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Acupuncture Principles March 9, 2017

Five Conscious Spirits

I am no scholar of the Five elements or the Five spirits models of Chinese medicine. I have read about them and integrated them into my acupuncture practice. I remember when I was first trying to grasp Five element acupuncture, my teacher said that you have to recognize how the elements feel not just have an intellectual grasp on their qualities. I spent years after that sitting by fire and investigating how it felt or feeling the earth under my feet and noticing which senses it conjured up in me. I still practice these exercises. The longer that I work in this field, the more I understand that it is about seeing the truth, not just with my eyes, listening with my heart space and feeling deeply with my whole self. The healing process is about being alert, sensitive to subtle movements of energy, remaining grounded and being able to…

Acupuncture Principles February 28, 2017

Flux & Spew

As we move through an era of great flux, we will find ourselves relying on an ancient energy for guidance. This relates to the healing and evolution of the human nervous system. Intuition is a tool that helps us connect with our origin and guide us to develop. Healing by way of reconnecting with the workings of our inner laboratory, and taking that energy out into the world. The intuitive energy is accessible to each individual. It is not a path, not a journey, it is a dynamic growth process. Points to consider: Emotions will be strong. There is chaos. Discipline is necessary. The dark is part of the transformation. The feelings in your heart space is a wise guide. There is abundant support. You may have to challenge yourself to believe in things that you do not believe in, the limitations of your intellectual mind might not serve you.…

Acupuncture Principles February 15, 2017

Love Qi

The energy of mid-February brings our attention to the space in our upper chest, that houses the heart. Around the traditional time of Valentine’s day, a primal energy surfaces. Historically, many of the holidays that we celebrate were conceived within pagan traditions, and chosen specifically to mark seasonal shifts. The change that we experience around this time of year is that our attention is pulled upwards. The light is higher on the horizon and the days are longer. The sap starts to flow in the trees, representing the circulation in our bodies and the awakening from the Winter stillness. In human embryonic development, a space is created first where the heart will be formed. The undifferentiated cells come together as unit and begin to beat simultaneously all at once becoming an early structure of the the heart. The form undergoes many different stages of development until the final spiral organ…

Patterns of Living January 21, 2017

The Forgotten

Feminine and Masculine Consciousness, The Forgotten Connection Traveling along a haphazard path, a journey through books, articles, lectures, people’s opinions and personal experiences, a theme takes shape. The forgotten. Patterns and energies, deep inner knowing from many years ago, that has been buried, disembodied, manipulated. We know of its existence, we can still perceive a remnant of this energy but we can not concretely grasp it any longer. Our nervous systems still remembers but the front of our brains can not recall. When we try to recreate it intellectually we make a mockery of the original. The new version does not function correctly, rather it accentuates the modern fractured form. It is like we are missing something so obvious and we know it and we do not know what to do about it. The texts that explained the forgotten are lost or destroyed. The apprenticeship line that passed the material…

Acupuncture Principles January 19, 2017

You saved my Ass.

“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…

Patterns of Living November 7, 2016

Normalizing Differences

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…

Acupuncture Principles November 2, 2016

Meridians

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.

Patterns of Living October 27, 2016

10-19-2016

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…

Acupuncture Principles October 13, 2016

Intuitive Healer

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…

Patterns of Living September 28, 2016

Recovery

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,…