What is the role of a healer? Many would say, to alleviate suffering. This is the goal. However, the process is far more complex than simply pressing a button, giving the right pill or putting together the correct acupuncture point combination. If it was so...
Honoring who we are and developing comfort with ourselves is a Taoist ideal. Life is seen as the unfolding of the “Jing-Essence” (the original nature) within a person. At birth, we are given a “Ming” (destiny) as energies from the cosmos merge with those of...
This seems to be a time of great fear and uncertainty. I don’t recall so many people around me feeling as vulnerable as they appear lately. Certainly the economic difficulties of the past year contribute. Being in a time of war, and the memory of...
To work with the mental-emotional level within acupuncture means to work with blood chemistry. Altering blood chemistry affects brain chemistry. Practicioners within alternative medical therapies often speak of “blockages” as a simplistic way to describe what’s going on inside the body. What does blockage mean?...
The history of acupuncture spans more than 2000 years. Some of the greatest medical and philosophical minds of Chinese culture created the medicine. Medical professionals were philosophers as well as scientists. Being a philosopher in ancient times meant also being a psychologist. Psychology is applied...
