Jennifer Tom Acupuncture

Workshop Alert!! I am so excited to announce this workshop on meditation, yoga and acupuncture! ___ Taking place at VITAL climbing gym and teaming up with yoga instructor Liz Kemp, we’re gonna be talking about meditation, yoga, acupuncture, and giving you practical tools to help you decrease stress and anxiety, increase focus and promote relaxation in your daily life. We’ll do a short talk, Liz will lead a 1 hour all levels yoga flow to calm the mind, and then the practic...e will finish with an extended savasana and mini ear acupressure (aka ear seeds!) treatment from me Space is limited, so sign up soon before it’s sold out! ___ DETAILS Saturday October 26 1:30 - 3:30 VITAL Climbing Gym in Oceanside Sign up at the gym, or on MindBody online See more

Another great article about how acupuncture can help with chronic pain, headaches and more!

The headline says it all! https://www.vogue.com//acupuncture-guide-benefits-pain-anx

Fascinating article about the vagus nerve and the mind body connection. Check it out!

Cheers to Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, my alma mater! https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com//acupuncture-for-home

Great article explaining acupuncture and answering any questions you might have about treatments and finding the right acupuncturist for you! https://www.gq.com/story/gq-guide-to-acupuncture

If the thought of a cold smoothie on a cold morning doesn't sound tasty, try out these tips to warm up your breakfast! https://www.mindbodygreen.com//how-to-make-smoothies-healt

Spend your lunch break recharging with acupuncture! https://www.forbes.com//the-new-wall-street-power-lunch-/

IN THE NEWS Damp Food Vs Dry FoodAccording To Traditional Chinese Medicine It's thought to impact the internal balance of the body.... While damp probably isn’t a word you’ve associated with food before, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) considers the impact of some foods on the internal balance of the body to be either damp or dryand neither extreme is ideal. Here’s what you should know about this school of thought, and how to tell if certain foods are having a damp or drying effect on your internal systems. Dampness and dryness are two of the six pernicious influences (essentially the six evils that are thought to disrupt your body) in TCM that are believed to affect your body’s balance and cause illness and disharmonyalong with cold, heat, wind and summer heat. Basically, after being consumed and digested, some foods are thought to create an environment of internal dampness or dryness. Although some people are inherently predisposed to be either damp or dry, it’s thought that diet really exacerbates this existing predisposition...

Mainstreaming eastern medicine! https://www.dailymemphian.com//BlueCross-removes-Oxycontin

Traditional Chinese herbs are beautiful!

Neck and shoulder stretches, with pictures!

Acupuncture in the ER!