Golden Lotus Healing Arts

01/16/2023

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Kinkakuji, Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵

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07/15/2022

Words of Wisdom in trying times. May you all be well and find peace, even within the stormy weather, overwhelm and uncertainty. Sending lots of light and love to you all.

What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment. It is the continuous practice of touching life deeply in every...

04/30/2019

Above all else! Find compassion for yourself. Your soul and spirit and body and mind need it desperately!
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It’s so easy to be critical and judgmental of the self. I see it in myself as well as in those I love and the patients I treat. So many have such beautiful hearts and are kind and generous with others but when it comes to turning that energy inward, people struggle greatly.
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We tend to only see our short comings, our mistakes and failures and compare ourselves to those around us, literally non stop.
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If I could encourage anything in myself and those around me, and especially you reading this right now, is to be kind, gentle and compassionate with yourself. Be patient with your growth and respectful of where you are no matter where that might be on the scale of what you are aiming for in life. Every single cell of your being is looking to you for love and can offer so so much back when you give it that love and encouragement.
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On a side note, how in the world has it been a month since I posted last 😳🤔. I feel like I’ve been in a cocoon for the last month, this mercury retrograde leading right into this Saturn retrograde has me floating in the darkness of self reflection. But more on that in a future post!
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03/28/2019

Spring is upon us. A grand meeting point of yin and yang. The cool and interior nature of winter giving way to the warmth and expansion of spring. Important to nourish self and ground in at this time, building a strong foundation for the beautiful growth that is to come. Wind is prominent in the spring, so strong roots are essential.
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Some recommendations I have:
🎋Daily practices and rituals are helpful.
🎋Qi gong/ tai chi, yoga, stretching, walking.
🎋Eating more greens, micro blue green algae (chlorella) and cilantro and drinking teas like nettles, milk thistle, mint, green tea, ginger tea and dandelion.
🎋Making warm cooked foods and broths always recommended for deep nourishment and grounding energy.
🎋 Wear scarfs to protect the neck from wind to avoid getting sick.
🎋 Lean into creative pursuits and things that allow you to channel your energy through creativity and self expression.
🎋 Avoiding damp causing foods (mucus producing foods) like dairy, fried foods, processed foods and sugar.
🎋Add more ginger, turmeric, black sesame seeds, cinnamon and fennel.
🎋Drink lemon/ lime water, eat citrus fruits and use more vinegars!
🎋 Get acupuncture to harmonize yin and yang and support liver, digestive and kidney function.

Happy Spring friends and many blessings!
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03/21/2019

Happy Spring lovelies! I hope your season of growth is both inspiring and nourishing.

Below I am posting my manifestation story from my feature this week with Dear Enlightened One.

Here I reflect on how I became a healer, how I manifested my professional life and my connection to Spirit.

Spring Blessings!

This is a manifestation story about how I became a healer. This was a video I did for my March 2019 feature in Dear Enlightened One. Here is the link to the ...

03/01/2019

New article up on the Dear Enlightened One platform! I enjoyed writing this one! It is a meditation on how Chinese Medicine perceives and understands human’s connection to earth and the cosmos. It offers a deeper understanding on how to live in harmony with yourself and the energy that surrounds you!

Happy March my loves. I hope you are all doing well! Spiting is ALMOST here.

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Living in Harmony with the Cosmos By. Meagan Smith, Lic. Ac. Dipl. OM, MAOM Chinese Medicine has a long history of being rooted in the natural world. Its origins stem from cultures and civilizations that cultivated knowledge through observing the movements of nature; from seasons, to weather pattern...

02/11/2019

Very interesting article about exercising/ stretching legs and its connection to brain/ nervous system health. So many important meridians (channels of energy) run along the legs and within those meridians extremely important acupuncture points that support whole body health.

Do you exercise or stretch your legs daily?

New research shows that using the legs, particularly in weight-bearing exercise, sends signals to the brain that are vital for the production of healthy neural cells.

02/07/2019

A cute informative video about the Chinese Lunar New Year! Yesterday was the first day of the lunar new year. The year of the Golden Pig! 🐷✨🎊🏮🍊

It is a Earth Yin year and the end of a 60 year cycle. Pig seeks balance in life, between social and work. Being a Yin Earth year makes for even more energy to slow down the pace, enjoy life and friends to be able to do the work you are meant to. It is a year for rest and rejuvenation before beginning a new journey next year.

Take time to really embrace the Yin (restful, reflective, quiet energy) and to enjoy your life and the people around you!

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01/25/2019

I have been practicing acupuncture for six years now and I still get very excited to treat patients who have never had it before!
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Even though acupuncture has become more popular and well respected over the years, I find the majority of people still don’t really understand how it works or what to expect with treatment.
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I like to tell new patients that acupuncture works as an accumulative medicine. You can think about it like a work-out series or anything that you commit to in order to reach your health goals. Similarly, acupuncture treatments build on each other until your body gets strong enough to hold that pattern of health on its own. The body truly does know how to heal itself!
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If you come with an acute condition less treatments are needed and if it is chronic more. Anywhere from 6-12 treatments is an average number for people to expect. BUT acupuncture and Chinese medicine at its heart is a PREVENTATIVE medicine. It wants to keep people well and not let them fall into disease. This is where the actual magic is at.
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It drains the body to be diseased and the stress of life, the day to day on the body, the transitions and transformations we go through, these realities are always affecting our mind, body, and emotions all the time. This is why regular treatments are super helpful. Once a month is an average when you are maintaining your health.
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is a great advocate for the benefits of eastern medicine and the importance of understanding all it has to offer!
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01/24/2019

The government shut down is affecting A LOT of people. Whether it is government workers or those who receive benefits/ services from government funds.

I want to offer 30 min sessions FOR FREE to any and all people who directly affected and need mental/ emotional/ physical/ spiritual support as a result of this shut down. We are all in this thing called life together and I care deeply about my community and making sure we support each other where we can!

Please feel free to share this post! You can call me or visit my website to book a session.

01/21/2019

Full Moon in Leo tonight. It’s being called the super blood wolf moon and it is accompanied by a lunar eclipse. It enters Leo at 10:54 pm EST.
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This is a full moon lunar eclipse which will end a cycle of Leo/ Aquarius nodal axis learning that started on May 10 of 2017. From here we begin to fully embrace the Cancer/ Capricorn nodal axis which began on November 7, 2018. Eclipses represent endings and thus also beginnings.
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The nodes of the moon are the points where the sun and moon’s orbital paths cross and they act like a compass in our lives. The north node guides us toward a better version of ourselves and the south node exposes our bad patterns and what we must let go of. Each of these nodal cycles last for an average of 18 months.
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The signs the nodes indicate where we must go toward and what we must let go of. Each of our natal charts are different so looking to where they fall in your particular chart will tell you more about how they will personally affect you, but there is a collective experience we will all embrace as well. Leo north node was teaching us how to fully embrace and be confident about our true identity. Aquarius south node was asking us to let go of people pleasing and caring about what people think when it doesn’t actually serve us.
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This full moon in Leo eclipse should help clarify what you have learned about your true identity over the last 18 months and encourage you to truly embrace it moving forward. I’m sure you had to struggle to get here! The Cancer/ Capricorn focus over the next year will need you to be confident in who you are, karma is coming down the pipeline to be reckoned with and we will need to use our hearts above our heads in the coming year
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Knowing where this energy is in your own chart can be so helpful to embracing the struggles and maximizing the benefits that are present in your life. If you are interested in learning more or having a chart reading just contact me or book a session! Link in Bio!
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