Now You Can NAP at Home

If you've been coming for acupuncture long enough, at some point you will hear me recommend an epsom salt bath or a detox bath.

Epsom salt baths have many benefits including: easing stress and relaxing the body (massage in a tub), relieving pain and muscle cramping, assisting proper muscle and nerve functions, helping prevent hardening of arteries and blood clots, improving insulin function to prevent diabetes, relieving constipation, and eliminating toxins from the body. 

For your ease and conveience NAP has created several different bath products with epsom salts, dead sea salts, french grey salts, pink himalayan salts and therapuetic grade essential oils from Young Living that are now available for purchase in the office. Order yours today!

Detoxify
Unscented Detox Bath contains epsom salts, dead sea salts and baking soda. $8

Refresh

Detox Bath with Citrus Fresh Essential Oil Blend $10
(Orange, Tangerine, Lemon, Mandarin, Grapefruit, Spearmint)
Citrus Fresh stimulates the right brain, to amplify creativity and well-being and eradicate anxiety. University researchers in Japan found that diffusing a citrus fragrance in an office environment improved mental accuracy and concentration by 54%. This is a great way to start the day!

Happy Place

Pink Himalalyan Salts and Gray Clay French Salt with Peace and Calming Essential Oil Blend $10

(Blue Tansy, Patchouly, Tangerine,  Orange, Ylang Ylang)

Peace and Calming promotes relaxation and a deep sense of peace and emotional well-being. It can be used as a wonderful prelude to a peaceful night's rest. It may calm overactive and hard-to-manage children, reduce depression, anxiety, stress and insomnia.

Sore Muscle Relief

Dead Sea Salt, Epsom salt with Cypress Essential Oil and AromaSeiz Essential Oil Blend $10

(Cypress, Basil, Marjoram, Lavender, Peppermint)
Aroma Seiz is an advanced complex of anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxing essential oils that promote circulation and treat spasmed, tight, inflamed, aching muscles resulting from injury, fatigue, or stress. It also relieves headaches. Extra cypress is added for its ability to improve circulation and lymphatic drainage, reduce edema and water retention.

NAP time

Grey Sea Salt, Epsom salt with Lavender Essential Oil $10 

Lavender has many uses and has adaptagens which means it is uplifting when you are tired and calming when you are stressed. Lavender is most often used for its balancing and relaxing effects and it can also be used for respiratory infections, PMS, skin conditions (acne, psorasis, scarring, stretch marks), insomnia and nervous tension.

Not a bath fan? Young Living essential oil orders are placed on the 2nd of every month just let me know what you'd like (www.youngliving.com) and it will be in the office for you to pick up about a week later. Interested in free oils? Ask me how!

Sarah Canga-Arguelles

Neighborhood Acupuncture Place (NAP)
230 Florence St
Crystal Lake IL 60014
815.893.9825
www.clnap.com

Yoga + Acupuncture = Yogapuncture Now on Monday Nights!

I have been toying with the idea of this class for quite some time and many of you have asked when I will be teaching yoga in the area. I'm happy to say the first session is starting Sept 10th and will run for 3 weeks. Its a new reason to be excited about Mondays!

What is Yogapuncture?

Yogapuncture is a 90 minute class that blends the best of 2 of my favorite things: yoga and acupuncture. Yogapuncture is a classical hatha yoga class that ends with a long final relaxation (savasana) incorporating an acupuncture treatment for balance. If you've had community acupuncture you know that a group environment magnifies the benefits of your treatment, adding yoga into the mix will also magnify your relaxation! In 2010, 150 participants received acupuncture together making it the largest group treatment in the world.

Our first session will run 3 weeks and the theme will be around maintaining balance and preparing the body for fall.

Each session can take a max of 10 students and must be paid in FULL at the start of the first class. Call the office 815.893.9825 or send us an email to reserve your space just put "yogapuncture" in the title of your email.

Where will Yogapuncture be located?

Yogapuncture will take place at Radiant Heart Yoga in Alogonquin (1130 N Main Street) on Monday evenings from 8:00-9:30. The entrance of the studio is located in the back of the building.



What does yogapuncture cost?

Each yogapuncture class is 90 minutes long which includes a classical yoga class and acupuncture treatment and costs $33. The first session is 3 classes for $99. Because space is limited you must commit to the full session and payment is due before or at the start of the first class. If you'd like to pay with a credit card please do so ahead of time.

Sign up today!

Sarah Canga-Arguelles

Neighborhood Acupuncture Place (NAP)
230 Florence St
Crystal Lake IL 60014
815.893.9825
www.clnap.com

Its Time For Your Seasonal Tune-Up

Its always about this time of year the fall tricks me into thinking the cooler weather is a good idea. These cool nights make for good sleeping weather and light sweaters and sandals  almost feel decadent. Then all of a sudden a winter coat is a necessity and sun shine until 9pm seems like a distant memory.

In Chinese Medicine this time of year is known as late summer. This is a transition point in the seasonal cycle and its when our spleen/stomach system is working its hardest to bridge the gap between the lightness of summer and the heaviness of autumn. Its also around this time that many people get sick because of the strong changes in our environment. Many people have commented that it feels like winter at 72 because we've become so accustomed to 100 days.

Now is the best time to get an acupuncture tune up treatment so that your body can better adapt to the changes in our environment. This will help boost the immune system and keep SAD at bay when the winter months set in. The lung and large intestine are most active in the fall. If you are prone to colds/flus and seasonal allergies during the fall months now is the perfect time for prevention.

It is also a good time to start slowly transitioning heavier foods and warming herbs and spices into your diet. The spleen and stomach do best with yellow root veggies and full sweet flavor foods like sweet potatoes, squashes etc. Starting your day with hot lemon water and/or warm cereals like steel cut oatmeal is also a good idea.

Schedule your tune up today! 

Sarah Canga-Arguelles

Neighborhood Acupuncture Place (NAP)
230 Florence St
Crystal Lake IL 60014
815.893.9825
www.clnap.com