Mind Body Medicine

Social Activism Liberated from the “Us versus Them” Mentality – Metta Meditation

Blog 2023, Environmental Healing, Mind Body Medicine / By

*I gave this talk on July 29, 2023, at an Interfaith Prayer Ceremony standing beneath Luma the Cedar, in Seattle, on traditional, unceded Coast Salish land of the Duwamish, Suquamish, Muckleshot, Snoqualmie, Puyallup, and Tulalip people. Good evening. My name is Jordan Van Voast, I’ve been a practicing Buddhist for around 30 years. I don’t …

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#LUMA – Trees are Life

Blog 2023, Environmental Healing, Mind Body Medicine, seattle / By

I heard about LUMA less than a week ago – an old growth cedar tree in North Seattle destined to be cut to the ground at the orders of a Bellevue based real estate development company, and approved by City of Seattle. What? In the hottest year on the planet in the last million years? …

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Chinese Medicine and Allergies

Blog 2023, Community Acupuncture, Mind Body Medicine, Nutrition / By

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Allergies Health in Traditional Chinese Medicine is always understood in the context of an inter-relationship between the external environment and the internal health of the person – body and mind. External factors like excess heat, dryness, damp, wind, cold, pollen, smoke, dust, chemicals in the environment and certain foods can become …

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New Service Offering at CommuniChi – Focused Hands-On Energy Healing

Blog 2023, Mind Body Medicine, Peace / By

This morning, a person suffering from Long Covid – an instance where the Coronavirus becomes deeply embedded in the individual’s body – presented with extreme anxiety. While acupuncture can definitely be effective in such situations, it is also true that for some individuals, needle stimulation can increase anxiety. So we decided instead to try a …

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Mental health recharge (March 17-22)

Blog 2023, Community Acupuncture, Mind Body Medicine, Peace / By

The world never stops but we can at any time. I do every day – snatching a quiet reflective breath whenever I think of it, or perhaps 20 minutes before breakfast. But sometimes, it is good to take more time, to go deeper, to spend time with your loved ones so that relationships are fresh and alive and not running on AI.

Beginner’s Meditation – Saturday mornings January 14 and 21 at 830am.

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I’ve been offering an online meditation course for the past several months on Saturday mornings.  I first started meditating when I was 16 and have studied Buddhism for the past 30 years, primarily in the Tibetan tradition. My teachers, Venerable Thubten Chodron and Yangsi Rinpoche have both encouraged me to teach. I still consider myself …

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Purification by Water and Light

Blog 2023, Community Acupuncture, Environmental Healing, Mind Body Medicine / By

Gratitude to all teachers, friends, and acupuncture clients for being a part of my life. Gratitude to the land, and the indigenous tribes of the Salish Sea for their wisdom and guidance in the challenging times ahead. Gratitude to the air, water, earth, sun and spirit. I look forward to seeing and serving you in …

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Bike Hike Wilderness Musings in Olympic National Park

Blog 2022, Hiking, Mind Body Medicine / By

We left Seattle at 5am after three(?) weeks of climate change smoke prison in Seattle and more sedentary time indoors than usual. There was a hint of clearer air quality out in the Olympics so my wife and I decided to go for it. It’s almost 10 miles to the hot springs from the Madison …

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Reflections from the Trail – Elwha River 2022

Blog 2022, Hiking, Mind Body Medicine, Peace / By

I often tell my clients that we spend too much time up in our heads in modern life, not fully present in our bodies and the full range of sensory experience. As we juggle work, family and a seemingly endless to-do list, we often rush through our lives without stopping to see the beauty that …

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Mental Health Day in the Snowy Mountain Paradise – Mount Teneriffe

Blog 2022, Environmental Healing, Hiking, Mind Body Medicine, Peace / By

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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