Touchstone Acupuncture

02/20/2026

Greetings to all my precious people!!

The Fire Horse year is here. It arrived four days ago on February 17th and you can feel it—the quickening, the intensity, the demand for authentic expression.

This week, we go deeper into the body itself. Not the body as culture sees it (something to control, judge, fix, optimize). Not the body as you were taught to see it (object, problem, liability, betrayal).

But the body as TEACHER. As wisdom keeper. As sacred text.

👉 Head to my blog
(link in bio) to read my latest post: Intuition: The Body is the Teacher

Photo by Manuwan Peramunugama on Unsplash

02/19/2026

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, winter is governed by the Kidneys, the storehouse of Essence (Jing) and the foundation of long-term vitality, hormones, and resilience.

This soup is warming without overheating, grounding without heaviness—perfect for protecting energy, building reserves, and aligning with winter’s inward rhythm.

👩‍🍳 Head to my blog (link in bio) for the recipe!

02/17/2026

A healthy lifestyle isn’t about perfection.
It’s about small daily choices that support your nervous system, hormones, digestion, and joy.
Consistency > intensity.

02/16/2026

02/13/2026

Greetings to all my precious people!!

In three days, the Fire Horse year officially begins (February 17, 2026). The energy is already shifting—you can feel it. The deep interior stillness of Water season is giving way to Wood's upward, outward movement. Spring is stirring beneath the frozen ground.

Last week, we explored INTUITION—your body's capacity to know things before your mind can prove them. You practiced listening to your three centers of intelligence: head, heart, and gut.

Many of you wrote to share what you noticed: how often your gut said one thing while your head said another. How your heart knew the truth, but your thinking mind overrode it with logic and fear.

This is the work. This is the awakening.

This week, we go deeper into OBSERVATION—the spiritual practice of learning to see what's actually here, not what you were conditioned to see.

Because here's the uncomfortable truth: Most of what you think you're seeing isn't real. It's projection. Conditioning. Stories you inherited from your family, your culture, your trauma.

You're not seeing with your own eyes. You're seeing through someone else's.

And until you learn to observe clearly—to discern YOUR truth from the programming you absorbed—you cannot trust your intuition. Because you can't tell the difference between your body's wisdom and your conditioning's fear.

This is the practice that makes everything else possible.

👉 Head to my blog
(link in bio) to read my latest post: Observing: Discerning Truth from Conditioning

Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash

02/12/2026

This curry features a thoughtfully balanced combination of ingredients designed to drain dampness and warm the Stomach and Spleen, aligning with principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

Adzuki beans, also known as Chi Xiao Dou, are sweet, sour, and neutral to slightly cooling. They effectively drain dampness and heat from the body. When paired with warming vegetables and spices, adzuki beans help create a balanced dish that supports the body in clearing excess dampness—especially beneficial during the transition from winter to spring.

Winter squash, according to TCM, has a slightly cooling nature with sweet and slightly bitter flavors. However, prolonged cooking, such as in soups or stews, transforms its thermal nature to neutral or slightly warming. Soups and stews are particularly gentle on digestion, as they reduce the Stomach’s effort to warm and break down food. Winter squash is also considered a Qi tonic, strengthening both Spleen and Stomach Qi.

Warming spices play a vital role in this curry.

👩‍🍳 Head to my blog (link in bio) for the recipe!

02/10/2026

02/06/2026

Greetings to all my precious people!!

We've crossed the threshold. Imbolc has passed as of February 1st, marking the first undeniable stirrings of light returning. In ten days, the Fire Horse year begins on February 17, 2026 — a rare, intense energy that arrives once every sixty years, bringing passion, creative force, and the demand for authentic expression.

January was about building SANCTUARY—creating the internal conditions where your true self could finally emerge. You learned to return to yourself, to create safety in your nervous system, to tend daily practices, to build resilience from restored reserves.

Now, in February, we explore what LIVES in that sanctuary:

Your intuition. Your body's wisdom. Your direct knowing that doesn't require external validation.

This month's theme is SCIENCE MEETS SPIRIT—not as opposing forces, but as collaborators. We're exploring what happens when neuroscience validates what mystics and healers have always known: Your body knows things your mind hasn't caught up to yet.

And we're beginning with the foundation of all embodied wisdom: intuition.

👉 Head to my blog
(link in bio) to read my latest post: Intuition: The Body Knows First

Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash

02/05/2026

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, winter is the season of the Kidneys—the root of vitality, hormones, fertility, and longevity. This warm, spiced pear & black sesame blend is designed to tonify Kidney Yin & Essence (Jing) while gently supporting digestion.

Ingredients
1 ripe pear, peeled & chopped
1–2 tbsp black sesame seeds (toasted, then ground or use black sesame paste)
1 cup warm almond milk or oat milk
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp ginger powder or 2–3 slices fresh ginger
1–2 dates, pitted (or 1 tsp raw honey, added after warming)

Optional: 1 tsp walnut butter or a small handful of soaked walnuts

Directions
1. Gently steam or simmer the pear with ginger until soft and fragrant.
2. Add the cooked pear, black sesame, dates, cinnamon, and warm milk to a blender.
3. Blend until smooth and velvety.
4. Warm gently on the stove if needed (do not boil).
5. Enjoy slowly, as a nourishing winter breakfast or afternoon tonic.

02/03/2026

Winter is nature’s invitation to rest.

The trees withdraw their energy to their roots.
The animals retreat into stillness.

In Chinese medicine, we’re meant to do the same — to rest, reflect, and rebuild our energy.

Slow down. Sleep more. Sip something warm.
Let your stillness be sacred. ❄️

02/02/2026