Home Page About Sacred Acupuncture Transformational Community Acupuncture Sacred Acupuncture Theater Clinic -Sunnyvale Clinic - Santa Cruz Treatments Assessments Newsletter Documents and Talks Radio Show Resume Biography Contact Qigong Classes Seminars Poetry Juice Fasting and Detoxification	Scheduling Online Scheduling You can schedule appointments online for either the Sunnyvale or the Santa Cruz clinic. For the Sunnyvale clinic: For the Santa Cruz Clinic:   Scheduling by Phone You can schedule for the Sunnyvale clinic by calling my receptionists 24 hours a day toll free:                    866 863 5560 You can schedule for the Santa Cruz clinic by calling:     831 465 9088 What's New   Ancient Circle of Heaven Transformational Community Acupuncture This is a community acupuncture circle combining hypnotherapy, prayer, spiritual upliftment and acupuncture. It is powerful and cost-effective. For more information, and to sign up:       Transformational Community Acupuncture Sacred Acupuncture Theater The most ancient acupuncture books say that “All methods of acupuncture must have their basis in the Spirit”. This is the viewpoint embodied in Sacred Acupuncture. One volunteer participant will be chosen, while others can observe the treatment. Afterwards there will be tea and cookies, and a question and answer session. For more information and to sign up:     Sacred Acupuncture Theater   What I Do I am an acupuncturist. I also teach acupuncture. Living in California I am licensed by the state to practice acupuncture and oriental bodywork, to use Oriental herbs in treatment, to teach Qigong (breathing and moving exercises) and to dispense dietary and lifestyle advice. All of this I do. Sacred Acupuncture Sacred Acupuncture is my version of acupuncture. As a patient I think you will find this type of acupuncture can do anything that acupuncture is well known for - it can relieve pain, improve energy, turn around many chronic disease patterns. In addition to this, in the process of healing the physical, Sacred Acupuncture can provide healing for the emotional and Mental components of our nature. As a patient in a Sacred Acupuncture treatment you can learn a lot about yourself, and this normally shows you how to stay healthy. Here is a 30 minute response to the question "What is acupuncture?" and "How does it work?" Just click on the link and your browser  should be able to play the mp3 sound file, you can also download it to your computer or mp3 player: "What is acupuncture?"      a sound file.   A Sacred Acupuncture treatment In the treatment we will talk for a while, then I will take the pulses and perform a Medical Qigong assessment. Now I can understand the illness or problem in your body from the Sacred Acupuncture perspective. I will tell you what I am finding and we will perform the acupuncture treatment. During this treatment you lie on a comfortable treatment table. Ultra-thin, sterilized acupuncture needles are inserted into safe points on your body. This is often a deeply relaxing and nourishing experience. During the treatment we might talk some more and I might ask you to breath in a certain way or focus your awareness on something. After some time we will have accomplished a healing and I will let you rest with the needles in for a while. Most people fall asleep or get very relaxed or energized in this section. I, or an assistant, will take the needles out, and when you come out of the treatment room we will run through any herbal treatment options, dietary changes or Qigong and Shengong exercises to do. The herbs are very safe and very healing. They come in the form of pills or capsules or teas. You will be shown any Qigong exercises specific to your condition. Do you want to recover? Then take the herbs, do the Qigong exercises and come to your acupuncture appointments - and you will get improvement.   The Benefits of Sacred Acupuncture Many patients come to Sacred Acupuncture to relieve their pain or recover from an illness. They go on to discover that not only does Sacred Acupuncture relieve pain, but that it also strengthens their immune system and boosts their energy. Some patients feel it increases their personal development or 'spiritual growth'. Some patients find that it reduces their stress and keeps them feeling in balance or at peak performance. For these reasons many of my patients come in periodically for maintenance Sacred Acupuncture treatments. How often will I have to come for treatment? That's up to you. Do you want to recover from your pain or illness or imbalance? I will recommend a course of treatment for you. Typical courses of treatment might be 6-12 sessions, one week apart. For acute and/or painful conditions a few sessions in quick succession is often useful to break up the acute pattern. In this way we get quicker results. Sometimes patients decide to continue, in order to deepen the benefits. In this case I may recommend a series of twelve sessions spaced approximately one week apart.   How much does it cost? A new patient consultation and treatment is $125 A regular treatment is $88 An extended treatment is $115 Sacred Acupuncture is often reimbursable by medical insurance and workers compensation insurance.     Clinic Locations I have two clinic locations -the Sunnyvale clinic, and the Santa Cruz clinic. Use the links above for information about these clinics, and for clinic hours, maps and driving directions I also see a small number of patients in the Sacred Acupuncture Rounds at Five Branches University. This is a lower cost option, the treatment occurs in front of a group of acupuncture students. To schedule as a patient for the Sacred Acupuncture Rounds contact the Five Branches University clinic in Santa Cruz on 831 476 8211.   Clinic Shedule Sunnyvale clinic        Monday            8:30 AM -10:00 AM              Qigong class                                                             10:00 AM - 8:00 PM             clinic hours                                    Thursday          8:00 AM -9:30 AM               Qigong class                                                             10:00 AM - 8:00 PM             clinic hours Santa Cruz clinic      Wednesday     3:00 PM - 7:00 PM               clinic hours                                    Friday              9:00 AM -10:30 AM             Qigong class                                                             2:00 PM - 7:00 PM               clinic hours Use the links above for information about these clinics, and for clinic hours, maps and driving directions I also see a small number of patients in the Sacred Acupuncture Rounds at Five Branches University. This is a lower cost option, the treatment occurs in front of a group of acupuncture students. To schedule as a patient for the Sacred Acupuncture Rounds contact the Five Branches University clinic in Santa Cruz on 831 476 8211.   More Information For more information about my practice please see my patient brochure or my handbook of Sacred Acupuncture: Patient Brochure           This is a PDF file Patient Handbook of sacred Acupuncture        This is a PDF file. For more in-depth information about the understandings and healing practices of Sacred Acupuncture, you can peruse this web-site or my other site www.sacredacupuncture.com   Radio Show You can listen to my radio show - the New Medicine Show - right here on this web-site. Click on the link above to listen to or download previous shows. Qigong Classes This is Chinese breathing and moving exercises to strengthen your innate energy and health. I teach Qigong classes at Nine Stars University in Sunnyvale: Monday morning                 8:30 - 10:00 AM Thursday morning               8:00 - 9:30 AM and in Santa Cruz: Friday  morning                 9:00 AM -10:30 AM                Click on the link above for more information about Qigong, about the classes and for maps to locations.     More information about Sacred Acupuncture The understandings of Sacred Acupuncture can be explored on my other website by using the link above. Currently these teachings are best suited to acupuncturists or people interested in healing. I teach ongoing classes at Five Branches University and weekend seminars in Santa Cruz and at Emperors College of Traditional Oriental Medicine   in Los Angeles. Semester classes I teach Sacred Acupuncture at Five Branches University  in Santa Cruz. For the Spring 2009 Semester at the Five Branches Santa Cruz campus I am teaching: The Eight Extraordinary Channels according to Sacred Acupuncture     Sacred Acupuncture  Seminars I teach seminars on Sacred Acupuncture. These seminars are designed for acupuncturists . CEU credits are available for California. There are currently seminars scheduled on a number of subjects. Each seminar is given at Five Branches University in Santa Cruz and at Emperor's college in Los Angeles. The above link opens to a list of currently scheduled seminars. There are course descriptions attached, with locations and dates of the seminars. To enrol in one of these seminars contact either Emperor's college in Los Angeles or contact me directly for the Santa Cruz seminars.     FIve Stars Healing Seminars This is my latest venture. This is a seminar for anyone interested in staying healthy or healing themselves. Humans have five 'bodies'. A physical body, a Qi or energy body, a Shen or Mental body, a Ling or spiritual body and an aspect which could be called the Tao or universal 'body'. Five Stars healing Seminars delivers you a powerful technology to heal each of the first four bodies, and to access the fifth. For any chronic illness or long term dis-ease, healing has to happen at multiple levels. This seminar will give you powerful tools that I have spent 30 years studying and using from various healing traditions from Europe, China, Japan, India, South and North America. More details will become available soon.     Juice Fasting and Detoxification I sometimes organize a group juice fast. For information about the practice and value of Juice Fasting and detoxification, including the biannual group Juice Fast please see: Cleansing and Juice fasting   Join the email list We will send you periodic updates on upcoming classes, seminars, workshops, ceremonies, online courses and available downloads. 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