Illuminate Your Life: a chinese medicine blog
Menstrual Cycle Support
Are irregular menstrual cycles throwing you off balance?Imagine a life where your menstrual cycle is regular, your mood is balanced, and you feel more in tune with your body. Acupuncture offers a powerful, holistic approach to achieving that harmony.
Fertility Support for Spring
Spring is the time of year for new activity and growth, fresh starts, rebirth, and renewal. It is also a wonderful time to put some extra focus on your fertility.
Infertility Awareness
National Infertility Awareness Week®, a movement founded in 1989 by @resolve, is dedicated to those who have been affected by infertility. The goal is to bring awareness to infertility, empower those affected and change the conversation around infertility.
Endometriosis + Chinese Medicine
Endometriosis is a chronic condition where endometrial tissue grows in sites other than the uterus and sticks to various pelvic organs, but also in other parts of the body. Learn how acupuncture, herbs and Chinese Medicine can provide wonderful support to help relieve symptoms.
Menopause + Chinese Medicine
Similar to the menstrual years of women’s lives, many women do not realize that menopausal symptoms are indicative of a pattern of imbalance…this does not have to be your new “normal”! Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine provides excellent support with menopausal symptoms.
Setting Healthy Boundaries
Putting boundaries in place helps you become more self-aware, improve relationships, take better care of yourself, learn to say ‘no’, establish better work life balance, and feel more fulfilled and less stressed. In order for boundaries to be successful, you have to get really clear on what is important to you and why you are setting the boundary.
Restore Your Postpartum Body
After giving birth, it is important to replenish your body. It has worked hard these past ten months and can use boosting to keep you healthy and strong.
Nurture Your Pregnancy
Our team provides acupuncture, bodywork, nutrition, resources and health tips to help you have a healthy pregnancy, connect with baby and feel your best.
Self-Care Reminder
It’s easy to stay busy all the time, jumping from one thing to the next without giving yourself any time for rest. Allowing yourself to pause on a daily basis, even just for 5 minutes, is important to reset and refresh your mind and body!
Boost + Support Your Blood
Blood deficiency is a common occurrence in women, especially those who are menstruating or following a vegan/vegetarian diet. Check out our favorite ways to support and boost blood with lifestyle changes, herbal medicine and acupuncture treatments.
Nourish Your Fertility
Acupuncture is a restorative treatment that brings vitality to your reproductive organs, nourishes your blood and hormones, reduces stress, and calms and uplifts your spirit. Chinese Medicine significantly increases your likelihood of becoming pregnant and sustaining a healthy pregnancy.
Celebrating Women
March is Women’s History Month. We want to honor all the amazing women out there by sharing information, tips and resources to support women’s health and wellbeing through all stages of life.
UHC Coverage
Did you know that Sarah Welch accepts United Healthcare? If you would like use your benefits for acupuncture, please provide insurance information to determine eligibility before appointment.
PCOS Awareness Month
September is PCOS awareness month. At Blue Heron, we see many women who suffer from PCOS, particularly as it affects their fertility and quality of life.
Meet Dr. Rachel
Dr. Rachel’s authentic and heart-centered approach is gentle yet empowering. She incorporates the acknowledgment of the spiritual and emotional aspects of a patient and the correlation to disease.
Establishing Boundaries
Putting boundaries in place helps you become more self-aware, improve relationships, take better care of yourself, learn to say ‘no’, establish better work life balance, and feel more fulfilled and less stressed.
International Women’s Day
We are so grateful for the many brave, creative, vulnerable and powerful women who walk through our door, open to healing, expanding awareness, and inviting transformation.
Meet Nicole LaFountain
We asked Nicole to share her answers to the questions that she is asked most frequently during new patient treatments.
Self-Care for Women
In today’s society, women tend to fall into the role of caretaker and often put others first. However, in order to give to others, it is important to be the best version of yourself!
Women’s Health Books We Love
At Blue Heron, we want to help you feel empowered and learn as much as you can about your body. Check out some of our team’s favorite books for women’s health & fertility.