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Neva Healer Acupuncture

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Neva Healer Acupuncture

Services include acupuncture, massage, herbs, and nutritional consultation.

08/23/2025

It feels so good to finally put all of the pieces of my 20-year healing journey together into this 12-week coaching program. Soul Level Up will be launching September 1st! This is the program I wished I had 10 years ago. It’s designed to bring deep soul-level healing, clarity and action. If you’re ready to clear old blocks and level up your life, let’s do this! Visit my website to get more info and to schedule a free introductory call to see if this is the right program for you.

03/06/2025

Curious about Human Design? Want to know more about your energy and/or intuition style? Come join me for a Human Design workshop on Sunday 3/16! We will talk all things HD and you will get a personalized chart printout and interpretation. There is also room on Zoom for those that can’t make it in person. HD has changed my life and I am so excited to share it with you all! 💫

08/05/2024

Meditation does not have to be a big deal! But the results are a big deal. Less anxiety, less irritability, better focus - who doesn't want that? Just 5-minutes in the morning can make a profound difference. If monkey mind is holding you back, binaural beats really help me to drop in and focus. If you would like me to send you my favorite binaural beats playlist from Spotify, comment below. Or you can look them up on YouTube.

12/29/2023

Photo shoot with my team for our new website and product line coming in 2024! Stay tuned, we’re so excited! 😆 photo cred to the amazing .renee.photo #2024

11/29/2023

Sometimes your kids need a treatment too! My kids didn’t feel up for school today, they said they were too tired, and I don’t blame them - aren’t we all feeling a little low energy these days? With the winter solstice approaching, this is the lowest energetic phase of the year, the solstice being the absolute lowest. After winter solstice, the energy starts rising until it reaches its peak at the summer solstice. So this is the time of year we should be resting more, working less and going to bed earlier. With that in mind, I let my kids stay home today because I want them to learn to listen to their bodies. I realize not everyone agrees with this parenting technique but as a health care practitioner, I teach my kids the same things I teach my patients. I teach my patients to slow down, listen to their bodies and rest when they need to rest. Let’s all do our best to ease our way into 2024 as slowly as possible. It’s been a wild year!

11/18/2023

I had a good talk with a patient yesterday about her physical symptoms. She said, "I started to feel frustrated about it but I just had to turn my brain off and remember that it's not that bad". I replied, "I'm going to challenge you to go back to those feelings of frustration and just be with them. Because by "turning your brain off" you are actually avoiding your emotional body and letting your mind run the show." She got teary eyed. There was actually a lot of emotion underneath her physical symptoms. And most likely, those emotions had been in there for a long time. When we release this emotion, physical symptoms get better. Period. It doesn't always happen immediately but eventually the physical symptoms will slowly start to dissipate.

I have a lot of lovely patients who are naturally happy and optimistic by nature. They don't want to "be negative" and get down about their pain or whatever other physical symptom they are having. There is a misconception that by feeling your feelings, you might be "wallowing". Wallowing is actually not feeling your feelings. Wallowing is letting your mind run the show, thinking repeated negative thoughts about how horrible your situation is. If you actually just sit and feel the underlying grief or fear or anger, it doesn't take that long to let those feelings pass. Usually the feelings are done in less than 5 minutes! And then you can move on and feel much better physically as you go forward with your life. It can be hard to find the time, space and motivation to do this alone in our busy everyday lives. Feel free to book an appointment with me and we can help you through this process.

11/03/2023

Since learning that the subconscious accounts for about 88% of the way our mind functions, I have been obsessed with learning more about it over the past few years. I have been scouring and reprogramming my own and it has helped me in ways that I didn’t even know I needed. It has relieved anxiety that I didn’t realize was there, melted tension from my body, helped me emotionally and therefore helped all of my relationships. There are several ways to reprogram the subconscious (and I have tried most of them), EMDR happens to be my favorite. This is why we are offering this modality up to others to learn. It is a tool I wish I had in my toolbox decades ago. If you find you are triggered by others (even your most precious loved ones 😬) and you would like to not be - this is a tool for you! If you have anxiety and you don’t know why, healing your subconscious is a great place to start. Space is limited, link in bio. DM me for more info.

10/02/2023

My wife, Shannon, and I hosted our first EMDR workshop over the weekend and it was amazing. Shannon is a licensed therapist and certified in EMDR. We have both experienced and witnessed so much healing from this modality, we are excited to share it with others. It is great for people who have experienced trauma in any capacity, large or small. My favorite part of the workshop is explaining to people that most of us have micro-trauma from childhood, specifically in our pre-conscious memory ages. If you suffer from anxiety and/or depression and you don’t know why, or even inexplicable pain, this could be the root of it. We are looking forward to the next workshop in November. Stay tuned for more info 🙌🏼

10/01/2023

Fall is related to the Metal element and the organs associated with Metal are the lungs and large intestines. This might be a time of year that you notice things happening with these organs specifically; the lungs are in charge of the immune system in Chinese medicine and we all know this is when the lungs can be affected by common colds and flu bugs. Here are my favorite tips to take care of your immune system for this reason. (And obviously, acupuncture is my number one tip for boosting the immune system!)

Besides acupuncture, I suggest trying a saline + xylitol nasal spray as well as an antiviral/antibacterial mouthwash daily at the end of the day to kill any viruses you might have inhaled. This has kept me healthy as my kids bring home germs and cough them in my face over the past month since school has started (🙄). If you feel like you are really fighting something, I suggest the following: lots of water, no sugar (including fruits/juices), extra garlic, Vitamin C, Vitamin D and any herbal immune supplementation you might like (Echinacea, Gan Mao Ling, On Guard/Thieves Oil, colloidal silver, etc.).

And speaking of Vitamin D, this is the time of year all of us should be taking Vitamin D daily as we don’t produce enough naturally this time of year in northern California. I suggest Vit D daily October – April, depending on how much sunlight you are exposed to. Most insurances will cover a Vit D test if you want to go to your MD and get a blood panel done to see if you are deficient in Vit D (most Americans are). Vit D is great for the immune system and bone health as well as a preventative for many diseases including cancer, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. It is also a mood booster so it is critical for those of us who might get a little bluesy with the seasonal shift.

09/27/2023

We are now officially in autumn and therefore, the season of the Metal element. Metal corresponds to the emotion of grief and the energy of letting go. This is a good time of year to start reviewing the past year and start taking inventory of the things that might not serve us anymore. Think about how you can start letting these things go gradually and making space for things that better serve us in 2024.

With letting go comes grief. Don’t be alarmed if feelings of grief come up randomly. I thought I was done grieving our dog we put down in May, but just last week two separate interactions brought the tears up and out again. I am leaning into this grief because I know that is how it will pass quicker. As well, Metal also corresponds to spiritual connection and inspiration so this is a good time of year to re-instate your morning meditation practice. And if you have a regular practice already, you might notice the ability to go deeper during these sessions. This can also support our grieving and letting go process.

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3333 Mission Drive
Santa Cruz, CA
95065

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 6pm
Wednesday	2pm - 6pm
Friday	10am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 1pm

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+18313458902

Website

http://www.nevahealer.com/

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