The Winter Solstice, Water & Nurturing the Kidney Channel

The winter solstice this year is on Tuesday, December 21st. The first official day of [...]

The Body & Time: The Chinese Organ Clock System

If you’re familiar with acupuncture, you know that your practitioner will ask you about your [...]

How to Prepare for Your Acupuncture Treatment & Get the Best Results

Whether you’ve been getting acupuncture regularly for years, or you’re just starting out, it’s helpful [...]

Pulse Potential: An Introduction to Pulse Diagnosis in TCM

There are many ways of checking in with your health—physical, mental, and spiritual—in Traditional Chinese [...]

An Interview with Dr. Arlen McClellan, Licensed Acupuncturist/Herbalist at Jen Becker Acupuncture

Dr. Arlen McClellan is just joining the practice this summer, and we are thrilled to [...]

Compassion & Simplicity: How to Cope with Re-Entry Anxiety

Just a few days ago, the CDC revised its guidelines for mask-wearing: if you’re at [...]

Scrape the Stagnation Away: The Ancient Practice of Gua Sha

Gua sha got a lot of buzz a few years ago when GOOP published a [...]

Clear Eyes & Balanced Liver: Spring in Traditional Chinese Medicine

This spring certainly looks wildly different from spring 2020. A new president, a vaccine, a [...]

Inner Protection & Strength: Acupuncture & Immunity

We are all thinking about protection a lot these days: masks, distancing, testing, avoiding crowds [...]

Late Summer & the Earth Element Amidst a Continuing Pandemic

Here we are in late summer, the often overlooked season. In traditional Chinese medicine, there [...]