Pure Joy Acupuncture

06/26/2024

Interested in simple acupressure techniques to help you and your loved ones feel better? Join me for an hour-long introduction to acupressure on this Saturday, June 29 at 10 AM!

Learn how to locate and activate six points that relieve headache, insomnia, improve digestion and increase energy that you can take home for yourself and your family.

Feel free to come by yourself or bring your loved ones with you. The class will be held at the Pure Joy Acupuncture clinic in San Rafael.

$35/person class fee goes entirely to JL Soul Camp an organization committed to creating safe spaces for black and indigenous women to rest and recharge.

If you’d like to attend this in person class, please contact Pure Joy Acupuncture: (415) 994-0252.

06/22/2024

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

In this video Licensed Acupuncturist, Katharine Chaney, teaches you how to locate, use, and activate an acupressure point commonly used to relieve headaches,...

11/17/2022

The rain has come. There is a chill in the air and the trees are changing colors and shedding their leaves. Cozy weather has arrived!
If you’ve been following me for several seasons, you know that East Asian medicine recommends shifting your sleeping, eating, and exercising patterns with the season to maintain optimum health.
During fall & winter you are meant to slow down, do less, and sleep more.
If you’re feeling caught between your desire to hibernate and do very little and to produce a beautiful holiday for family and friends, you are not alone!
Finding balance in any season is about choosing activities that fill you with joy and replenish you while saying no to those that don’t.
One idea for a smooth holiday season: prioritize what’s important.
Check in with yourself- what do you need to make it feel like a holiday celebration? Is it making your mother’s famous pie recipe? Going for a walk with the family after a meal? Certain decorations on the table?
Focus on what makes it feel like a holiday to you and let go of Pinterest-perfect recipes & IG-inspired decorations if that is that what matters to you.
For more ideas for a smooth holiday season, check out my blog:

The rain has come, there is a chill in the air, and the trees are changing colors and shedding their leaves. Cozy weather has arrived! If you’ve been

10/25/2022

Happy World Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Day! Acupuncture is a beautiful doorway into the world of East Asian medicine and there is so much more to the medicine than needles! East Asian medicine includes a vast herbal pharmacopeia, dietary therapy, movement practices including tai chi & qi gong, stillness practices, including meditation, and various forms of hands-on healing including acupressure, cupping, gua sha, and moxibustion.
All of these facets of East Asian medicine have great value and can contribute to your health. our focus is on helping you restore your joy and ease in life using acupuncture, cupping, gui sha (gentle scraping along the skin to release facial tension & increase blood flow), herbal medicine, acupressure using ear seeds, and if requested guidance around diet and movement.
Curious about how East Asian medicine can help you? Schedule a 15 minute virtual visit or new patient in person visit today: https://www.purejoyacupuncture.com/book-now/