Herbal Medicine + Zen Shiatsu + Acupuncture

Ideally you would choose to receive Zen Shiatsu treatment regularly, whether it be every week, every second week, or once a month. This sort of preventative approach maintains health and vitality (maintains the green zone) and stops problems from creeping into the orange zone or becoming red.

Read more about the coloured zones.

No. Your herbs will be delivered in granule form, much like instant coffee. They are very easy to take and only require adding hot water.

Bodywork to me means working with the human body in a deeply connected manner, using the methods of Zen Shiatsu, acupuncture, and herbs in order to correct imbalances and bring about positive change.

In general I prefer to only prescribe a single formula. In that way I can know exactly what has been taken into your body and can understand what to expect.

However, If your situation is complicated or you have numerous complaints, I may choose to prescribe more than one formula. For example, one formula for your basic underlying constitution and another formula to address your presenting symptoms.

The frequency of your acupuncture treatments will be directly related to the severity of the issue we are addressing.

For example, if your problem is acute and severe, treatments might be as frequent as every two days until resolved.

Practitioners of traditional East Asian medicine (TEAM) view the body as a unified and connected whole, utilizing different world views that include Ki / Qi, Yin and Yang, and meridians.

TEAM practitioners, like myself, acknowledge and understand that a) there are other approaches to health and healing that developed prior to modern/Western medical understanding, and b) that these approaches were and are still effective and relevant.