The Local Healer Acupuncture

08/31/2025

A few photos from the Yurt this weekend.

The thyme is coming in! Thanks so much for the suggestion

The cups were put to good use last week with all the sore shoulders and backs from gardening and hiking and playing in the sun.

Loving the beautiful spawning salmon carving by we found at .

The cross orb weavers have molted 3 or 4 times and are slowly learning to stay out of the pathways. They should be laying their own eggs in a month or so.

08/14/2025

Find the link to this post in my bio.

As the field of healthcare continues to evolve, many of us are feeling the strain of constant change. But if we slow down, listen, and keep advocating for each other and for medicines that honor the whole body, reduce pain, and restore connection, there is room for many ways of knowing and practicing in the system.

Biologist Lynn Margulis taught us, “Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking.” And as Janine Benyus says, “Life creates conditions conducive to life.”

In that spirit, acupuncture remains the only approach that integrates all categories of points within a holistic framework aimed at restoring balance across the whole body–mind–spirit system. But there should be room for all forms of point-based care. If we can work together across disciplines and focus on what truly matters, we should be able to keep sight of our shared goal: reducing suffering and supporting healing in the world. These changes can become an opportunity rather than a threat. After all, that’s what this work is supposed to be about.

08/14/2025

Biologist Lynn Margulis taught us, “Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking.” And as Janine Benyus says, “Life creates conditions conducive to life.”

In that spirit, acupuncture remains the only approach that integrates all categories of points within a holistic framework aimed at restoring balance across the whole body–mind–spirit system. But there should be room for all forms of point-based care. If we can work together across disciplines and focus on what truly matters, we should be able to keep sight of our shared goal: reducing suffering and supporting healing in the world. These changes can become an opportunity rather than a threat. After all, that’s what this work is supposed to be about.

https://www.thelocalhealer.com/blog/dry-needling-versus-acupuncture-in-oregon-whats-changing-and-why-it-matters?

In that spirit, acupuncture remains the only approach that integrates all categories of points within a holistic framework aimed at restoring balance across the whole body–mind–spirit system. But there should be room for all forms of point-based care. If we can work together across disciplines a...

08/03/2025

Feeling moody, weepy, or wired-tired during perimenopause? You’re not alone. And you’re not broken.
A brand new meta-analysis (2025) just confirmed what many of us have already been seeing in the clinic: acupuncture helps with menopausal depression. And it does this without affecting hormones.
Turns out, it’s not just about E2, FSH, or LH. It’s about recalibrating the whole system: nervous, emotional, energetic.
Acupuncture works through the neuroendocrine web, not just the ovaries.
Full study: He et al., Frontiers in Psychiatry (2025).

07/03/2025

A beautiful birthday for a beautiful being! SEVEN today! We are so grateful to have in our lives and for all the love she shares with each of us.


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06/26/2025

We are so thankful for the Coast Salish nations whose unceded waters we traveled through today, including the Lummi, Tulalip, S’Klallam, Swinomish, Samish, and many others, who continue to speak for these beings and their kin.

We were so blessed to see some of the beautiful members of the T99 and T36 Transient Orca Pods in the Salish Sea.

Great Grandma Flapjack, Grandma Tattertip, Mama Bhotia were with 6 month old Maple, who was was playfully tail slapping.

We also saw Bella and some of her babies - Holly and Qwiin qwiin oo quii la (a name meaning ‘the breath you see when a killer whale exhales at the surface,’ drawn from the Nuu-chah-nulth language and shared by the Tulalip Tribes when she was born in 2021).

Just a few minutes later in the Strait of Juan de Fuca we encountered seven humpback whales…so special since they had been hunted to extinction in this area and only began to come back with Big Mama in the 90s.

It was an unforgettable day and a powerful reminder that our fight for the sovereignty and freedom of all beings matters. We are deeply grateful to the Indigenous peoples who care for these waters, especially the Coast Salish nations, who continue to speak for the whales, the waters, and a future in which all life can thrive.

05/30/2025

05/12/2025

A favorite to sip by the fire.

04/30/2025

04/24/2025

Giving our attention to the forest.

04/21/2025

Sacred space.
Gratitude and reverence.
Beauty given freely.
I am paying attention.