Mental Health Day in the Snowy Mountain Paradise – Mount Teneriffe
By Jordan | | Blog 2022, Environmental Healing, Hiking, Mind Body Medicine, Peace
Last week, this body was enduring pain due to too much heavy lifting and gardening. A little secret – a good long walk naturally adjusts the spine, bringing it into alignment. As usual, I always check the forecast before heading out into the mountains – morning showers in North Bend. Not too bad I figured …
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Spring 2022 Clinic Update – Advice for Difficult Times
By Jordan | | Blog 2022, Community Acupuncture, COVID-19, Peace
Happy spring! As of this blog post, the rate of COVID-19 transmission is labeled “low” by King County Department of Health, with only 53.5 new cases per 100,000 residents in the past 7 days. While there have been reports of new variants posing a threat in various parts of the world, these threats haven’t manifested …
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Mommy – I love it when you come from acupuncture
By Jordan | | Blog 2022
A patient, Jen, recently shared with me an interaction she had with her 3 year old (still nursing) daughter. Jen asked her daughter if it would be okay if she went to visit with another parent and their two kids to play, while she received acupuncture. Her child told her, “sure, it’s okay mom.” Jen …
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Please Wear a KN95 Mask or Double Mask
By Jordan | | Blog 2022, Community Acupuncture
COVID cases are dropping fast in King County – 50% decrease over the past 7 days (see graph below), but transmission levels are still considered high. A recent article in the Washington Post reported on a study which showed the effectiveness of wearing a KN95 mask in offering “the best chance of avoiding infection”. Please …
Precious Human Life Twenty Twenty Two
By Jordan | | Blog 2022, Mind Body Medicine, Peace
This human life is incredibly precious, though we often take it for granted. From a Buddhist perspective, our experience in life – happiness or suffering, success or problems, sickness or health, begins with our own mind – the seeds of karma we’ve planted in this and previous lives on an infinite journey across time and …