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

By Shanly Weber, MA, SEP, Founder of SHIFT (http://shiftingawareness.com/about-shanly/) I am very excited to be leading a workshop on infertility, grief and loss this Saturday, February 9 from 9-12PM at Acupuncture Denver (http://shiftingawareness.com/about-shanly/). Besides helping our bodies during the conception process, it is crucial to support our mind-body connection. By that, I don't mean cognitively processing any difficulties we may be experiencing, but allowing the space for o Read more

By Alyssa Beiss, Acupuncture Denver Staff It is widely accepted that high levels of stress are associated with difficulty conceiving and maintaining pregnancy. It should not come as a surprise that a similar association can be made between stress levels and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. A new study of women undergoing IVF, measured levels of stress hormones throughout the IVF process, and found a correlation between lower levels of stress and increased success rates. You can rea 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

As some of you know, I recently spent two weeks in Ethiopia with Mudula Water (http://www.mudulawater.org) visiting projects and delivering medical supplies to rural health centers in the Kembata-Tembaro region. I also got to visit the midwives-in-training from Mudula, one of whom Acupuncture Denver is sponsoring for the next four years. It was my second trip to Ethiopia but the first time I got to really spend time getting to know people and places more intimately. I was also able to meet our n Read more

By Alyssa Beiss, Acupuncture Denver Staff Jane and I had the pleasure of listening to one of our favorite authors speak at the Tattered Cover book store recently. Brene Brown, author of “The Gifts of Imperfection,” and “I Thought it Was Just Me (But it Isn’t),” has done some incredible work with shame resilience and vulnerability and I am looking forward to delving into her new book “Daring Greatly.” If you haven’t yet seen Brene’s TE Read more

By Alyssa Beiss, Acupuncture Denver Staff I am consistently amazed and inspired by the women that come to see Jane and Merry. Many of their journeys toward motherhood have been filled with pain and loss and yet they continue to come to the office week after week with strength and hope. Though I can’t speak from my own experience, I have spoken to enough women to know that, for many of them, this is the most difficult thing they have had to face in their lives. I was lucky enough to Read more

The Fertile Soul retreat (http://www.thefertilesoul.com/retreats-randine-lewis.php) is coming up next weekend, 10/12-10/15, and there is still space for people to sign up! I have included some words from Randine (http://www.thefertilesoul.com/randine-lewis-infertility-cure.php) below about what we'll be covering this weekend and what others have said about the retreat. I can say that in my own fertility journey, retreats were key to accessing healing, peace and happiness again. This will be  Read more

Many of you already know that Jane will be traveling to Ethiopia in November with the non-profit organization, Mudula Water (http://www.mudulawater.org/). This amazing group has been working to bring clean water to the rural town of Mudula so that women and girls can spend less time fetching water and more time at school and with their families. They are also working to provide scholarships to women in the area to attend midwifery school so they may return and provide care in this town that  Read more