“You saved my Ass.” There are treatment protocols learned while in school that I never have the opportunity to try out in clinical practice. Because I need an actual patient to have that ailment at the time of treatment. A few weeks ago, I had such an opportunity. A regular patient of mine came into her appointment with a tailbone injury. She acquired this while sledding with her children less then a week prior. Symptoms included trouble sitting, pain upon transition from standing to sitting, pain while laying on her back and while twisting. There was some lower back pain. She had an adjustment from her Osteopath the day before and was preparing for the customary 6-8 week pain cycle of an injured tailbone. I got her on the table, eager to try a few points that I remember watching a teacher, way back in school needle once for a…
Normalizing Differences As I parent of a gender non-conforming child. I have spent the last eight years considering “difference” and how it is viewed in our North American culture. This is one of those issues that is as big a life, simultaneously as subtle and persuasive as it can get. Sometimes the obvious fractures in the culture get less attention, because no one knows what to do with them. It feels too overwhelming to take them on, so it is better to stay in a state of denial. Intellectual, Religious, Spiritual, and Artistic communities shed some light on the subject. If we try to address these topics in what would be, the real general public of America, we usually stall out. We do not really have the tools or the training to create and foster an inclusive social model. If we try to actualize this on a big scale it…
The meridians are channels of energy that move through the fascial network of the human body. The connect inside of the body to the outside world. The network formed communicates among itself on all different levels and processes all types of information, some that we are not actively aware. It is a living system, formed in-utero and of primordial origin. The acupuncture points are windows at which to interact with this web of energies. Spaces to transfer information and give directives to the somatic consciousness of the body. The healing process that unfolds as a result, is unique to each individual. It is reflected directly onto and within the life the envelopes us.
10-19-2016 The day after 10-19-2016, I sent the following email out to ten women. The responses were so rich, that I wanted to share the whole experience. Much gratitude for those who participated in this exercise. I feel that we already accomplished some movement. “yesterday i felt a subtle change in the energy field particularly around the feminine consciousness shifting back into the main stream awareness. i thought there might be some world event or news that would reflect this yesterday but i have not heard anything. so it remains just a very strong feeling that i am having and some collaboration from a few other intuitive people. but they are not getting anything as strongly as i am. but i feel we need to give more awareness to the feminine energy overall right now. and the thing that came up towards the end of the day most and this…
Two separate people in the last two days told me that I practice Intuitive Healing and Intuitive Listening. Apparently that is what people say about my practice. I still get nervous about making that kind of information public. I am cautious of getting stigmatized as a quack. The cultivation of my career over the last decade and one half has been exactly like I thought it would be and at the same time nothing like I thought it would be. I named this practice,Transpersonal Acupuncture, with a specific holistic healing process in mind. It took me about a decade to really administer the type of treatments that I had envisioned. Not that my early work was not of high quality. It is just much more potent now. I can see a lot more quickly where the work is needed, I have better people skills, and clinical experience goes a long…
I can let the waves wash over me or I can fight the old story line. Keep up the self-talk and remind myself that it is ok that I am broken. I have faults and make mistakes. I can still give and receive love and continuing living life. There is a skill to choosing in the moment. Especially when the feeling of trauma clouds clear decision making. First I remind myself to take a moment and ground myself in my body. I say to myself that I can not always believe what I think because it is not always real. Old belief systems instilled in my youth, do not apply to my life as an adult. I feel the emotions, the pain they drag up. I stay as long as I can and then I try to let go of my attachment to the old pattern. Fear spikes again here,…
Consciousness is an ever present energy that has existed in abundance throughout all of time. It makes an appearance at every juncture of energy transformation on the planet. The light of consciousness can be perceived anytime that something changes from one form to another. Here are a few examples: A sperm and egg uniting. Regeneration and multiplication of cells. A seed unfurling roots into the ground to absorb nutrients and sending leaves up to the surface to utilize the energy of the sun. Chemical transformation. Condensation and evaporation of water. An active imagination, the spark of an idea, dreaming. The art of loving, healing and magic. Dying and the process of decay. This energy is alive and patterned in the form of webs, that reach out through time, weave in and out of matter, and are completely interconnected. Trauma is a disruption in the continuum of consciousness, a break or…
“Working with Jipala Kagan for over ten years has been and continues to be transformative. Jipala is a gifted practitioner and her treatments and insight have allowed me to become a more whole hearted, compassionate and resilient human being. Her wisdom had allowed me to recognize the effect that early trauma has played in my life and her acupuncture treatments help integrate new healthier responses to environmental triggers. I am deeply grateful for her presence in my life.” A.D
The popularity of alternative health care is growing. There is a lot more information about supplements and spiritual practices in the main stream media. Advertisers are using the concepts of spirituality to sell products and to promote their services. Even some Western medical practitioners are selling supplements and suggesting dietary changes. This could be seen as the long awaited integration of alternative and allopathic healthcare models. There is a lot of money to be made in the sales of health products and services. The incorporation of spiritual language is enticing to the population of people between 20 and 40 years of age. Health care providers can market themselves and their products, making their information accessible to a large consumer audience. There are authentic and non-authentic practitioners practicing. Different healing modalities can reach individuals through myriads of avenues. What defines genuine healing? The article entitled In the Service of Life,…
Jipala Kagan is a masterful healer. This is because her work is directed towards the whole person. Her acupuncture treatments address progressive levels or layers of being– acute physical symptoms, chronic imbalances, and the deeper, subtler level of the soul. My experience is that, over time, she strives to see the inner being of her patient, and through tacit energetic tuning, coaxes that subtle body towards a state of attunement allowing vitality to flow more fully into all the areas and activities of life. J.S