Our YinOva Massage Therapist, Nicole Kruck, wrote this blog entry to share with you how she uses Mayan Abdominal Massage (MAM) to to treat reproductive issues and enhance fertility. Nicole is a licensed massage therapist, MAM Practitioner & a self care instructor. She contributed the self-massage information for our new book, Making Babies: A Proven [...]
We love the Union Square Farmer’s Market and think you will too! If you make it to our beautiful, new, spacious offices on a market day (Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday) be sure to give yourself extra time to stop there. It runs all year round and has lovely, fresh produce grown here in the [...]
“Is there anything I can do to make it more likely that my baby is a girl?”. This was a question that one of my patients asked me a couple of weeks ago. She already has a little boy and, although she’d be happy with another boy, she would dearly love a baby girl. She [...]
This weather makes it pretty hard for even the perkiest among us to maintain our energy. Many or our patients are telling us that they are hankering for second and third cups of tea or coffee in this weather and we understand. At times that’s a manageable quick fix but here’s something that may be [...]
Recently I blogged about a study that showed that chemical exposure could lead to male infertility. The article provoked a lot of discussion in the YinOva waiting room and many of our patients commented about it and asked for advice about avoiding household chemicals. One of our patients, a 5 year cancer survivor, offered to [...]
Mung Beans are prized throughout Asia for their nutritional and medicinal benefits. It’s worth having some of these small green beans on hand because, unlike other beans, they don’t need any soaking making them particularly handy when you need to whip up a healthy meal, quickly, from the contents of your store cupboard. In Ayurveda, [...]
“To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage ” – Lao Tzu Yesterday we closed the office early and headed off to Westchester for the wedding of one of our own – our lovely YinOva acupuncturist Marie Amato. Marie has worked here at YinOva for 6 years and [...]
Todays blog is written by YinOva Acupuncturist Margaret Sikowitz. I’m very excited today. It is my daughter’s 7th birthday so there is an air of festivity abounding AND I just learned that one of our overdue pregnant mothers-to-be just gave birth. However, the patient in question was a bit disappointed. First she missed the cut [...]
In our book Making Babies: A Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility Dr. David and I discuss the alarming fact that male sperm counts have halved since our grandfather’s generation. My patients are shocked when I tell them this and their next question is usually, “why?”. I always answer that it’s hard to lay the [...]
Time Magazine has some great suggestions for iPhone apps for new Moms. You can check the article out here. I particularly like the Nursing Tracker and the aSleep Kids app that comes with lullabies, a timer and many mother’s favorite stand-bye – white noise. When Emma was small there was no such thing as iPhone [...]
In our book Making Babies: A Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility Dr. David and I talk a lot about adopting a fertility friendly lifestyle. Your diet is one of the main ways you can change your body chemistry every day which is why at the YinOva Center we encourage our fertility patients to adopt [...]
Here at the YinOva Blog we have often drawn your attention to exotic superfoods. We have sung the praises of goji berries, wheat grass and maca powder. However any food that is high in antioxidants and phyto-nutrients could be called a superfood and, bearing this in mind, I thought it might be useful to look [...]
— “We can tell spring is in the air when our patients come in with red eyes and stuffy noses…”
I have learned not to underestimate the healing power of visualization. I remember once treating a woman who was trying to have a baby but was suffering from amenorrhea (no periods). All the usual herbs and acupuncture were not working so I referred her to a GYN who tried a number of pharmaceutical interventions to [...]
Today’s blog was written by YinOva acupuncturist and herbalist Margaret Sikowitz What a week! Crazy weather, way too much to do and not a minute to myself. Sounds familiar, I know since pretty much everyone walking through our doors at the Yinova Center recently echoed a similar sentiment. For me, this calls for a good [...]
This week’s blog is by YinOva acupuncturist and herbalist Marie Amato Over the weekend I had my first Maya Abdominal Massage™ and I wanted to share this experience with the YinOva community. I was lucky enough to study this technique from our favorite Mayan masseuse, Nicole Kruck. For those of you who have not yet [...]
Today’s blog entry was written by YinOva Acupuncturist and mother-of-two, Margaret Sikowitz. Can you recommend a pediatrician? It’s a question we get asked a lot at the Yinova Center. Different doctors suit different families so here are some thoughts that we hope will guide you as you make your choice. Ask around. The best place [...]
Lee Hullender is a fabulous acupuncturist and herbalist based in Seattle. Her practice is called Abundant Spring and specializes in treating both male and female fertility. If you know anyone who needs a good acupuncturist in the Seattle area, I can wholeheartedly recommend her. Lee’s husband Joe is a chef and she emailed me last [...]
“Can you help me get my mojo back?” Karen¹ was a tired Mom with two small children who was worried about her lack of libido. Here at the YinOva Center we regularly hear from women who are concerned that they have little or no interest in sex. To a certain extent it’s normal for sexual [...]
Today’s blog was written by YinOva acupuncturist and herbalist, Liz Carlson. Often, when I discover why something is so bad for me, I find it easier to cut it out of my life. In my early twenties, after I learned that aspartame was causing brain tumors in lab rats I didn’t find it too hard [...]
This weekend we have a new addition to the YinOva family. Congratulations to acupuncturist Sharon Yeung on the birth of her baby girl, Lila. Recently the website, Urban Baby, featured the YinOva Center in an article entitled “Get Unstuck”. I was particularly happy to see how many of our patients commented and shared their experiences [...]
— Life these days is a little stressful, to put it mildly. You need a mind, body and soul solution
At the YinOva Center we take issue with the old adage that “beauty is only skin deep”. Chinese medicine sees beauty as a reflection of the state of someone’s whole body. Radiance comes from a strong, vibrant spirit, good nourishment and enough rest. The holistic nature of Chinese medicine lends itself to the notion that [...]
