Philosophy
Mission
Providing, for families and those seeking deeper healing, truly holistic healthcare services rooted in traditional systems of medicine which encourage healing from within through treatment of the whole person, while revitalizing the wisdom of these traditions and integrating traditional knowledge with modern scientific discoveries.
Vision
Empowering human beings to engage our capacity to heal from within; reclaim connection with ourselves, loved ones, and our natural world; and express our own true nature as individuals while leading vital, meaningful, and sovereign lives.
天地合氣，命之曰人.
Heaven and Earth join their Qi,
and their destiny is called humankind.
- Huangdi Neijing, an ancient Chinese medical text
The three guiding principles of my practice:
Respect The Healing Power of Nature
Humans, endowed with a uniquely creative spirit, are part of nature too. We are intricately connected with our outer environment, and the systems of our body reflect many dynamics of the natural world around us. I honor the natural physiology of our bodies, while finding inspiration in the ways of nature which provide insight for healing and thriving.
My approach to holistic health care is inspired by the human body’s innate capacity to create life and bring itself back into balance following the challenges and stressors that happen in life. My goal is to stimulate your innate, self-healing, natural physiological mechanisms from within, so you can become more vital, just as nature intended.
Honor Each Individual’s Inner Wisdom
Every individual is, by nature, greater than the sum of our parts. We are all interconnected with each other and our shared world, and yet internally all of our parts work in concert together from cell to tissue to organ to body system as one, single and whole individual with our own spirit. I believe each person was born to be medicine for our planet, and that the healthier we are as individuals, the more we can be our true selves, contributing to our families, communities, and world the way we were meant to.
I have deep respect for the inner wisdom within you, and believe that by contributing to your relationship — mind, body, and spirit — with your own inner wisdom, you can heal and empower yourself from within.
Preserve Knowledge of Traditional Medicine
Traditional systems of medicine offer time-tested models for navigating complexity based on a symbolic science approach. Modern biology, physics, and medical sciences provide continued insight and validation for the wisdom these systems of traditional medicine have passed down for millenia: the human body is a beautifully integrated, complex living system.
I passionately continue deepening my knowledge of the philosophy that has been preserved and passed down by our ancestors from around the world, while integrating the best of their practices along with modern scientific discoveries, weaving a tapestry of knowledge to help you heal and thrive.
समदोषः समाग्निश्च समधातुमलक्रियः
प्रसन्नात्मेन्द्रियमनाः स्वस्थ इत्यभिधीयते
A person who maintains a balance of dynamic qualities and tissues of the body, has strong digestion, proper excretion, a blissful soul, satisfied senses, and a happy state of mind: this is called a healthy person.
- Sushruta Samhita, an ancient Sanskrit medical text