Jiling Lin, L.Ac. • Acupuncturist, Herbalist, Artist

12.01.2021

December newsletter

As we welcome the contemplative yin season of Winter, we assess where we came from and where we are now, to consciously direct where we are going.

To support your year-end reflection & manifestation process, I integrated my favorite retrospective practices within a Chinese medicine Five Elements conceptual framework. Download here:

REFLECT + MANIFEST

REFLECT on the past year, reconnect with your Purpose, clarify your Visions, then MANIFEST your new year and each season with a clear Plan and aligned Actions.

SOLSTICE ACUPUNCTURE, YOGA & LIVE MUSIC │ Join us at Ojai's beautiful Light & Space yoga studio to welcome Winter. Enjoy restorative yoga w/ Samantha Garrison, smooth beats from DJ Earthtones (Serge), and savasana-acupuncture from yours truly. Dec. 15, 7-9 PM.

MANIFEST NYE | Join Justin Michael Williams online on New Year's eve (FREE!), for your spiritual pre-game to your evening activities. Dec. 31, 11 AM- 2 PM.

BODHI SALT | Welcome to Ventura's newest yoga studio! Join us for our grand opening on 12/8, and for my weekly Elemental Flow vinyasa 1 classes on Sundays at 11!

WILDYOGA YTT-200 | Join us online to invigorate your yoga practice with Balanced Rock's unique combination of yoga teacher training & spiritual ecology. Life-changing. I'm teaching the Integration module again, to help weave these beautiful threads elegantly into your life. Feb - Sept, 2022. Get $200 off with code: jilingwildyoga

2022 EVENTS | Join me in 2022 for Yosemite backpacking retreats, Esalen hot springs retreats, and more! Bookmark this page for fresh updates.

GIFTS

GIFT CARDS │ Give the gift of health with an Acupuncture gift-card!

REFLECT & MANIFEST │ ... or, simply give the gift of Reflection & Manifestation (the above PDFs)

Thank you for your support of my woman-owned small business this past year. I'm honored to serve you. Cheers to many beautiful years ahead. May the seeds of Beauty that you are sowing bloom & flourish, seeding further ripples of Beauty for all our future generations. May you be happy. May you be healthy. May you thrive.

Happy HolyDays ❤️

Jiling Lin, L.Ac. 林基玲

acupuncture . herbs . yoga

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11.15.2021

Reflect & Manifest

As we welcome the contemplative yin season of Winter, we assess where we came from and where we are now, to consciously direct where we are going.

To support your year-end reflection & manifestation process, I integrated my favorite retrospective practices within a Chinese medicine Five Elements conceptual framework.

To facilitate seasonal reflections throughout the year, I created a similar template for your quarterly reflection & manifestation process. Get both here:

REFLECT & MANIFEST

REFLECT on the past year, reconnect with your Purpose, clarify your Visions, then MANIFEST your new year and each season with a clear Plan and aligned Actions.

Enjoy! Happy holidays ❤️

Jiling Lin, L.Ac. 林基玲

acupuncture . herbs . yoga

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11.01.2021

Five Elements │ Wander & Wonder

Happy November!

As the winter oceanic swell grows, we are baking more, sleeping earlier, and starting to wrap up the year. How are you celebrating and experiencing the changing seasons?

ESALEN 2022 │ We just returned from our Five Elements of Yoga & Chinese Medicine weeklong retreat at the gorgeous Esalen Institute along the Big Sur coastline. The cliffside hot springs, delicious foods, beautiful community, smiling Milky Way, and deep wisdom from the land, waters, and her people nourished me deeply. I hope you can join us at Esalen, next year!

WANDER & WONDER │ In one of my favorite Five Elements of Chinese Medicine classes, I shared Wandering & Wondering, a process that roots & nourishes my life, and I hope will inspire you, as well.

Download my Five Elements Wonderings class handout here:

WONDERINGS

I invite you to:

Open. Choose a question (or a couple). Focus on ONE element through the duration of your walk, or explore ALL elements in different sections of your walk.
Wander. Bring these questions, your journal, and writing/ drawing tools. Allow yourself to meander without direction through a landscape.
Wonder. Hold your question(s) lightly. Dialogue with the landscape of both your external and internal terrains.
Sit. Notice a place that calls to you. Silently sit and observe both your external and internal environments. Free-write observations & insights.
Thank this place before you continue wandering & wondering through other question(s), or close your journey.

May the gifts and changes of this season nourish you. May you open to wonder in moments both small and large. May you enjoy the loving embrace of your family, community, and our planet. Thank you for your presence on our Earth!

Jiling Lin, L.Ac. 林基玲

acupuncture . herbs . yoga

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10.01.2021

🍁October newsletter

As the days shorten, plants send their energy to their roots and go to seed, while deciduous trees shed their leaves. We cozy up in warmer clothes, and start storing up our food and energy reserves for the winter. In autumn, we transition from the more active yang seasons of spring and summer into the more restful yin seasons of autumn and winter. We too send our energies underground, sleeping and eating more, and moving and doing less. In autumn, we bundle, store, and prepare for the more fallow winter season ahead, when the world rests.

Soup is perfect for welcoming autumn! Enjoy warm nourishing soups medicinally loaded with a hearty Chinese herbal base. Slow-cook over the stovetop or in a crockpot with your favorite proteins and veggies...

Visit Mountain Rose Herbs for the rest of this article, to learn about some of my favorite Chinese medicinals to enrich nourishing stews!

EVENTS

FIVE ELEMENTS ESALEN RETREAT │ Join us at the stunning Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA for an embodied exploration of the Five Elements of Yoga & Chinese Medicine, Oct. 4 - 8.

WILDYOGA @ YOSEMITE │ Reconnect & recharge with Balanced Rock Foundation's WildYoga 100 Hour Immersion in Yosemite, Nov. 1 - 19. Use promo code wildyoga100 for $500 off!

ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC NEWS

2022 RATE INCREASE │ Due to the increased cost of supplies and shipping, I will increase all of my rates by $5, beginning 1/1/2022. Please enjoy our current rates for the remainder of 2021!

YOGA

ONLINE YOGA │ See you once a month online for FREE/ by- donation Yoga for Athletes at Insight Timer.

IN- PERSON YOGA │ See you every Thursday for Yoga OUTDOORS on Thursdays 7:45 - 8:45 PM PST, at Boulderdash Ventura. Free for gym members!

Enjoy October, and happy Halloween!

Jiling Lin, L.Ac. 林基玲

acupuncture . herbs . yoga

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9.01.2021

Five Elements Esalen retreat, 2022 rate increase

Happy Autumn Equinox on Sept. 22, and happy Moon Festival (中秋節) on Sept. 21! From a Chinese Medicine perspective, we welcome the energies of the Metal element in Autumn, which correlates with the Lung and Large Intestine meridians, inspiration, expiration, immunity, and connection with the Sacred. In these changing seasons, I hope that you enjoy warm teas, loving company, nourishing foods, and spacious rest and reflection.