Navarre Acupuncture and Wellness

08/17/2026

✨ Ever wonder what balance truly looks like inside your gut? ✨

This week in Yoga Teacher Training (YTT), we connected Ayurveda to modern biology. Your digestive system is a perfectly timed ecosystem, reflecting the Five Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). True health depends on three forces working together in a flawless, chain reaction.

First, Kapha provides the physical structure and the protective mucus in your stomach.

Next, Pitta acts as the chemical fire; I call it the stomach acids and enzymes that break down your food.

Finally, Vata triggers peristalsis, the rhythmic, wave-like muscular contractions that physically move everything through your intestines.

Think of your digestion like a high-tech water park slide. Kapha is the sturdy fiberglass slide and the water slicking the surface. Pitta is the splash of water rushing down to reduce friction. Vata is the momentum pushing you through the twists and turns.

If you lack Pitta’s acid, the slide dries up and food gets stuck. If you lack Vata’s peristalsis, the momentum stops entirely, leading to heavy, Kapha-style stagnation and bloating.

Balance isn’t static; it’s a beautifully timed wave.

How do you find your flow both on and off the mat this week?

08/14/2026

Tapas is not the little plates. I need everyone to sit down for this one. 🔥

Eight months into yoga teacher training, here’s my biggest surprise: the poses are about 10% of yoga. The other 90% is mindset, wisdom, and the ongoing project of learning how to be a human being. Which is much harder than a handstand.

Tapas is the third Niyamas. In Sanskrit, it means, from the root tap, to burn, to heat. Spiritual fire. Self-discipline. Burning off what no longer feels clean or aligned in you.

In real life, tapas can look like committing to a morning meditation even when you’d rather sleep in, or letting go of an old habit that no longer supports your well-being. It is a boring, repetitive action until it becomes your new normal.

Here’s what tapas looks like in real life, right where we live. Drive on Hwy-87 or Hwy-10 toward Tallahassee, and you’ll pass land deliberately burned. Black, ugly, smoking. It looks like loss. But that controlled burn is intentional. The fire clears away what would stunt new growth. Come back in a season, and that same ground is greener than anything around it.

That’s tapas. The chosen heat.

I heard it three times in the clinic this week: “I used to eat that, and now it makes me sick.” The same is happening on a large, nationwide scale: layoffs, restructures. Something that used to work stopped working.

In TCM, real healing is rarely comfortable. Insulin resistance doesn’t reverse by Friday. It reverses through months of small, boring, unglamorous discipline. That’s the fire, and nobody will applaud while you’re in it. But I do, because I see your progress or regress weekly, whether you follow the treatment plan or not.

It takes real courage to keep showing up for yourself.

There’s a bumper sticker: a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

Try asking yourself this today: What lesson is this Tapas (heat, self-discipline) teaching me? What could I nurture or refine now that would support the life I want to build? Let yourself be curious. Choose with intention.

Name one thing you’re refining this month. Just one.

08/03/2026

✨I’m not a Tibetan monk, so I found a shortcut.

Last year, I began going to restorative yoga with Richelle every Monday at noon. I had no expectations.

Like many people, I started yoga for strength, flexibility, and all the impressive poses people talk about.

Restorative yoga was nothing like that.

You lie down and get comfortable with bolsters. You barely move. For the first three weeks, my ego really struggled with it. I felt restless the whole time.

Then Richelle brought out the sound bowls.

What I didn’t know is that your nervous system doesn’t recover in the gym. It heals in quiet moments.

Restorative yoga offers that balance, right alongside savasana, where your muscles, bones, and nervous system all return to balance. The sound bowls are not just for show. Their vibrations help your brain reach delta waves, the deep, dreamless state where your body repairs itself at night.

Tibetan monks spend decades learning to reach delta waves while staying awake. They can feel fully restored with much less sleep.

As for me, I’m a woman, a wife, a chihuahua mom, and an acupuncturist with many patients. Mondays are when I recharge. I try to work smart instead of hard, so I make time for that hour.

It’s like a glass of cloudy water. Stirring it faster won’t make it clear, and adding more water won’t help either. You have to set it down and let it be still so everything can settle.

You probably know this feeling. Sometimes you sleep eight hours but still wake up tired. That’s not just a sleep issue. It’s your nervous system not getting a chance to rest.

So here’s my suggestion: set aside one hour this week to try Restorative Yoga. Leave your phone in another room. All you need is a floor, a bolster, a blanket, and some quiet.

Let me know: What was your Monday at noon like?

08/01/2026

08/01/2026

Happy August 1st. ✨

Today, we celebrate the moment Guan Yin / Kuan Yin (Avalokiteshvara) (I also view her as Mother Mary) attained spiritual liberation and nirvana.

If her compassion has ever found its way to you, I hope some of it finds you here too. Blessings! 🙏🏼✨💕

07/30/2026

👂✨ The Ultimate Wellness Hack: Why the Ears Hold the Secret to Instant Relief ✨👂

Ever wondered why acupuncturists love treating the ears? Or why those tiny herbal and silver ear seeds are so popular?

It all comes down to one powerful word: LOCATION. 📍

Your ears are positioned right next to your skull, head, and brain. Because the physical distance is so short, the neural signals travel almost instantly. When we stimulate ear cartilage, you feel an immediate shift in your body in a matter of seconds!

🚀It is like having a portable remote control for your nervous system.

While ear acupuncture (and acupressure seeds) is most famous for weight loss and sugar curbing, it is a powerhouse for so much more:
💥 Blasting through allergies
🧠 Calming PTSD and anxiety
🛑 Erasing physical pain
⛓️ Breaking addictions

My personal favorites? I love using ear points to regulate blood pressure and balance both hemispheres of the brain for total mental clarity.

☯️Want to experience this instant relief for yourself? Join us for Qi and Chow!

😄📅 Date: September 5 (Labor Day Weekend)💆‍♀️ Theme: Unwinding yourself after all your hard work!

Spaces are limited. Scan to join. See you soon 😄

QiAndChow

07/27/2026

During my yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️teacher training this weekend, we focused on inversion postures. These poses illustrate polarity.

Most people spend much time standing or seated, but inversion postures, where you lift your feet above your heart, help balance the autonomic nervous system. Think of the heart ♥️. Think cardiovascular.

Going back to the basics of yoga, its main goal is calming the mind. In the same way, building or gathering Qi is about finding mental peace. Both practices rest on this core idea.

This week reminded me that as an acupuncturist, yogi, and qigong practitioner, Santosha (contentment) asks us to consider whether we are searching, seeking, or cultivating.

Each word means something different. As Carl Jung said, every stage of life is unique and part of our personal growth. Are you looking for healing, or working to build it?

Consider the analogy of a Ferrari: you can put the best oil or fancy accessories, but the engine really matters. In the same way, do your organs have enough Qi to handle food and life’s experiences? Are you truly content inside, or just going through the motions without thinking about it?

Namaste 🙏🏼 and Qi Blessings ✨ !

07/25/2026

🧘🏻‍♀️ It’s my Yoga weekend!

⁉️Did you get your yoga practice this week?

Just a suggestion 🤩:
Bring your positive vibes, your favorite water bottle, and a friend who needs a good stretch.

Have a beautiful and blessed weekend ✨🙏🏼💕

07/22/2026

Join us for Qi & Chow. 🤩

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🙌🏼 We shall see you there.

07/22/2026

✨Navarre Acupuncture, in collaboration, is hosting a family event on September 5th at La Sala Event Center to boost immunity and create lasting memories.

The event features ear seed applications, artisan food, a photo booth, a kids’ corner, and a raffle.

💕A portion of the proceeds will benefit Love Has No Color, a nonprofit supporting Native American youth.

💥 Spots are limited.

📸 Scan and Buy Now!

🥰 Community thrives when it is supported.

🙌🏼 See you at the event!