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03/06/2026

We’re at the threshold. That peculiar moment in late winter when the snow is melting, daylight has shifted (sunset now at 6pm!), and we’ve just passed the lunar new year’s midpoint.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), this is the tail end of winter’s inward, conserving energy and the beginning of spring’s outward movement toward growth and regeneration. Your body is already sensing the shift. Spring arrives with particular challenges. The question is whether you meet it with intention or let the transition happen to you.

DEHYDRATION
By late winter many people are dehydrated at the cellular level. Dry indoor heat, drinking less in colder months, and winter’s inward rhythm all reduce fluid reserves and slow circulation. As spring’s Liver energy begins to activate, the body needs both fluids and minerals to restore movement and support detoxification. Early spring is an ideal time to remineralize and rebuild hydration.

• Mineral Tea
• Seaweed Soup
• Quinton Hypertonic

MOVEMENT
The lymphatic system has no pump—it relies on movement. After winter’s slower pace, fluids can stagnate and the body’s clearing processes can slow. Gentle practices like lymphatic massage, dry brushing, and rebounding help stimulate circulation and prepare the body for spring’s shift from conservation to release.

• Gua Sha Tools
• Ionic Body Brush
• Sasawashi Tools

MOODS
Winter stores and conserves; spring asks us to open and move. This shift can surface tension held in the Kidney system during winter, often showing up as irritability, restlessness, or overwhelm as Liver energy rises. Calming rituals help the nervous system release winter’s hold and transition more smoothly into spring.

• Visions Mood Mist
• Herbal Coffee
• Calm Adaptogens

Head over to The Journal for our latest post: https://bokettowellness.com/blogs/journal/it-s-early-spring

03/05/2026

We are loving this beautiful warm weather! Come on by and see what’s new at the shop.

03/04/2026

✨ NEW AT THE SHOP ✨

Snow Chrysanthemum + Jasmine Green non-alcoholic fermented teas from Unified Ferments. Using the chemistry of kombucha fermentation to unpack and translate tea into a novel context, Unified Ferments has created a non-alcoholic offering that sits comfortably in stemware.

Jasmine Green is made in the traditional fermented beverage style with eight different, fresh, whole jasmine buds, plus a medley of eucalyptus, tuberose, and green peach—which undertones the elegant expression of jasmine flowers.

Snow Chrysanthemum is a hardy, nutritionally dense varietal of Chrysanthemum which spends nearly half of its life buried under snow in China’s Kunlun Mountain area. This adaptation causes its flavor to depart substantially from the powdery delicacy of regular Chrysanthemum, and it instead presents a luxuriously warm, enveloping and verdant tea.

In TCM, chrysanthemum is often turned to for clearing heat and supporting the eyes and liver, while green tea lightly moves and awakens. Together, they create a brew that feels both cleansing and steadying — floral, slightly sweet, and alive with fine bubbles from fermentation.

A beautiful companion for slow rituals, journaling, or a mid-afternoon reset.

Sip. Breathe. Return to your Boketto moment. Available in store and online: https://bokettowellness.com/pages/search-results-page?q=united%20ferments

03/03/2026

Virgo Full Moon + Total Lunar Eclipse | 3.3.2026

This is more than a Full Moon — it’s a total lunar eclipse, when the Earth casts its shadow across the Moon, magnifying release and revelation. Eclipses tend to accelerate timelines. What isn’t sustainable becomes clear.

With the Moon in Virgo, the focus turns to the body, daily rituals, and the systems quietly shaping your wellbeing. This energy invites refinement — not perfection. Small, thoughtful adjustments now create lasting change.

Through a TCM lens, Virgo resonates with the Earth element — Spleen and Stomach energy — our center of digestion, nourishment, and worry. When out of balance, we may notice overthinking, fatigue, bloating, or feeling ungrounded.

This moon asks:
• Are you ‘digesting’ your life well?
• Are you nourishing yourself as much as you give?
• Are you fixating on perfection or control too much?

Themes to notice:
• Nervous system regulation
• Digestive health + gut intuition
• Overcommitment or burnout
• Critical inner dialogue
• Where you are over-serving

The energy builds a few days before, integrates in the week after, and continues unfolding over the next 3–6 months — especially around routines, boundaries, and sustainable wellness.

Ritual ideas:
Begin your morning in stillness before screens. Place a hand on your abdomen and breathe deeply to support Earth energy. Write down one habit to release and one to strengthen. Bury the release in soil as a symbolic reset.

Virgo’s refining energy pairs beautifully with sound healing. Gentle humming or vocal toning helps regulate the nervous system, stimulate the vagus nerve, and move stagnant energy through the body. This eclipse may activate the throat center — inviting clear, honest expression. Even a few minutes of steady, intentional sound can feel deeply grounding and cleansing.

Herbal allies: chamomile, lemon balm, peppermint, nettle, lavender — gentle support for digestion, tension, and emotional clearing. Sip warm herbal infusions slowly and mindfully.

This eclipse feels corrective rather than chaotic.
A steady recalibration back to center.

03/01/2026

Nicky Bienstock is Boketto’s newest practitioner, offering Somatic Breath to our community. Welcome, Nicky!

Rooted in nervous system science and embodied awareness, their work may sound esoteric at first, but it’s deeply practical. Somatic Breath helps you understand how you’re breathing now, and how small shifts can support regulation, resilience, and repair.
Through one-on-one sessions, Nicky guides clients toward a more integrated relationship with their breath—and, in turn, with their own internal rhythms.

We’re excited for you to get to know Nicky and the steady, thoughtful presence they bring to this work, but also personally, through our latest…

PRACTITIONER SPOTLIGHT
NICKY BIENSTOCK

Share your one-sentence elevator pitch?
Life is short but also long, breathing is the only constant and the only thing we can genuinely control.

If you weren’t doing Somatic Breath, what would you do/be?
Nothing, but would be cool to talk about books, movies, and tv for money

Your Memoir’s title?
Alchemy, Tea, & Cats

Read the full Q&A on The Journal — https://bokettowellness.com/blogs/journal/get-to-know-nicky-bienstock?_kx=8ymmkYuJVrdLLZRo06v-WeyujHtFfbw8_UePGUFK33Y.XBNL5c

02/28/2026

Meet NOIR — a true embodiment of Boketto and the beauty of a Boketto Moment.

This scent opens with succulent, bright notes of yuzu citrus and plum, then slowly deepens into a resinous amber base. It’s a gentle reminder of the light that emerges from darkness — the clarity we find when we pause, soften, and close our eyes.

Hand-poured with clean-burning coconut wax and a proprietary blend of phthalate-free, non-toxic fragrances, NOIR is crafted to support stillness, reflection, and quiet return.

Light it.
Exhale.
Let the vision come to you.

02/27/2026

We have TWO spots newly open for this Sunday’s Sound Bath & Tea Ceremony with Kelley — 3/1 from 6:00-7:30pm, $35 per guest. Head over to our events page to signup or keep reading for a mini recap from February’s session.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, winter is the season of the Kidneys — our root energy, our deep reserves, our foundation.

As crystal bowls carried us into quiet, we sipped the Kidney Tea Blend from Rasananda Ayurveda — a warming, grounding infusion crafted to nourish and support kidney energy during the colder months. Every cup was a reminder that restoration is productive, and rest is powerful.

Thank you to everyone who gathered in community to soften, sip, and receive. Your presence made the evening sacred 🤍

Here’s to deep nourishment, aligned rhythms, and honoring the wisdom of the season.

TeaCeremony SeasonalLiving

02/23/2026

HONORING SPRING: A TCM APPROACH FREE E-BOOK by Boketto Wellness

Enjoy our free downloadable PDF “Spring: A TCM APPROACH” by the Boketto Wellness team.

Through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), springtime is associated with the element Wood— and the Wood element represents the liver and the gall bladder. The liver function is called the Oﬃcial of Strategic Planning, the grand architect for our vision of the future; this oﬃcial sees the directions we must take to live our lives in harmony with nature. Its companion, the Gall Bladder Oﬃcial, gives the ability to make decisions and judge wisely. During this transitional season, we want especially to take advantage of opportunities for growth through the observations and insights that come from others as well as from ourselves.

It can be painful to see ourselves through diﬀerent, and perhaps clearer eyes, particularly aspects of ourselves that we are unaware of. Similarly, it can be diﬃcult to convey an unpalatable truth to others. While the energy of spring supports and challenges us to grow and change, we may feel discomfort from these processes. We can temper our pangs with the warmth of friendship, as well as with the recognition that we all experience growing pains in the process of realizing our potential.

This ebook is a compilation of Boketto Founder & Acupuncturist, Jelena Nikolajevic’s TCM know-how, practices, and product suggestions.

Simply add to your cart to download the free PDF and enjoy at your convenience whenever needed.

02/17/2026

A Boketto Moment for the New Moon in Pisces & Lunar New Year 🧧

New Moon in Pisces — the sign of surrender, intuition, and sacred endings that become beginnings.
Honoring emotions, and letting things flow like water. Less doing, more dissolving. Less planning, more trusting.

Lunar New Year — as we enter the Year of the Fire Horse we welcome in vitality, courage, momentum, and heart-led freedom.

If last year was about shedding…
this year is about movement.
Forward. Brave. Unapologetically alive.

Like this vintage card reading 新禧恭賀 (“wishing you new joy”),
this portal holds both stillness and ignition —
Pisces dissolves the old story,
Fire Horse runs toward the new one.

🌑 New Moon in Pisces rituals:
• Write down what you are ready to release and burn it safely
• Take a cleansing salt bath or shower ritual
• Set one intuitive, soul-aligned intention (not a hustle goal)
• Spend time in silence, prayer, or near water

🧧 Lunar New Year traditions (Day 1 + following days):
• Deep clean the home before New Year to clear stagnant qi
• Open windows on New Year’s morning to welcome fresh energy
• Wear red for protection and vitality
• Share oranges or tangerines (symbols of prosperity)
• Offer gratitude to ancestors or light incense
• Avoid sweeping, arguing, or speaking negatively on Day 1
• Visit family or exchange blessings within the first 3 days
• Give red envelopes (hongbao) to children or loved ones

What intention are you carrying into this new cycle?

02/14/2026

✨ Nine years of Boketto Wellness ✨

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the number 9 is powerful. It represents completion, mastery, longevity, and the height of Yang energy — the final step before a new cycle begins. Nine is wisdom earned through experience. It is integration. It is harvest.

As we celebrate 9 years, I feel that deeply.

What began as a quiet calling has grown into a living, breathing community — rooted in rhythm, nourishment, seasonal living, and honoring the body’s innate intelligence. In TCM philosophy, 9 is also associated with the fullness of Heaven’s energy — a reminder that when we align with nature’s timing, we are supported.

To every client, student, friend, and supporter who has trusted us with your healing journey… thank you. Your referrals, your messages, your presence at workshops, your shared posts — you have carried this work forward. You are the reason this medicine continues to ripple outward.

Nine years is not just a milestone — it’s a threshold.

A completion.
A deep exhale.
A bow of gratitude.
And the opening of a brand new cycle.

Thank you for walking this path with us.

–Jelena & The Boketto Team

02/13/2026

The shop got a little refresh thanks to ! Just in time for the Lunar New Year next Tuesday, February 17th🧧

The Lunar New Year marks a powerful energetic reset—a time to clear the old and consciously welcome new beginnings. In the days leading up to it, it’s helpful to physically declutter your home (especially entryways, kitchens, and bedrooms), sweep out dust and stagnant corners, and take out broken or unused items to symbolize releasing last year’s residue.

Wash bedding, open windows to circulate fresh air, and consider cleansing rituals such as burning incense, diffusing citrus or pine oils, using sound (bells, chimes, music), or taking a salt bath to reset your own energy field. Settle debts, finish lingering tasks, and clarify intentions for the year ahead so you’re not carrying unfinished business forward.

You can also prepare fresh fruit, flowers, or nourishing foods to symbolize abundance and vitality. The key is to create spaciousness—physically and emotionally—so when the new lunar cycle begins, your environment and spirit feel clear, intentional, and ready to receive.

02/12/2026

Love can look like sleeping in late together, holding hands at the grocery, pulling out old photos and remembering who you’ve been to each other. It can be presence, patience, attention—given and received. AND… if a gesture of affection happens to take physical form, we have ideas.

PLUS with our 9th Anniversary landing on Valentine’s Day, we want to show our love for you with a little extra something. Read on, lovers!

1. Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Bar:
Always a classic choice, but Casa Bosques from Mexico City, makes “yeahyeahyeah”, unexpected.

2. Hazelnut Chocolate Spread:
Drizzle on ice cream, scoop by the spoonful, dip strawberries in—spread the love…literally!

3. Ha Ko Paper Incense:
Sandalwood, Jasmine, Cinnamon, Citrus, and Floral, in a wooden gift box. Done and done.

4. Cassis NA Black Currant Aperitif:
A refreshing blackcurrant aperitif base with vibrant botanicals, citrus, and very subtle bitters.

5. Lapiz Matte Body Oil:
Monastery skin care is the whole package. Divine scents, luxury feel PLUS… she performs.

6. Jasmine Damask Rose Soap:
These impressive Soap Bricks by Flamingo Estate are a sight to behold, and to hold (& to smell).

7. Corner Studios Silk Cord Necklace:
Locally made here in RVA by artist and designer Victoria Boone, a truly unique one of a kind piece.

8. Pure Beeswax Candles:
Beeswax emits a singular kind of warm light that creates an especially soothing atmosphere.

9. Permission to Rest:
What we all want, and need—rest. This book is gives your Valentine the nod to prioritize rest.

The number nine… According to numerology, the energy of nine represents completion, but not finality. It’s about the ending of one cycle and the potential it creates for another cycle to begin. Nine is transformation: Numerology or not, nine years feels like an especially sweet marking of time. What was and, what’s to come!

PS. All week, with any purchase of $100+ we’re gifting a full sized product from our very own line, Boketto LAB. Just mention the “9th Anniversay Gift” at checkout (or write it in the notes section when online shopping), and we’ll add this little delight, to enjoy. Sent with love. While supplies last ;-)

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Richmond, VA
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Tuesday	11am - 6pm
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Thursday	11am - 6pm
Friday	11am - 6pm
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Founded in the Fan in early 2017, we here at Boketto constantly strive to be a holistic resource for the Richmond community and beyond. We curate an expansive apothecary of clean, organic supplements and herbs, in addition to our stock of green beauty, skin care, and home goods! Our educational workshops are listed on our website, www.bokettowellness.com, but we love to talk about our products and welcome all the questions you may have. Come see us, learn something new, and say “hi” to our shop dog Ollie V!