Get the point:musings from the Acupuncture Chair. The Spring season is finally here! One way to help enhance your transition from Winter to Spring is to go barefoot on the grass and massage the ball of your foot in a clockwise motion into the earth. This will open up a major acupuncture point on the bottom of your foot, which is called Bubbling or Gushing Spring. It is the first point on the Kidney meridian. It is a Wood point on this pathway which encourages a bubbling up of energy for the Springtime, just like a spring from within the ground gushes forth. This will enhance your health as you begin to enjoy the blooming and bursting forth energy of this season. Full Article
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Spring Energy is Rising
Friday, March 26th, 2010Bright Eyes for the Winter
Friday, January 22nd, 2010Get the Point: musings from the Acupuncture Chair, Lynn Mitchell. The Winter season brings us cold weather, crystal clear blue skies and brilliant starlight. This quality is reflected in the body and manifest in an acupuncture point on the inner canthus of the eye, known as BRIGHT EYES. This point evokes our ability, when in a healthy and vital state, to see ourselves, our surroundings and our future with Brightness and Clarity. Full Article
Group Acupuncture in Center City!
Friday, January 8th, 2010The Community Acupuncture is a model for delivering acupuncture treatment in a group setting. Because more people are seen in short time periods the cost per treatment is lower than a private treatment. I really believe in Community Acupuncture. It’s a way for a greater number of people to gain access to acupuncture. Shortly after graduating from the Won, I began working at Community Acupuncture of Mount Airy. It has been a excellent experience. Under Elise River’s wise guidence I sharpened my diagnostic skills and gained the ability efficiently devise a plan and deliver an effective treatment in a short amount of time. Full Article
Acupuncture Calms Stress: A Veteran’s Woes
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009from Contoveros
Needles punctured my ears for the first time in my life this week.
Acupuncture was being offered for one free session to veterans on Veterans’ Day, and I appeared at the WON Institute in Glenside, PA, to take advantage of the procedure. The practitioner, Ed Cunningham, was kind, offering me some cheese and crackers as we made small talk and I got ready for the event. Full Article
Acupuncture Public Hearing at the Won Institute
Sunday, November 1st, 2009The House Professional Licensure Committee called a public hearing on HB 1764 for 2 p.m., Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Won Institute. This bill changes the Acupuncture Act to remove the Medical Diagnosis language and amend in language referred to as “Advise and Consent.” Full Article
