Hydrotherapy: Ancient Water Wisdom Meets Modern Healing
Part 1 of the Hydrotherapy Series. Learn about what hydrotherapy is, how it works, and a bit of history on this specialized therapy.
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What Is Biofeedback?
Biofeedback therapy is a non-invasive technique that helps you gain greater awareness and control over your body’s physiological functions using real-time feedback from your body. Sensors are used to measure your heart rate variability, breathing, temperature, sweat response, and muscle tension, providing us with important signals from your body about the state of your nervous…
What Is Qigong?
In this blog, learn about qigong including the history, how it works, and what the benefits of practicing qigong is.
Supporting Mental Health with Nutrition and Movement in the PNW Fall
As the Pacific Northwest shifts into fall—with its cozy mornings, vibrant leaves, and rainy afternoons—many of us notice changes in mood and energy. The shorter days and increased cloud cover can influence our circadian rhythms, vitamin D levels, and overall sense of motivation. While fall is a beautiful season of transition, it can also be…
What Is Embodiment?
The word “embodied” shows up a lot these days. But what does it really mean? We have been trained to think “why”- to find the story, to make sense of things. We believe that if we can explain an experience, it will be easier to bear, maybe even heal. Embodiment moves differently. Instead of “why”…
Keys to Healthy Skin – Part 1
Do you know what the largest organ in the body is? Let me give you a hint: it’s not your brain or your “large” intestine. Rather, it’s the wrapping that holds it all together. That’s right, it is your skin. Here are a few quick facts about the skin: It makes up approximately 16% of…
A Natural Medicine Approach to Osteopenia and Osteoporosis
What is Osteopenia vs Osteoporosis? As we age our bodies inevitably change. Tissues and organs that were once robust may start to lose integrity and strength. The loss of bone mineral density (BMD) as we age can be characterized as either osteopenia or osteoporosis depending on the severity; with osteopenia being considered less severe than…
A Natural Medicine Approach to Male Factor Infertility
My Personal Fertility Journey Male factor infertility is a sensitive topic for many patients. I know this because I had my own concerns about fertility before having my daughter due to preexisting urological conditions. Luckily, I was able to conceive naturally, which I believe was made more likely due to the modalities that I accessed…
How Imagination Can Help Shift Chronic Pain
When you think about chronic pain, you probably think about inflammation, muscle tension, or maybe nerve irritation. But what if one of the most powerful tools for easing pain isn’t physical at all—what if it’s your imagination? It might sound surprising, but your brain doesn’t fully distinguish between what’s real and what’s vividly imagined. That…
Pausing the Clock to Talk About Andropause
What is Andropause? The more commonly known process of menopause is a universal experience that almost all women will experience at some point in their lives. However, men also experience their own hormonal changes as they get older, a process called “Andropause”, although we may as well call it man-o-pause. The development of andropause is…