The Path to Parenthood, Part 1: FERTILITY
by Kandace Cahill, DAOM, L.Ac, FABORM Welcome to our first installment of The Path to Parenthood—a collection of three special articles related to the most important times around mamahood: fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum. In each of these short articles, we’re going to delve into these topics and talk about why Chinese medicine is an indispensable […]
Acupressure for Childbirth | Boulder Prenatal Class for Expectant Mothers + their Birth Partners
Planning a natural birth in Boulder County? Join us for an informative and relaxing class on how to effectively use acupressure in childbirth! When: 3rd Wednesday of every month Location: Well Woman Acupuncture, 75 Manhattan Drive, Suite 106, Boulder, CO 80303 Investment: $100/couple Time: 6:30-8p We know you have many choices in childbirth education, with each […]
Treating Fertility with Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine has become a common therapy in treating infertility, and it is for good reason. A recent podcast interview on Everyday Acupuncture explains why. In this episode, Dr. Lorne Brown, an acupuncturist in Vancouver, BC, and the creator of the “Acubalance Fertility Diet”, discusses the many aspects of health that relate to fertility. As […]
Acupuncture & Seasonal Affective Disorder
In Boulder, nearly 17% of the population is at risk for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and winter depression (1). Sitting just north of the 40-degree latitude, we experience significant changes in daylight hours over the course of the year. In the summer, we can play outside until 9:30 at night and wake at 6 to […]
Woman On The Verge
When women find themselves at this precipice, it can cause deep unrest, inner turmoil and maybe even the occasional desire to run screaming out of her own skin. But why is transformation so painful for us? I believe it is because, as women, we are inherently rhythmic creatures and any disruption to our internal rhythms can feel like seismic activity on a grand scale. We spend the large majority of our lives in a rhythmic coming and going of hormones. After adolescence, we become a living cycle, at one with the moon, always in a state of waxing or waning, that becomes our very state of existence. It is not even that identify with our rhythms—we become them. And so when they are in this state of transformation, the balance is lost and it leaves us feeling unsure of who we are and where we fit within our own bodies. It can leave us feeling as though we inhabit an alien body, our internal compass broken and spinning wildly out of control.