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Illustration of three or four differently sized women seated naked in nature with the glare of the sunlight streaming across their bodies. — Lens Flare, oil on canvas, Laura Berger

Holistic Approaches to Nurture Your Metabolism

Clair Hamilton January 30, 2024

Health comes in all shapes, sizes, and body expressions. Subvert conventional pressures on weight loss.

Young woman who is a virtual naturopathic doctor and acupuncturist in Minneapolis, Minnesota sits on a sofa in a treatment space. She is smiling and leaning on her elbow..

Is Your Doctor Missing Something?

Clair Hamilton January 24, 2024

Why you may need a naturopathic doctor on your care team.

Stones arranged in the sand symbolizing ovulation and or fertility.

The Quiet Power of Ovulation: Holistic Impacts for Women's Health Across the Lifespan

Clair Hamilton January 24, 2024

A consolidation of the burgeoning research on the health benefits of natural ovulation.

Adaptogenic Support for the Kidneys and Healing Fatigue and Low Energy from the Perspective of Chinese Medicine — Image: Photographer and Artist Chantal Convertini

Kidney Vitality: Mirroring the Peace + Strength of Water

Clair Hamilton January 9, 2024

Protect inner vitality by understanding the Kidney organ and its associated qualities.

Japanese Shinto Diety exemplifying the compassion, peaceful rest, and tranquility through alignment with natural principles.

The Structure of Deep Rest

Clair Hamilton January 5, 2024

The qualities of deep rest and their importance for healing mind, body, and spirit.

Black and white photography depicting the area below the shoulder and clavicle, anatomically this area is the origin of the Lung acupuncture channel in East Asian medicine.

The Wisdom of the Lungs

Clair Hamilton November 1, 2023

The energetics of the Lung Organ Network and how it impacts physical, emotional, and spiritual health.

A skilled acupuncturist applies rice grain Japanes moxa to a patient as part of a holistic treatment for fatigue and energy levels.

Moxa: Kindling Inner Warmth & Vitality

Clair Hamilton October 20, 2023

Moxibustion — the yin to acupuncture’s yang — is like bringing the warmth of sunshine into the meridians.

A holistic practitioner provides abdominal assessment and treatment as part of holistic GI care.

Gut Microbiome Testing: When Is It Worth It?

Clair Hamilton October 16, 2023

What kind of information do you get and how helpful are these tests?

A naturopathic doctor stands in her treatment space looking out the windows.

Naturopathic Medicine in the Virtual Space

Clair Hamilton October 3, 2023

What is it like to work with with a naturopathic doctor?

Harmonizing with the Season of Autumn

Clair Hamilton September 4, 2023

How to embrace the energetics of autumn.

Naturopathic doctor sits in her office reviewing patient labwork and chartnotes as part of her holistic virtual telemedicine care.

Working with a Virtual Naturopathic Doctor in Minnesota

Clair Hamilton August 25, 2023

Benefits of virtual naturopathic care consultations.

Understanding Functional Freeze: Impacts on Body, Mind, Mood, and the Healing Response

Clair Hamilton August 23, 2023

Explore a deeply ingrained survival response in the nervous system and how it influences our capacity to heal.

Nurturing the Heart Center: Tending a Delicate Balance

Clair Hamilton August 7, 2023

Therapies you can try at home to help nurture the Heart and Pericardium channels and calm anxiety.

Stylistic photography of the sternum, upper abdomen, rib basket, and heartspace.

Harmony Within: Heart Patterns from the Perspective of East Asian Medicine

Clair Hamilton July 30, 2023

Exploring the pattern of Heart Qi Deficiency and how it impacts the vitality of the entire body.

Placement of an acupuncture needle for treatment of right shoulder pain. Image: Nolan Calisch

Demystifying Acupuncture: Does Acupuncture Hurt?

Clair Hamilton July 20, 2023

Clarifying common misconceptions about acupuncture and exploring the sensations that are most likely experienced in a treatment.

An acupuncturist holds an acupuncture instrument called a teishin on a patient's abdomen during a holistic treatment for digestion.

Healing the Gut-Brain Axis

Clair Hamilton June 29, 2023

The interconnected nature of the gut-brain axis helps explain why digestive symptoms can be a bit tricky to heal: they defy a silo-ed approach and often respond best to holistic strategies.

Haze from Canadian Wildfire Settles in over Sunsets on Lakes in the Upper Midwest

Protect Your Health from Wildfire Smoke Exposure

Clair Hamilton June 15, 2023

Recommendations for protecting your health from wildfire smoke exposure.

Holistic hands on approaches to treating digestive conditions including IBS

Holistic Approaches to Treating IBS

Clair Hamilton June 8, 2023

Irritable bowel syndrome is caused by multiple factors, so it makes sense that it responds best to multi-pronged treatment approaches including holistic therapies.

Right side body and terrain of the liver. Artwork by Chantal Convertini @paeulini

Patterns of Liver Imbalance

Clair Hamilton May 9, 2023

Patterns of Liver imbalance from the poetic language of East Asian medicine.

Peak cherry blossoms during allergy season.

Managing Allergies Holistically

Clair Hamilton April 20, 2023

A deep dive into allergy symptoms, what causes them, and integrative holistic approaches to managing them.

Integrative Healthcare — Virtual Naturopathic Medicine + Acupuncture / Bodywork

As a doctor of naturopathic medicine and classical Chinese medicine, my training integrates many different disciplines to provide holistic patient care from virtual comprehensive care to in-person acupuncture and bodywork. The goal is to not only manage disease, but to encourage sustained healing.

Dr. Clair Hamilton, ND, LAc | 1624 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States