6 Reasons Why I Resisted Meditation And Why It Liberates Me Now
“Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.” ― Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom from the Patterns That Bind You Many of my patients have asked me about meditation. Mostly, where to start, and why to even do it in the first place. I’ll be exploring various aspects of meditation in future […]
A healing Sound Soak concert in action.
The Healing Power of Sound, Part Dalawang: Revisiting the Sound Soak Experience
Note: Dalawang is Tagalog/Filipino for the number two. After such a mindblowing sound healing experience at last month’s Sound Soak, led by the talented Joule L’adara, I had to come back this month for more! Especially since I knew that this time, Pascal Dinoia and Nechama Klotz would be playing symphonic and planetary gongs. Up until […]
Welcome, Spring Equinox! Releasing Fear in Big Ways
“Don’t give in to your fears. If you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist In the past two weeks alone, I’ve encountered many of my patients telling me of their stories centered around fear, release, and the obstacles that prevent them from liberating themselves from these fears. Mind […]
Featured On Rappler!: “Margarita Alcantara: From Bamboo Girl to healer”
Last month, I was featured on Rappler, a social news network based in the Philippines, where stories inspire community engagement and digitally fuelled actions for social change. The article Rina Angela Corpus wrote about me was entitled, “Margarita Alcantara: From Bamboo Girl to healer”. I think she did a great job! You may remember Rina’s name […]
Kulintang gongs have been played for many centuries in Southeast Asia and are often included in ceremonies and rituals. "Kulintang at Asian Festival" (cropped) by Mr.TinDC, used with permission under CC BY 2.0. Source.
The Healing Power of Sound: A First Hand Experience
“Sound enters the healing equation from several directions: It may alter cellular functions through energetic effects; it may entrain biological systems to function more homeostatically; it may calm the mind and therefore the body; or it may have emotional effects, which influence neurotransmitters and neuropeptides, which in turn help to regulate the immune system–the healer […]
MindBody Exchange: Platform for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Margarita and her practice were featured on MindBody Exchange’s “In the Spotlight” program via their social media community on Twitter, and Facebook. Check out her profile on MindBody Exchange here. MindBody Exchange is like ZocDoc for alternative and integrative healthcare specialists! Copyright © 2012 by Alcantara Acupuncture & Healing Arts. All rights reserved. You […]
Gong Xi Fa Cai! Are You Shedding Your Snake Skin?
Happy Chinese New Year of the Water Snake (also known as the Black Snake!) It kicked off today, amidst a celebration of firecrackers, tiger dances, smoke, delicious food, and hopes for what the Black Snake may bring. It ends on January 30, 2014, going out with a bang in many Chinatown hotspots throughout the world. […]
Margarita’s Journey to Healing
Margarita was featured in the Rappler article, Margarita Alcantara: From Bamboo Girl to Healer. Her journey from underground zinester/community activist to Acupuncturist/Reiki healer is explored. Rappler is a social news network based in the Philippines, where stories inspire community engagement and digitally fueled actions for social change. Copyright © 2013 by Alcantara Acupuncture […]
Yours truly treating a staff of the Surgeon General's Office at an AWB acupuncture relief clinic in New York City.
Photo used with permission by Cynthia Neipris.
Entering The New Year With Grace And Purpose & New Offerings At Alcantara Acupuncture
The end of 2012 has been full of devastation, of things that our beyond our control, a forceful destruction of the old to rebirth into the new, on literal and symbolic levels. This past month, alone, we in the East Coast continue to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, and now our hearts also […]
Yours Truly needling a patient at the AWB acupuncture clinic at the LGBT Center in Chelsea, NYC.
Copyright © 2012 by Alcantara Acupuncture & Healing Arts. All rights reserved.
Healing After Sandy: A Collective Journey
Two weeks later, the devastation of Hurricane Sandy is still reverberating throughout the New York Metro Area. People who don’t live here may think, “The hurricane’s over, everything’s back to normal”. The reality is, it won’t be normal for quite some time. Some folks here say there’s “a new normal” that we are all getting […]
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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