Build Resilience & Boost Immunity This Winter Practice this one-minute self-massage routine each day to help you boost your immunity and stay healthy throughout the winter this year. I recently came across this sentence when I was leafing through some old notes from acupuncture school: “Acupuncture builds resilience & strengthens our natural resistance to disease.”… Continue Reading
Stress Busters! When life gets chaotic, and it invariably does, how do you cope? One convenient, effective (and free!) option is controlled breathing. Paying attention to your breath invokes the Relaxation Response, which can reduce stress, ease anxiety, and promote clear thinking, as well as slow down your heart rate and lower blood pressure. Making… Continue Reading
What is our immune system? Understanding the biomedical perspective Our immune system defends our body from attacking germs, like bacteria, and is involved in our body’s response to injury. This defense system is made up of entire organs and vessel systems like the lymph vessels, but also of individual cells and proteins. The main parts… Continue Reading
Gururas Khalsa is a community acupuncturist and the director of Seminole Heights Community Acupuncture. She has more than 20 years experience in health care and has worked for social justice and change throughout her career. “My real goal is to help ordinary, everyday people be healthy. Community acupuncture enables me to do this.” Gururas is nationally board-certified and licensed… Continue Reading
Fall is here! New seasons are an opportunity to realign with our body’s natural rhythms. Fall’s shorter days and cooler temperatures can help encourage the transition. From an acupuncture perspective, autumn is about refinement. A time to pare down, to let go of excesses we gave ourselves in summer, and focus on what’s necessary for winter. Even here… Continue Reading
People often ask if acupuncture can help with weight loss. Here’s what we’ve learned. Acupuncture and Weight Management Acupuncture can be a great tool for PAIN management. When you have less pain, you’re more able to be physically active (and you’re more likely to enjoy it). Regular, moderate physical activity can be a huge help… Continue Reading
Spring is here: a time for new beginnings, fresh starts, and spring allergies. Billions of tree pollen grains (mostly from oak, cypress, and bayberry) will float over our yards, cars, ponds, and doormats for the next 6+ weeks. And this is nothing new. Back in 2002, Tampa made the top of WebMD’s list of the worst towns for bad… Continue Reading
Healing Yourself with Foot Soaks Self Care with Custom Foot Soaks Headaches wreck your day? Do your feet make walking a challenge? Your back and knees hurt? Our custom foot soaks contain medicinal herbs and mineral salts used for centuries to revive our bodies and reduce pain. Check out the clinic’s “grocery shelves” in the reception… Continue Reading
Recipe to quench your summer thirst This recipe is an easy blender drink, speedy to whip up, and yummy! The ginger will make you lightly perspire and help you cool down. Ingredients 1 piece (3 inches or so) fresh ginger, peeled and chopped 1 cup lemon juice (about 3-4 lemons) 1/3 cup maple syrup 6… Continue Reading
Acupuncture wisdom? It’s really about self-care. There are many simple practices that, when done regularly, can drastically improve a person’s symptoms and overall quality of life. If only we remembered to do them, right?!? Here’s a list of our favorites, written down in one place to help you remember. Acupuncturists from around the country have… Continue Reading
Monday: 2:30PM – 6:30PM
Tuesday: telehealth only
Wednesday: 11AM – 2PM
Thursday: telehealth only
Friday: 2PM – 5PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Seminole Heights Community Acupuncture, our staff, and volunteers are members of the People’s Organization of Community Acupuncture. POCA is a co-operative run and fueled by co-op members who believe that acupuncture should be available to people: learn more about that here.
We see acupuncture changing lives every day. It’s simple, safe and effective, as well as the most widely used medicine in the world! Last year POCA clinics, about 150 of them in all, gave more than 1 million treatments.
We support the Community Acupuncture movement with our POCA membership and our volunteer hours.
We know that acupuncture can change the world, and would love for you to join us in The Calmest Revolution Ever Staged!
Interested? Help spread access to acupuncture by learning more about POCA. Click here to join online. Or drop by Seminole Heights Community Acupuncture to talk with us more about our favorite co-operative, POCA!
🚧 Road Construction If you visit us via I-275, use the Sligh exit. Road work has begun and some surface roads south of the clinic will be closed. More info
😷 Masks are required at our facility