Acupuncture is widely known in the west for treating pain and physical symptoms, yet it offers so much more. What is less known, is that there are styles of practicing acupuncture that are also able to connect with and nourish the deeper levels of human consciousness, including the emotions, spirit, and the very depths of soul.

By welcoming and working with the multiple levels of the human experience, it becomes transformational, enabling us to cultivate our ‘original nature’. Taoist sages tell us that original nature is our unique potential that arrives at the moment of our conception, and is a part of the wholeness of all of existence. By coming to know and care for our original nature through the wild terrain of embodied life, it becomes possible to bear its unique fruit as an offering to the whole-earth community.

The cultivation of original nature is the work of a lifetime and beyond that often becomes amplified at the threshold of an impasse of some kind—a mysterious symptom, an illness that is not responding to treatment, a life that is no longer satisfying (or perhaps has never been), chronic depression, anxiety, a feeling of being lost or stuck, or an earth shattering event.

There are ways to relate to the wisdom of the body, inner world, human, more-than-human world, nature and Mystery itself that make it possible to use the pain and suffering of embodied life to discover the secret medicine hidden inside. The seed of our original nature ripens through all of our experiences—we find our place of true belonging not just once, but many times throughout our lives.

I bring deep compassion, acceptance, curiosity, creativity, humor, and the spirit of adventure to my work as an acupuncture practitioner. I am an artist, poet, writer, gardener, dancer, grandmother, mother, daughter, sister, partner, acupuncturist, mystic, creator, explorer, collaborator. I look forward to being your partner in whole-making and in exploring what is possible!