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“Authentic and lasting healing does not come prepackaged as sweet and syrupy wisdom to spoon-fed to lost souls, nor does it aim to fix what we perceive as broken. True healing is born of both awareness and integration- nothing more and nothing less. True healing is an eternal, often cyclical process through which we discover the roots of our unique passions and wounds, framing them not as, respectively positive and negative but, rather as interconnected gifts that, when brought out of the cavernous depths where we buried them during childhood, cast a clear gleam on precisely whey we are here.” Danielle Dulsky There is something about the tone, the lull, of this style of writing that reminds me of Tom Robbins’ literature. A window deep within my cranium is opening slowly and connecting the dots. I think the sound is that of the primal feminine, dancing with the linear language.…

A client helped me formulate this one, (you know who you are)… thank you very much. A musing on general established patterns that swirl around us, some people are taught to take whatever they want and some are taught to yield to the former. Neither approach works well and this pattern has been the instigator of most of the violence and greed that we witness. The inherent problem is that both approaches are flawed and so the imbalances balloon. It seems that we need to abstain from taking whatever we want and we also need to stop yielding because both tendencies put us in disempowered position. We just need to stay put inside ourselves and act according to the situation at hand. Because this stance is so different then what we have been exposed to, it will take a lot of exploration and re-patterning, many self reminders. I had this…

Females are indoctrinated into Western culture at a very young age and told by every novel, pop song and movie that we must fall in love. That may be one of the first historically marketed drug, the feeling of love. We are not only told that we must fall in love but that we need that person to define us and shape our identity in the greater world. Be it a wife, a mother, or a business partner. Males are also sold the song of love but they are never told that they need a female counterpart to be successful. I read somewhere that the ideology of love was actually formulated around the mid- eighteenth century to control the population and before that time no one spoke about such matters. Let us be honest, it was designed to control the female population. Since the male population was never restricted by…

Time extremely well spent “I was referred to Jipala and am extremely happy for the opportunity to be in her presence. Her demeanor is warm and inviting, as well as insightful. I’ve seen a number of accupuncturists and wellness folk, and many have a wrote “thing” they seem to work all their patients into. Not Jipala: She genuinely wanted to get to the root (and even beneath the roots) of my physical issue, and address it properly. Following my first treatment I was able to feel dramatic improvements that lasted all week.” B.B

“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

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…

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…

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…

“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…

“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