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At the grocery store yesterday, I (with a full basket) asked the man behind me (with only one item) if he wanted to go i...
12/22/2025

At the grocery store yesterday, I (with a full basket) asked the man behind me (with only one item) if he wanted to go in front of me. “No, thank you” he said, “I’m in no hurry and I’m practicing patience”
Me, dumbfounded “oh! wow. 😅 I suppose at such a busy time you can choose to be patient or irritated huh?”
“Yep”

Thank you, man buying beer, for gifting me the lesson I needed for the remainder of the season.

Thank you to those who’ve celebrated with me thus far, and I look forward to those traditions still to come! HAPPY HOLIDAYS and Gentle Solstice Blessings to all. Shine your light big in the darkness, we need all of it!

I was riding my bike in the window between rain storms yesterday, rolling along the American River and marveling at the ...
11/17/2025

I was riding my bike in the window between rain storms yesterday, rolling along the American River and marveling at the trees, resplendent against the grey sky, leaves shiny from the storms. I started asking myself “Why is there so much beauty in this decay?”

As I approach middle age, I think a lot about garnered wisdom. One cannot have wisdom without age and not all of us are lucky enough to achieve either. Is it wisdom that creates our beauty as we “decline” from our youthful exuberance? Is our wisdom the beautiful leaves, falling away, catching the wind? Leaves become a blanket for the next generation to flourish after all, a layer of warmth for the seeds and the bugs and worms in hopeful expression that the womb of mother earth will bring new life forth in spring. Perhaps wisdom is our greatest fleeting gift to those in our communities and those we caretake. Our bright yellow flashes of warmth, deep red loving kindness and orange thoughtful words of caution. An autumn of leaves proclaiming a life lived fully, with mistakes and heartbreaks and trauma and wonder and love, recipes and hidden trails, all compiled into many different aspects of wisdom. I think this is so.

I hope you are staying warm, tending to your own hearts and pouring your kitchen magic into nourishing meals, creating many colors in your personal tree of wisdom.

Moving into metal seasonThe energetics of this time ask us what we can let go of. What leaves are ready to fall, what fr...
09/29/2025

Moving into metal season

The energetics of this time ask us what we can let go of. What leaves are ready to fall, what fruits have become too heavy to bear.

This is a season or energetic which holds the grief of loss and change, the inevitable destruction and consumption which precludes a new way, or a new life.

We hold these feelings in our lungs, so if you’re ready to start looking at them, or you simply want to activate and nourish the channels in the transition time, try some qi gong or eft tapping of the chest from the midline and out down the arms to the hands.

If you are feeling heavy as the weather changes, doing some shaking, and some qi gong tapping can help move this through your body.

Typically, the metal element is associated with dryness, but we’ve had a lot of pressure and moisture in the air in Northern California, so I’d recommend a light tea of chrysanthemum, orange peel and a little piece of ginger to keep things flowing.

Welcome Fall

Seasons are shiftingFruit is heavyLeaves are softly falling No matter your spiritual tradition, or none, the autumn begi...
09/03/2025

Seasons are shifting
Fruit is heavy
Leaves are softly falling
No matter your spiritual tradition, or none, the autumn begins a time of introspection and path into the darkness toward hopeful renewal
Gather your lessons
Count your blessings
In this earthly time between summer and fall, acknowledge what is passing before you on your tiny spot in the universe
And in the words of T.S. Elliot “Dare to eat a peach”

According to East Asian solar seasonal points and five element theory, we are transitioning from the yang outward energy...
08/11/2025

According to East Asian solar seasonal points and five element theory, we are transitioning from the yang outward energy of the Fire element to the supportive yin pivot time of the Earth Element.

This transition asks us: how are we digesting our lives?

How are we supporting ourselves in order to support those around us?

What important virtues must we pass all our decisions through in order to live a life that is harmonious to our Dao and reduces harm in the world?

How does caring for the earth, touching the earth, feeling gratitude toward the earth and for those who tend to the earth for us (like the many farm workers who grow our food) change our perspectives?

The earth season is also a time of bounty and counting. How is our harvest? What will I share and what will I need?

Earth is caring, holding, ready to compost out moded notions and birth new ones.

I am profoundly ready for some universal shifts and the earth will keep us listening and singing for what is right.

To work with the earth element: go outside, ponder these questions slowly, utilize yellow and brown and earth toned colors in your home, office, or on your body. Communicate and request/respond by listening deeply to what resonates with your core values.

The new moonThe dark moonThe mysterious moonTo be aligned with cycles is to understand waxing and waning, giving and rec...
06/26/2025

The new moon
The dark moon
The mysterious moon

To be aligned with cycles is to understand waxing and waning, giving and receiving, yin and yang

New moons represent the possibilities you might not see in the dark

The potential for new growth

The planting of seeds to nurture as the sun comes up

For the new moon in cancer maybe we are being asked:

How do we nurture ourselves so we can show up fully in our relationships?

How do we recognize where we need clear communication and prioritize this for our own well being and sense of safety and those in our community?

How are you listening deeply to your own emotional experiences and questioning what they have to gift you?
What boundaries do we have up that can be dismantled and which can be solidified?

How can we acknowledge the cyclical nature of all things and use this to find divine timing for our efforts to create the world we dream of?

What do you need to exist as yourself, comfy in your own original and most important home-your body?

Take care of yourself in this very turbulent world. We need all of us.

🌑 ✨

This is the first hibiscus bloom of the season at my studio, and the white of possibilities with the inner red of a warm heart was a cosmic a greeting for me this morning as I begin a new year on this 🌎

New Moon in 🦁 and in the midst of 🔥 season, living amongst war and tension like I’ve never seen.Maybe this asks us: How ...
06/26/2025

New Moon in 🦁 and in the midst of 🔥 season, living amongst war and tension like I’ve never seen.

Maybe this asks us:

How do we use our radiance for good?

How do we blossom amid panic to show others we also desire a new way of being? That it is indeed possible.

How do we use our voice, strong and true, to advocate for ourselves and our communities?

How do we continue to seek the sun, to shine through the cracks, to find courage to keep our hearts open?

How does your inner 🦁 want to care for your external pride?

What does compassionate leadership look like in this time of division and vitriol? How can you be true to your values without black and white thinking?

I think there’s so much to learn from cats, but I’m biased. I hope you can plant some good seeds for this next month, and keep watering them (resting, dreaming) because the fire element is hot hot hot

☀️ 🦁 🔥 ✨

🔔ONE GUARANTEED LOVE BUG OF A CAT LOOKING FOR A FOREVER HOME 🔔 A few months ago, this sweet long whiskered cat started s...
06/09/2025

🔔ONE GUARANTEED LOVE BUG OF A CAT LOOKING FOR A FOREVER HOME 🔔

A few months ago, this sweet long whiskered cat started sleeping on my front porch. Her friendly nature led me to believe she belonged to someone but as she was outside during inclement weather, that became less likely. We made her a cabin and fed her and in late February noticed she was pregnant.
Naturally, I invited her into our guest room and she delivered three adorable healthy babies.

Her kids are gone to their new homes, and she’s a little sad and looking for a warm cozy place to land.

I’ve been calling her Goldie. I think she is about 5 or 6 years old. She has a crooked tail (and so does one of her kittens 🥹). She loves to sit on your lap, be brushed, have her belly rubbed, and to make biscuits. She is small, about 9 lbs.

I think she’d do best in a house without other adult cats, but I have not tried to introduce her to my other cats at all, so I don’t really know.

She’s been friendly to every human who has met her and her babies throughout this process.

If you know anyone, or if you are an anyone who would love a certified cuddly cute cat, please reach out to me.

Important side note: she still needs to be spayed, and she is on a waitlist for this.

Five Element Preparation for Summer Summer is the season of the heart, governed by the element of FIRE-blossoming, bloom...
05/21/2025

Five Element Preparation for Summer

Summer is the season of the heart, governed by the element of FIRE-blossoming, blooming, becoming

It’s a time full of the energy of connection, events, celebrations and observable beauty that results from the upward shooting of the Spring WOOD season.

As in nature though, too much fire is harsh and detrimental. In an internal anthropomorphic ecosystem that might look like burnout or manic episodes.

So, to be prepared, it’s important to have in your toolbox: the cooling element of water, which is Fire’s grandmother, and the grounding stability of Earth, fire’s child. (There are other elemental resources too. Hopefully you did some pruning -Metal- in spring so you have already worked with intention on what is about to bloom)

1. Water: make time to be alone, make time to be slow, meditate, journal, slow meanders and deep breaths. Water cleanses and cools: gear up for cucumber salad szn

2. Earth: when you find yourself included in too many things, take good time to decide what aligns with your core values and what sings to your heart. If you are involved in difficult decisions and events, remind yourself of your connection to the earth mother and all of nature. Sit outside, go for a hike, talk to a flower

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We are currently at the midpoint between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice and the energetic flood that comes w...
05/09/2025

We are currently at the midpoint between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice and the energetic flood that comes with early summer: graduations, end of the school year, weddings, vacations

I think it’s important to remember that we cannot exist at the top of the energetic curve at all times and to accept and acknowledge the inevitable dips after a big push, or event. If we use these “after” times to take stock of what went well and how we hope to integrate what we learned, the lulls in life become important and less intimidating.

As the summer approaches, see if you can make time in your day or week for an internal re-cap, a meditation or a short ritual to keep you from flying away into the chatter of a million opportunities and burning out.

It’s almost strawberry season tho, and I cannot wait 🍓 ✨

Thank you Catalunya and everyone who made this trip great. Feeling very lucky to have had this experience 🥰Looking forwa...
05/02/2025

Thank you Catalunya and everyone who made this trip great. Feeling very lucky to have had this experience 🥰

Looking forward to seeing clients on Monday! Refreshed and excited to be back.

Thank you for your patience with my schedule as I attempt to leave the country for two weeks 😅Booking is open for the wh...
04/14/2025

Thank you for your patience with my schedule as I attempt to leave the country for two weeks 😅

Booking is open for the whole summer, so if you want to plan ahead with your own travel and camp schedules, go right ahead and use the link from PMA Acupuncture website or linktree in bio here.

I will do some email check ins, but phone access will be very limited.

Thank you for your support, as always, and for filling the Saturdays I opened in order to make this trip possible 💛

SEE YOU IN MAY 🧿

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