Samantha Story L.Ac.

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.

I couldn’t resist the reintroduction. Acupuncturists often see people who’ve seen everyone else first or when Western me...
03/03/2026

I couldn’t resist the reintroduction. Acupuncturists often see people who’ve seen everyone else first or when Western medicine (though incredible) doesn’t have answers. This is because we don’t treat symptoms, we look at patterns and we treat whole people. I often hear patients say, I don’t know if this is relevant but… If it’s on your mind it’s relevant, from dreams to old injuries, to emotional stresses. We look at and consider everything and personally I’m most interested in the connections you are making in your body. My primary lens is Chinese medicine, I love offering “beauty” treatments that are focused on healthy tissue instead of outdated beauty standards, I’m passionate about liminal practices like Breathwork, Reiki and Yoga Nidra. Welcome 🤍

FIRE HORSE BREATHWORK GROUP8pm est 2/17 online We are moving from the transformation of the wood snake year to the fast ...
02/11/2026

FIRE HORSE BREATHWORK GROUP
8pm est 2/17 online

We are moving from the transformation of the wood snake year to the fast gallop of the fire horse. Together we will use the breath practice to shed what’s left of the snake and meet this coming year with energy and intention. Fire horses are passionate, bold and offer new opportunities. It brings with it a lot of change at a fast pace. In breath we’ll welcome it and do our best to prepare for the ride.

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Still wintering and available for wonder and miracles. “People usually consider walking on water or in thin air to be a ...
02/01/2026

Still wintering and available for wonder and miracles.

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air to be a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child - our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness

Fire cupping is a favorite in my practice. I love it for how it benefits circulation, lymphatic flow, the immune system,...
02/01/2026

Fire cupping is a favorite in my practice. I love it for how it benefits circulation, lymphatic flow, the immune system, and muscular tension. On the abdomen it’s a great support to the organs of digestion, detoxification and reproduction. On the back it’s so supportive to a healthy spine and spinal processes. Cupping has been used for thousands of years and by many cultures. Have you tried cupping?

Some visual thoughts on January 2026 from the virtual realm. This has been a month, yet I remain hopeful. 🤍1. (this is ...
01/29/2026

Some visual thoughts on January 2026 from the virtual realm. This has been a month, yet I remain hopeful. 🤍

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MEET YOURSELF IN BREATH 6:30pm 1/27 at Active Breathwork offers the opportunity to travel out of our busy minds and int...
01/22/2026

MEET YOURSELF IN BREATH
6:30pm 1/27 at

Active Breathwork offers the opportunity to travel out of our busy minds and into the realm and wisdom of our bodies. Who are you at the energetic level? What are the qualities of your unique energetic self? What messages lie within unheard? In this group you will be invited to meet yourself somatically and energetically, to integrate what you discover within so it can continue to evolve with you.

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.

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What is that warming herb your acupuncturist is using on you? In Rome Mugwort was planted at by the road so travelers co...
01/15/2026

What is that warming herb your acupuncturist is using on you?

In Rome Mugwort was planted at by the road so travelers could put it in their shoes to relieve achey feet. In Chinese medicine it’s famously used on acupuncture point ST-36 to promote longevity and help you walk those last three miles.

Mugwort has a history of being used in stews as an herb to promote digestion, in teas and as smoke medicine for lucid dreaming and in various forms for reproductive health.

Mugwort’s latin name is Artemisia Vulgaris (named after Artemis, the goddess of hunting, wild animals and childbirth). Your acupuncturist will refer to mugwort often as moxa, short for moxibustion referring to the therapy of heat. We use it in practice for many things including: to warm up channels, tonify qi, expel cold, transform dampness, improve circulation, promote healing, to treat masses, to support menstrual and reproductive health...

There are so many uses for this magical plant and it has a vast history. This sturdy herb can even be seen growing in NYC, maybe to help us walk those last three miles.

NEW MOON / NEW YEAR BREATHWORK 1/20 8pm est online sliding scale A group to welcome the new year with breath, in the ear...
01/11/2026

NEW MOON / NEW YEAR BREATHWORK
1/20 8pm est online
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A group to welcome the new year with breath, in the early light of the first new moon. Part of the beauty of the moon is that it’s light is ever waxing and waning. A new moon offers the beautiful opportunity to begin again and here we are in a new year, beginning again. Let’s welcome the year with intention and breath.

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.

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We have a little over a month til we say goodbye to the year of the wood snake and hello to the fire horse. Even though ...
01/07/2026

We have a little over a month til we say goodbye to the year of the wood snake and hello to the fire horse. Even though that snake energy isn’t done with us yet, I can already feel the movement of the horse. It feels like a year of big shifts, I can already feel things getting set in motion. How about you? How are you feeling about going from wood snake to fire horse? Is the tone of your life changing?

My newsletter to close out the year just went out. If you’d like to join my mailing list (typically 1 email a month) the...
12/30/2025

My newsletter to close out the year just went out. If you’d like to join my mailing list (typically 1 email a month) there’s a link in my bio. Here’s what this one has to say about the element of water.

“We are in the liminality of water season. As external and yang as the fire element and summer are, winter is the yin polarity. I love this time for it’s invitation to tending, introspection and dreamscapes. If there was an anticapitalist season it’s winter, it’s mottos are slow down, do less, stop listening to the noise and listen to the deepest voices within yourself. The water that comes to mind for this season is the water of the ocean, think of the depth of the ocean, the brininess, salts and seaweeds, the blue/black color, the ears and what things sound like when you’re underwater, think of evolution and how we’re related to ocean animals, think of bones, your bones and how shells are like bones but also like ears. As I said, this is a time of liminality, a time to expand your lens and maybe even get a little weird. Weird the way dreams are weird, with timelines out of time and messages from the unconscious. What practices do you have or can you explore to expand your lens, to see without looking, to truly listen, to know in your bones? What calms your nervous system? Some ways I’m leaning into the weird waters of winter are; the rhythmic sound of drumming, slow stomping on the ground, baths with sea salt, miso soup with seaweed, candlelight and pockets of time with no agenda.”

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Moving gently through the last days of 2025We’re moving from the hermit to the wheel of fortune & magician cards. Februa...
12/19/2025

Moving gently through the last days of 2025
We’re moving from the hermit to the wheel of fortune & magician cards.
February 17th we say goodbye to the wood snake 🐍 and hello to the fire horse 🐴
There’s a real opportunity now to pause and listen to what our bodies are asking us for. 🤍

BREATHWORK GRATITUDE FOR CLOSING OUT THE YEAR8pm est 12/30Close out the year with active Breathwork. This group offers a...
12/18/2025

BREATHWORK GRATITUDE FOR CLOSING OUT THE YEAR
8pm est 12/30

Close out the year with active Breathwork. This group offers an opportunity to contemplate all the year has offered, to let go with gratitude and to breathe into the possibility of a new year. We will begin with some writing prompts to remember the ways this year has shaped us, transition into active breathwork for letting go and dropping in and integrate our innate wisdom and intuition.

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