Top 5 Ways To Quickly And Easily Clear Your Personal Energy
What is your personal energy? Your personal energy is your Etheric Body, and takes the same shape of your Physical Body, extending outwards from it. The first auric layer of the Etheric Body extends about one foot from the Physical Body. The second layer extends past the Physical Body at about three or more feet […]
My Top 8 Books On Acupuncture, Reiki, And Intuition For Newbies
“Do you have any good books you can recommend if I’d like to learn more about Acupuncture?” “What are some good books on Reiki?” “Is there anything I can read to learn how to develop my intuition?” These are questions I am often asked by my patients. And, it’s usually following an Acupuncture or Reiki treatment, when […]
Why I Love Coconut Oil
Some of my favorite memories include drinking, and eating, all things coconut, during trips to the Philippines as a child. Coconut meat, oil, water, and milk. Yummers, all of it! I particularly loved it when coconut was cooked as part of a sauce, such as in dishes like Ginataang Manok (Chicken with Coconut Milk). I also relished desserts […]
How To Deal With Mean Girls
We’ve all seen them growing up. The Mean Girls. Perhaps the quality was detectable in their mannerisms, their hostile actions, or through their abusive words. Whether they were a bitter memory from the past, or are a present experience in the workplace, or social life, Mean Girls are a thing. The topic of Mean Girls may seem […]
3 Ways To Honor Your Ancestors
“Where are you from?” This is a question I get asked often. The answer? I am from Pittsburgh, PA, born and bred in Steel Town, USA. But, this is not often what inquiring minds mean when they ask that question. What they mean to ask is what my ethnic background is. The answer to that is a […]
MindBodyGreen Features Margarita’s Article On How Reiki Raises Your Vibration
I’m so excited that MindBodyGreen just published my article, today, called, “How Reiki Raises Your Energetic Vibration + Why It Matters”! Have you ever wondered why raising your vibration is important? In this article, I talk about what happens to the physical and energetic bodies when we go through life with denser vibrations vs. higher vibrations, […]
My Top 5 Fave Essential Oils For Healing The Soul
Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love my essential oils! I am trained in Essential Oil Therapy based on Chinese Medicine. I was also fortunate to learn the energetics of the oils, including how they relate to our energy centers, or chakras. What started off as a hobby in my early 20’s has now become something […]
5 Ways To Get Back In Your Flow When You Feel Stuck
“Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” – Bruce Lee […]
How To Tell The Difference Between Intuition And When It’s Just Your Ego Talking
“Intuition is seeing with the soul.” ― Dean Koontz Intuition is a funny thing. It is within all of us, yet confounds us. It’s something that we often doubt, yet is powerful when trusted. It is the difference between going forth in life blindly vs. with awareness. When our Third Eye is strong AND trusted – because […]
7 Easy Ways To Raise Your Vibration And Why It’s So Important
Once and a while, I get the question from my patients, “How do I raise my vibration?” When they ask me that, it’s usually because of one of two things – because they feel, on some level, that their vibrations could be higher or could use some lifting; or, because they feel stuck in patterns, […]
Welcome to the Alcantara Acupuncture & Healing Arts! Here you will find the most recent updates on my adventures as an urban Licensed Acupuncturist Reiki Master/Teacher, and Medicine Woman in New York City, as well as wellness tips to soothe the soul, live more vibrantly, and cultivate wholeness and balance. Enjoy the blog, and please say hello!
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