By Alyssa Beiss, Acupuncture Denver Staff National Infertility Awareness Week (http://www.resolve.org/national-infertility-awareness-week/home-page.html) is upon us and, as specialists in the field, we are excited to support it. Infertility (http://www.acudenver.com/fertility.htm) can be an enormous challenge but lots of new research is being done to find new options for treatment, and acupuncture has recently been the focus of multiple studies. One very recent study has found increased  Read more

I love sending out e-newsletters, because I always end up getting replies and updates from clients whom I haven't seen for a while. Some send pregnancy updates, baby pictures, or just touch base to let me know how they have been. But I was deeply touched when so many people replied yesterday about my upcoming trip to Ethiopia to go get our second son (after a three-plus year wait!). It made me realize how fortunate I am to be surrounded and supported by so much love and understanding in my  Read more

By Merry Reasons, Dipl.Ac., L.Ac, FABORM Last week, I had the opportunity of attending a post-graduate training program with Claudia Citkovitz, Director of the Acupuncture for Labor and Delivery Program at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. The intensive training focused on hand and needle techniques for labor prep, all phases of labor (including difficult and associated complications), and postpartum support. Hospital-based co-treatment approaches were also given for common medical in Read more

I am excited to have so many wonderful upcoming events this fall at Acupuncture Denver! The most amazing event will be the October Fertile Soul Retreat (http://acudenver.com/workshops.htm)with Dr. Randine Lewis (http://www.thefertilesoul.com/randine-lewis-infertility-cure.php), author of The Infertility Cure, founder of The Fertile Soul, and my dear friend and mentor. I am just thrilled to be hosting this weekend retreat right at the clinic. We'll start on Friday night, October 12th and Read more

By Randine Lewis, MSOM, Ph.D., L.Ac., FABORM (http://www.thefertilesoul.com/randine-lewis-infertility-cure.php) Happy Fourth of July! Independence Day celebrates breaking free from the control of the motherland. We eat, drink, gather with friends and family, and watch the sky fill with fireworks. The day ends, and we go back to our lives, unchanged., having just given our energy to another past moment in history. Rather than focusing on the past story (http://www Read more

By Alyssa Beiss, Acupuncture Denver staff Like most Westerners, my yoga practice began as a physical one. After a serious injury and the surgery that followed, I looked into ways to help improve and speed up my recovery. Someone told me to try yoga and soon after I dove right into what I think to be one of the most challenging posture practices. Hot yoga in the Bikram tradition is a series of postures performed in a room heated to over 100 degrees. Anyone who thinks yoga is easy has cert Read more

We are excited about our upcoming One-Day Fertile Soul retreat (http://www.acudenver.com/workshops.htm) which happens on Sunday, October 2 from 9:00AM-7:00 PM. This day-long workshop has proven to be one of my favorite experiences to share with my patients and other attendees. The presentation is full of information, the work is deep and heart-centered, and by the end of the day everyone feels supported, uplifted, and hopeful. I invite anyone who needs a day of nurturing, connection and heal Read more

We are excited to be offering another one-day Fertile Soul Reclaim Your Fertility mini-retreat (http://www.acudenver.com/workshops.htm) on Sunday, October 2nd. This day-long workshop proves to be inspiring, rejuvenating and empowering for all who attend. After the last workshop, one of the participants shared her experience with me in an email: I was checking out your website when I saw the One Day Fertile Soul Retreat info and I knew I would be going! That day was one of the most amazin Read more