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Catherine Zwergel, Licensed Acupuncturist

Catherine is an NCCAOM board certified acupuncturist. To learn more about her, as well as acupuncture and TCM, visit her at www.gesundheithealing.com

Crystal Shop, Aroma Point Therapy

07/08/2022

Zahava, Robyn and I will be offering free auricular (ear point) acupuncture treatments at Chicago Family Acupuncture in Northbrook, IL on Thursday, 7/14 from 5pm - 8pm.
These treatments, also referred to as NADA, increase calmness, promote better sleep, and decrease agitation and stress. Given the recent traumatic events in our community, we want to help the best way we know how. ☯️
If you or anyone you know may be interested, please join us in healing together, community acupuncture style.
Book a spot online in advance or walk-in. We would be honored to help 💚

10/25/2021

✨YAB: YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL✨
FEED SALE: to claim, comment “mine” below and the # (1-5). I’m so honored to be carrying You Are Beautiful in the shop! More items are available and coming to the site soon!!!

Multiples available of each!
1. $10
2. $5
3. $5
4. $5
5. $5

Checkout and payment (PayPal, afterpay, and credit card) via the website www.GesundheitHealing.com (link in bio) and due within 24 hours of listing. Shipping is based on weight. Message me for any additional info, and thank you for looking & learning with me! Love, Cat

10/13/2021

This custom Lapis Ganesh Mala was sent home recently, and I’m sharing it here as a milestone for myself, clearing the path - as Ganesh does - to dive back into making, and restarting the customs I was working on before I moved…before I got so sick…before the parts of life took over that felt so out-of-control. The irony is that I held on so tightly to trying to control them…my lesson was to LET GO. There’s control in that. There’s agency in that. Letting go is actually a form of taking action, and a choice we can make. And thank goodness I finally did. It can be one of the hardest things to do. But that’s when the healing happened. ✨✨✨
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So here I am, packing up your beauties from the live sale last week, after a brief pause, due to the basement flood 😂🤯, and I’m inspired and ready to get back to the workbench. If you’ve spoken to me about a custom piece, I’m grateful for your patience, and I’ll be making progress over the coming weeks!
I Love you, Cat

10/05/2021

Continuing to post to Stories today, if you’d like one of these magical pieces in your collection…Head over there to claim!
Love, cat

10/03/2021

Working with these Ganesh✨🐘✨pieces is such an honor. Each hand cast, different and beautiful renditions of Ganesha, they remind us that we are supported in breaking down barriers and blocks that we encounter. That we can let go of trying to control things, while realizing that WE HAVE THE POWER to shift, to find a different perspective and to move through said blocks with support. The power of Ganesh is with us and in us. We’ve got this. YOU’VE GOT THIS, and these Ganesh pieces serve as that reminder.
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I have strung these Sterling silver and bronze cast talismans on beautiful healing stones of Carnelian, Bloodstone, Moss Agate, Lapis, Amethyst, and Botswana Agate.
Made with love and gratitude, by me. Available in tomorrow’s live sale: Monday, October 4, at 7pm CST.
I loved creating these, and I hope you love them, too. xoxo, Cat

10/01/2021

Handheld stone tools for you, your patients, clients, friends, lovers…and aren’t we all lovers. ♥️♥️♥️
I was lucky enough to spend HOURS hand picking these amazing tools at the Denver gem show. Feeling each one to be sure there were no scratchy bits, “flaws”, cracks…but not only that, I chose each stone for its MAGIC and healing energy. They’re impeccably carved and polished, cheers to the craftspeople who made them, ethically of course!
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I’ll have dozens of these on the live table this Monday, October 4 (7pm CST) to share with you! They can be used for manual massage to aid your hands in applying pressure, Chakra balancing, or to lay on yourself or another for that special healing and circulation that only the Stone People can impart. Each has multiple surfaces that can apply direct , or a larger surface for smoother massage therapy, and even an edge for Gua Sha.
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There will be / / and !!!
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I got to spend some much needed time in the little flower patch I planted, pairing the stones with flowers, in awe of how the Jaspers mimic the flowers of the coneflower, how the Lavender compliments the Agate, how the purple Labs match the Blue Butterfly wild flowers…oooof, Mother Nature, you did it again!!!
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See you in a few days!!!
Love, Cat

09/30/2021

The wisdom of our inner child ✨
When we are drawn to certain stones, trust that wisdom. There is MAGIC there!!! I always love witnessing kids with stones, they just KNOW! And we have this inside of us as well. We all have an inner child, one the knows what we want and what we need, drawn to the purest energy and connected to our hearts and our soul’s knowing. This sweet angel of a child was drawn to this Smoky Quartz egg, and knew it without hesitation. She’s an old soul for sure, so it’s no wonder she was drawn to Smoky, the grandfather of stones, full of wisdom and magic, groundedness and protection!
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What a joy it is to see her eyes light up when we play with the stones, picking up each one and talking about them…and wouldn’t you know, when we picked up the tiger eye to play and I was naming where each stone comes from…before I could name the country, she shouted out, AFRICA! She is just about 3 years old! Her mom and I were blown away!!! 🤯🤯🤯 What magic and wisdom children possess.
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So, don’t forget to connect to your inner child today, ok? Pick up a piece of nature, whether it’s a crystal, a flower, a leaf, or look up at the sky…and explore it with that same wonder you had at 3 years old! That’s a meditation and an honoring that will spark joy. ✨✨✨
Love, Cat

09/20/2021

The full moon is an invitation…
(Read below for more)
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On my journey back to Chicago from Denver yesterday, I was lucky enough to witness both the sunset, and this incredible moonrise in Iowa. I pulled off at a rest stop without actively realizing the time or where the sun was in the sky…I needed to stretch, use the bathroom, and the restlessness from driving for hours had me needing to take a walk…what a gift it turned out to be.
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As for Denver, it was an incredibly healing time. The mountain energy, the stones, and most of all the special people I could connect with, are all in my heart and on my mind right now.
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I have so many amazing stones to share with you from this time at the , so stay tuned for all of the offerings to come via Lives, web shop updates, and a super special intimate offering I have in the works!
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The full moon is today, in about 10 minutes actually, and I want to share these wise words from Lena :

Despite relationship irritations, dissatisfaction with work and home, or feeling overwhelmed with what is on your plate, this full moon is conducive to taking a positive and proactive attitude towards improving your story. Don't allow your energy to be depleted by the mental struggle around your perceived burden of responsibility vs your own desires and needs. Make a conscious decision that creating a better story for yourself will benefit everyone in your life. And then do it.
Take some time to observe from a neutral place where you need to make a change. There is most likely something on your plate that you can easily prune.

This full moon is an excellent time to expand your inspiration of what is possible and to set some good intentions for attracting good luck, good news and good community. Practice optimism and generosity, and trust your intuition to let your emotions lead your intentions.

09/16/2021

The Phoenix
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On the drive to Colorado, this incredible red sun graced us with its beauty, and I immediately thought of the Phoenix. It’s not lost on me that the destructive fires out west caused this incredible sight. The skies are hazy from the smoke, and the colors and energy are amplified.
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In everything I know of the legendary symbol of the Phoenix, it is closely associated with the sun. The symbol often depicts a large red bird rising up from the ashes or out of fire. It symbolizes life after death, or hope after destruction. Out of troubled circumstances comes eventual good, hope never dies…and we can be reborn out of the ashes after the past burns away.
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Seeing this incredible sight felt like confirmation that now is a time to reset, restart and let all that’s come up over the past several months burn in that blazing fire, and foster rebirth. A new beginning of strength, wisdom, focus and compassion.
LIFE, LET’S DO THIS!!!

📷 tags for the images to come if I can track them down!

08/27/2021

HOME. IN MY BED. OVERWHELMED WITH GRATITUDE.
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What a wild ride the last week has been. It felt like a hospital-stay-time-warp of about three weeks. I’m exhausted, and I’m also feeling better. The healing continues. Slowly. With intention. Listening. Loving.
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All of the love, prayers, messages, comments, cards and gifts have carried me through - and I get tears welling up in my eyes, FEELING the strength of your love and the power of your words. They reinforce my own strength and resolve. What a winning combination!
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My friends, these acts of love mean the world. Let’s NEVER stop being good to each other, please. 🙏🙏🙏
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for being here. And please, if you have questions for me about this journey, don’t hesitate to ask. It’s so important that we share our challenges, triumphs and everything-in-betweens with each other. We are stronger than we even know. We are in this together. We are not alone. Thank you for making that so clear to me ♥️, 🐈‍⬛

08/17/2021

We are not meant to do it all alone.
Community is something I cherish, even as an introvert. Genuine connection lights me up and fuels me, just as much as the needed alone time.
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Over the past few months I’ve been struggling with a severe flare-up of autoimmune Ulcerative Colitis. I haven’t had a flare this bad since I began my acupuncture practice in 2013, thank goodness. Yes, some bouts of symptoms in between then and now that were tough, but they didn’t get to this point.
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These days, I oscillate between feeling completely depleted & defeated one moment, to rallying all of my energy to write an email, unpack another box from our (June!) move, or even think about posting here. But what I’m finding is that the oscillation itself is exhausting. So I’m trying to find the middle way, I’m practicing the art of surrender: not only listening - but responding to - my body on a deeper level, and learning how to read my energy levels and meet them with something doable each day, or even each hour. I’m practicing mirror-work, even when it seems impossible. I’m voicing my needs more clearly and trying to release guilt and shame around said needs. It’s not always easy…Remember, I said I’m practicing 😌 some of this I’ve come to on my own, and some through the incredible suggestion of dear and wise friends.
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Last week during a particularly tough night, and while looking for new research on IBD, I came across the website Girls with Guts. A community of women supporting others with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. There was an area on the site that I could enter my info and request letters of encouragement. In tears, I submitted a request for support, because I knew I needed all I could get. Today I received these beautiful letters of love, understanding and encouragement that filled me with hope. Reading them, tears welled up in my eyes at the humanity that can come through shared challenges. And tears of gratitude for all of the amazing people in my life, both friends & family, as well as perfect strangers who have been supporting me with love and kindness, grace and most of all confirming further the knowing that I’M NOT ALONE. Thank you.
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CONTINUED IN COMMENTS…

07/02/2021

I’m thoroughly convinced there should be a support group for moving…come to think of it, I’m sure there are. Moving is “one of life’s greatest challenges, up there with death and disease”… so they say.
It’s not just the packing and lifting part, the raw hands, the cleaning, oh no. It’s the emotion that comes up, the WHYS, the HOWS, the shifts, the endings, the beginnings…the sense of safety or lack thereof, and the symbolism of it all.
No matter the circumstance, it’s all there.
The amount of gratitude I have right now for moving somewhere that’s a bit more green and a bit more quiet, is HUGE. But I oscillated back and forth between this gratitude and fear thousands of times over the past few weeks. Each time bringing myself back to the gratitude when I got hooked on the fear.
My challenges were highlighted: impatience, distrust, disorganization, miscommunication, attachments, fears…I’m not proud of what came up for me and how little grace I had. I have been dealing with a flare up of Ulcerative Colitis for the past couple months…and that has posed a challenge for sure, but it doesn’t give a free pass to lose touch completely.
I practiced what I know to help: I breathed, I stretched, I reached for my oils, I called on the stones, I had huge support from my friends and family, and I would have been even more challenged without them. But it was still rough going. I got angry, I was mean to my partner at times, I let my negative self talk take over at times. I was as human as can be.
It’s times like these that really do give us the opportunity to continue our growth and personal work. I’m grateful that I can see and know that. So here I am expressing gratitude for the stark realities, and how they lead us to these realizations, and the growth that can follow if we chose to dive deeper into the work. Thank goodness we get to. Thank goodness that with each one of these challenges we get to make progress, start again, even in the very next moment. Don’t stay stuck in guilt or shame here, forgive. Practice compassion. Keep going. Keep growing. Forgive again.
Thanks to everyone who’s helped me and been so very patient with me. I am blessed. 🙏
Love, Cat

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Wednesday	11am - 8pm

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http://www.gesundheithealing.com/

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