METAPHOR MEDICINE

811 East Burnside Street Suite 216 Portland, OR, 97214 United States

NIGHT SKY ACUPUNCTURE WILL CLOSE ON MARCH 31, 2025. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE YEARS OF COLLABORATION, COMMUNITY, GROWTH, AND CARE.

PLEASE SEE THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES PAGE FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESSIVE PRACTITIONERS.

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We offer transformative acupuncture to reduce pain (physical and emotional) and support the nervous system and whole being. We do not offer managed care or primary care. If we are a good fit, we can serve as an auxiliary person in your network. We are both certified herbalists and can bring herbal medicine into your treatment plan, along with bodywork and other Eastern Medicine modalities. Liz is also an educator on creative embodiment and offers virtual sessions to individuals and groups of artists and thinkers. 

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Liz is the creator and host of Body Land Metaphor Medicine, a free guided visualization resource on the podcast platform. Listen and get a sense of what it’s like to work with me. These are deep listening experiences that require time set aside in a still, quiet place. They can be listened to in bed for insomnia, via headphones on public transportation for self-regulation, in groups as a guided meditation with an integration discussion afterwards, and so on. They are not to be listened to while driving or multi-tasking. Listen on Spotify, Apple podcasts, Amazon Music, or download directly here on my website. Please share widely. These are a public offering. Seasons 1-4 are in English, and season 5 is en Español.

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If you’d like to subscribe to Liz’s very occasional newsletter which includes guided visualization and tidbits on Eastern Medicine, here’s the LINK.

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[Talk] What Do People Get from a Facilitated Psilocybin Journey? Takeaways from Psychedelic Sessions with Magic Mushrooms

August 13, 2026  /  Liz Greenhill

Did you know that therapeutic magic mushroom sessions are legal in Oregon? Many people are curious to learn more about facilitated psilocybin journeys. In Season 6 of Body Land Metaphor Medicine, I share about my experience in the field. I was in the second cohort of Oregon practitioners who became legal Psilocybin Facilitators (2023-2024) and end up answering questions lots of at dinner parties and gatherings. I find it so fun to talk about and am happy to share. Here are some of the takeaways that people tend to get from their journey. For more talks on psilocybin services — stay tuned! If you’d like to listen to a guided meditation that helps you chill out and down shift, check out Seasons 1-4 in English and Season 5 in Spanish! These are visualizations where you lay down or sit still, close your eyes, and actively dream to regulate your nervous system, and learn that metaphors can be medicine! 

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Guided Meditation: Release Tension, Let Go, Surrender to Sleep, Insomnia Visualization (12 min)

August 09, 2026  /  Liz Greenhill

A 12-minute visualization to listen to at bed time, where you are guided through a technique to release tension from specific parts of the body and the body in general, for a deeper, better night’s rest. Sleep well. 

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Guided Meditation: Sky Time Deep Sleep Metaphor Medicine to Ease Insomnia (17 min)

August 09, 2026  /  Liz Greenhill

In this visualization, we breathe deeply and envision the sky changing through all the color shifts of a day and night. We remind ourselves we are safe as we meld into the colors of the sky, become the deep night and soften into a state of rest.

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Guided Meditation for Insomnia: Tracing the Body's Silhouette (Body Land Metaphor Medicine, 20 min)

July 01, 2025  /  Liz Greenhill

A soft and gentle visualization to help you feel safe and guide you into a good night’s sleep.

Guided Meditation for Insomnia: Tracing the Body's Silhouette (Body Land Metaphor Medicine, 20 min)
Liz Asch Greenhill / Night Sky Acupuncture
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Guided Meditation: How to Rest when Fearful, Instant Self Care and Nervous System Regulation (20 min)

January 11, 2025  /  Liz Greenhill

When you land in your body and call it your home, your nervous system shifts down a gear. When we tell ourselves stories that enhance our sense of belonging and dignity, we create a quieter place inside where we can ground and center. In this meditation, we ignite the imagination as the tool that helps you feel safer in your body and in the world. Set aside 20 minutes when you are quiet or still, alone or with others, to listen, and follow along in your body.

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Guided Meditation: How to Cope when Overwhelmed, Metaphor as Medicine to Help you Breathe and Stay in your Body (15 min)

January 11, 2025  /  Liz Greenhill

When we are overwhelmed, distraught, deeply sad, and scared, it can be very hard to stay in our bodies and think clearly. This 15 minute guided meditation helps you ground, center, and re-orient so that you recognize yourself and your surroundings. Listen when still and quiet and follow along in your body. Take care. You are loved.

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