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03/14/2021

Yin & Yang //

I saw this graphic yesterday & my Chinese medicine (TCM) brain was so excited.

It’s not exact. But it’s a thought provoking graphic & here’s what I thought of.

YIN
🌙feminine, receptivity, surrender,
🌙darkness, inner world, flow
🌙I’m TCM yin is all the tangible stuff: body fluid, blood, cervical mucous, etc. It is cool & nourishing.
🌙new moon, introspection, planting seeds or setting intentions.

YANG
🌕masculine, go, do, motion
🌕light, expression, projects
🌕in TCM Yang is the ethereal, qi, energy, movement not seen by the seeing eyes. It is warmth, Fire, motion, life force.
🌕full moon, release, movement

So why is the full moon the most fertile time to ovulate if it’s yin? Because yin reaches its peak & then signals to the brain to release hormones for ovulation & then this marks the transition into Yang- the release of a follicles!🌺

In 2008 when I was first really truly deeply diving into TCM as a first year student learning THEORY I saw this expression, balance & dance of yin & yang everywhere.

EVERYWHERE. Ha.

In the flowers blooming in spring.

In the expressions of others, some so soft, respective, quiet, gentle, others loud, expressive, exuding emotion, energized... everything became yin & yang.

The foods I was eating, yin, yang, balanced.

Pay attention to where you can invite more balance:

☯️are your meals both warming & nourishing?
☯️is your s*x balanced with receiving & giving?
☯️is your movement practice balanced with movement, Yang, intensity & also soft, receptive or passive stretching/yoga?
☯️what about your business & mental state or process around it? Do you spend time creating, following inspired action & doing as well as meditating or finding stillness to receive the downloads, ideas, inspiration?
☯️what about your vibe? Do you you need to slow, surrender, receive more? Or do you need to follow through, take action, phone a friend, get social, connect! Etc.

The way we embody being our own best healers is by tuning in. To yourself, to nature, to source. It’s all the same. 🤍

Share this if it vibes.

Reminder courses launching in April as I launch my 1:1 mentorship program. Loads of guidance coming. ⚡️

03/14/2021

In Chinese medicine we use our senses to diagnose //

It’s a comical simplification to think that Chinese medicine is “only” preventative medicine. While it most certainly is, and then some, it is also one the most ancient forms of medicine still being practiced that diagnoses and heals disease.

Have you experienced that?! That’s how I got here. 👋🏼✨

Tongue diagnosis is one piece of all our diagnostic assessment.

Nerd out on these slides! Ask your questions below.

The four pillars of diagnostics are:
👁 inspection: Looking at face, movement, & mainly tongue.

✨Auscultation: sound & also smell. That’s right folks, there are sounds & smells associated with each of the five elements.

✋🏽palpation: feeling your body, mainly pulse, (scroll back some posts for more on that) but also the entire body. Again each element, associated with a an organ pair, has a correlated expression on palpation.

❓inquiry: originally what were called the ten question. This is your complete intake.

Ten question breakdown for your own self inquiry:

1️⃣Do you have pain? Tell me about it.

2️⃣Do you tend to feel too hot or too cold?

3️⃣How is your sleep?

4️⃣What is your energy level like?

5️⃣Do you have any heart or lung symptoms? Heart palpitations, respiratory issues?

6️⃣How is your digestion?

7️⃣Do you have any issues with urination? Does input equal output?

8️⃣Do you have a well formed, easy to pass bowel movement everyday?

9️⃣What is your me**es like? Days of bleed? Length of cycle? When do you ovulate?

🔟How is your mood? Any predominant emotions?

I personally ask endless questions & am a total nerd for all the details. But guess what?! We could totally diagnose based on tongue & pulse, with no verbal information. 🤓

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Reminder 💓

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New Moon Vibes //

Life is full of magic.

Feel into what you love.
What brings you joy?
What feels good to you?

Feel into the subtle or loud intuition of your body. How does that place, person, habit, routine, choice, etc feel? Listen.

Where can you be more in your power?

Hold the vision of your highest dreams - always. When s**t is hard. When it’s easy. When it flows. When there is stagnation, old programs, etc to clear. Hold the vision of your dreams. Take action from receptive stillness & inner guidance.

🌙what deep fears, wounds or pain can be acknowledged?

🌙what do you need more of in your life? Just for you.

🌙write down your juiciest, deepest dreams, desires, & intentions. FEEL into the vision of them.

🌙feel into your deep appreciation for exactly where you are, what you’re learning, & all that you have in your life now, because the universe simply does not allow us to attract more, until we appreciate all that is.

This new moon in Pisces is the end of the astrological year. Aries season, initiated by my birthday ⚡️🔥⚡️ Is the new year. This new moon into spring equinox into the full moon in two weeks is a mega intention setting time.

Great time to sign up to for healing sessions, spiritual course, programs, etc. it’s deep dive & intention setting time.

Highly recommend any courses, programs or virtual work with & as well as my Spring term, Soul Growth & Alignment Mentorship which starts April 11th 😍🔮🥰✨🐬💓🦋☀️🧬💎link in bio. DM for deets.

Infinite appreciation

03/03/2021

Everything holds a frequency //

Remember the water study by Dr Emoto that shows how the water molecules are impacted & altered by human thought/consciousness. The water crystals that receive love, are perfect. The water crystals that receive lower frequency have molecular damage.

It’s that easy.

I remember when this awareness felt revolutionary.

The human body is 70% water.

& really, water or otherwise, all cells work this way.

You have so much power!

The energy on the planet right now is intense. That is ok. It just is.

There’s so much high vibration energy moving through us. The density that exist within all, it is, as were all seeing, coming up to be healed.

You can’t hold higher frequencies if your physical body is holding low dense energy.

Like with any healing journey, when the thing comes up to be healed, it ain’t pretty.

That’s occurring individually & collectively to all humans. The choice to engage healing is going to reflect our level of consciousness. There’s no good or bad. Some will choose to drink more, check out more, fill the void more.

But MANY are choosing to engage.

To go deeper.

To choose presence. Self compassion & intention.

Swipe through these slides:

🌹get familiar with the emotions wheel. Expand your awareness. When feelings/sensations/behaviors or emotions arise, choose to take a deep exhale, tune in & find your center.

🌹 what is the emotional root underneath the top layer experience? Maybe you feel reactive with judgement: cool, what’s underneath that? Fear? And is there anything beneath that? Follow what rises.

🌹the last slide is where the big work comes in. This shows you how to climb the vibrational scale.

🌹here’s a tip. If you’re feeling super heightened emotions about a topic, sometimes climbing the scale on that topic is not a vibrational match & it’s possible it’ll just create more resistance.

🌹we know love, joy & peace are the highest easy to access states of consciousness. Knowing this - meditation or mindfulness practice is a go to tool!!!

🌹or go do something you LOVE! Like joy explosion love! What’s that for you? Nature? music? Friends? Dancing? Etc
🌹PEACE = parasympathetic = acupuncture! ⚡️

03/03/2021

Hi fam ✨

If you’re new here, I’m Kat (Katherine), acupuncturist, Chinese medicine Women’s health specialist, intuitive mentor, spiritual guide, birth doula & generally a fiery, multidimensional magnetic attractor babe & MAMA to our Sonshine toddler.🌈

On February 11th I’m opening applications for my newest Soul Growth Mentorship program. 🥳

I’ll take 21 applicants this year. ⚡️Spring, Summer & Autumn quarters. It’ll be 12 weeks deep diving into a beautifully channeled process of awakening to aspects of you ready to go, clearing, releasing, soul mapping, embodiment practices, many included courses on energy & intuitive tools for yourself & once truly embodied, for your own clients. (Transformational) & SO much more.
This program is fire.
It’s illuminating. It’s healing. It’s going to invite all who journey with me, into your sovereignty & more resourcefully returning to self so you expand outward into your desires & alignment.

It was designed to help you illuminate (shadow, blocks, outdated beliefs, etc), expand (as you align more fully into your authentic desires, inner wisdom & gain intuitive tools) & move forward truly embodying you’re divine self. ✨✨✨

WHY?!
When we heal ourselves & show up fully embodied, knowing & trusting ourselves (therefore our intuition AND others) & always deepening that self relationship, as a practice, so we can SHINE, all relationships can benefit & thrive!!
Your business.
Your intimate relationships/marriage.
Parenting. Etc.
It all starts with inner work & the tools to navigate, self heal & align. Everyday!

I’m STOKED!!!!
(full details coming this week. Open applications until Spring solstice!)

As I’m honoring the call to step up into spiritual mentor/teacher/coach role. I’m embodying so much of what is most important to me in teaching & spiritually guiding. I’m simultaneously moving out my own wounds around past teachers. This lifetime & others.

Powerful. I’ve had to trust the divine timing of it all. Per usual.

Stay tuned! DM if you know you’re interested bc Spring is already filling up. 😂😭🥰🙏🏽

03/03/2021

“Feel it to heal it” doesn’t always mean sitting in a pile of emotions, processing //

A huge piece of the power of acupuncture is its ability to move & releases energy without necessarily needing to talk, pinpoint or dissect prior to releasing.

In my practice there’s a lot of tears. In a good way. I hold a deep space for people to feel & release.

Its a top priority to me that patients feel safety & the invitation to feel, release & surrender into their own unique process.

When energy moves to be released, it can be felt in different way. Emotionally, physically, energetically.

Sometimes there’s crying.

Sometimes a “random” (not at all 😝) story of rage, fear, shame or grief. Etc.

Sometimes patients can articulate exactly what came up, where in their body it originated, what story may be associated with it, where the ancestral trauma originated, what the wound is, the outdated belief, etc.

However it rises, we flow with it.

Sometimes without shared words at all. Only pulse diagnosis, points inserted, repeat.

It’s rarely linear.

Often times a sensation of “pain” is felt, let’s say abdominal pain. During a session, that pain pathway gets triggered (energetically) sometimes there is no emotion felt & more physical sensation.

However it rises, I always inquire “where do you think that originated?”

I ask with complete curiosity & no pressure. Because it’s not mine, even if I already have a clear read on it. What is most transformational is us unpacking our own stuff.

Cultivating self trust.

As the guide, this is the golden ticket in peeling back layers with a feminine flow rather than a masculine force.

💡So ask yourself next time an intense physical or emotional feeling/sensation rises “where did this originate?”

Because sensations show up asking for a healing!!!

& then with deep gratitude, declare to the universe that you now release all that is in your highest good to go! ✨

03/03/2021

Thoughts while feeding my babe //

“The revolution will not be televised”

There is a huge shift in consciousness occurring on the planet.

We are all always growing & ascending & that looks different to all.

Right now, many are waking up. 💡

That can feel both empowering & terrifying.

To realize where you’ve been snoozing.
Where have you been in denial? Division?
Where have you been running conditioning around good, bad, right, left?
Where have you chosen behaviors, thought patterns, relationships that have definitely helped you grow & that may have also kept you in comfort, not expansion?

There is often no “easy timing” of leaving behind what no longer serves us.

We grow through discomfort.

You jump! Into trusting the unraveling.

Into trusting that living informed by your heart is the highest path.

All humans experience shifts in perspective as we grow. That’s life! When the shift is abrupt it can rattle & set free so much & that can feel intense.

Maybe you’re seeing where you’ve been running victim Consciousness & now you’re choosing to heal & step into empowerment.

Maybe you’re seeing the dysfunction within the medical system.

Maybe you see how you have been choosing self harm & not self love- by habitually eating unhealthy foods, by habitually choosing things that do not feel good for your mind, body & spirit, like behaviors, relationships, jobs, internal stories, etc.

Maybe you’re looking through a higher perspective lens & slowing to discern what’s best for YOU & making aligned choices.

Maybe you’re realizing YOU are a multidimensional being, as we all are, & speaking your truth is healing for all!

Maybe you’ve decided “f*ck it, I’m going to speak my truth & align with my soul tribe” no mater what. Even when it means honoring the expiration of other relationships & lifestyle choices.

Maybe you’re feeling new sensations of expansion, accessing empowerment & inner guidance & feeling aligned & vibrant.

Maybe you’re now unwilling to hide your truth to comfort those choosing fear & anxiety.

It’s a choice to heal.

Your vibration/frequency IS the service & the “gift” you have to offer to the world.

Just by BEING you.
We got this.
Xx

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