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Acupuncture glow selfie with the always radiant @hathaholisticwellness . Happy birthday!
The personal is political. This is a slogan I was 'raised' on as a baby activist. I'm reminded of it every day, and it's intrinsic to how I understand my work as a healer. There's no health without dignity, rights, respect, equity. There's no soul without celebration of all of us in all our differences. In love and solidarity with my trans and nb loved ones and community members facing yet another nonsense pronouncement. "The SOURCE lifts up the downtrodden; and casts the wicked to the ground." Psalm 147 #transrights #humanrights #healingbeginseverywhere #healtheworld #beautyiseverywhere #thepersonalispolitical #feminism
Abortions are part of healthcare, and they save people's lives in many ways, including physically. My partner and I will be making a donation to @abortionfunds today. Let's talk about abortion, let's support our sisters and brothers in Alabama and Georgia, let's heal the world. ❤️❤️❤️ #abortionrights #humanrights #abortionhealthcare #healers #womenshealth #abortioncareisprolife #prowomanprochildprochoice ❤️❤️❤️ From "Right-to-Life" by Marge Piercy ... Now you legislate mineral rights in a woman. You lay claim to her pastures for grazing, fields for growing babies like iceburg lettuce. You value children so dearly that none ever go hungry, none weep with no one to tend them when mothers work, none lack fresh fruit, none chew lead or cough to death and your orphanages are empty. Every noon the best restaurants serve poor children steaks. ... I will choose what enters me, what becomes, flesh of my flesh. Without choice, no politics,no ethics lives. I am not your cornfield, not your uranium mine, not your calf for fattening, not your cow for milking. You may not use me as your factory. Priests and legislators do not hold shares in my womb or my mind. This is my body. If I give it to you I want it back. My life is a non-negotiable demand.
I haven't used the stories function a lot, but I snapped some pics of today's meal prepping and shared it. Are you interested in this type of stuff? Do you meal plan or prep meals ahead? What are your methods? #Mealprepmonday #mealplanmonday #lifeskills #kitchenhealing #kitchenwitch #healingfoods #selfcare #naturalhealth #kitchenmedicine #tofu #kale #quinoa
☠️ Chemical sensitivity is an increasingly common issue, which can be severe and life-altering. Many people experience "milder" but still serious reactions to chemicals including the fragrances in many personal care and cleaning products. ☠️☠️☠️ I said the above in a convo on social media with Denise of @cicutoacu . It does suck to be affected by someone else's perfume, the smell of their laundry soap, or by cleaning products in a work place or building you walk into and suddenly have a migraine, hives, or an asthma attack. ☠️ Personally, you can be a non-toxic fellow citizen by using unscented personal care products like shampoo and laundry detergent, and giving up perfume. You'll also spare yourself from exposure to these harmful chemicals. ☠️☠️ Even though it's important to think about how we can be thoughtful of those around us, chemical sensitivity is not an individual problem... It's part of a toxic stew of chemicals in our world that should never be made in the first place. We need global solutions to this and other environmental issues. #greennewdealsmellsgood ☠️☠️☠️ Unfortunately, even natural products like essential oils can trigger some people with sensitivities, so totally scent-free environments mean no essential oils. A great resource I refer to for how to be in scent-free spaces is the guide put out by @ebmc_oakland . Ok, coming down from my (unscented) soap box. (Thanks to @cicutoacu for talking about this with me. If you have MCS or environmental illness and are able to educate me more or suggest resources, I'd be grateful.) . #greennewdeal #toxin #toxinfree #chemicalsensitivity #fragrance #detergent #nontoxic #essentialoils
Yesterday's email exchange with one of my amazing customers (and what natural plant based skincare means btw) 📧📨 "Thank you so much for your recent order! Unfortunately I have run into an issue due to ingredient sourcing - one of the ingredients in 3 in 1 Serum, hazelnut oil, has been affected by crop shortages. I have sourced a new supplier, right from a farm in Oregon, but this has caused a production delay at my end. I estimate it will be another week or 10 days before I'm able to ship your order. 📨📨📨 I really appreciate your understanding and support of truly handmade, locally sourced natural skin care! Of course, if it's not possible for you to wait or you need to change or cancel your order, please let me know." . 📨📨📨her response: "Ok thanks for letting me know! I will wait. This is the only skin care product I like! [There is] a face oil that costs $185 which I had previously used but then I found your 3 in 1 serum and I actually like yours better." 😍😳❤️ . Stay tuned for more information about hazelnut oil and my new supplier - I chatted with the farm on the phone yesterday! 🌳🌰❤️ 🌳 #naturalbeauty #facialoil #hazelnut #oregon #california #westcoast #naturalskincare #microbusiness #herbalhealthcare #plantmagic #facialserum #acne #oilyskin #oilcleansing #shoplocal
Last month @energymattersacupuncture shared my second blog post in a series we're calling 'unconventional wisdom' Read the whole thing at www.energymatterseastbay.com ⏩THERE'S NOTHING GOOD ABOUT BEING HEALTHY⏪ 😮 That’s an eye-catching headline right? Let’s dig a little deeper. At Energy Matters, our mission is to help you live a long, strong and healthy life. It feels good to have energy to do the things we want, to have a sense of well-being, to enjoy life and a long lifetime of experiences and time with loved ones. We’re here to support you in accessing all those things, and as you can imagine it is rewarding and satisfying work! ❤️ As good as it feels to support our bodies with choices that enhance our well-being, something I hear from a lot of patients is “I’ve been bad!” I ate this thing, or I didn’t exercise, or I skipped acupuncture. It’s a very slippery slope from ‘it feels good to do these activities” to “I’m good if I do these things” to “I’m BAD if I don’t do them.” Adding a dimension of morality to our health is, well, unhealthy! Healthy people aren’t morally superior, and sick people aren’t bad or wrong. ⏩Sickness, injury, ageing and even death are natural parts of human experience that visit everyone. They’re not punishments for not going to yoga class or eating enough kale.⏪ ❤️ In fact, when we lock ourselves into the good/bad dichotomy around our health, we often cut ourselves off from making small, sustainable changes, instead getting caught up in ideas of what we’re supposed to be doing, or suffering emotional pain for being ‘bad’ on top of physical pain we may be enduring. ❤️ ⏩Let’s think beyond the binary of good/bad or healthy/unhealthy.⏪ Being in loving awareness of ourselves means we can be curious and non-judgemental about our choices, our habits and our patterns, as well as those of other people. How do I feel when I do a certain thing regularly? What is my body and my spirit telling me about my choices? ❤️ #haes #health #bodypositive #ageing #selflove #concerntrolling #mindfulness #acupuncture #holistichealing #oaklandlocal #unconventionalwisdom 📸 in graphic @byrawpixel
DON'T TELL ME I HAVE PMS! Seriously I am in a MOOD today, and talking to others come to find out I'm not alone. It's May 1, the peak of Spring, the start of the Summer season, and the Wood element is not going quietly! Crabby, restless, irritable, skin feels too tight, and absolutely no patience for patriarchy's BS today. I got some exercise, took some herbs, used Swimming Dragon Oil and am drinking tons of lemon water. I may watch Knock The House Down on Netflix later 😝✊🗳️ Tomorrow I'll practice Sword Form Taichi with @cicutoacu (*chop*⚔️) and get some acupuncture at @energymattersacupuncture How are you feeling? Is spring going out with a ROAR for you too? Check my blog (link in bio) for my fave Wood element balancing strategies #doallthethings #TraditionalChineseMedicine #spring #summer #woodelement #taichi #swordform #swimmingdragon #essentialoils #acupuncture #lioness #patriarchy #herbalhealthcare #pms #womenshealth #peopleshealth #instawitches