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

7.01.2022

▼ July Glow ▼ inspiration, elevation & journaling queries to take outside

As July heats up the land, we surf sans wetsuits, eat watermelons and cucumbers, and make floral sun teas. We savor colorful farmer’s markets, lounge on chill beaches with good reading, laugh on bike parades with strangers, and harvest abundance in our gardens. What a glorious time of year.

As the long days begin shortening towards the end of this month, we watch our California hillsides dry into rolling shades of golds and browns, and begin collecting seeds. Here, more than halfway through 2022, consider:

What are you learning? How are you growing?
What are you shedding? How are you transforming?

Stuff a small notebook into your pocket, and bring these questions with you on a walk. Perhaps bring some tea or incense. Perhaps make some earth altars on your journey. Perhaps you simply let yourself wander freely until the long day is complete and you have wandered your way into your answers, clarity glowing from within and without.

ENJOY

🌻 Recent podcasts

Plants & Pipelines with Linda Black Elk
Tea Travels (I narrate my recent article on the Mountain Rose Journal)
Decolonizing our Herbal Roots with Mimi Hernandez

🌻 Recent articles

Mountain Rose Herbs Journal article
Five Element quiz (still designing. I appreciate your feedback!)

🌻 Inspiration & Elevation

Trees of the Los Padres
Universe in Verse series, The Marginalian
Ancient Green by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Emergence Magazine
Navigating the Mysteries by Martin Shaw
Chasing Cicadas by Anisa George

CLINIC NEWS

Acupuncture appointments book up fast. You can book ahead into September (up to two months in advance), schedule multiple appointments, and view all services here.

Happy summering,

Jiling Lin, L.Ac. 林基玲

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6.01.2022

🌻Summer Solstice, updated clinic fees, Texas

Happy Summer Solstice! As we approach the middle of 2022 and the beginning of summer, take a moment to reflect on how your year has been thus far, where you are now, and where you are going. Journal, draw, or put on a piece of music and dance it out.

SUMMER

Stay cool through the rising heat. Sip on herbal iced teas, or make a refreshing herbal highball. Make cucumber salads with fresh garden herbs. Create sun teas with mint family plants like peppermint, spearmint, lemon balm and lavender. Make and freeze fresh pesto. Revel in the abundance of this time of year.

Summer is associated with the Fire Element in Chinese Medicine. Move more fully into your body and life, and complete your big passion projects. As you travel into your bold summer adventures, remember to rest, relax, and create pockets of spaciousness for freeform play– and simply doing nothing. (Acupuncture can help!)

CLINIC NEWS

⭐Updated clinic fees⭐ Please note NEW clinic fees. Acupuncture and all other services & fees have been updated on my Services & Fees page!

TEXAS

The last few weeks have been heavy with the tragic loss of life. Our hearts are with their families and loved ones. In these times, it can be challenging to keep our spirits up. Here are some emotional resources:

Emotional First Aid class series, currently free, from Florida School of Holistic Living
7 Ways to Lighten Your Spirit, by Rosemary Gladstar
An Age-by-Age Guide to Talking with Children about Mass Shootings from the New York Times

Here are some actions you can take, from author Suleika Jaoud's recent newsletter, "Use Your Voice":

Donate to Mom’s Demand Action.
Donate to the City of Uvalde’s fund for the victim’s families.
Contact your legislators to demand common sense gun reform.

Strength & blessings,

Jiling Lin, L.Ac. 林基玲

acupuncture . herbs . yoga

JILINGLIN.COM

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5.01.2022

🌻 Spring abundance: flowers, books, herbs, & more acupuncture insurance coverage

I hope you're enjoying the flowers springing to life all over our local Ventura Botanical Garden, River Preserve, and Los Padres National Forest. Learn about Wild Weedy Wonders in our spring Free Herbalism Project event video!

WILD WEEDY WONDERS

While you're munching on wild edibles, also make some Free & Easy Wanderer Incense with my newest recipe on the Mountain Rose Herbs blog— complete with 40-minute video!

MAKE INCENSE

Teaching about the Five Elements at Esalen was a dream. I compiled some of my top East Asian medicine and other book recommendations here for not only Esalen students, but also memoirs for either leisurely beach reading or long hospital stays, botanical medicine resources for herbal explorers, and I even updated my resource-links library for you; enjoy!

BOOK RECS

CLINIC NEWS

I am now an in-network acupuncture provider for American Specialty Health (ASH), who is the insurance provider for Kaiser, Anthem Blue Cross, and many more. Curious if you're covered? Verify your insurance benefits here.

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BOTANICAL MEDICINE

Learn about Chinese Medicine in your Kitchen with me, and various other splendid classes with splendid herbalists, at the new HerbRally Schoolhouse. Try out your first 30 days for FREE with code JILING30... Enjoy!

LEARN HERBS

I'm traveling to Oregon again in June, to present a LIVE Free Herbalism Project... watch for updates here! Also sign up for the free Mountain Rose Herbs Journal, a biannual collection of botanical beauty from esteemed herbalists all over the USA. (If you already signed up, then you should receive your Journals soon... or come get one in Clinic when they drop.)

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