Acupuncture Pacifica is now located in Valparaiso, Indiana providing quality alternative healthcare tailored to your individual needs. Please note that my Hawaii practice is now officially closed. Please feel free to peruse my site and learn more about me and the benefits of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. I believe that you will find, as I have, that Oriental Medicine has profound benefits and can help enrich your life in ways you never imagined.
Each treatment begins with a consultation to ascertain your state of health. By taking the time to chat about your issues and concerns every time, we are able to more strongly track progress in your health goals and catch more subtle issues before they flare up. Each treatment is individually created and will include some of the services listed below.
Each treatment begins with a consultation to ascertain your state of health. By taking the time to chat about your issues and concerns every time, we are able to more strongly track progress in your health goals and catch more subtle issues before they flare up. Each treatment is individually created and will include some of the services listed below.
Services
Oriental Medicine is a complete medical system that has been around for over a century.
Sterile, single-use, disposable needles are inserted along pathways, called meridians that create an energetic network for our bodies.
Diagnosis in this medicine is determined by an extensive health interview along with evaluation of the pulse, examination of the tongue, and palpation of the hara, or abdomen.
The focus in Oriental Medicine is on the whole person and the root of the illness, not on specific diseases.
Sterile, single-use, disposable needles are inserted along pathways, called meridians that create an energetic network for our bodies.
Diagnosis in this medicine is determined by an extensive health interview along with evaluation of the pulse, examination of the tongue, and palpation of the hara, or abdomen.
The focus in Oriental Medicine is on the whole person and the root of the illness, not on specific diseases.
I came to acupuncture after an exhaustive journey with several major health problems.
I landed at the Mayo Clinic and even their help felt unsatisfactory.
I began a search for a sustainable healthcare model that would not only help me to recover but to maintain and prevent once I reached my goals.
I believed that this model should include a nurturing environment free of the judgment that I often encountered along the way, that to be this sick I must have done something wrong.
It is not for us as healthcare practitioners to judge someone else's journey.
I landed at the Mayo Clinic and even their help felt unsatisfactory.
I began a search for a sustainable healthcare model that would not only help me to recover but to maintain and prevent once I reached my goals.
I believed that this model should include a nurturing environment free of the judgment that I often encountered along the way, that to be this sick I must have done something wrong.
It is not for us as healthcare practitioners to judge someone else's journey.
One of the best words in the Hawaiian language is Ohana.
By it's simplest definition, it means house.
Historically speaking, it was an attached unit onto a house for the mother-in-law of the family.
In Hawaii, family is of vital importance.
Overtime, the definition of Ohana expanded to mean a person's entire support system.
Living on an island, you come to know everyone, and in a place with sometimes limited resources, you learn to rely on everyone.
Ohana was an important part of my life in Hawaii; the concept is something that I cherish and plan to incorporate in to my life in the Midwest.
By it's simplest definition, it means house.
Historically speaking, it was an attached unit onto a house for the mother-in-law of the family.
In Hawaii, family is of vital importance.
Overtime, the definition of Ohana expanded to mean a person's entire support system.
Living on an island, you come to know everyone, and in a place with sometimes limited resources, you learn to rely on everyone.
Ohana was an important part of my life in Hawaii; the concept is something that I cherish and plan to incorporate in to my life in the Midwest.
One of my instructors said when needling, we needed to visualize and strive to be a Full Moon Over a Still Pond.
In my search for a name for my practice, I kept this centered in my mind.
This is where Pacifica comes from.
Yes, I lived on the Pacific Ocean, but it appealed because of the very meaning of the word-peaceful or calm waters.
To be calm, or peaceful, I believe this is a state of mind we can all aim to achieve.
I decided to keep the name Acupuncture Pacifica when I moved to Valparaiso, because it is a part of me (as Hawaii always will be) and it speaks to how I run my practice.
In my search for a name for my practice, I kept this centered in my mind.
This is where Pacifica comes from.
Yes, I lived on the Pacific Ocean, but it appealed because of the very meaning of the word-peaceful or calm waters.
To be calm, or peaceful, I believe this is a state of mind we can all aim to achieve.
I decided to keep the name Acupuncture Pacifica when I moved to Valparaiso, because it is a part of me (as Hawaii always will be) and it speaks to how I run my practice.
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