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Andrea Penagos

Andrea Penagos is a Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner (R.TCM.P.) based in Victoria, BC.

02/11/2025

My cup runneth over 🥹 Giving abundant thanks for the blessings this ancestor season and beyond 🙏🏼🍎🍐 ❤️

27/10/2025

"One of the reasons I stopped writing this newsletter is that my partner and I accidentally became homesteaders over the summer. The 1940s house we moved into has four productive fruit trees on the property: plum, pear, apple, and quince. Turns out, our neighbourhood - formerly an orchard - is currently experiencing one of its most productive years in recent history.

First, it was the plums right as we moved in at the end of July. Bowl after bowl of plums from our yard and the neighbour’s urban farm. We learned to make jam, what kind of pectin to use, how to can, and the basics of making a fruit crumble, all while unpacking and furnishing a space that is much larger than our former 1-bedroom basement suite.

Now we’re in the midst of the pear and apple harvest, fully ignoring hundreds of quinces we have no idea what to do with (jelly, we’ve heard)..."

Read more about my foray into homesteading, recent glimmers, pear medicine, RVM gear and supplements you didn't see here on IG, and the energetics of the Year of the Snake (late, I know) over on Substack 📚

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15/10/2025

I ran my first half marathon at the Royal Victoria Marathon (RVM) this weekend! A few reasons why running a half marathon was HUGE for me:

✅ Until last year I could hardly run a few blocks, let alone 21.1kms 🤯 Big thanks to .nutritionn and .performance for playing a major role in my health and fitness journey, and helping me get to a place where this was even possible 🙏🏼

✅ I've been a slow(ish) runner since I can remember and early on, I convinced myself that I shouldn't run at all 🥹 Participating in races has given me perspective that I'm not the fastest nor the slowest, just somewhere in between!

✅ I wanted to quit many times during training and even sold my bib to triathlete .0 who graciously sold it back to me! 🙏🏼 When I couldn't stop crying about not running the half, I realized it meant more to me than I thought 😭

✅ I injured my knee three weeks ago after an 18km long run, and had to reach out to physiotherapist and craniosacral therapist to help me recover. After a few appointments and some self-administered acupuncture, cupping, and gua sha at home (and a lot of rest), I made a full recovery and ran without pain!

✅ TMI: I got my period the day before the race 😵‍💫 Herbalist (who ran the 5km 🎉) saved the day and hand-delivered extra strength Advil and Shepherd's Purse tincture to reduce bleeding during the race. I was extra diligent about electrolytes, carb loaded, skipped my shake-out run, and sent it on the course the next day with minimal discomfort.

All things considered, the race went according to plan and I finished in 2:27 (I aimed for 2:30). My calves cramped up a bit at the end but overall, I'm really happy about how it went! 🎉🎉🎉

Shout out to my partner .shelleau who witnessed the whole arc of my half marathon drama while training for the full marathon and supported me the whole way 🥹 He absolutely crushed his marathon time, coming in at 3:16, down from 3:53 last year!

Finally, thank you to my dear friends and Kyle Bridge who cheered me on at km 9 and the finish line! Knowing you were there made all the difference ❤️

Beyond grateful🥲

06/01/2025

A little something for your 2025 mood board 🤍

Book a treatment with me at .co or for a more regulated nervous system, glowing skin, better cycles, improved fertility, and pain-free living 🧖‍♀️

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RADIANT WELLNESS

Andrea Penagos L.Ac., Dipl. OM, MATCM is a Wellness Guide, California-Licensed Acupuncturist, Clinical Herbalist, and Reiki Master Teacher with over a decade of experience in the wellness field. Andrea is dedicated to empowering her clients to cultivate radiant health by practicing daily, intentional self-care. She provides 1:1 individualized online services including wellness coaching, self-care strategy sessions, and distance energy healing, along with online workshops, group coaching programs, and international retreats.

Andrea began exploring healing modalities in 2009 after completing Liberation Yoga's 200-hr yoga teacher training and Golden Bridge Yoga's Kundalini Prenatal Yoga teacher training in Los Angeles. A life-changing trip to India in 2010 introduced her to energy healing, after which she chose to deepen her study in the healing arts by enrolling in acupuncture school.

Andrea received a Masters Degree in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine from Yo San Unviersity of Chinese Medicine in Los Angeles, California in 2015. She is an active Board Licensed Acupuncturist in the state of California and is also certified by the U.S. National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). Andrea has studied with world-renowned clinicians like Mazin Al-Khafaji, Lorie Eve Dechar, and Mikiyo Sankey, and is certified in Advanced Cosmetic Acupuncture. Andrea is also a Reiki Master Teacher trained under intuitive healer Syd Yang.