Balboa Park Holistic Wellness Center

Balboa Park Holistic Wellness Center Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, functional nutrition, craniosacral therapy dedicated to helping people get back to doing what they love!

You don’t need a weekend retreat to reset your nervous system.Sometimes, a tiny reset is enough to shift the whole day. ...
05/07/2025

You don’t need a weekend retreat to reset your nervous system.

Sometimes, a tiny reset is enough to shift the whole day. 🌞

🌿 Sip a cup of tea in silence.
🌿 Step outside and let the sun warm your face.
🌿 Put a hand on your heart and breathe slowly for one minute.

Small moments = Big medicine.

Be gentle with yourself. Healing doesn’t have to be hard. 🤍

Need help calming the overwhelm? No pressure, just support when you're ready — call or text (619)772-4002 to start your reset journey.

🌺 Today is Cinco de Mayo — a celebration often misunderstood and commercialized.But at its heart, it honors resilience.A...
05/05/2025

🌺 Today is Cinco de Mayo — a celebration often misunderstood and commercialized.

But at its heart, it honors resilience.

A small Mexican army, outnumbered, stood their ground.

Maybe you’ve felt like that lately — standing your ground, quietly, in your own life.

Let this be a day to honor your resilience, too.

🌶️ Make something comforting.
🪘 Move to music that stirs your roots.
🌿 Light a candle for your ancestors, or for the strength in you now.

Nervous system care includes remembering:
You come from strength.

Feliz Cinco de Mayo — in reverence, in rest, in joy.

In loving kindness,
Lisa 💕

What if 60 seconds could change your whole day?🌿 Here's a simple nervous system ritual you can begin today:Grounded Brea...
05/03/2025

What if 60 seconds could change your whole day?

🌿 Here's a simple nervous system ritual you can begin today:

Grounded Breathing

🤍 Find somewhere you can sit or stand comfortably.

🤍 Put both feet flat on the floor.

🤍 Inhale deeply through your nose for 4 counts.

🤍 Hold your breath gently for 4 counts.

🤍 Exhale slowly through your mouth for 6 counts.

🤍 Repeat 5–10 times.

Bonus: If you can, whisper to yourself:
👉🏼 "The earth holds me. I am supported."

This tiny ritual tells your whole body: You're safe now.

Try it once today — maybe right after reading this post. 🌸

🌿 If your nervous system is craving more care, I’m here for you. Book a session through the link in bio — let’s create your safe space together.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. 🕊️Your nervous system deserves care — not just when things fall apart, but every d...
05/02/2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. 🕊️

Your nervous system deserves care — not just when things fall apart, but every day.

A racing heart, a tight chest, that wired-but-tired feeling — they’re not weakness.
They’re signals your body is asking for a reset.

✨ Breathe deeply.
✨ Remind yourself: "I am safe. I can rest."
✨ Give yourself permission to soften.

This month, and always — you matter. 🌿

Scanxiety is real.It’s the low hum beneath the surface before a scan.The ache. The fog. The sharp edge of “what if.”Here...
04/28/2025

Scanxiety is real.

It’s the low hum beneath the surface before a scan.
The ache. The fog. The sharp edge of “what if.”

Here are 5 rituals that help me stay grounded when the worry creeps in:

🕯 Distraction – Plan gentle moments with people you love.
🖊 Journaling – Let the fear move through your pen.
🪡 Acupuncture – Needle-naps to reset your nervous system.
🗣 Therapy – Let someone hold space for your grief.
🏃‍♀️ Movement – Sweat out the cortisol. Feel your strength return.

✨ Bonus: Plant allies like herbs & CBD help too.
You don’t have to do this alone.

Save this for scan week.
And if you need support, I’m here. 💛

I specialize in helping breast cancer patients, menopausal women, and veterans slow down and reconnect with their bodies...
04/25/2025

I specialize in helping breast cancer patients, menopausal women, and veterans slow down and reconnect with their bodies—so they can heal in every sense of the word.

Chronic stress leads to nervous system dysregulation. How do you KNOW if your nervous system is out of balance? Think "f...
04/23/2025

Chronic stress leads to nervous system dysregulation. How do you KNOW if your nervous system is out of balance? Think "fight or flight" ALL the time. Signs of dysregulation can affect almost any part of your body including:

😳 Feelings of anxiety or impending dread
😵 Difficulty sleeping
🤢 Tummy troubles like constipation or diarrhea
💥 Chronic muscle tension with aches and pains

If you're experiencing this, we've got you!

I know, Easter is a somber holiday for those who celebrate it, and I did dedicate a post specifically to Easter. BUT how...
04/20/2025

I know, Easter is a somber holiday for those who celebrate it, and I did dedicate a post specifically to Easter. BUT how could I not also acknowledge 420??! And 420 + Easter Bunny appealed my sometimes twisted sense of humor. So there you have it 😛

And since I've been talking about stress this month, today seems like a great time to talk about the stress benefits of my favorite plant.

CBD is my go-to for anxiety, difficulty letting go of the day enough to relax into sleep, and the generalized feelings of existential angst which seem to be so common these days. It can be even nicer with a little bit of CBN or CBG, and I love combining it with Chinese herbs to settle the sympathetic nervous system and reduce the fight-or-flight response. While some people find a nice buzz helps them relax, for ME, THCee can increase agitation if I get too much and I prefer to micro-dose. Full-spectrum h**p products are a great way to get just enough to activate the CB1 receptors without intoxication, while providing all the benefits of the rest of the plant.

If you DO enjoy that buzz, 420 may be just the day to light up or munch a gummy to celebrate!

However you enjoy the medicine of this plant, lets take a moment today to rejoice in having it available to us.

Happy Easter to anyone who is celebrating. May your holiday be filled with love and peace.
04/20/2025

Happy Easter to anyone who is celebrating. May your holiday be filled with love and peace.

Stress can make us a little prickly. Even the cutest of critters can be driven to take a chunk out of your hand when pus...
04/17/2025

Stress can make us a little prickly. Even the cutest of critters can be driven to take a chunk out of your hand when pushed too far, and many of the people I'm encountering these days are close to the point of lashing out and biting. Thankfully, most humans come equipped with impulse control.

When you feel like you want to bite people, it's time to take a "time out". How?

💥Take a bath. Immersing in water is a great way to literally wash away stress and angst.

💥 Take a breath. Inhale slowly through your nose, and exhale slowly through your mouth as if you are exhaling through a straw. Repeat a few times and your temper will cool.

💥 Throw an axe. There are actual businesses dedicated to helping people blow off steam. Axe throwing, taking a baseball bat to old dishes, kicking the crap out of a punching bag...all of these are possible in many areas. If you don't have an "establishment" where you can do these things, maybe taking a bat to an old pillow in your backyard would do the trick. Or parking in a remote area and screaming it out in your car. Or a kick boxing class. Anything which safely lets you release that pent up aggression so you're not road raging or taking it out on the kids...

Managing stress isn't just about feeling emotionally better. While small stresses or even big ones over a short period o...
04/15/2025

Managing stress isn't just about feeling emotionally better. While small stresses or even big ones over a short period of time can help our nervous systems to be adaptive and can be big sources of motivation, long term stress takes a giant toll on our bodies. Why?

When we're stressed, our bodies pump out extra adrenaline which gives us the strength to sprint like hell to get away from the mountain lion who wants us for dinner. But when there's no mountain lion and we DON'T sprint, that adrenaline lingers in our bodies and wreaks havoc. Digestion slows down, we can't sleep, our bodies hold on to calories and we gain weight. We don't heal as quickly from bumps and bruises, and we're more likely to catch the bug which is going around. For women of a certain age, hot flashes get 1000x worse. We can't "rest and digest" when our bodies are in "fight or flight".

The only way out of this spiral is to flip the switch on our nervous system from "sympathetic" to "parasympathetic". Try this simple box breathing exercise next time you're feeling too stressed to think: Plant your feet on the ground. Inhale through your nose for a count of 4. Hold the breath in for a count of 4. Exhale through your nose for a count of 4. Hold the breath out for a count of 4. Repeat at least 5 times. Repeat the whole sequence as necessary for calming.

One of the quickest ways to reduce stress is to DISCONNECT. It sounds simple, but how easy is it, really, to put away th...
04/14/2025

One of the quickest ways to reduce stress is to DISCONNECT. It sounds simple, but how easy is it, really, to put away the electronics, shut off the news, and take a break? When you're feeling like the world is too overwhelming and you're craving a blanket fort with a bottle of ________ (insert adult beverage of choice here), it's time to take a step back. How do we do it?

Here are a few suggestions:
🌿Get out in nature. Take a hike, walk on the beach, ride a bike, mow the lawn, dig in the garden. Anything which takes you out of your routine and into outdoor air. By the way, the image is one of my photos from a hike in my local canyon. My husband and I hike the trails in this area almost every week as one of our stress-reducers.

📖 Read a book. Turn off the news, turn off your phone, and pick up an old-fashioned paperback. Ideally fiction you can lose yourself in.

🎨 Create something. If you're a painter, paint. If you love to cook, prepare a special meal. If you knit, start a sweater. This one can be tough - when you're really stressed, it's hard to flip the switch into "creative mode", but the benefit is huge if you can.

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At our acupuncture clinic our philosophy is that every person has the capability to heal deep within themselves, and we know that modern life leaves most of us disconnected from our bodies so we forget how to tap into that power within us. We offer services such as acupuncture and herbal medicine in order to give your body everything it needs to turn on its powerful healing capabilities. Call us today to book your free consultation and learn more about how we can help you!