Summer Time is Heart time!

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Eating, drinking, and moving in accordance with the season can help guide your body back to its natural state of balance so that you can maintain good health .


Summertime is the season of the heart: it is the time of the hottest, most active time of year. Summer is associated with the fire element; for action, new adventures, and new relationships.The season of ultimate joy, summertime is a great time to reflect on whether your life, consider whether you activities fill you with joy, make positive changes, and find your passion.

The heart pumps oxygen and nutrients to our whole body through our blood, energizing our body and mind the same way that summer energizes us to move out of our comfort zone. Use that motivation! Exercise gets your blood moving and helps your heart energize your body and mind to get things done.  Get your blood moving and support your increased energy this season.

To find a focus between energy and calm, to avoid excess heat which can lead to agitation, insomnia, heartburn, and even mania. Meditation is a great way to calm the mind. Try taking a break to cool down inside with a meditation respite in the middle of the day. Sleep and wake according to the amount of daylight: wake a little earlier, stay up a little later, and consider takeing a nap during the hottest part of the day.

Avoid eating large meals and greasy, frozen (no iced drinks!), or sugary foods that easily cause indigestion in hot weather. Stick to small amounts of cool summer foods like cucumbers.but skip the greasy grilled meats. If you are prone to summertime indigestion, add some mung beans to your diet which prevent summertime indigestion, nausea, and vomiting.

Drink plenty of fluids to avoid that summer fire drying you out! Put some lemon, mint, or cucumber in your water or make some chilled (not iced!) chamomile or green tea to cool you down. As with every season, check in with your body. If you aren’t feeling healthy, your body should be giving you some indication: headaches, lethargy, insomnia, irritability, and over eating and drinking are just some of the signs of imbalance.

If you, or a loved one is in need of our services, please make an appointment on your first visit. call us at 925-949-8911


May Love facilitate your healing process. 
Bless'ed Be!
Nico Bishop L.Ac.

Feel Stuck ? Finding Happy and Healthy: Simultaneous Treatment of Mind and Body With Walnut Acupuncture

What do we do when we feel stuck in our lives? 

Where do we turn when we feel confused? 

How do we cope when we find ourselves lost and uncertain where to go?

For most people, an acupuncturist is not the first person they’d think to visit with these issues.

All healing is essentially a spiritual process. Classical Chinese medicine is a holistic system. Every part of the body is seen as linked to everything else. The mind always has an effect on the physical body. The body always has an effect on the mind. The spirit is seen to interpenetrate all: mind and body. I always find it fascinating how the ancient Chinese doctors described working with the mind and body together in very practical ways.

Depression, for example, can relate to a deficiency of blood, an extreme stagnation of functional energy, or phlegm accumulation in the lungs. Sometimes this occurs from an emotional shock or disappointment in the person’s life. In acupuncture treatment, the physical and humoral (blood and fluid) aspects of the body are always addressed, along with the emotional specifics.

Physical pain is usually the result of stagnation in the blood (or stagnation of “qi” functional energy) flow in the organs and body tissues. In addition to trauma and injury, blood and qi flow can also become stagnated through faulty thought processes and insufficient emotional expression. When treating any condition of the mind and body according to Chinese medicine both aspects of the human system must be addressed.

Anxiety is often attributed to inflammation in the body, or deficiency of blood and hormonal fluids. It can come about from anything that creates heat in the body – diet, lifestyle, the emotions or another physical disease.

Supporting happiness, animation and well-being is one of the best healing and preventative medical practices we can do.

If you, or a loved one is in need of our services, please make an appointment on your first visit. call us at 925-949-8911

May Love facilitate your healing process. 

Bless'ed Be!

Nico Bishop L.Ac.