Recovery

In the foreground, plant leaves. In the middle ground, someone in a red mask with a plaid blanket cross their lap lying back with eyes closed on a recliner covered with a yellow sheet. In the background, three patients lying back on recliners with eyes closed. The one on the left is covered with a yellow blanket, the one in the middle is covered in a multicoloured blanket, adn the one on the right is covered in a red blanket.

Beyond niceness: on pillows, blankets & nervous system overrides

Acupuncture works because it supports the body to do what it already wants to do: rest and heal. Regular visits to a familiar, predictable place where your body gets to feel good (or, maybe just less bad) teaches your nervous system another way of being. Addressing basic needs for comfort (like pillows and blankets, as needed) are a part of the treatment.

Text bordered by blue flowers reads: "Anniversary grief asks for a pause. Wants to slow down and go gently."

Anniversary Grief

The one-year anniversary of the first Ontario shutdown is almost upon us. Everyone’s had a different pandemic experience, but I’m willing to bet that most of us have borne huge losses in the last year. If your body wants you to slow down and notice that over the next week, I hope your circumstances allow that to happen in gentle ways.