Are You Being Led by Your Wound or Your Spirit? 5 Tell-Tale Signs You’re Still Not over It
Are you being led by your wound or your Spirit? Can you even tell the difference? When we are led by our Spirit, we are in alignment with ourselves and are in our flow. When we are led by our wounds, we see ourselves burdened by life, unable to function, treading water while barely keeping […]
How to Perform a Cleansing Ritual Bath for Renewal
Do you ever feel extra delicious after taking a shower? All of your muscles, skin, bones, and fascia feel like they’re much more integrated with each other than when you first entered, no? In fact, you may feel calmer, more level-headed, and your body may feel less tight. When we shower or take a bath, it is to […]
The Right (and Wrong) Way to Use Essential Oils
Remember the last time you were in nature, and the aroma of the sweet grass, the smell of the forest trees, or the scent of the richness of the earth instantly relaxed the tension in your shoulders and brought your stress level to zero? Or how about when you smell a fresh bouquet of roses, and […]
Why It Is Scary as Hell to Be Seen for Who We Are
The masks we wear are numerous. Sometimes we don’t ever take them off. And, if we wear them long enough, we forget that what we show to others isn’t even who we really are. When we first learned to use them, it was to serve a very important purpose – in order to survive, we learned […]
Healing Invocation For The Oppressed And Marginalized
Have you ever felt like you didn’t belong? That expressing you voice was a dangerous thing to do? Were you ever excluded from a benefit other people enjoyed because you appeared different from the majority (read: those in power?) Or, were you ever afraid for your life just for simply existing, loving, believing, or being […]
What Oppression Does to TMJ + 5 Things You Can Do To Heal It: Because Smashing The Patriarchy Is Hard Work
Bringing awareness into the world, when you feel the odds are against you, is tough. It’s like shining the light of your soul into the darkness, only to notice that you are in shark-infested waters. How can you be the change, when you feel the majority of your peers are fine with complacency, bigotry, xenophobia, […]
My Top 7 Ways To Interrupt Negative Patterns When You Feel Stuck
Have you ever felt so stuck in a rut that you felt blocked – in the flow of your life, from abundance, with your creativity, joy, or love life? Seriously, if you’ve never felt stuck, you must not have a pulse! Because, we’ve ALL been there. AND revisit that feeling from time to time. It’s […]
My First Article In The Huffington Post!
My cupping article just became my first-ever article published in THE HUFFINGTON POST!! I am pinching myself! Check it out, and please share! “Curious About Cupping? Here’s What You Need To Know” If you are DONE with reading Olympic posts about cupping by “experts” who don’t even practice it for a living (and I was […]
Curious About Cupping? Here’s What You Need To Know
What do 19-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, U.S. men’s gymnast Alex Naddour, Jennifer Aniston, and Gwyneth Paltrow all have in common? They are among the many prominent athletes and celebrities who proudly sport their red and purple colored circles that dot their backs and shoulders. But, what exactly are these marks that look like battle scars from wrestling with a […]
Are You Being Called To Heal Ancestral Trauma?
When we think of healing our ancestors, we may envision ceremonies being performed in far away lands that are too remote for us to even identify with. The reality is… there are many accessible ways to heal the trauma of our lineage. How do you know if you’re being called to hear your ancestral pain? You […]
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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