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Summer Wellness Series: Herbs for Late Summer
Healers + Makers Meetup with Cat Brooks, Friday September 14, 5-7 pm
Summer Wellness Series: Tasty Kitchen Medicine
Summer Wellness Series: Late Summer, transition and belonging

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Summer Wellness Series #7: Herbs + Supplements for Late Summer 🍄🌶️🥄💊⠀⠀ ⠀ This wisdom from @erinwoodacupuncture in our Summer Wellness Series really spoke to me today. Head to her website www.erinwoodacupuncture.com or click the link in my bio to read the whole article, including specific herbs and supplements she recommends for this time of year, and follow #tcmsummerwellness for all the posts in the series.⠀⠀ .⠀ .⠀ 🌾🌾🌾⠀ As we talk about the bigger picture in regards to health, it is important to remember that part of life is suffering. It is normal to not be well or what might be considered 100%. ⠀ 🌾🌾⠀ As health care practitioners, we are not trying to prevent any illness or death. Sometimes we need to be under the weather to build our immune systems or slow down. We are trying to find tools, foods, herbs, and habits that support us to feel less pain and more energy. ⠀ 🌾⠀ We are human and life is fragile and fleeting. The ebbs and flows, the yin and yang aspects, are normal. It is helpful to remember that in a capitalist society, we are rewarded for being productive and able to work as much as possible. That just isn’t realistic or compassionate.🌾❤️⠀ .⠀ #tcmsummerwellness #holistichealing #traditionalchinesemedicine #summer #healing #naturalhealth #naturalhealing #herbalmedicine #latesummer #northerncalifornia #sfbayarea #oakland #sanleandro #acupuncture #acupuncturists #traditionalmedicine #kitchenmedicine #holisticuniversity #diyhealing #selfcare #feminism #healtheworld
Shana Tova! Happy New year. May it be a year of peace, expansion, sweetness and return to the Source, for us and all the world. 🍎🍯🐝🌍🌎🌏 . . Return us to ourselves Return us to each other Return us to the earth Return us to our Land: the land beneath our feet Return us to This Moment Return us to our knowing remembering that we know Return us to our rhythms Return us to our drums Return us to sleep in the middle of the night Return us to our deepest desires our shared loves our clear visions Return us to our bodies to our breath to breathing easily Return us to knowing how beautiful we are Return us to ourselves Return us to each other From Hashiveinu: Return Us. By Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit
Oakland! Join me Friday September 14 from 5-7 to meet mayoral candidate @realcatbrooks and connect with other healers, makers and microbusiness owners and employees looking for solutions for our city, our patients and ourselves.⠀ .⠀ There's going to be prizes! Thanks to awesome donations from @rossacupuncture and @sagestaggsacupuncture you could leave this event inspired, refreshed and the proud owner of a new self-care goodie bag!⠀ .⠀ Swipe to see a snap of the spectacular botanical necklace and earring set from @impressedbynature that will be going home with a lucky attendee!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ Prizes include healing herbal teas from @rossacupuncture for pain, digestion, menstrual tonic and relaxation, @sagestaggsacupuncture 's amazing Clearing Mist with essential oils to purify your space, and some matching goodies from @angelica.peony, including Belly Soother Healing Herbal Oil, BeLoved Balm, Warming Menthol Balm and more!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ RSVPs not required but greatly appreciated! You can see more details at #linkinbio or by visiting bit.ly/CatBrooksSept14⠀ ⠀ #therealcatbrooks #thepeoplescampaign #oaklandmayor #aforceforchange #realhealing #healingforourcity #healthcareforall #community #healthycommunity #healingforall #makers #acupuncturists #holisticpolitics #workerrights #smallbusiness #microbusiness #womenownedbusiness #healingbeginseverywhere
Summer Wellness Series #6: Harmonizing Food and Drink for Late Summer 🌾🌻🌞🍈🍑🥕☕️⠀ ⠀ Read more about eating in harmony with the season, including some of my fave August/September recipes, at #linkinbio and follow #tcmsummerwellness for all the posts in the series.⠀ ⠀ The Flavour of the Season: Sweet 🍈🍑🥕⠀ Sweetness is the flavor associated with Late Summer, and is a dominant flavor in much of the produce now in season. Sweetness softens and relaxes us, and naturally sweet foods are deeply nourishing to our systems and our spirits. Too much sugar with our sweetness can overload the system, and leave us craving more sweet without feeling satisfied. Sweetness helps us the transition from the long days of summer into fall.⠀ ⠀ The Color of the Season: Gold. 🌾🌻🌞⠀ ⠀ Yellow, gold and orange are the colors associated with the Earth element, and are found in many of the foods in farmers' markets right now: squash, plums, peaches, pears, sweet potatoes, corn. In biomedicine terms, orange produce is rich is carotenoids (like beta-carotene) and B vitamins that are especially beneficial for the immune system, skin and eye health.⠀ ⠀ The Cuisine of the Season: Light and Warm 🍛🍠☕️⠀ ⠀ The Spleen is said to like warmth and hate dampness. Dumping cold, wet foods like ice cream, cold drinks and raw veggies is a good way to dampen our digestive hearth and find ourselves with kickback like bloating, belching, distention and gas, upset stomach and diarrhea. Well-cooked, high nutrient foods are like dry, fragrant wood that burns easily and doesn't leave stinky ash.⠀ #tcmsummerwellness #holistichealing #traditionalchinesemedicine #summer #healing #naturalhealth #naturalhealing #herbalmedicine #latesummer #northerncalifornia #sfbayarea #oakland #sanleandro #acupuncture #acupuncturists #traditionalmedicine #kitchenmedicine #holisticuniversity #diyhealing #selfcare #feminism #healtheworld
Hey. Did you know I'm an Instant Pot fan? If you follow my instagram or know me in person you know that the answer is HELL YEAH. The electric pressure cooker gets used pretty much every day in my household and I love to share my enthusiasm with my patients, friends or anyone I meet 😂⠀ .⠀ Join me at @energymattersacupuncture in Oakland on September 22 to learn the basics of using electric pressure cookers to cook easier👍 cheaper💰 and healthier🌞. There's only a few seats left, so sign up at the #linkinbio if you'd like to join me!⠀ .⠀ Doesn't this sound good?⠀ 👉Cook fiber rich legumes and whole grains in a flash when you get home from work.⠀ 👉Wake up to perfect steel cut oats or tender hard boiled eggs.⠀ 👉Enjoy braised and slow cooked dishes that take minutes, not hours.⠀ 👉Eat tasty things while learning.⠀ ⠀ You’ll leave class with the basics of how to use an electric pressure cooker for the building blocks of a healthy home cooked diet, troubleshoot common problems and how to choose which model and accessories are right for you. And we’ll eat too!⠀ ⠀ #instantpot #cooking #cookingclass #oakland #kitchenmedicine #kitchenwisdom #fasteasycooking #weeknightdinner #paleo #vegan #vegetarian #haes #pressurecooker #underpressure #braised #slowcooker #recipes #cooking #easypeasy
Friday, September 14, 5-7 pm on Piedmont Ave in Oakland: I'm throwing a special party for acupuncturists, healers and makers to meet @therealcatbrooks and learn about her plan for an Oakland that works for all of us. ⠀ .⠀ 🍹🌳🏘️Come and join me in meeting Oakland Mayoral candidate Cat Brooks For Oakland and let's talk about a progressive vision of our city that allows for real health and wellness! Prizes! Probiotic bevvies! Acu-Snax™️! Please invite colleagues and friends who live or work in Oakland and are healers, makers or microbusiness owners or employees. Event deets: bit.ly/CatBrooksSept14⠀ ⠀⠀ #therealcatbrooks #oaklandmayor #aforceforchange #realhealing #healingforourcity #healthcareforall #community #healthycommunity #healingforall #makers #acupuncturists #holisticpolitics #workerrights #smallbusiness #microbusiness #womenownedbusiness #healingbeginseverywhere
Summer Wellness Series #5: The energetics of Late Summer 🌞🍅🌾🌰⠀ .⠀⠀ Read more from @erinwoodacupuncture about connection, nourishment, harvesting and the gut-brain connection at #linkinbio and the rest of the posts in the series at #tcmsummerwellness⠀⠀ ⠀ @erinwoodacupuncture writes:⠀ ⠀ "The Earth element is the peacemaker. Earth is about home, community, comfort, family and bringing folks together. People who identify as being close to the earth element can be very practical, nurturing, and rooted. Loyalty and responsibility are additional characteristics, which can have a flip-side of people-pleasing, being overprotective, and selfish. People-pleasing or any codependent tendencies have a manipulative side to them if one is trying to get others to need them. When we help others and are of service, what is our motivation? Is there ego involved? Is there a savior complex playing a role? We need to check our intentions when it comes to needing to be needed, looking for something in return, keeping tabs, and eventually building resentments, which doesn’t build bridges."⠀ ⠀ #tcmsummerwellness #holistichealing #traditionalchinesemedicine #summer #healing #naturalhealth #naturalhealing #herbalmedicine #latesummer #northerncalifornia #sfbayarea #oakland #sanleandro #acupuncture #acupuncturists #traditionalmedicine #kitchenmedicine #holisticuniversity #diyhealing #selfcare #feminism #healtheworld
Love this on creativity and connection from @cicutoacu Reposting @cicutoacu: ⠀ ...⠀ "The Five elements and the Power of Pinterevening!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ A few years ago, Kirsten from @angelica.peony started a shared board for the two of us on @pinterest called “Pinterevening” where we post food, craft, spa, and other ideas and projects that we want to try together. We’re both makers at heart ❤️ .⠀ .⠀ How are the five elements expressed in creative activities and projects? I’ll use our flower wand project as an example 🌊 🌳🔥⛰ ⚔️ .⠀ .⠀ . 🌊 Water element: Will and drive to do things⠀ Saying “Let’s get together and make stuff” shows the spirit of the Water element. ➡️Before you even have a project to do, you need the will to do it.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ 🔥Fire element: inspiration. 💡 This is when the lightbulb goes on in your head about what projects you want to do. 🤝 😆 😊 ❤️ Connecting with people, laughter, joy and love align with the Fire element.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ 🌳Wood element: Guides our dreams and visions.⠀ The Wood element motivates us to do things with our ideas.⠀ 🌿 Kirsten had a lot of herbs in her garden and posted some ideas to our Pinterest board about what to do with them.⠀ Being active & doing creative projects align with the Wood element.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ ⛰Earth element: Making the visions a reality.⠀ The Earth element is about manifesting. 📆 Setting a date on your calendar, gathering supplies, harvesting herbs, and actually making things (like our 🌸 flower wands) align with the Earth element.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ ⚔️ Metal element: Appreciating the awesomeness ✨Admiring the beauty of your completed project.⠀ 💫Appreciating your friend and the time you spend with her doing crafty stuff together. 🗑Tidying up after yourself, letting go of things you no longer need, and creating space for new things align with the Metal element.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ 🌊 🌳🔥⛰ ⚔️ Try the 5 Element Healing Anointing Oils created by @angelica.peony and @cicutoacu .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #5elementanointingoils #essentialoils #fiveelements #herbalmedicine #linkinbio #plantwisdom #alchemy #traditionalchinesemedicine #shoplocal #shopoakland #shopalameda #naturalhealing #naturalperfume #aromatherapy #angelicaandpeony #cicutoacupuncture #alchemicalhealin