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Yoga and Chinese Medicine – build Prana and regulate Qi

Erin / General Health, Lifestyle, Women's Health, Yoga

Yoga

The Vedas are ancient texts from India, written in Sanskrit. They are considered to be divine truths revealed to ancient sages after intense meditation.

Meditation is a practice to bring awareness to the nature of our Self. Slowing and observing our thoughts can expose the nature of our mind, how it connects to our body, and what lies beyond the mind. Repeating mantras or the observation of our breath are common meditative approaches.

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PREGNANT! – REVIEW OF CASE

Dr. Spence Pentland / Advanced Maternal Age, Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Lifestyle, Stress and Infertility

Jane started at Yinstill Sept 2018. She has been coming consistently since that time for regular acupuncture.

Our GOALS were to:
– regulate immune function (reduce inflammation / enhance infection-fighting),
– soothe emotions (relieve stress and anxiety, anger, fear, palpitations, vivid dreams, and depression)
– improve sleep (light, vivid dreams)
– regulate bladder issues (frequency, cloudy, infections, nocturia)
– improve digestion (gas, bloating, loose BM, fatigue after eating,

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Comprehensive Genetic Health Report

Dr. Spence Pentland / Diet & Nutrition, Dr Spence Pentland, General Health, Genetics, Lifestyle, Self-Care

Everyone’s first step into taking charge of their health and well-being should be a Comprehensive Genetic Health Report. This report gives you the blueprint to the foundations of your health so that you can make the necessary adjustments to support your current health conditions, and avoid challenges in the future.

As Rhonda Patrick states: “By learning more about ourselves, we can find out in what specific environmental and lifestyle contexts our genes can behave at their very best.

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How to be active in the Winter to Spring transition

Adrienne / Diet & Nutrition, Lifestyle

Spring has officially sprung here on the West Coast and it couldn’t be fresh and lovely outside. Spring is the time of rejuvenation, rebirth, and the revitalization of all things in nature.

In Chinese medicine, physical movement is essential for health as it is in this time where movement should begin once again after the cold hibernation of winter. This transition from winter to spring is the biggest transition our bodies take out of all the seasons.

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How to naturally help seasonal allergies

admin / Diet & Nutrition, Lifestyle, Self-Care

Winter is finally over and the warmth of Spring is upon us. The fresh morning breeze, the flowers in full bloom, the birds chirping and the trees showing off their new greenery brings us all tears of joy, or is it tears from all the pollen in the air? For some Spring is the season of growth and renewal while for some others it is the season of allergies resulting in watery, itchy eyes, constant nasal dripping,

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How To Hydrate Your Face During Winter

Lara / Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Lifestyle, Self-Care, Women's Health

Do you suffer from dry skin, deep wrinkles or both that becomes aggravated in the winter? Well, investing in cosmetic acupuncture to care for these areas of your face can be very uplifting (pun intended!) and free from the myriad of constituents in skin care products.

Winter time can produce very dry skin and this can increase the appearance of deeper set wrinkles on the face. During the winter I recommend to use a deeper facial needling technique to stimulate and activate muscle tone.

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Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Marni Ross / Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Lifestyle, Self-Care, Women's Health

Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Food to Include
Food to Avoid

Fruit

Eat only 1 or 2 pieces of any of the following fruits a day and try and to eat mostly lower carbohydrate fruits (3 or 6%):

3% – cantaloupe, strawberries, melons, blueberries, raspberries, lemons and limes

6% – apriocts, blackberries, papaya, peaches, plus, kiwi

15%- apples, cherries, grapes, mangoes, pears, pineapple, pomegranate

20% – bananas, figs, prunes or any other dried fruit

Fruit

grapefruit and oranges

Veggies

It is best to try to eat mostly the low carbohydrate vegetables (3 or 6%):

3% –

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Inflammation: What it does to you and how can your diet help

Marni Ross / Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Lifestyle, Women's Health

Inflammation: What it does to you and how can your diet help

The inflammatory response that is triggered in our bodies is necessary to help fight infection and is useful in the short term as it is part of the immune response. When the inflammatory reaction continues after an infection is gone it can cause many health problems. Chronic inflammation may be the common factor in many diseases such as diabetes, coronary artery disease and some autoimmune diseases (rheumatoid arthritis,

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Sleep helps you lose weight

Dr. Spence Pentland / Diet & Nutrition, Dr Spence Pentland, General Health, Lifestyle, Men's Health, Self-Care, Women's Health

Sleep is important for many other things, including reducing your risk of cancer and Alzheimer’s, proper digestion, regulating inflammation, memory, slowing telomere shortening, and the list goes on.

There are 2 stages of sleep; 1. non-REM (which has 1, 2, and slow-wave stages) and 2. REM. Just to keep it simple, they are all important for different reasons.

Over 50% of our gene regulation is governed by our circadian rhythm, i.e.

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Facial Acupuncture: enhance your complexion naturally

Lara / Lifestyle, Women's Health

Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture has been gaining popularity in recent years. Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture is also commonly known as Cosmetic Acupuncture or Facial Acupuncture. The unique application of Facial Acupuncture has been around for centuries and is a growing alternative to mainstream cosmetic health surgeries.

What is Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture?

Yinstill is pleased to offer Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture which is a safe, relaxing, effective, and painless treatment that can promote healthy facial skin. Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture treatments involve placing very fine needles at the face,

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Lifestyle

Yoga and Chinese Medicine – build Prana and regulate Qi

PREGNANT! – REVIEW OF CASE

Comprehensive Genetic Health Report

How to be active in the Winter to Spring transition

How to naturally help seasonal allergies

How To Hydrate Your Face During Winter

Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Inflammation: What it does to you and how can your diet help

Sleep helps you lose weight

Facial Acupuncture: enhance your complexion naturally

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