Caring For Your Health

 Classical Acupuncture treats the unique needs of each patient – it treats the whole person, as well as their signs and symptoms. Treatments can address present physical conditions, as well as emotional, mental, spiritual and constitutional issues. We are complex beings, and our health reflects what we have inherited and experienced, how we treat ourselves, and what we put into our bodies.

Whether the problem is in the body, mind or spirit, acupuncture can bring balance and harmony. Two patients might complain of the same symptoms - for example, migraine headaches and may receive different treatments, because of the individual imbalances that have given rise to their migraines. 

Here is a link to a brief video with my teacher and mentor Jeffery Yuen, and Ralph Roberts MS, LAc, one of my Clinical Supervisors at the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences. Wonderfully Done! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBAGXuAh5YY

I don't do predictive work... we can change our destiny with a single  choice... When  I begin tuning in I ask to go back to those original moments that set up the patterns... I watch the movie of their life... for lack of a better description... and then move it forward... seeing patterns and how those 'hurts'  and choices have effected their lives. I unravel the experiences , helping to neutralized the 'triggers', bring consciousness  to those patterns in order to release the past and help the person make a different and conscious choice moving forward... that's healing... 

During the session, I often connect with spirits that have passed. I act as a go-between so that they can have a conversation with the one that has died, bringing insight into those relationships.

I am an Ordained Interfaith Minister, graduating from All Faiths Seminary International in 2003. I can officiate at weddings, funerals, memorials, baby naming ceremonies, as well as helping to create ceremonies to fit individual needs.

Spiritual counseling is a process by which you come back to your inner being, your spirit/soul. Some people seek counseling because they've reached a cross roads in their lives; others to transform the quality of their lives or let go of what's holding them back, or perhaps explore options.

Spirituality reflects our essence, fulfillment of our purpose, who we have evolved into being, the patterns created with time. In order to heal we need to 'change our mind' about our life, situations, beliefs, creating a paradigm shift in order to create new ways of being, thinking, knowing and ultimately healing.

Spiritual Counseling can help to unravel the past in order to better understand the present, initiating tools to create an integrated future.  It can assist in one's process of stepping back into themselves, understanding patterns and how they were created and help in negotiating choices. If appropriate, mediation, visualization or ceremony may be used as part of the session.

Essential Oils have been used throughout history for their therapeutic effects. Essential oils are naturally found in plants, seeds, bark, stems, roots and flowers to attain the oils. The extracted oil's fragrance can have a calming, grounding, stimulating and various other therapeutic effect depending on the oils used. Essential oils penetrate to the cellular level, helping to restore physical, emotional and mental balance. They are anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, and anti-spasmodic, and help support muscle, bone and nerve function.

Essential Oils assist in balancing the body and can be used for all chronic and viral conditions, as well as assisting with emotional issues, depression, stress, insomnia, PMS, menopausal signs and symptoms .

I create an aromatherapy blend tailored to each patients needs. The blend consists of 3 to 4 Essential Oils that are combined in order to assist in the process of healing, the blend is applied to acupuncture points to assist and enhance the healing process during and in between treatments.
YouTube Video: Alchemy and Essential Oil Blending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRxMoQYqyEo

I came to what I call 'Sound Alchemy' in the late 80's - I was doing an energy session on my patient and I heard, "You have to make a sound into her body!" I thought, "A sound? ME? You've got to be kidding!" When I was in choir I used to mouth the words, a part of me afraid of my voice. Ironic as my last name is "SINGER". I looked at my patient and said, "Hold onto your hat, I'm going to make a loud sound into your abdomen!" As I did I could feel an ancient Indian woman coming through me and and knew she wasn't a guide but an ancient aspect of myself. 

We are surrounded by sound - music, cars, trains, voices expressing emotion, feeling, anger, love. Our cells vibrate, they too have frequency and emit sounds that are inaudible to our ears. Alchemy is the transformation of lead, something 'base' into 'gold' something that has been refined, released, transformed. I discovered that sound awakens inherent wisdom embedded in the body, moves through blocked energy (lead - that which holds us back) and supports and enables our body's ability to restore health and create balance through the process of refinement.

"At the center of your being you have the answer.  You know who you are and what you want." Lao Tzu