Rates / Pricing
Details about your session choices and the fees associated with my treatments.
Herbal Medicine Rates
I practice in the Japanese herbal tradition known as Kampo. Kampo is known for its direct and targeted approach to finding the appropriate remedy for your situation.
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Initial Herbal Consultation
$125 / 75 minutesYour initial herbal consultation includes a comprehensive intake period and hands-on abdominal, tongue, and pulse assessments to arrive at the appropriate herbal remedy for your condition.
A complementary 15 minute follow-up is included, and booked two weeks after you start your formula. This allows me to check the effect of the formula and to see if we are on the right track or need to reassess. I will look your tongue tongue, take your pulse, feel your abdomen, and ask basic questions about the chief complaint.
Note: herbs are not included in the price of herbal consultations.
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Follow-Up Herbal Consultation
$90 / 60 minutesFollow-up consultations include intake, questioning, and reassessment to review the results and efficacy of your herbal prescription to determine the next course of action. Includes hands-on abdominal, tongue, and pulse assessments.
Note: herbs are not included in the price of herbal consultations.
Zen Shiatsu Rates
Zen Shiatsu pressure applied in an appropriate, receptive, and responsive way has profound therapeutic effects for a wide range of conditions, stresses, and painful situations.
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Initial Zen Shiatsu Treatment
$170 / 75 minutesA full Zen Shiatsu bodywork treatment based on based on traditional East Asian medical principles and practice. Your initial appointment includes additional time for a comprehensive intake phase.
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Zen Shiatsu Treatment
$170 / 60 minutesIncludes a full 60-minute bodywork treatment based on traditional East Asian medical principles and practice.
Acupuncture Rates
Your acupuncture treatment always includes Zen Shiatsu bodywork to facilitate a holistic healing process.
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Initial Acupuncture Treatment
$170 / 75 minutesA treatment combining acupuncture with Zen Shiatsu bodywork. Your initial appointment includes additional time for a comprehensive intake phase.
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Acupuncture Treatment
$170 / 60 minutesA one hour treatment combining acupuncture with Zen Shiatsu bodywork.
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How often should I schedule treatments?
If we are working with a specific situation I will recommend a course of treatment and inform you when to rebook. If you are not experiencing a change after three sessions, we need to reassess and perhaps consider other approaches and/or practitioners.
If you are coming for health maintenance / vitality promotion the key is regularity, not frequency. In other words, it is better to come once a month than erratically. This allows us to develop a therapeutic regimen and relationship. If you wish to come more frequently (weekly, every two weeks) that is even better, but it must make sense to you.
With that said, I will always work with you where you are at, whether that means on a regular weekly schedule or once every few months or even years.
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How do I pay for my treatment?
Payment is accepted by Interac e-Transfer, cash, or cheque.
For e-Transfer, please send your payment to tagyoladler04@gmail.com.
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How long are your sessions?
Appointment times are scheduled for 1 hour, with longer 75-minute initial sessions for acupuncture and herbal consultations.
You can find full details on the Rates page.
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Where can I park during my treatment?
There is street parking along Dupont St, as well as on Shaw St (perpendicular to Dupont) and also Melville Ave (just south of Dupont).
You can find a map on the Clinic Location page.
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What are meridian systems?
The concept of meridians is a way of viewing pathways in the body that link various areas into an integrated whole and through which vital energy (Qi or Ki) flows. Meridians form a core foundation of traditional East Asian medicine (TEAM).
Meridian pathways correspond with muscle chains and fascia, as well as the nervous system, but have a broader application and they do not fully overlap. A lot of excellent work is being done to show how this old system does match modern Western medical understanding of the human body.
Meridians are considered in Zen Shiatsu and acupuncture treatments for both diagnosis and treatment, such as through acupoints during acupuncture treatment. Kampo herbal medicine consultations consider the traditional East Asian medicine theory of the internal organs (which link to the meridians) but does not treat the meridians.
For more information, please see my article on meridian systems.
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What should I wear during my treatment?
This is ultimately up to you, though please do not wear jeans during your treatment.
Some people like to wear loose-fitting clothing, like track pants or shorts and a t-shirt. Others strip to their underwear and choose to be draped with a sheet.
Questions about pricing?
If you have questions about my treatment fees, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.