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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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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categories / anxiety relief for teens, creative imagery, guided visualization, insomnia, meditate, meditation, pain management, self care, sleep, somatic experience, stress relief, stress relief for teens
tags / meditate, metaphor medicine, meditation, somatic experience, inner calm, insomnia, sleep, sleep aid, stress, stress management, stress relief, focus, creativity, calm, comfort

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.

categories / asmr, anxiety relief for teens, anxiety relief for kids, creative imagery, guided visualization, insomnia, meditate, meditation, pain management, self care, sleep, somatic experience, stress relief
tags / metaphor medicine, meditate, embodiment, self-care, soothing, sleep, sleep aid, ins, insomnia, calm, inner calm, stress management, somatic experience

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. 

categories / anxiety relief for teens, asmr, creative imagery, creative resources, guided visualization, meditate, meditation, insomnia, self care, somatic experience, sleep, stress relief, stress relief for teens
tags / meditate, metaphor medicine, meditation, visualization, visualizations, lost, dissconnected, spiritual, calm, soothing, comfoting, comfort, comforting, help

Recharge the Heart

June 12, 2020  /  Liz Greenhill  /  Source

This visualization goes out to the leaders working for positive change. Thank you for your efforts, your passion, and your sacrifices. We use metaphor as medicine to land in our bodies. We send ripples through the body with our breath, ignite the heart, and entrust the pelvis and the mind to support our nervous system so we can rest and recharge.

categories / creative imagery, creative resources, guided visualization, insomnia, meditate, meditation, pain, pain management, self care, somatic experience, stress relief
tags / guided visualization, metaphor medicine, meditation, meditate, embodiment, somatic experience, asmr, insomnia, calm, stress management, Chinese medicine, immune boost, surrealism, diaphragmatic breathing

Play that Song

April 03, 2020  /  Liz Greenhill

There’s music coming from the ribcage when we use the superpowers of our imagination to turn the diaphragm into a DJ. Sound weird? Give it a try and let me know if you feel different after.

categories / meditation, meditate, insomnia, guided visualization, creative imagery, asmr
tags / creative imagery, creative expression, anxiety, calm, asmr, guided visualization, Chinese medicine, immune system, stress relief, stress management, visualization, somatic experience, surrealism

Just Me Being a Tree

December 09, 2019  /  Liz Greenhill  /  Source

 No shade in pretending to be a tree. 

 Let's get basic and be trees together. We'll go through the seasons and feel all the shedding and growing and windfall and snow. Get ready to get leafy and stuff. 

Need a Rx of art along with your visualization? Check out: 

Stunning Aerial View Photography

Artist Nils-Udo 

Artist Agnes Denes 

categories / meditation, meditate, guided visualization, creative imagery, asmr
tags / meditate, meditation, embodiment, somatic experience, calm, insomnia, surrealism, asmr

Be a River

December 09, 2019  /  Liz Greenhill

One River. One Body. Feel them merge. Be the current.  

 Water is soft and silky, mighty and powerful, and deeply cleansing. 

 

We have a lot of work ahead of us to make our rivers as clean and fresh as they are in our imaginations. If you feel called to make a donation, here are some organizations doing deep work: 

Native American Rights Fund 

Center for Biological Diversity 

The Ocean Clean Up

categories / meditation, meditate, guided visualization, creative imagery, asmr
tags / asmr, anxiety, acupuncture, calm, pain, creativity, breathe, guided visualization, creative imagery, meditation, embodiment, sleep, stress, somatic experience, visualization, creative expression

This is Body Land

December 01, 2019  /  Liz Greenhill  /  Source

Body Land is a collection of guided visualizations designed to help you feel better using the super powers of your imagination. Have a dose of metaphor medicine to relax, restore, and rejuvenate.

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categories / meditation, meditate, guided visualization, creative imagery, asmr
tags / meditate, embodiment, somatic experience, calm, insomnia, meditation, surrealism, creative expression, acupuncture, peace, sleep, joint pain, pain, asmr