Touchstone Acupuncture

10/21/2026

10/20/2026

Chinese medicine reminds us that Yang—the energy of action, productivity, and outward movement—must be balanced by Yin: stillness, rest, reflection, and simply being. We weren't meant to spend our lives constantly producing; sometimes the most nourishing thing we can do is simply allow ourselves to be.

10/19/2026

10/16/2026

The Miracle of Molting
Greetings to all my precious people,

I want to tell you something true about the caterpillar, because we've romanticized it into something gentler than it actually is.

Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar does not gracefully rearrange itself into a butterfly. It dissolves. Nearly its entire body breaks down into a kind of living soup — cell walls collapsing, structure gone, no shape left that anyone would recognize as a creature.

And here is the part almost no one tells you: scattered throughout that soup are clusters of cells called imaginal cells, which have carried the blueprint of the butterfly all along, dormant, waiting.

At first, the caterpillar's own immune system attacks them. Treats them as foreign invaders. Fights the very thing that is trying to save it, because it doesn't yet recognize its own becoming.

👉 Head to my blog (link in bio) to read my latest post: The Miracle of Molting: Surrender into Certainty

Photo by Greg Daines on Unsplash

10/15/2026

"Qigong is literally a method for awakening to the fact that you have radical access to the power of the entire universe."
— Dr. Roger Jahnke

In The Healing Promise of Qi, written by Dr. Roger Jahnke, unlocks the secrets of one of the most powerful of Chinese healing arts.

Developed over millennia in China, Qigong (literally, life force + mastery, or refinement) is a set of techniques used to increase your vitality, longevity, and overall well-being, as well as achieve and maintain optimal health and inner peace

When you practice Qigong, you aren't just moving your body—you are tapping into a profound, universal framework of vitality and self-healing. You hold direct access to the "inner medicine" that restores physical strength, balances emotions, and lifts the spirit.

If you are ready to move beyond routine practice and truly master this power, deepen your practice with The Ten Phases of Cultivating and Mastering Qi streaming video program guided by Dr. Roger Jahnke. Learn more: https://healthaction.isrefer.com/go/10Phases/raja/