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Peony

Peony is an acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine practice owned and founded by Paige Barnes in Seattle.

The Latin name “Paeonia,” derives from the name “Paeon.” Paeon was a Greek disciple of Asclepus, the god of medicine. In Traditional Chinese medicine, peony is a foundational herb commonly used to support women’s health and injury due to trauma. Ancient Chinese poets depict peonies as a symbol of honor, abundance, love, affection and feminine beauty.

02/20/2026

Unshakable Determination
A Winter Deck of Care
Available now.

This is the cover of the Winter Deck — created in collaboration with designer Mirte Becker.

With Unshakable Determination, let me guide you into your body’s ocean — the depths of your salty black water, your sea of marrow, your essence, illuminated by the moon.

When I reflect on winter, I envision the bottom of the ocean. The octopus was the perfect creature to appear on the front of the Unshakable Determination winter card deck. The octopus embodies winter’s will. They are steady, adaptive and unwavering. They have nine brains. In Chinese medicine, the brain is called the Sea of Marrow and the kidneys govern the bone and produce marrow. The octopus is a kind of Sea of Marrow floating inside salty black water. They are winter — a deep reserve of will and resilience.

On the cover are three Chinese characters:

志 — Zhì — Will
The spirit of the Kidneys — what my teacher Sabine Wilms translated as unshakable determination.

肾 — Shèn — Kidneys
The root of our body and keeper of essence.

太溪 — Tài Xī — Great Mountain Stream (Kidney 3).
The source point where original Qi flows and reserves are restored.

On the back are five care rituals inspired by Great Mountain Stream — simple practices to nourish your will and replenish your reserves, accessed through QR codes with video and audio guidance.

If you have questions, reach out. I would love to see these practices woven into your daily life.

Available now.

02/15/2026

STREAM OF MOUNTAIN STREAM
Rest at the gate of origin. Trust in your restoration.

This is the 5th card of Unshakable Determination, a winter care deck. This practice is an acupressure practice focused on the Gate of Origin — a region of the body beneath your navel, at the base of your pelvis, between your two kidneys. This is the gateway to the source of your kidneys.

At this gate, the practice animates your essence. Your essence is like a deep well of water — a source of nourishment. It is deep and connected to the center of the earth. Its water also reflects the light of the sun — its radiance and power. Your essence is both your emotional depths and your brilliance.

Through daily life, through work, and especially through stress, our kidneys’ qì is taxed. Kidney qì is restored through lifestyle: rest, nutritious food, stillness, receiving therapies, meditation, and simple acts of restoration.

Rest restores your essence.
Rest restores your purpose.

So you can rise again — clear, rooted, and unwavering — expressing your gifts into the world.

Return to your origins.
Trust your restoration.
Your determination is unshakable.

❄️ Winter Care Deck — Unshakable Determination. Guided rituals accessed through QR code inside each card.

02/12/2026

BODY OF MOUNTAIN STREAM
Feel your bones surrender.
Howl to a time before you were born.

This is the fourth of five ritual cards from the Winter Care Deck: Unshakable Determination.

This guided meditation affirms your relationship to your ancestors — and beyond.

In Chinese medicine, winter resonates with the kidneys. The kidneys hold our essence, and our essence is our template of light. It is the original blueprint you arrived with when you were born.

At your first breath, the materials of your family lineage combined with the configuration of the sky to form your template of light.

As we move through life, we can drift from this light. Responsibilities, expectations, noise, and survival can pull us away. We can begin to feel farther from our true nature.

This meditation is an affirmation that you were born on purpose.

That your gifts and talents — your power — are tied to a time before you were born.
They are tied to your ancestors, who stand behind you as you bring your gifts forward.

In this meditation, I ask you to howl to a time before you were born.

To affirm your light.

❄️ Winter Care Deck — Unshakable Determination
Guided rituals accessed through QR code inside each card.

02/07/2026

Mouth of Mountain Stream
Let fire return to the source.
Feel its heat move within you.

This card guides you through a cinnamon bark foot soak, paired with sipping the tea, inviting you to follow and feel how warmth moves inside you — connecting you to your source, your family lineage, and your inner fire. 🔥

Cinnamon bark is a warming herb in Chinese Medicine that moves qì through the channels and gently leads Fire back to its source.

In Chinese Medicine, the source lives in the Kidneys — the home of your essence. This essence is formed from your parents, your ancestors, the earth below you, and the stars above. It is where Water and Fire meet, creating ministerial fire: a steady inner warmth that animates life without consuming it.

Cinnamon bark reminds the body where warmth belongs, and what that warmth is connected to: your source, the sky, the earth, and your ancestors.

❄️ Winter card decks available now — link in bio.
✨ When you purchase the deck, each card gives you access to a guided ritual via a QR code.

02/06/2026

Headwater of Mountain Stream
Inside your pelvic bowl, the ocean is breathing.

In Chinese medicine, the body is nature.
And the deepest parts of the body are the ocean.

This card offers a restorative breathing practice for the pelvic floor — a region governed by the kidneys in Chinese medicine. As you breathe, the pelvic floor rises and falls like a tide — opening, closing, receiving, releasing.

When this inner ocean moves, life moves with it.
Breath creates circulation.
Circulation creates vitality.

This is the second card in Unshakable Determination, a winter care series informed by Chinese medicine — an invitation to relate to your body not as a machine to fix, but as a living landscape to listen to.

❄️ Winter card decks available now — link in bio.
✨ When you purchase the deck, each card gives you access to a guided ritual via a QR code.

02/05/2026

Floodplain of Mountain Stream
Expand your arms. What you are looking for will find you.

This card is one of the fives cards in the Unshakable Determination deck, a winter care series grounded in Chinese Medicine. Floodplain of Mountain Stream guides you through an affirmation practice, inviting you to name that your ancestors light your way through thunderous waves, that you are light moving through thunderous waves, that you are thunderous, you are light.

Affirmations create new ways of seeing, and new ways of seeing open pathways for healing, connection, and change. When we shift how we see ourselves and the world, we begin to recognize the nourishment that has always been present—waiting to meet us.

Winter belongs to the kidneys, which house our essence and willpower (志 zhì). The winter ritual deck is about a region of the kidney channel called Great Mountain Stream, where your source qì flows in luminous, steady, and unwavering streams. Each card connects you to Great Mountain Stream through a different care practice.

❄️ Winter card decks available now — link in bio.

✨ When you purchase the deck, each card gives you access to a guided ritual via a QR code.

🦉If you have any questions, please let me know.

02/02/2026

Feeling tired, stretched thin, or worn down this winter?
Unshakable Determination is here 🤍

Five winter cards offering reflection, ritual, and rest — with guided audio + video support.

I’d love to share this care with you.
To learn more, ✨ find it via the link in bio.

01/28/2026

🕯️ Dedication to Alix Pretti and Renée Good 🕯️

This candle is a dedication to Alix Pretti and Renée Good, to people who died when trying to help others, to people who were killed when standing for humanity.

I want to honor these two people in their courage to stand up for the value of human life.

This violence is very close to home in the United States, and to me personally.
It personalized the violence throughout the United States and internationally, in Palestine, Ukraine, Sudan,
and places that I don’t even know,
and the cruelty to nature and to animals.

When violence comes close, it shakes you to the bone and challenges your perception on what you thought was real.

Sadly and dauntingly, we are living in a time of where just basic human rights
and the understanding of a human,
is fracturing. Humans are being pitted against each other through so much misunderstanding and fear.

We are all human.

I believe in life,
and how we must honor life,
no matter where you are from,
and the color of your skin,
and your economic status,
and your religious beliefs.

It’s so important to return to understanding one another, having compassion for one another.

Taking the time to understand something that you don’t understand is work.

As Toni Morrison says,
to be good is complex,
we have to do the complex work to be good.

This candle is a dedication to Alix Pretti and Renée Good.

Here are ways to stay informed, support Minneapolis, and take action:
👉 https://www.standwithminnesota.com

🕯️

01/25/2026

Exciting News: Winter Care, Ritual Cards & Seasonal Private Sessions - https://mailchi.mp/0c3b23720573/the-unshakable-determination-winter-care-series-21075963

I’m so proud to share this winter self-care deck created with designer Mirte Bicker. Five ritual cards offering meditation, restorative breathing, herbal medicine, acupressure, and affirmations—supported by guided video and audio.

Experience ways to howl, rest, feel your inner fire and how the ocean breathes inside you.

Winter doesn’t ask you to push. It asks you to listen. 🤍

01/24/2026

Wow. Just wrapped a beautiful video shoot with wonderful James Harnois for Unshakable Determination, a winter deck for self-care🤍 This deck and practices and the people I work with to make them happen are so special to me, and I can’t wait to start sharing them with you.

This deck connects you to your kidney source—where fire and water meet—awakening your ministerial fire: the heat that animates your inner life, brings your gifts and talents to life, and supports your optimal vitality.

I’ll be announcing and revealing some of the cards this coming week ✨
Shipping begins February 1.

Lots of love 💫

01/23/2026

🥣 Warm Breakfast Series: Steel-Cut Oatmeal

Eating a warm breakfast supports digestion, strengthens Qi, and helps maintain steady energy throughout the day. In Chinese medicine, warm foods in the morning feed the Spleen and Stomach, promoting absorption and grounding your energy.
Ingredients & TCM Support:

• Steel-cut oats — nourish Spleen, stabilize energy
• Peanut butter — tonifies Qi & Blood
• Blueberries — cool Liver, support vision & detox
• Goji berries — nourish Liver & Kidney Yin
• Black sesame seeds — strengthen Liver & Kidney, support Blood
• Cinnamon — warms Spleen & Kidney, moves Qi

Enjoy this cozy, grounding breakfast and stay warm on the inside while it’s cold outside! ❄️💛

01/20/2026

🍽️ 🔥 Warm Breakfast, Warm Body, Nourished Blood

This is my second share of a warm breakfast because starting the day with cooked, warming foods is essential for a healthy, flowing digestive system.

Today’s breakfast is with red quinoa — a complete protein — that nourishes the blood. I added eggs, greens, avocado, and a squeeze of lemon to make a meal that supports energy, focus, digestion, and metabolism. Now I’m off into the grounded and ready.

✨ Start your morning warm. Your digestive fire — and your Blood — will thank you.
✨ Save this recipe for your next meal prep!

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4000 NE 41 Street, Bld D
Seattle, WA
98105

Opening Hours

Wednesday	9am - 7pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+12064195481

Website

http://www.peonymedicine.com/

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