I have moved my office! I am now seeing patients at the Whole Health Center building that is just a few blocks south of Alaska Junction on California Avenue SW.

Quality sleep is such an important part of living a happy and healthy life. There are biological processes that simply do not happen optimally until we are asleep. It is when our cells reproduce and our tissues repair, appetite regulation occurs, immune system is replenished, there are neurobiological resets, and on and on.

Something I see often in my clinic is “side effects”* of acupuncture treatments. Someone may come in for chronic back pain and their menstrual cramps disappear or they are here for headaches and they are suddenly getting deeper sleep than they have had for years. One that is a little more subtle but one of my favorite side effects (well, they are all my favorite, can I say that?) is an increased sense of mindfulness in between treatments.