongue in the morning,
two snowflakes on the tongue
by noon.

There were no side effects.
Only sound effects. Reverb
added to my lifespan,
an echo that asked—

What part of your life’s record is skipping?
What wound is on repeat?
Have you done everything you can
to break out of that groove?

By nighttime, I was intimate
with the difference
between tying my laces
and tuning the string section

of my shoes, made a symphony of walking
away from everything that did not
want my life to sing.

Felt a love for myself so consistent
metronomes tried to copyright my heartbeat.

Finally understood I am the conductor
of my own life, and will be even after I die.
I, like the trees, will decide what I become:

Porch swing? Church pew?
An envelope that must be licked to be closed?
Kinky choice, but I didn’t close.

I opened and opened
until I could imagine that the pain
was the sensation of my spirit
not breaking,

that my mind was a parachute
that could always open
in time,

that I could wear my heart
on my sleeve and never grow
out of that shirt.

That every falling leaf is a tiny kite
with a string too small to see, held
by the part of me in charge
of making beauty
out of grief.

07/15/2025

Summer is the most yang, most heart centered and most expansive season. We have the opportunity at this time to connect with the spirit of the heart (the shen) and to find more capacity in it’s functions of empathy, love, connection and joy. We’ll utilize the active breath pattern along with a supportive playlist and prompts to move energy around the heartspace and tune into this inner compass.

Breathwork is an active meditation that by occupying the mind creates space for the body to release somatic holding, to experience emotion that might not be available at the surface and to access intuition and insight. This is your practice and I encourage everyone to breathe at a pace that feels right for you and to use this practice as a container of self holding, self listening and self care.

07/01/2025

Goodbye June
Thank you for the good friend hangs
The endless rain
Swims and fruit and good books…
Hello July…let’s go even deeper

06/24/2025

Join for a yin yang pairing of Breathwork and Yoga Nidra. W’ll use the active breath practice to move energy, release what the body is holding and access the depths of ourselves. After the active practice yoga nidra allows us to integrate and restore the nervous system while also holding onto a body memory of intention. There will be an invitation to work with the idea of Sankulpa, a personal positive and transformational suggestion that will be integrated into both practices in a somatic way.

Breathwork is an active meditation that by occupying the mind creates space for the body to release somatic holding, to experience emotion that might not be available at the surface and to access intuition and insight. This is your practice and I encourage everyone to breathe at a pace that feels right for you and to use this practice as a container of self holding, self listening and self care. Breathwork is a powerful and practical tool to work with your own energy, a bridge out of the critical mind and into deeper resources available to all of us. After Breathwork sessions people usually leave saying they feel energized and lighter, however this is an active practice that brings up emotions and can bring up memories, if you are unsure if this practice is appropriate for you may want to check in with your doctor or therapist first and you are always welcome to reach out to me with further questions.

Yoga Nidra is sometimes called the yoga of rest. or yogic sleep. Through a guided body scan a liminal state of consciousness is attained, the state between consciousness and sleep. In this state the body is able to truly rest and restore and with the use of tools such as sankulpa and sensing opposites a rewiring of neural pathways and somatic holding can also unfold. Yoga nidra is a great tool for anyone experiencing periods of stress, inflammatory conditions, hormonal shifts such as menopause or insomnia. If you have any questions about yoga nidra please reach out.

06/20/2025

I’m only interested in facial treatments
That make you feel better about yourself, not worse
Where you get off the table asking, “what just happened?”
That are skin supportive and non-inflammatory
That are deeply restorative to the nervous system
Where the tension in the face feels like it’s melted away
That are liminal
Where you feel like your best self
That are pure bliss

06/12/2025

Breathwork For Self Trust
Tuesday June 24th 7pm at

Rediscover or discover for the first time, your body as safe haven, as home, as healer and healed.

This class is for anyone curious to know themselves at an energetic level and to deepen the connection of self-knowledge and self-trust.

Throughout this Breathwork class you will be guided to make the journey from the survival brain to the wisdom of the body brain via the active breath pattern.

You may find yourself moving through heartbreak, letting go of detrimental narratives and ultimately building a stronger more loving relationship with yourself.

Breathwork is an active meditation that by occupying the mind creates space for the body to release somatic holding, to experience emotion that might not be available at the surface and to access intuition and insight.

This is your practice and I encourage everyone to breathe at a pace that feels right for you and to use this practice as a container of self holding, self listening and self care.

06/06/2025

- Excerpt from my newsletter, a once a month missive of Chinese medicine, seasonal exploration as well as resources and the places I’m finding humor and inspiration. Sign up on my website if you’d like to receive it. -

I was a late bloomer.
But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.
— Sharon Olds

We are meaning makers and as wise and fascinating as the body’s physiology is (and it truly is), I find the stories we weave around our life experiences and into our bodies to be even more fascinating. They are often the point of opening and unraveling, the interrelationship between the physical, emotional and spiritual. Investigating these stories can be the opening of a door to a new way forward. I think of Byron Katie’s Four Questions of Self Inquiry:

Is it true?
Can you absolutely know it’s true?
How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?
Who would you be without the thought?
I would like to add a 5th question - How would you feel in your body without the thought?

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New York, NY

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Wednesday	8am - 9pm
Thursday	8am - 9pm
Friday	8am - 9pm
Saturday	8am - 9pm

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http://samanthastory.com/

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