Eastern Spirit Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
3412 Route 134 E4P 3J3 Shediac, NB, Canada

Is the tree outside good or bad? Perhaps we can allow ourselves and others this chance just to be in our unique wonder

I noticed a transformation in myself when I started saying these things. It was a relief, and also a way to respect the person I was interacting with

Message for today: use dreams to help guide you. And, let go of the things you are finished with I’ve stumbled into a really interesting dream interpretation group, and while the idea of using dreams to help me in the day is not new, I am pretty out of practice. The results have had a much larger impact than I expected. I take a few minutes when I wake up (if I am not woken up too suddenly), and try to remember what I dreamt. I jot notes down on my phone, as many details as ...I can. To interpret, one of the basic techniques is to see all aspects of the dream are part of your unconsciousness, so you can ask all the elements or people/characters in your dream different questions. If you keep asking questions, you eventually come to a conclusion of what your unconsciousness is trying to work through. One dream interpretation that has had lasting impact on me was from a few weeks ago. Earlier in the dream, I was spending time at this café, with friends having fun and laughing, and painting murals on the walls. Then, I came across the café again, but it was closed down and empty. Also, so was the crystal shop next door. But, for some reason, the inventory in the crystal shop was all still in there. I was upset and confused that when the building got torn down, all that expensive stuff will become waste. I went to the organic food store beside that building, to ask if we were allowed to go inside and get the stuff out. I eventually did a perspective switch to find the owner of the store, and she said that that stuff wasn’t needed anymore. Then I went back to my character self in the dream, and asked why I wanted all that stuff. I actually didn’t need any of it, I just didn’t want it to go to waste. I realized I could let all that stuff go, even though it was beautiful and rare. I didn’t have a use for it anymore. I was ready to move on and let go of what I no longer used. I let the dream bulldoze and take away the building and it’s contents, and let the feeling of the openness of that empty parking lot calm and relax me. The potential to connect with yourself this way is limitless. Give it a try and see what your dreams are telling you.

I fiercely believe that this post, when I saw it years ago, saved me. I needed to know that, no matter what I did, I couldn’t make everyone happy. And that there was nothing wrong with that. Also, that despite how I felt about myself, there are people who love me. I love the truth in this realization.

It may be better to simply stop, let that feeling come, and let it heal. No need to run anymore. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKOzC5RnWzS/

Follow the principles of enoughness, where what you have is enough, life is enough, YOU are enough, to sustain happiness and satisfaction

Today’s insight: relax I knew this would come up eventually! But I couldn’t filter out this personal reminder any longer. Also, excuse me for the long break between posts! I have my reasons, but even though the messages didn’t make it to a post, I was still making them in my mind!... Anyway, back to relaxing. I think everyone is told to relax ad nauseum, to the point it is become a dead word. The advice is sound, but words by themselves are just that. To me, not a helpful solution offered in isolation. It’s just a bit inconsiderate I feel. However, here I was, a bit agitated myself, needing to get that layer of frazzle off, and I heard it clearly: Relax. I took deep breaths, emptied my mind, and watched little by little as each muscle and body area let got of the stored tension. I let my shoulders drop. I slowed down my sense of time, and let the current, quiet moment take full prescience. I let myself return to a natural state of calmness. How did the tension get there? It actually doesn’t matter. I still needed to relax. What does it mean if I get tense? Also doesn’t matter, just focus on the now and relax that tension out. Will the agitation come back? Also, doesn’t matter...I hope you get the idea. Relaxing is doing, or more, not doing, and thinking doesn’t count. Relaxing is just that, relaxing. No need to pretty it up or worry about it. Just do it. Deep breath in, and...let go.

Seasons Greetings from Eastern Spirit Acupuncture - https://mailchi.mp//seasons-greetings-from-eastern-spirit-

Beautiful message that just needs a repost: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIWWmf1DA4v/

Here is a link to the webinar I did. I felt it went pretty well! Let me know in the comments what you think ^_^

Tonight I'm leading a webinar on my emotional release techniques. Check it out if you want to catch it live :D

Forgiveness is an extremely powerful healing practice. Maybe your definition of it keeps you from using it fully. It is liberating and powerful.

Today’s message: find your community When I lived in Korea, I did a number of temple stays at a zen temple called MuSangSa. While I’m not a Buddhist per se, it’s definitely provided many valuable frameworks for me in my own personal spiritual journey. One that stands out strongly to me right now is Buddha, Dharma, Sangha - the teacher, teachings, and community. Each part is essential for a proper spiritual practice. Without teachings, there is nothing to learn, without a tea...cher - no way to get the teachings. But without community, there is no support. And that is my clearest insight recently. I am deeply grateful for discovering a community that has filled this role for me. Before then, it was a lot of doubt and loneliness. I feel without a community, I was trying to hold my entire being, self, and world, up all by myself. It’s not sustainable. The sangha, or community, is not optional. This life is not something we can manage alone. Trying to will lead to stagnation, loneliness, or other low-vibrational states of being. If you don’t have a community, seek it. Describe it, write out what it does for you, feel what it is to be a part of it. You may stumble into incorrect ones from time to time, or outgrow current ones and need to change, but you will know your community when you have it. Much love, Alana

Ack! Halloween was not a fun night for our dear business sign! While we were visiting friends, a car drove into the ditch, hit our driveway, and flew into our sign, smashing it completely. No one was hurt, minus the sign. RIP sign. We’ll get a new one soon, but in the meantime, we have a sandwich board out by the road.

Those big goals are important, but the key is to know what you can do right in front of you that gets you forward.

We are living in interesting times .. where YOU need to Be your Own guide .. And you are So wise, trust your inner knowing.. maybe take the time to do your own research.. on any subject you are interested in and see where it leads you...

Message for September 19, 2020: ground. If ever there was a time to be grounded, it is now. Grounding to bring us back to now, back to what is important to us, and back to what we are currently experiencing. Grounding is being is back in connection with ourselves and the earth. Take a walk, meditate or breathe, hug a tree...whatever works for you. Chinese medicine says humans are half heaven and half earth. We cant just be head in the clouds. Therefore, we need to ground in order to be in balance.

Holding space is the best way to honour and respect yourself.

Message for September 17, 2020: if you cant let go, try giving your body control. Ive often seen it how control is both a source of comfort and limitation for people. Too controlling leads to being stuck or having tightness and pain. We know we need to let go. But, how can we feel safe if everything is out of our hands? Its like we are driving a car and someone suggests to us to just let go of the wheel and see what happens. How about instead, we switch out drivers...? Instead of the mind, call for the body to be in control. The intuitive, unconscious, deeply intelligent part of ourselves. After all, it is responsible for vital process like breathing and keeping our heart beating. This allows the mind to take that step back and shed some of that worry and tension we are forever being told to let go of, while still feeling we arent going to careen off the road. See more

Message for Sept 15: have a strong routine. One of the biggest sources of subtle, consistent stress Ive found is working without a plan or direction. Rigid is not necessary, but some general outline of my day, my week, season, etc. has been vital. Several times this year my general routine has helped me continue forward when most of me is tired, stressed, or low on motivation. Passion is a gift, but routine is how I get through the day. I can know what I need to do, as well as know what I dont need to do. I dont have to do bookkeeping right now, because its kids time, for example. Routine has been a gentle boundary to help mold my day. My routine helps stave off wandering aimlessly in a haze of too much to do. Its my self-made path for my day-to-day journey.

Todays message: acknowledge it is a bad day. In our constant need to show our best life and consume this idea of always being happy, there isnt a lot of room for having off days. Time and time again, the posts of Im always there are nothing but words, and people scatter when I have times of need. The actual reality of ebb and flow can be a hard one. At least, talking about it can show that someone else has them, too. Im not an anomaly. And, letting myself be low lets me off the hook for having to always do something about it. Im still alive, and no matter how Im feeling, I will make that matter.

Todays message is a continuation of yesterdays: in order to receive, I must forgive. When we get hurt, we tend to build walls in order to protect ourselves. But those walls are thick, and block out everything, not just what hurt us. The beneficial also cant get in. I become disconnected from the greater beauty around me. Forgiveness is a great respect for my body-temple, and heals the walls that shut me off from others. It is not allowing the past transgressions against me to be ok, but rather a respect for myself to stop carrying the hurt. To let go, and raise myself above. The meditation hoo pono pono, is a beautiful way to allow forgiveness to heal us.

This message comes from my meditation last night: in order to get help from the universe, I need to be open to receive. If I ask, but am not open, its like Im sitting in a glass bubble and nothing can get to me. It is important to ask, of course, but I then need to let the help in. Without that openness, Im merely entertaining the mental idea of abundance. Like when taking in breath, we allow the air in our lungs in order to get the oxygen. So, take a breath, allow, and receive.

Now open! Nous sommes ouvert! Glad to be able to provide top-notch, high-quality healing again! Give us a call or book online for your appointment today! Nous sommes super content d'offrir d'excellents soins de santé à nouveau! Prenez rendez-vous avec nous dès aujourd'hui, en nous appelant ou en ligne sur notre page Facebook!

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Hey everyone! Week 4 of quarantine... How's everyone doing? Because I can feel that things are hard. There's a lot of huffing and puffing and anger coursing through the interwebs at the moment. At first, when the pandemic was first announced, things were overwhelming. What was even going on with the world? It was just like the movie Contagion, wouldn't you say? Chaos and fear, and just a lot of unknowns.... Then, when things were clearer that this wasn't going away in a couple weeks, we buckled down and started managing the new normal. I felt a lot like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. For those of us who could stay at home, there were some positives - better relationships with the family, just not having to constantly be busy, and others. Don't get me wrong, this stage was also difficult. With a 2- and a 5-year-old, I have had almost zero personal time. But that negative ironed itself out and I am in a good groove now. But what's this? Even though things on the superficial level are easier and things are more relaxed, why do we feel still ill-at-ease? We seek answers outside, point fingers, blame the governments, etc. Conspiracy theories are rampant right now. There is a lot of discomfort in the ether. But I have bad news for the conspiracy people. "They" aren't the problem. What if this discomfort is not from the outside? No, it's from inside. The horrible conditions we lived in as an overworked society, the trauma we haven't addressed at all from our childhoods, ignoring our real needs in the face of feeding various addictions, the lies we tell ourselves about what we need to be happy, the imbalances inside of us. We finally can't push it below the surface with busyness anymore, so it's showing up. Regardless of how true conspiracy stories are, and I'm not here to debate or question them, they are not going to take away that pain you are feeling. At some point, maybe not today, or this week, but soon, you are going to look at these theories and yourself and see that you are still just running from the same pain you are running from right now. Because that pain is keeping up with you because it is you. We are in an incredibly unique time. Never has this pause of our global society ever happened and it is not likely to happen ever again. For the majority of us, this is a lot of time off work and being at home. We have an excellent opportunity here to take stock of what really matters and what really is important to us. It's time to look at our darkness. It's time to heal, allow in the light, and be free. Inside all of us are the two wolves - the white and the black. The white is light and love, and the black is fear and pain. Which wolf wins? The one we feed. Let your inner light shine, and let that pain dissolve. Let that discomfort be voiced and released. Let everything go. This is it. This is that "right time" we always talk about. In love and light my fellow warriors, Alana

Tonight I'm holding a livestream to connect to everyone and together we can help clear some of the intense fear going around. Together it should be a beautiful healing! See you tonight at 6:30... https://youtu.be/zb0Bz0_ZOCg

A glimpse of things this week's session can offer - How can we "let go" of all our junk? What if our junk isn't the problem, it's what we use to "get rid" of it?

Add a few different things from each category :D

Wellness Expo this weekend! Offering Chinese pulse readings and some other giveaways!

Feelings dont need to be understood, they need to be allowed to release. The understanding, if you need it, comes after.

Expose yourself to the things that will enable you to become your best self.

Its beautiful to see the recognition of peoples barriers and how that makes a difference in their lives. Everyone is doing their best. Being able to recognize what people (or yourself) need, helps us able to thrive.

A helpful filter for what still benefits you. Get into the habit of asking yourself Does this support the life Im trying to create?

Time to reconnect!

Happy Birthday once again, Eastern Spirit! Seven years! What a milestone to be proud of. We always seem to say this, but we are forever grateful that our passion can be our work. This is our gift to share. Thanks everyone for your support and patronage. ... Bonne fête encore une fois, Eastern Spirit! Sept ans! Nous en sommes très fiers! Comme nous l'avons déjà dit, nous sommes énormément reconnaissant que notre passion puisse être notre travail. Ceci est notre cadeau que nous voulons continuer à partager. Un gros MERCI à tous pour votre support.

There is more going on than just the poor behaviour. Look further. Be kind to your past self - you were probably doing the best you could at the time. Now that you are in a better place, healing can begin.

Yikes, this is hard to say but so true. It doesnt get better by leaving it over and over.

Hold space to let your feelings come up so they can release.

Make your actions speak for you

It will not be easy, but it will be worth it.

You are totally accepted. You are safe. Artwork: Mia ohki Poetry: Mandy Wild

The gift of organic veggies, delivered weekly from the end of June to October! 4 convenient location choices for pickup. Donnez-vous le cadeau de légumes bio, livrés à chaque semaines de la fin juin jusqu'à octobre! 4 choix pratique d'endroits où ramasser votre panier de légumes.