Hudson Valley Community Acupuncture

08/31/2026

I’ve got a rare opening for an evening community acupuncture treatment available next Thursday, 9/10 at 5:30 or 6:30. DM me here to book it ! First come, first served.

As always, at HVCA treatments are charged along a low sliding scale fee of $40-$70. YOU choose the price , because YOU determine the value of the treatment.

08/26/2026

I’m worth what I charge, because I charge what the patient thinks I’m worth.

At community acupuncture we flip the ‘value proposition’ on its head. We use a sliding scale fee where the patient chooses the fee for services.

At community acupuncture your health precedes your income.

08/17/2026

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07/21/2026

According to traditional Chinese medicine "pain is stagnation. flow is wellness". Anyone that's experienced what artists and athletes call the 'Flow State' will understand this.

But this isn't limited to just physical pain. This applies to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual pain. In fact, pain transmutes across these different aspects as stagnation manifests from the more ethereal to the more material realms.

Extended periods of physical pain leads to mental pain, leads to emotional pain, leads to spiritual pain... and vice versa. This cannot be overcome, only managed.

Acupuncture promotes flow. Flow destroys stagnation. ALL pain is resolved.

This is why patients that initially come for physical aches, report feeling more contented and grounded, as their pains diminish.

06/23/2026

When I graduated from Chinese medicine school in '06, after 4 years of full time study, my professor, Dr. Hongwei Liu said to me, "Congratulations! You're ready to learn acupuncture!".

I gasped and asked "I'm only ready?! I just studied for 4 years and passed all my exams. I am an acupuncturist!"

He just smirked.

Now 20 years later, after thousands of acupuncture treatments, I understand Dr. Liu. I've learned that mastery is a journey and the embodiment of this ancient wisdom is measured in decades. My practice has gone through an evolution that I understand only in hindsight... intially drawing from learned knowledge, through a period of applied wisdom to what now feels a bit like instinctual intuition. My insights have grown sharper as I've developed a relationship with this medicine and my practice of it.

and now... in 2026, I'm very comfortable saying "I have BECOME an acupuncturist"

For information call me at 845 220 8435.

Evan Schwartz, MS, L.Ac

05/19/2026

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05/19/2026

I can't see these 'whorls of qi' but i can certainly feel their flow with my fingers.

Have you ever had acupuncture and wonder how it works? The chi, life energy circulates through our plasmic biofield. According to my psychic friend she sees a web of meridians hovering beyond the skin and the points are where the whorls of chi cycle in and out. Trying to imagine a microview of a miasma being released from the needling.

05/12/2026

The rise of AI has many of us thinking about consciousness and what it means to be human.

Over the next 5 days, let’s explore what Traditional Chinese Medicine says about this…

The “Five Spirits” (Hun, Po, Zhi, Yi, and Shen) describe different aspects of human consciousness, emotion, instinct, and purpose. They’re associated with the Five Elements (water, wood, fire, earth and metal) and the major organ systems (kidneys, liver, heart, spleen, and lungs).

Think of them less as literal “ghosts” and more as different dimensions of the mind/psyche.

Today, let’s start with the HUN.

Hun (Liver / Wood)

What it is: Imagination, vision, planning, dreams, and your sense of direction in life.

In plain English: Your “visionary” side — the part that dreams, creates, and wants to grow.

When balanced:

* Creativity
* Healthy ambition
* Good decision-making
* Vivid but restful dreams

When imbalanced:

* Feeling stuck
* Anger/frustration
* Aimlessness
* Excessive dreaming or disturbed sleep

Hun is often described as the part of you that “wanders” in dreams.

The best acupuncture points to balance the Hun include Liver3 and Gallbladder24.

05/10/2026

“I tried acupuncture yesterday and last night I slept like a rock on the ocean floor”

05/06/2026

"But I believe in science" is the most common misunderstanding with acupuncture...

It's NOT that Chinese medicine doesn't embrace 'science', it's just that the logic and language we use predates the development of our western scientific paradigm.

Acupuncture is absolutely scientific. In fact, it leans quite heavily on the endocrine system. It's my job to 'translate' your scientific understanding of health and wellness to this ancient Chinese paradigm and then design a treatment using this logic to address your issue.

Because, sometimes a different paradigm is exactly what you need !

call 845 220 8435 to schedule an appointment.