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Outcome Successful

“I started acupuncture with Jipala in the fall of 2017 because I was about to have surgery to remove my thyroid. A friend recommended her to me as a way of preparing for and healing from the procedure. My outcome was so successful that I continued working with Jipala on my other health goals. At this time I no longer take medication for high blood pressure or acid reflux. Bursitis symptoms in my hip, resulting from a bike accident, are also greatly reduced. I so appreciate her kindness, support, talent and skills!” LH

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Acupuncture Principles

Way

Huang Di “What do you mean by Shen, or Spirit?” Qi Bo “Shen is something that you will recognize in the patient’s eyes. But the true vision is through your own eyes. What you receive as messages, your heart will understand. You can then visualize the patient’s condition in your mind. You can intuitively know what the problem is. You do not have to depend on language.” Excerpt from -The Yellow Emperor’s classic of Medicine, The NeiJing Suwen. Maoshing Ni Ph.D Shen is a holographic representation of consciousness, the energy of living, it can be reflected in the smallest drop of water or in the entire ocean at the same moment in time. The Shen directs us on our life-path. Some might call this destiny, an extension of “the way” or what is called the Tao. If we get off our destined path and the Shen is not guiding our…

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The Elements

Sympathy and Empathy

An honest discussion of Earth season would have to include both Sympathy (with-feeling) and Empathy (in-feeling). The most defining quality of an Earth imbalance is the mixing up of messages sent and received by the part of us the interprets feeling. Earth is a container. in proper function, it will be a solid nourishing vessel that does not leak or allow for stagnation. In improper function it will leak energy all over the place and it will drain the sources that surround it. Earth imbalances can be tricky because they can show up with a person that nourishes everyone else but can not nourish themselves. Or a person that can not get enough sympathy or energy from others and sucks it from everyone around them. And there is the person that just stagnates in the same place and complains constantly. I believe that a lot of the empaths have their…

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Patterns of Living

Cora and Demeter

On a Goddess kick. We are going to talk about the pre-patriarchal story of Persephone and Demeter. In this tale Persephone goes by the name of Cora, which means maiden. Demeter is another way of saying Earth-Mother. In the most well known version of this myth. Cora is dragged down into the underworld against her will by Hades. Demeter practically dies of grief looking for her and that is why there are the Winter months. In the lesser known story, Cora willingly descends into the underworld to anoint and receive the newly deceased souls. “I am Cora, I have come to be your light. You have shed your earthly bodies and now live in the world of the dead. Come forth and I will issue you into the new land.” She squeezed a few pomegranate seeds and lets the red juice mark their foreheads. Cora stood on the rock in…

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Patterns of Living

The Descent of Inanna

“From the Great Above she opened her ear to the Great Below. From the Great Above the goddess opened her ear to the Great Below. From the Great Above Inanna opened her ear to the Great Below. My Lady abandoned heaven and earth to descend to the underworld. Inanna abandoned heaven and earth to descend to the underworld. She abandoned her office of holy priestess to descend into the underworld.” Translation by Wolkstein and Noah-Kramer. The powerful Sumerian myth of Inanna. The goddess that willing submits herself to seven gates of the underworld, to be reborn as queen of both heaven and earth. I think about this often, she went through seven difficult gates, each subjected her to more fear and humiliation. She did not think she was going to survive. But she did! She was helped by those that she did not think would help her and forgotten about…

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Jipala is a Gift

“Jipala has helped me improve several areas in my life, both through talking and her acupuncture. She’s intuitive, intelligent, and sensitive. She strives to understand what I need to work on each time I visit, and every time I leave, I feel more aware of my role in, and my reaction to, the world. Her sense of humor and warmth are a bonus. Go.” k.s

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Acupuncture Principles

Heart-Sickness

Immersed in an amazing text about trauma recovery by Ross Rosen. He is calling trauma, heart shock ( a term he borrowed from Chinese Medicine). This is a text written for practitioners, not the lay-studier. But I feel compelled to speak out and inform all interested parties, heart-sickness is something that most of us are suffering from. It is the root of so much of our mental illness. The more I research this topic, the more that I come to see that acupuncture and Chinese medicine were fundamentally designed to treat such imbalances. This is a very well kept secret, that I just ratted out. And a warning, it is Not a magic treatment that takes away all of your discomfort and pain, it requires plenty of your participation and lots of support. But even if a little health and balance are restored in the process, well that is amazing.…

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Patterns of Living

Lilith

I was thinking that I would like to represent the essence of this time of year with a symbol. The next thing I knew, was an open book on my lap and The Goddess Lilith looking at me. She made it pretty clear that she was up for the job. She is a Sumero-Babylonian Goddess. The divine lady, often represented with the lower half of her body encompassed in flames. She is a wild, winged seer, full of hutzpah. She governs the birth, death and re-birth cycles, the transformation of energy. An owl is her attendant, she brings us the message… cast off the parts of the self that suppress and stand up to reclaim your power. Men, Women and all who occupy the gender spectrum, can relate to her strength and forceful nature. Reference- Genia Pauli Haddon’s book, Uniting Sex Self and Spirit

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Radio Show

I was interviewed on Kingston Radio by Yogi Shawn Harrison, it played on Sunday July 8. A fun talk about the five elements. The link is here: https://radiokingston.org/en/archive/mindful-shawn-harrison/episodes/episode-13-5-elements Happy Listening.

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