Your medicine is to tend to your grief

In Chinese Medicine each season brings us themes and with them an opportunity to work on them in our lives.

Autumn and the metal element offer us the opportunity to care more deeply for ourselves around grief. Whether it’s a fresh loss, lingering sadness or just feeling more blue about the state of the world or the fading warmth and light. If you’re feeling tender or melancholy, this is not time to sweep those feelings away but rather to sit with them in self-compassionate witnessing.

The metal element is also concerned with life’s deeper meaning and is supported by activities and perspectives that nurture awe and inspiration. And, as much as we classically think of the metal element as linked to spirituality or religion, each element has its own unique relationship to or expression of these themes that transcend spiritual beliefs or identification with specific cosmologies.

If you’d like to geek out a little more, here is an old video where I discuss the five elements and spirituality:

Whether you’re navigating existential frustration, processing collective grief, or exploring how to express spirituality in a way that matches your elemental design, acupuncture can provide meaningful support.

Would you like to get to work on this? You can schedule your first or next session : opens in a new window:HERE::

The office will be open on Monday, November 24, and closed Tuesday November 25th through December 1. You can grab an appointment for pre-Thanksgiving support opens in a new window::HERE::

I’m so grateful for your business and the trust that you place in my care. In order to operate the practice effectively and provide the level of care that you expect, my rates will increase on January 1, 2026. Rates for return patient visits will go up to $140.

To make this transition easier, I want to give you an opportunity to pre-pay for visits based on 2025 rates: