Lauren

About Lauren Freiman

Health and wellness expert, Lauren M. Freiman, L.Ac is dedicated to helping people restore balance and bring vibrant health to their lives. With over 12 years of experience in natural healthcare, Lauren offers Acupuncture, Functional Medicine and Private Yoga optimized to provide real, long-lasting solutions to her patient’s health concerns. Her practice includes patients of all ages with specialties in women’s health and infertility, chronic conditions, pain relief and psycho-emotional disorders. Lauren graduated with high honors from Emperor's College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where she trained under some of the most re-knowned Chinese Medicine Practitioners in the country. A lifelong meditator and yoga practitioner herself, Lauren is a Certified Forrest Yoga Teacher, educated by Forrest Yoga Founder Ana Forrest. In her practice, Lauren weaves together her many tools including nutrition, herbal medicine, detoxification protocols, meditation, therapeutic yoga, and stress management exercises to guide her patients in attaining optimal health in body, mind and spirit.

Surrender – The Key to Transforming Your Relationship with Stress

As you’ve probably figured out from reading my blogs or being a patient, one of my passions is biohacking stress. A less fancy way to say it would be- utilizing tools that minimize or negate the insidious affects of stress on the body. In today’s lightening-speed […]

By |September 11th, 2018|Categories: Health, Lauren's Blog, Mental Wellbeing, Uncategorized||0 Comments
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The Practice of Self Kindness

This past weekend I had the fortune of attending a yoga workshop at a retreat center near Santa Barbara. In Forrest Yoga we set an intent for every class, and Sunday’s intent was to Practice with Self Kindness.

Kindness.. Hmmmm…

It’s a powerful word. And so timely. […]

By |May 30th, 2018|Categories: Health, Mental Wellbeing||0 Comments
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Stress Relief Made Easy: 7 Tips to Less Stress All Day Long

Yes, please! I thought I knew a lot about the subject until my son was born 20 months ago (those of you who are parents may recall this time). Needless to say, I’ve had to up level my game. Acupuncture has been my saving grace, […]

By |May 4th, 2018|Categories: Health, Mental Wellbeing||0 Comments
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4 Most Common Side Effects of Acupuncture

If you’re an acupuncture patient, and especially for those die-hards, you know the secret: despite what you’ve been told acupuncture does have side effects.
You may have come in for a frozen shoulder and along with your shoulder healing, noticed that you have more energy. […]

By |April 11th, 2017|Categories: Health||0 Comments
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Let the Inside Out: Strategies for Superior Emotional Health

As a child, my grandma taught me to never hold my feelings inside, “It’s not worth it,” she said. “You must always let them out and let them go.”She knew intuitively that repressed emotions can make you sick.

Indeed. Studies have shown that psychological (emotional) stress […]

By |March 15th, 2017|Categories: Mental Wellbeing||0 Comments
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Brown Rice Tortilla Pizza

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   Warning:   This might be your new favorite recipe.
It’s certainly mine.
Why? It’s pizza!
Need I say more?
Pizza that’s healthy, delicious, and makes for a fun, easy (really easy) dinner?
I’m sold!
Gluten-free brown rice tortillas make for the perfect pizza base. If you’re not familiar […]

By |February 7th, 2017|Categories: Recipes||0 Comments
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5 Easy Detox Tips for the New Year

Want to upgrade your health and well being this year? After working with patients trying to improve their health for more than a decade, I’ve found that detoxing is one of the easiest and fastest ways to get results.
It’s no mystery. By giving your […]

By |January 1st, 2017|Categories: Health||0 Comments
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Finding Calm in the Holiday Craziness

Today while writing this blog I heard my first Christmas song of the year. It’s official– the holidays are upon us. There are aspects of this season I love, like the palpable joy in the air, the wonder and excitement in the eyes of children, […]

By |November 29th, 2016|Categories: Mental Wellbeing||0 Comments
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Superfood Borscht (Not–Your–Grandma’s Borscht)

        Paleo, Dairy-free

If the idea of borscht brings up images of mysterious pink-red liquid encasing a gross river of sour cream, this recipe is sure to rock your world.

I call it Not–Your–Grandma’s Borscht.

I love this soup because it has all the […]

By |November 15th, 2016|Categories: Recipes||0 Comments
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Gratitude: A simple practice to change your health and your life!

It’s hard to believe that November is here already! At this time of year, I’m reminded of gratitude. The big G. When I first began practicing gratitude it was very formal. At the end of my daily meditation practice, I would take a few moments […]

By |November 1st, 2016|Categories: Mental Wellbeing||0 Comments
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