Andrea Lazarin Acupuncture

07/05/2025

Tijax- the obsidian blade, the tongue
Tools that cut, that can excise for healing, or harm.
When with honesty we can open up and reflect (in anatomy, reflect means to pull back the skin or structure to expose what's below) on what our purpose is, share what our fears are, admit where we fell off the road ... perhaps we can cease building barriers. I was just thinking yesterday how the United States has continually denied or doubled down on the mistakes made, the devaluing of lifeways and peoples, disrespect for land and knowledge that wasn't obvious to headstrong settlers who only saw things to take and others as inferior, with no interest in learning how to be in right relationship.There could have been work and rest and tending land according to it's rhythms instead of just the endless drive of capitalism. Instead of shame and reparations there are prisons and profiling...these are pathologies...tumors growing from the continued denial of our history and refusal to do differently. Many are trying but at the core... The systems are breaking because they need to.... they're hollow or built over rot.
If the US was built on anything good- A desire to live free, not under rule of crown or cross...how did we get here? I have been privileged to be born here and have safety, an education...my grandparents and parents sacrificed for it. But it's not guaranteed to everyone. And we're loosing rights by the minute. A lack of reflection. A codifying of ignorance and erasure....it will cycle on.
Celebrating the colonial takeover of this land, the refusal to be humble and insistence on profit for a few while millions of others lose life and liberty....I don't get it. I am saddened instead of proud. I will continue to look beneath at what needs excising of my own beliefs( for the indoctrination is deep). That obsidian is also a mirror to reflect...like a scalpel to help us peel away the layers of propaganda, of separation, of better than. The powers that be could use a long look...
But we can each do our own work and support each other in theirs. Setting down our fears and being more loudly and honestly what we dream, what we are here for, what is compatible with life on this planet, what is necessary.

We can choose to use the same energy we use to avoid what scares us to heal and empower ourselves. The energy we spend to run away from what we are afraid of, from that inner part that scares us, the effort we must make to avoid expressing what we need and feel or to … Continue reading WAQIB’ TI...

07/02/2025

Reconnecting and restructuring
https://mailchi.mp/c0c528a61b5d/reconnecting-and-restructuring

06/06/2025

"Being who we are is all we need to live with beauty.

May this be a day to recognize the worth that lives within us, to love every part of what makes us whole. Let us accept who we are, give ourselves love, learn to see our strength and our power, and claim them as our own, for in the end, life is far too beautiful a gift to spend it judging ourselves, pretending to be someone we are not, or living only halfway." - Denise Barrios, on todays Energía: Kajib Tz'i' .ukux

Happy Pride. Hózhó Nahasdlii

06/03/2025

05/04/2025

🏃🏽‍♀️ (minus danza?!🤨) pero con danza en nuestros corazones y rezos por las animas y ancestros, los elementos y comunidades alrededor de lago ⛺ 🪿🌿 Por los corredores de las journadas de paz y dignidad, por la salud de nuestros cuerpos y mente, por la familia que no pueden llegar. A steady lap around the lake softly singing, warming under the shining sun. Then to for mural unveiling! Seeing the gorgeous vision and work of completed was exciting! I appreciated hearing the stories of how it came to be, the artists and what is represented there - activism, solidarity, interdependence, migrant community, q***r love, the vibrant hub of our cultural fabrics interweaving in this time/space, at this place, with so much heart.
Tlazocamati, gracias, por compartir un almuerzo tan generoso simply for being part of community. May the business, community and cultures, thrive!
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04/22/2025

Happy Earth Day
Maybe enjoy some centering Earth Element qi gong to celebrate?
This was was nice for loosening up shoulders and neck tension and a little stretch for the side body.

In Chinese Medicine our Spleen and Stomach (all of their respective channels, organs, responsibilities) are expressions of Earth. We receive our nourishment from Mama Earth through our organs of digestion. We can ground and process information through our Intellect - or Yi- also associated with Earth. Sometimes there's too much on our plate...literally or metaphorically and we can't quite digest it all, can't take it all in. it may be uncomfortably full as we try to overstuff with food or with too much mental stimulation.
Enjoy your nutriment today with a big helping of gratitude and intentionality. It'll go down easier, support you better and show respect to the elements and labor of humans, worms, microbes, pollinators, mycellia, water and sun who contribute to our well being. 🐝🌿🌞🌊🍓🥦🥑🌽🍲🥗🌀♻️⚖️

This is an Earth Element qigong practice for the stomach and spleen meridians, filmed spontaneously while on a recent walk in the English countryside (excuse...

04/08/2025

I'm finally returning to my Wednesday Eve shifts at April 9th! So grateful and excited to be back slinging needles at my first acu-home

02/17/2025

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A hoghan (ceremony house) to organize against resource extraction

01/19/2025

So you know how sometimes folks say they're doing giveaways and you add your name and then nothing happens?
Until it does and you score a beautiful piece of art?!
I thought it was going to be a different print but actually really like that this is what arrived. The other was open hands and felt awesome for the vibe of gathering/projecting energy ...but this....this is sweet and it's kindness and support and cariño and warmth and safety and trust. I'm big on holding hands with my peeps. Family, friends...for all the qualities I just listed. It's a gesture I wish was more normalized and less laden with romantic connotation...like so many other acts of touch and closeness. We need more tenderness in our lives and ways to comfort or connect physically. My work reflects or grows from these values. Unconditional positive regard- via human touch. Everyone deserves this. May all learn to respectfully give and receive.

Thankful for this gift from .

01/15/2025

On the Maya calendar today is  5 Q'anil, the seed. The energy of that seed is pure potential and the critical mass of time/nourishment that explodes into popcorn or a sprout. The number 5 suggests an invitation to put in some work towards our goals, towards the things we want to see flourishing in our lives. 

When I see corn kernels now I am reminded of the many many times on the journey I'd look down and see a kernel like this on the ground.  A sign, I thought, that I was on the right track, that i was safe and exactly where i was meant to be. Aside from the general magic of seeds (such a casual and miraculous thing!) My father carried the energy of Q'anil. Maybe that's part of why it felt instantly like  a signal...through ages of ancestors, and my father, to me. 💛🌽🌱🏃🏽‍♀️✨

01/04/2025

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saw this cool map today a hand embroidered map by Indigenous artists!

Pueblos originarios del continente [Original peoples of the continent] (2020), by Carla Fernández and Pedro Reyes; hand embroidered by Otomī artisans Endy López, Tericila Santiago, Dulce Pérez, Roxana Pérez, and Nayeli Juárez.

I just took a photo of this map while visiting a museum. Maps like this are so rare, especially ones that include this many tribes. While it’s impossible to fit the thousands of Indigenous nations onto a single map, I think it’s a meaningful effort to showcase and raise awareness about the incredible diversity of Indigenous Peoples. It’s not perfect, but it’s one of the most inclusive maps I’ve seen in a public space.

12/31/2024

"Each of us is put here in this time and this place to personally decide the future of humankind. Did you think the Creator would create unnecessary people in a time of such terrible danger? Know that you yourself are essential to this World." ~Chief Arvol Looking Horse.