Nava Wellness NYC

12/30/2025

Sending health vibes to those entrusted me with their care - past, present, and future. Here’s to 2026!

10/23/2025

A conversation on acupuncture and East Asian medicine with yours truly. Have a listen!

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08/14/2025

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07/25/2025

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04/11/2025

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Out of office —> in

1. FRICK YEAH bathroom selfie
2. Goddess with Sea Monster
3. Sea monster close-up
4. She wolf, Italian.
5. Neptune with Sea Monster
6. Unidentified satyr
7. Zoom in for best baby expression (with 🗡️) with .kanevsky porcelain flowers in the foreground
8. .kanevsky artichoke flower
9. Blooms in reality on a damp cold spring afternoon.

09/17/2024

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Mid-Autumn Mooncake Festival lands on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar — on September 17th 2024 (today!). This is a time to celebrate the moon as it symbolizes the reunion with family, loved ones, and friends by sharing mooncakes and fruits from the summer’s bounty. Mayan, Greek, and Chinese civilizations all share roots in the celebration of the moon.

Chinese folklore evolves around the moon goddess Chang E and her pet Yu Tu, the jade rabbit. The jade rabbit is depicted with a mortar and pestle pounding herbal medicine, mooncakes or other medicinal tinctures. Japanese and Korean folklore renders the rabbit as making rice cakes akin to mochi and tteok. Regardless of culture and interpretation, the universality of the medicinal-moon-rabbit can be attributed to lunar pareidolia and shared amongst families around the world.

Take a moment, share a mooncake or two with those you hold dear to the heart, and savor the waning summer light.

11/22/2023

on the fickle and transient nature of duality.

Qi 氣 and Blood 血, like Yang 陽and Yin 陰, are two peas in a pod. They complete one another in creating a whole and yet, stand alone, each holds the potential for new growth.

Gu Qi 穀氣 is often translated as the qi of grain and water. It is the nutrients our body extract from food and drink; it is our post-natal source of vitality. In a nutshell, we are what we eat. Consume a wide variety of foods, choose wisely, and portion smartly. Allow movement to balance stillness.

11/16/2023

practice update

Embossed in gold (once again) with a Dr. addition! The official title is Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM) but no need to fret over the title. I continue to offer quality, well-rounded, whole-body health and wellness with in the

Link in bio for more information! ✍🏽