PHILOSOPHY

At one time, human beings lived in accord with nature and recognized their place within the context of the greater whole. Classical Five Element Acupuncture (CFEA) reflects the wisdom of those ancient times and, in an up-to-date way, employs that wisdom in order help people reclaim the essence of health.

• CFEA treats the body, mind and spirit of the individual.
• CFEA treatment relies on the innate wisdom of nature in order to assist the patient. Through treatment, the practitioner helps the patient recover his/her own innate health.
• CFEA sees that the natural rhythms and cycles of the world are also happening within us. We have weather and seasons, just like the world we live in.
• CFEA practitioners have been trained to “read” the rhythms and cycles in their patients in order to diagnose and treat any imbalance and illness.

The Five Elements are a way of describing the various qualities and phases we experience in our ceaselessly changing world and life. Just as the seasons change, one into another, we also experience the vivid kaleidoscope of color, tone and feeling. There is natural order and interdependence to this dance and when one element is compromised, for whatever reason, the elegance of the dance is thrown off.

In our work together, we discover the causative factor of the imbalance and bring it back to balance. Because all the elements are interdependent, resolving the causative factor will affect the whole of us, bringing harmony and health to the three levels of ourselves: body, mind and spirit.