Night Sky Acupuncture + Ideaphoria

Liz Asch Greenhill, LAc.

811 East Burnside Street Suite 216 Portland, OR, 97214 United States

I offer acupuncture and somatic work for transformational experiences, deepening embodiment, heightened creativity, end-of-life care, pain, and to regulate the nervous system. 

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I do not manage care or do primary care. If we are a good fit, I can serve as an auxiliary person in your network. I am a certified herbalist and can bring herbal medicine into your treatment plan. I offer hands-on work as an acupuncturist and hands-off work as an educator on creative embodiment and as an assistant to help bring new methods of integrative creativity to individuals and groups of artists and thinkers. 

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I am the creator and host of Body Land Metaphor Medicine, a free guided visualization resource on the podcast platform. Listen and get a sense of what it’s like to work with me. These are deep listening experiences that require time set aside in a still, quiet place. They can be listened to in bed for insomnia, via headphones on public transportation for self-regulation, in groups as a guided meditation with an integration discussion afterwards, and so on. They are not to be listened to while driving or multi-tasking. Listen on Spotify, Apple podcasts, Amazon Music, or download directly here on my website. Please share widely. These are a public offering. 

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You can sign up for a session here for one-on-one acupuncture in my office on East Burnside (second floor, no elevator) across from the Jupiter Hotel/Doug Fir. Or, reach out to me for my availability for a session at your hotel, home, or hospice place of care. I work with individuals and groups (families, coworkers, creative teams, housemates).

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I am fully vaccinated and take all Covid precautions. Please take precautions and cancel if you have Covid. Last minute cancellations will be charged a fee.

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I am in-network with Providence, MODA, and Pacific Source. If I am out-of-network with your health insurance, you can pay up front and I will give you a superbill to send in to your insurance company so that they reimburse you directly. If the out-of-pocket cost prohibits you from coming in, please email me and let me know. If you are a community organizer for a BIPOC non-profit, you may receive up to four free sessions per year. Sign up under the BLM option for your free healthcare.

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If you’d like to subscribe to my very occasional newsletter which includes guided visualization and tidbits on Eastern Medicine, here’s the LINK.

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Resonance of the Atlas (to get better sleep)

October 10, 2023  /  Liz Greenhill

Tune into your nervous system, creating a sensation of resonance through your whole body, so you can rest.

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tags / asmr, s, se, sleep, stress relief, surrealism, somatic experience, sleep aid, stress management, soothing, inner calm, insomnia

Night Time Ripple Breathing (12 min guided visualization before bed)

September 25, 2023  /  Liz Greenhill

Bring this ripple-inducing breathwork into your pre-sleep awareness for deeper rest.

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A Cartography of Rest

July 13, 2023  /  Liz Greenhill

We talk a bit about the four levels of being (and reality) and how metaphors of the earth apply to the body. We tune into four layers of the body and coax each one into a relaxed safe state. Listen before bed and let me know how it feels.

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tags / metaphor medicine, meditate, embodiment, self-care, soothing, sleep, sleep aid, ins, insomnia, calm, inner calm, stress management, somatic experience

Waterfall of the Hips

June 02, 2021  /  Liz Greenhill

Your body is a landscape. You have a river running through you. It horseshoes into a waterfall in the hips. 

Rest into nature and into your body through this image of a river running down your spine. This is designed to help increase qi flow in the hips and pelvis. 

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tags / sleep, back pain, lower back pain, pelvic health, pelvis, hips, butt, visualization, visualizations, self-care, insomnia, meditate, metaphor medicine, meditation

Cleaning the Senses

June 02, 2021  /  Liz Greenhill

Get soapy and a little sappy up in your head. This is meant to help with feeling lost or disconnected. 

 

Let it be known I’ve been watching too many TikTok videos. Now it’s time to clear some energy and awaken to the senses. When we clear and clean our senses, we can participate in and appreciate the present moment. And that feels f-ing good. 

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tags / meditate, metaphor medicine, meditation, visualization, visualizations, lost, dissconnected, spiritual, calm, soothing, comfoting, comfort, comforting, help

Ruby's Yurt

November 18, 2020  /  Liz Greenhill

In this visualization we envision the ribcage as a shelter for both rest and play.

This one goes out to Ruby.

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tags / asmr, guide visualization for kids, guided visualization, belonging, diaphragmatic breathing, dreaming, stress relief, stress management, metaphor medicine, meditate, meditation, embodiment, Chinese medicine, surrealism, visualization, visualizations, teen self-care, self-care

Fly Free

November 18, 2020  /  Liz Greenhill

Feeling a little lighter?

Let’s amplify that sensation with this visualization to help you somaticize the sensation of freedom.

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tags / sleep, stress relief, somatic experience, surrealism, self-care, stress management, guided visualization, dreamwork, dreaming, Chinese medicine, creative expression, pain, relax, breathe, meditate, meditation, metaphor medicine, embodiment

Tree Within Tree

November 01, 2020  /  Liz Greenhill

Ultimate Stress Release Guided Visualization @ 10 minutes

Make a forest diorama in yr chest and feel all the feels of trees. 

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tags / asmr, stress relief, stress management, anxiety, sleep, insomnia, inner calm, diaphragmatic breathing, focus, self-care, Chinese medicine, meditate, meditation, metaphor medicine, nature

Marble Drop

October 28, 2020  /  Liz Greenhill

Loosen up your joints while reducing anxiety. 

 Floating on a raft in a bay, we practice feeling safe and secure, and the act of letting go. 

categories / anxiety relief for teens, asmr, covid self care, creative resources, guided visualization, insomnia, meditate, meditation, pain, pain management, self care, somatic experience, stress relief
tags / asmr, metaphor medicine, meditate, meditation, Chinese medicine, relax, stress relief, stress management

Juice Up (in a Jiffy) 8 min guided visualization

October 15, 2020  /  Liz Greenhill

Replenish yourself with the flavors of the earth. 

 Help protect and repair the planet.

And maybe support your local juice joint? 

 

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tags / meditation, metaphor medicine, Chinese medicine, guided visualization

A Room of Their Own

April 17, 2020  /  Liz Greenhill

Tune in to my first visualization for teens wherein we do several somatic exercises with visualization to move energy in the ribcage and diaphragm, to land in our bodies with a sense of belonging and connection. Adults are welcome to do this too, of course. It’s really for anyone. Let me know how it goes for you! You can find me at Night Sky Acupuncture or on Instagram at Metaphor_Medicine.

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tags / asmr, stress relief, stress management, teen self-care, somatic experience, meditation, Chinese medicine, guided visualization, visualization, creative expression, creative imagery, therapeutic imagery, metaphor medicine