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Your womb is the seat of your intuition, vitality, and creative force.On Saturday, November 14th, join Lara Elliott L.Ac...
10/22/2026

Your womb is the seat of your intuition, vitality, and creative force.

On Saturday, November 14th, join Lara Elliott L.Ac, MSOM at Wild Qi for an immersive day of restorative practice, body wisdom, and ritual.

Whether you are looking to deepen your own cyclical self-care or broaden your clinical toolkit, this training offers both sacred space and actionable practice.

What the day holds:

✨ Instruction on Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Therapy® (for self-care and professional practice)
✨ Safe, traditional yoni steaming protocols
✨ A nourishing Ayurvedic lunch and herbal infusions
✨ A take-home ritual kit with a drape and herb blend
✨ 6 CEUs available for licensed practitioners

Come tend to your center. Reserve your space through the link in our bio.

10/21/2026

What your days look like at Wild Qi:

🌿 Doctor appointments & treatments
🌿 On-site childcare
🌿 Stone sauna & outdoor shower
🌿 Strength training in our sunlit studio
🌿 Community gatherings
🌿 Herbal garden & daily tea infusions

A sanctuary space that supports you through all stages of womanhood, from customized clinical care, to restorative rest, to morning movement to slow afternoons.

Ready for a reset? Reserve a day pass or explore memberships at wildqi.com.

10/19/2026

This 750-year-old herbal formula, Gui Pi Tang (归脾汤), is one of the most revered blends in Chinese Medicine for chronic anxiety and insomnia.

In TCM, overthinking, constant screen time, and physical depletion hit two organs the hardest: the Spleen (which transforms what you consume into energy and blood) and the Heart (which houses the Shen, your spirit and mental clarity). When chronic mental output depletes Spleen Qi, your body stops generating enough rich blood to anchor the Heart.

The result?
👉 Restless sleep (or waking up at 3am)
👉 Brain fog, forgetfulness, and afternoon energy crashes
👉 Palpitations or a subtle, nervous flutter in the chest
👉 Lingering digestive weakness

Gui Pi Tang works through a dual-action mechanism: tonifying Qi while nourishing the Blood.

It’s not a temporary stimulant or a quick sedative. It’s deep, functional replenishment that repairs the foundation first.

Disclaimer: Consult a licensed herbalist or acupuncturist to ensure this pairing fits your unique system. Free consults available at wildqi.com

10/14/2026

At Wild Qi, we keep our cold plunge at 50 degrees intentionally. 

Ultra-cold extremes are often counterproductive for women. Because the female endocrine system is highly sensitive, that intense shock can trigger a prolonged cortisol spike — disrupting metabolism, thyroid function, and hormones.

For women in reproductive years, cold tolerance drops even lower during the luteal phase, making the nervous system extra vulnerable to thermal stress.

From a Chinese Medicine perspective, cold plunges are usually not recommended for women in reproductive years because we always want to keep the uterus warm.

So why do we have a cold plunge at Wild Qi? It turns out, women don’t need freezing cold to activate brown fat or get that dopamine hit from cold plunging. The sweet spot for female physiology: 50–59°F for 2–3 minutes.

It’s cool enough to trigger the mood boost and metabolic lift, but gentle enough to protect your hormones.

As always, listen to your own body — because we’re all different!

10/12/2026

A flawed interpretation of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study in 2002 sparked widespread panic and set women’s healthcare back by decades.

Headlines claimed Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) carried severe cancer and heart risks. Medical education shifted almost overnight, and an entire generation of doctors was trained to fear prescribing it.

The context lost in the panic:

👉 The wrong demographic: The average participant was 63, long past menopause, not a woman in her 40s or early 50s navigating acute perimenopause symptoms.

👉 Outdated formulations: The trial focused heavily on older synthetic hormones, not the bioidentical options common today.

👉 Skewed risk reporting: The widely cited “26% increase” in breast cancer sounded terrifying, but it represented less than 1 extra case per 1,000 women per year.

Decades of updated research confirm that for most healthy, symptomatic women under 60 (or within 10 years of menopause), the benefits of HRT far outweigh the risks.

You deserve care rooted in current science, not decades-old fear.

Ready to navigate perimenopause and menopause with providers who look at the whole picture? At Wild Qi Clinic, we offer personalized, integrative women’s health support both in person at our Ojai campus and virtually.

🔗 Link in bio to schedule an appointment with us!

Telling an exhausted mother to “reduce stress” or “prioritize self-care” without solving for childcare is an empty presc...
10/09/2026

Telling an exhausted mother to “reduce stress” or “prioritize self-care” without solving for childcare is an empty prescription.

When you have nowhere practical or trusted to take your baby, visits get delayed, chronic pain becomes normal, and survival replaces vitality.

A mother’s nervous system is the blueprint for her child’s. That means caring for the mother isn’t a luxury, it is pediatric prevention.

This is why we built childcare directly into the medicine at Wild Qi.

Introducing The Wild Mama Membership: integrated, on-site childcare steps from your treatment room, movement class, sauna session, or uninterrupted focus time.

No frantic cross-town drop-offs. No guilt. Just real, systemic support.

Link in bio to explore memberships, learn about our childcare space, and join the community. Only 2 spots left before we open our waitlist! 🌿

As mid-autumn arrives, the cooler air and fading light are a natural cue to pull our energy inward and prepare for the q...
10/05/2026

As mid-autumn arrives, the cooler air and fading light are a natural cue to pull our energy inward and prepare for the quiet of winter ahead. 🕯

Over the next two months, our focus is on replenishment — nourishing vitality, tending to rest, and anchoring into practices that keep us warm and resilient.

Whether you’re seeking restorative clinical care, movement in the studio, or contrast therapy to revive tired muscles, we’re here to holistically support your well-being this season.

Find our upcoming October and November events at wildqi.com/calendar. 🍂

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410 W Ojai Avenue
Ojai, CA
93023

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Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

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