Acupuncture
Classical Chinese Herbalism
Moxa/Infrared Therapy
Constitutional Medicine
Fire Cupping & Massage
Seasonal Health Plans
Offering:
I specialize in systems of classical herbalism and acupuncture to address modern health issues such as autoimmune, adrenal, mental-emotional and respiratory conditions as well as acute and chronic pain.
My approach prioritizes immediate progress while moving toward lasting health outcomes, and focuses on enhancing quality of life along the way.
Learn more about my process and what you can expect as a patient:
Acupuncture
My approach to acupuncture centers personal growth and sustainable health transformations. On a practical level, this means drawing on the tools of acupuncture, bodywork and other gentle modalities nourish and circulate the body’s resources where they are needed most for each individual, taking in to account individual illness, health history, and constitution as well as season and environment.
Within each individual is a comprehensive system that mirrors the structures and patterns of the natural world. Through this perspective, I aim to enhance the body's self-regulatory capacities, just as healthy dynamic ecologies are adaptive, homeodynamic systems of wellbeing.
Like the caretaker who tends a garden - observing climate & season while fostering life throughout - my role in the process of healing involves guiding the body, mind, and spirit towards equilibrium through gentle, methodical guidance through transformation. Along this journey, I focus on enhancements to quality of life and symptom reduction. Employing acupuncture, somatic therapy, and other modalities, I assist the body's existing resources toward their greatest positive effect, taking into account health history, constitution, and prevailing environmental influences.
This method not only reduces symptom presentation, but facilitates enduring health for the individual and resilience to environmental stressors. This expanded perspective, focused on healthcare strategies tailored to the climate of our Willamette Valley is a system of holistic health for our microclimate.
Herbalism
Acupuncture nurtures the body's innate ability to heal, while herbs play a crucial role by aiding in recovery from past ailments and latent toxins that might hinder the body's natural self-healing capabilities, and also in overcoming the systemic effects of acute illness.
If acupuncture is akin to tending a garden, imagine herbal treatment like pruning and landscaping: just as supplying supporting healthy growing conditions and removing toxic elements can restore an ecology to a balanced state requiring only gentle maintenance, herbs help create a harmonious equilibrium within the body. The aim is to empower the body’s systems of self-regulating wellness, requiring minimal external intervention.
Herbal formulas are based on in-depth individual diagnosis and employed only as long as needed for the body to recover its full capacity to dynamically adapt and regulate.
