Pure Joy Acupuncture

Interested in learning how to relieve headaches, jaw pain, and neck pain? Learn how to find an acupressure point that can help relieve your pain with Licensed Acupuncturist, Katharine Chaney. Katharine demonstrates how to locate and use Large Intestine 4 in this mini-acupressure tutorial.

Illustration by Dr. Maura Hartzman, LAc

Acupressure| Headaches| Jaw Pain| Improve Immunity| Pure Joy Acupuncture | Acupuncture San Rafael In this video Licensed Acupuncturist, Katharine Chaney, teaches you how to locate, use, and activate an acupressure point commonly used to relieve headaches,...

We’re approaching the longest day and most yang time of the year, the Summer Solstice.

What is yang? It’s associated with the sun, daytime, summer, light, heat, activity, joy, the fire element, and the masculine.

Yang qualities are revered in our society. The value placed on productivity in your workplace and free time may give you the impression that you’re never doing enough. Do you even feel pressured to have fun plans for the weekend or your summer vacation? Instead of making you feel happy, this constant energy output can leave you burned out and unable to do anything. The burnout cycle is a prime example of yang becoming excessive, and then deficient.

To have yang, you also need yin. Yin both counterbalances yang and nourishes it.

While burnout can be a year-round problem, you may notice that summer and winter are more challenging than other seasons. Imbalance can be present as feelings of overstimulation, anxiousness or getting sick easily.

If you tend to struggle in the summer or winter, what can you do to counteract our culture’s yang imbalance and improve your health? See the link in the comments below for some ideas.