Botanarchy’s mission statement is
‘Botanical Medicine For Body Autonomy’

Ancient Chinese Poetics +Holistic Primary Care

Embracing The Cycles Of Nature To Work In Sync With The Universal Flow

Carolyn Barron, Chinese Medical Physician + L.Ac

Says it all. And really not it all. Carolyn is a messenger, I truly believe. Ushering in what you have been asking for, without knowing it. My in depth session with Carolyn started with a deeply thorough intake (based on the online paperwork I had pre-prepared) about everything. My health, body, hormones, meds, energy, etc….Then she got to work with an incredible acupuncture session (sound bath on repeat as I relaxed into bliss) then a fantastic cupping session. Her space is divine and magical (and I walked there!! Hello WeHo!) and filled with all sorts of goodies and offerings like teas, medicinal mushroom elixirs, oils, rubs, books – oh dear good lord it’s little treasure trove. But it’s Carolyn’s energy, tuning in, wisdom, nurture and deep knowledge and expertise that makes the whole experience dreamy. I cannot wait to go back. She will for sure be go-to for all things acupuncture and so much more. She also gives workshops around town and is a specialist in so many areas I don’t know where to begin. Or stop. I think I’ll just keep going!

From her website below:

Botanarchy Herbs & Acupuncture is committed to providing accessible, radical healthcare while giving a voice to alternative viewpoints from marginalized areas of medicine. We believe that botanical medicine enhances the body’s innate capability to heal itself, empowering the patient as the healer. 

It is not about ‘popping a pill’ for passive symptom relief. It is about taking an active role in your wellness to treat the root of what ails you, and igniting your inner healer. This path engenders a true state of body autonomy, freeing the patient from a reliance upon privatized healthcare and allopathic methods that often harm the body and undermine its innate, elegant intelligence.

8217 Beverly Blvd, Suite 7, Los Angeles, CA 90048

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CAROLYN BARRON, L.AC

The defining question of my life has always been how do we – individually and as a culture by and large – decondition the noxious knots that industrialization, capitalism, and culture have wound deep within the body and spirit? Before I encountered the Tao and traditional Chinese medicine, I examined this as a writer deeply entrenched in the Riot Grrrl movement and third-wave feminism. The crucial praxis of my work en masse has been a systemic inquiry of how to reject authority, trust your own senses, and recover the capacity to taste and feel and sense for yourself. My goal in both my personal development and my interpersonal work with patients is empowering the individual with the tools to recover authority over their own processes and regain autonomy over their own body.

I am a licensed and California board certified acupuncturist, herbalist, and nutritionist based out of my hometown of Los Angeles. I went down this path because for-profit industrialized medicine made me feel hopeless and disenfranchised, and I longed for the tools to take care of myself and my community when the system failed to protect and sustain us. I have always been fervently motivated to shift the paradigms & politics of women’s bodies, and bridge the chasm between body and spirit by re-acquainting women with the magic of their biology. I believe that medicine is a dynamic force that is ever-evolving, and I am comfortable fusing my western clinical experience with diverse fields of natural medicine to provide holistic primary care to my community. 

I named my acupuncture practice Botanarchy, which to me hearkens to the idea that medicine can be both a form of resistance and a reclamation of original, authentic nature. I’ve often thought that the practice of traditional Chinese medicine in its purest form awakens the creative, gestative spirit of the body, helping patients discover their own Tao and supporting them in living it.

I treat patients of all genders, but I consider my approach to medicine radical feminist health care, in that it is rooted in natural models that do not suppress the true nature of the body, and enhance connection to both the microcosm of the body and the macrocosm of the earth. I’m passionate about embodying a model of medicine that is not fear-based, shaming of choice, disease-driven, and authoritarian, one that does not like to tell their patients what to do or how to think, but instead asks their patients ‘what does that feel like’ and ‘what is your experience of this?’

As an acupuncturist at the Venice Family Clinic Integrative Medicine Chronic Pain Program, a clinical intern at Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, and as the manager of a functional medicine practice specializing in chronic disease, I have spent the last 12 years in a clinical setting, supporting patients and their families through nutrition, needles, and natural medicines. Enshrined in my temple of saps, twigs, roots and resins, the gristle of my life has been teaching myself and others how to master the arcane as a vehicle for self-healing and self-reliance. Committed to destroying the institutionalized lies our culture propagates about food, wellness, consciousness and the body, I teach my patients self-governance through ritual and DIY medicine, as tools of healing, self-care, body mastery, and eradication of externally-imposed dogma. 

To schedule an appointment:

[email protected] | (213) 265-4853.

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As the Government continues to be shut down, it’s estimated that over 40,000 Californians are not being paid. Dr. Rivkin, one of the top Cosmetic Surgeons in LA, wants to give back by offering all Federal employees affected by the shutdown a free facial at his Brentwood office Westside Aesthetics. It’s a stressful time for so many, and a facial is a great way to offer some relaxation.Top Los Angeles Aesthetic Expert is offering complimentary facials to Federal Workers affected by the Government ShutdownLDr. Alexander Rivkin, of Westside Aesthetics, a leading pioneer in non-surgical cosmetic procedures and Yale trained facial cosmetic surgeon is offering his support and services to American Federal workers affected by the recent Government Shutdown. Dr. Rivkin is taking a stance on this matter by offering complimentary facials, at his practice in Brentwood, to the affected individuals who have been serving our country and are now impacted by the Government Shutdown.

Dr. Rivkin and his team have the ability and resources to give back to those who are not as fortunate and with the recent news of the shutdown, Dr. Rivkin has decided to act and spread his gratitude with this offer.

It’s estimated that over 40,000 Californians are out of work or not being paid because of the shutdown. “These are the people who keep us safe and keep government services operational,” said Dr. Rivkin. “Food safety, air travel safety, critical services for the poor, national parks and museums – good, hard-working Americans make these critical systems run. Many of these workers live paycheck to paycheck, and they should not be treated this way.”

Dr. Rivkin and his team of skin experts want to express their appreciation for our Federal workers’ dedication and commitment with a complimentary facial at Westside Aesthetics. Additionally, with this cost-free facial it can give Federal workers who are in distress a way to relax and receive much-needed time to take care of themselves.

About Dr. Rivkin

Alexander Rivkin M.D. is a Yale trained facial aesthetic expert, an Assistant Clinical Professor at the David Geffen, UCLA School of Medicine, and the creator of Non-Surgical Rhinoplasty. His Los Angeles practice, Westside Aesthetics focuses exclusively on providing patients with the latest in non-invasive, non-ablative cosmetic treatments. Dr. Rivkin is an international authority on non-surgical cosmetic treatments. He divides his time between patient care, clinical research, educating other physicians, media appearances, and lecturing at scientific conferences throughout the world. www.westsideaesthetics.com.

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This week we are high-fiving FiTONIC’s Athlete Spotlight: Emily Wagner. We loved loved loved this super raw and REAL conversation about not taking your body for granted, training your daughters to love their bodies, and the importance of just eating the damn cookie. Although Emily has been through 11 different hip surgeries and did not walk for a year,  she is just as passionate as ever about the importance of sweating it out and giving yourself grace in the process. Big high five to Emily!

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What is your fave way to train (running, yoga, CrossFit, weightlifting, dancing…)?

Spinning is my main jam and has been since the 90s! For me, it’s my sitting/moving meditation. I started spinning when it first came out and really have never stopped, except to have bilateral hip replacements (nothing to do with spinning, I swear – congenital hip dysplasia). I taught for many years and now my favorite thing to do is spin at home. I used to love to my fave Soul Cycle addictions and still do, however, I found that as my time to get to and from class has basically diminished, I now prefer to quiet of my home workout. I use my Shwinn bike and either the Peleton app or FitRadio. I can do spin whenever and find I get more zen out of it than crazy packed classes, managing LA traffic, and the crowd energy.

How did that become your thing?

(Read above!) In the past whenever I tried a work out I loved, I grew compelled to master it and teach it. When I started to teach spinning I was simultaneously working on my Hatha yoga certification. The classes I taught were like yoga on the bike. I started my candlelight spin back in 2000 and I am pretty sure it was the first of its kind, at Body And Soul, in West Hollywood. From there, I always approached my spin as a moving journey to stillness. I can still go really deep with it, but somehow, mostly when I am home, alone and doing a solo ride. I find that LA classes are total madness and have the opposite effect.

How has training physically changed you mentally or emotionally?

I cannot NOT exercise. It’s cellular at this point. I get anxious when I have not moved or sweat. It is my everything and has been this way since I was a teenager. Nothing happens until I get my workout in. My kids know this and now I (finally!) have my 12 year old daughter taking a teen/parent workout class with me at a super cool place in town called WOLA. I am doing my best to instill within her the mental effects of fitness. I totally focus her on how the inner strength will bring mental release, not to mention the hormone involved. She is starting to get it! I make certain never to focus on anything about body other than strength. I am super conscious to avoid all talk of the usual body stuff women and young girls are inundated with by media and social media, etc, and steer the convo to being a strong, bad-ass warrior. I think it’s working!

What is still hard for you about your training, fitness or nutrition?

What’s oddly hard is that I am no longer a hardass about it. So, despite all my talk about my healthy lifestyle, I never beat myself up (or at least try not to!) when I miss a day or so. If I do, I say, welp, my body needed the rest, or look forward to an even better workout the next day. I am also incredibly easy on myself about nutrition – which is code for, I have no problem not eating totally clean. I say this is ‘hard’ for me because I have grown out of regimented living, I am softer on myself and therefore, well, softer in general. In other words, I have probably put on around 10 pounds this year by letting go of stringent, do or die food planning. The hard part is fully accepting where I am. I am still a bit back and forth about it. I do my best to just ‘let it be and love myself’ but sometimes I think damn, I want to fit into XY and Z jeans from two years ago. The next day, I look at myself and think “Wow, I am totally ok being this size!” Hence, it’s still a bit of a challenge finding my center in this place.

What is the mantra in your head that you hear most often when you train?

Breathe.

What do you love most about your body?

That I can walk. Seriously, there was a time when I literally forgot how to lift my leg. My mind would tell my leg to lift and it just would not move. I had around 11 hip surgeries and did not walk for an entire year. So the fact that I can even kick booty at all, is a miracle. Besides that, I think my abs are pretty decent for a mom of two and my shoulders seem pretty strong!

If you have worked with a coach, what’s the most important lesson you learned from that person?

I love listening to Robin Arzon on Peleton – she has a great inspo game!!

What is your fave nutrition tip?

Water, water, water. Listen to your body, it has all the answers and eat the damn cookie!

If you could tell only one thing to every woman who is struggling in her fitness journey, what would that be?

You will only ever feel better after exercising. There is not ONE person who can tell me they don’t feel better after they workout. Nope, nope, nope – it’s just not possible. Even my daughter tried, and she caved “yah, I guess I do feel better.” Point, mom.

What goal are you going to crush next??

To continue to tune in to what my body is asking for – rest, sweat, dance, strength.  _________________________________________________

BIG thank you to Emily for being our FiTONIC’s Athlete Spotlight!

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Instagram: @groomedla

Twitter: @groomedla

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