A 9 Day Guided Journey to Presence
If life just ain't life-ing lately...
If you've held yourself through it all and still feel like you are coming up short...
If you miss the feeling of being alive, connected, and playful...
Matters of the Heart is built for you.
Through Classical Chinese Medicine, channel theory, aroma acupoint therapy, qi gong, seasonal wisdom, and guided reflection, we'll gently re-open the pathway that leads you back home to the heart where pure joy, connection, and vitality return.
Who This is For
- For the person who feels like they've tried it all yet nothing is clicking.
- For the person who knows what they want to do but lack the cohesion and integration between mind - body- spirit.
- For the person who wants to learn more about themselves and feel a deeper connection to their heart.
- For the person who wants to feel lighter and more joyful in their day to day engagements.
- For the person who feels life has just become a slew of responsibilities.
- For the person who wants to squeeze the juice out of every moment and is not afraid to feel all emotions - sad, angry, worried, happy, elated, content.
- For the person wanting to reconnect to their passions, their life, their people.
- For the person who feels like life feels so muted lately - the colors, the smells, the light all feels different.
- For the person who doesn't remember the last time they felt true joy and uninhibited expression.
- For the person who misses a version of themselves that laughed easily.
- For the person who “does the right thing by their body” but the routines just keep falling flat.
- For the person who wants to be MOVED by life.
- For the person who is curious about why they came here.
- For the person who believes in something bigger than themselves.
- For the person who wants to apply Chinese Medicine theory to their self care routines.
What Changes?
Physically
Better posture
Improved sleep
Less tension
Greater ease
Emotionally
More access to ease and joy
Deeper connection
Less overwhelm
Increased capacity for forgiveness
Soulfully
Come back home to your heart
Less distracted
Renewed inspiration
Soul driven decision making
I invite you to walk this meridian with me....
It's your chance to truly break free and create lasting change.
The heart meridian not only describes all the many ways we can "fall off our path," but concurrently gives us the remedy to find alignment again!
If you can no longer ignore the whispers from your heart that are longing for connection, inspiration, and joy...
let me share with you why I created Matters of the Heart.
Watch the video.
Why the Heart
My honest opinion as a practitioner...
I see us aging faster than ever because we have no clue who we are. There is so much grief, sadness, stress, confusion, apathy, and disconnection to actually give ourselves the freedom out of the cycle.
The labs, the supplements, the 10k steps a day, the red light therapy, and salt baths are pointless if they don't bring you joy.
The only way we can really make a change and feel better is if we have a long, hard look at the heart.
It breaks down like this...
The heart governs blood --> The blood houses the shen --> Emotions create heat --> Heat causes blood stasis --> Blood stasis causes shen stasis --> Shen stasis is a disturbance that knocks you off your path --> When you move blood and qi --> You address trauma and emotional stagnation --> The heart opens --> The shen collects more experiences that satisfy your soul --> You have a life worth living. On Repeat.
All diseases are rooted in the shen.
⋆Ling Shu Chapter 8
All diseases are rooted in the shen.
⋆Ling Shu Chapter 8
The Source in Motion
This source of motion is fire!
It's the spark that begins the movement! The flame that opens the heart. The light that illuminates the ah-ha moment. This is the warmup for what comes next in the journey!
This energy is required to return back to our true being. Our intentions and consciousness dictate how our life's curriculum unfolds. The Shen (spirit) seeks harmony in the human experience, it's the ego that tends to confuse things and veer us off our paths.
Matters of the Heart explores ways to take the most direct pathway home.
Following the direction of the heart meridian in Chinese Medicine we will graduate from our heart pains and get closer to feeling that much better in our bodies and hearts.
What to Expect
- 9 Daily Discussions on a Heart Acupuncture Points
- Acupuncture protocols to use with "Nourish the Heart" essential oil blend for at home self-care practices
- Essential Oil Blend - shipped in US
- Journal Reflections for deeper integration and embodiment
- BONUS Material: Qi Gong videos for the Summer season and the Heart + Video on Fire personality traits and Chinese Face Reading + Supportive foods for the Summer Handout
- Recordings of both the Initiation and Integration calls that took place in June
FAQs
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Not necessarily. Although, walking from the beginning at Heart 1 through to Heart 9 provides a linear explanation to some concepts in Chinese Medicine named when discussing the theory in the acupuncture points name.
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No way! You just need to have an open mind and let the material wash over you a few times. Show up with the desire to learn and watch the videos to get something different each time.
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Each lesson runs about 45-50 minutes. You do not have to watch it all the way through. There are breaks available before each guided aroma acu-point practice.
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Absolutely not! These are very gentle exercises that can also be done in a chair.
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Yes! Nourish the Heart EO is included when you purchase the course. You just need to provide me with your address so I can put it in the mail for you. I can only ship within the Unites States at this time.
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Of course! Don't let money get in the way of our heart! I would love for you to join me on this journey so payment plans are available! Email me at bluebellefrequency@gmail.com to set it up!
Course curriculum
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1Matters of the Heart
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2Heart 1 / Ji Quan / Utmost Spring (Source)
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3Heart 2 / Qing Ling / Youthful Spirit
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4Heart 3 / Shao Hai / Lesser Sea
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5Heart 4 / Ling Dao / Spirit Pathway
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6Heart 5 / Tong Li / Connecting Route
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7Heart 6 / Yin Xi / Yin's Crevice or Mound
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8Heart 7 / Shen Men / Spirit Gate
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9Heart 8 / Shao Fu / Lesser Palace
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10Heart 9 / Shao Chong /Lesser Surge
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11BONUS MATERIAL
Michelle Graceffo LAc. MS
Michelle is a practitioner of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture with passions related to Essential Oils, Plant Medicine, and Nature’s Wisdom. Michelle is a weaver of many modalities that anchor and highlight our spiritual essence in our human experience. Her 13 years of clinical experience has provided her with repeated anecdotal evidence of our innate capacity for creative expression and the gift of remembering why we came here.
Her goal is to assist individuals in finding and feeling into the essence of who they are. Michelle believes we all have the tools to settle into and trust our most authentic self.
Michelle has been in practice for over a decade in both community and private acupuncture settings. Recently, she made the jump from private practice to focusing solely on teaching and guiding others how to heal themselves.
She finds great joy in teaching and facilitating group sessions around essential oils and Chinese Face reading! She has studied essential oils under the guidance of, and extensively with, Jeffrey Yuen, Peter Holmes and Tiffany Carole.
The past few years have found Michelle delving deeply into the art of Chinese Face Reading, studying with the late Lillian Bridges.
In 2023, Michelle opened her online apothecary to create and share the medicine of essential oils!
Michelle is a National Board Certified Acupuncturist, licensed to practice in NJ and NY, and a Diplomate of Acupuncture. She earned her Master of Science in Classical Acupuncture at Pacific College of Health and Science in New York, and her B.A. from Loyola University in Baltimore, MD. Michelle is a Certified Aroma Point Therapist and Reiki Level 2 Trained.