I have experience working with cancer patients in all phases of treatment. I have experience in end-of-life house calls. My work is a unique combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shiatsu, medicinal Qi Gong, Subtle Body work, and guided visualization.
I have a special interest in working with artists and creatives, the LGBTQ+ community, and young adults. I find a particular purpose in supporting those with pain and mental and emotional health issues. I specialize in creativity, stress, pain, and embodiment.
I have been an Oregon licensed acupuncturist since 2009, in private practice in Portland for twelve years. I used to work at Reed College as the campus acupuncturist. My background is in the visual arts and writing. I am originally from the East Coast and graduated from Vassar College where I studied poetry, art, and filmmaking. I studied at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York City and graduated from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland. Currently, I maintain a private practice in Portland, Oregon. I am the hotel house call acupuncturist for performing artists passing through Portland. Additionally, I lead group-based guided visualizations and acupuncture pop-ups that specifically spark creative ignition and build togetherness.
The night sky is an image I come back to again and again, guiding the body to feel as spacious and vast as the dark lit with stars, that floating feeling of letting the edges of the body dissolve, and the idea that the acupuncture points we work with illuminate within the body like constellations.
Night Sky Acupuncture + Ideaphoria is a place where you reconnect to your creative and whole self. It is a place where I examine these same things, as an acupuncturist, writer, visual artist, collaborator and creative thinking partner. Self-expression is an integral part of the human experience, both individually and collectively. Together we can help each other discover new frontiers within our imaginations and our lived experience.
Our bodies are alive with energy. In Chinese Medicine, we call this Qi (pronounced ‘chee’). Qi flows through our bodies in a geography of pathways that is known and predictable, and also changeable. Qi flows through the body in physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual layers. Through the course of our lives, through internal and externals factors, the Qi in our bodies becomes clogged in some areas and therefore runs low in other areas. Through touch and acupuncture, language, and ideas, we can shift the flow of our energy.
There are many forms of acupuncture out of China and throughout Asia, which date back at least 3,000 years. The type of acupuncture in which I am trained is called Traditional Chinese Medicine. Acupuncture according to Chinese Medicine may be used to treat virtually any illness, disease, or pain condition. It is also used for, and excels at, wellness and disease prevention, and improving vitality and longevity. Acupuncture has been proven to benefit the immune system and to release certain biochemicals that reduce pain and inflammation, and improve mood disorders, sleep problems and mental clarity.
Your sessions can be hands-on with acupuncture in-person, or on the phone as talk-based sessions focused on your creative process or projects. Customized guided visualizations shift the mind’s eye and work with the body’s healing process, allowing for new insights and movement of stuck energy. Artists access new perspectives for current projects and learn things about their creative process that they might not have discovered otherwise. Through active listening, lyric guided imagery, ideaphoria, and embodiment techniques, we reinvent the body as a portal for the imagination.
I offer Acupuncture and Acupressure appointments in-office and house calls in the Portland metro area. I now offer secure Telehealth sessions … we can do so much together on a phone or video. All sessions are by appointment only — no walk-ins. I do prescribe herbal formulas and do somatic language work virtually. I work with artists and creative groups virtually as a guide and helper introducing theories and energetic practices into the creative process.
I integrate language and imagery into my sessions that often lull the patient into a meditative state. Working one-on-one with people is akin to the artistic process for me, like reading, editing, and revision. I understand healing to be a creative act of the body, and some people are more sparked, inspired, or coaxed open to that process through language, voice, and imagery guiding them to a place within the imagination. I like to make the possibility of traveling into a meditative state available to my patients in each session should they want it. As a practitioner, my creative process is also engaged in hands-on healing work. I often work with images that come from channel theory, 5-elements, taoism, qi gong, shiatsu, and the empirical knowledge I continue to build working with peoples’ bodies. Guided visualizations are always optional; some people prefer to zone out, sleep, or meditate to music or quiet. If you would like a visualization, please let me know.
I have a collection of guided visualizations based on metaphors from Chinese Medicine and surrealist visual art that are free on the podcast apps. It is called BODY LAND METAPHOR MEDICINE and there are three seasons of experiential meditations that are designed to move energy like we do in an acupuncture session and help you feel the sense of that acuzone afterglow. I creatively support artists and thinkers on the phone and on location. Informed by Eastern Medicine’s energetics, I guide you to uncover new mysteries about your work. Intuitive, sensory and inquiry based, using imagery and collaborative visualization, you will discover new ideas and insights from an embodied and energized space. I have worked as an artist’s assistant since the 1990s.
I bill insurance whenever possible. I am in-network with Providence and Pacific Source. Kaiser will not cover my services (sorry). BCBS, Regence, Cigna, Cypress, and MODA will partially cover my services if you have out-of-network acupuncture coverage and have met your deductible.
For more information about me and my work, and to SCHEDULE a session directly go to www.nightskyacupuncture.com
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Night Sky Acupuncture + Ideaphoria
Licensed Acupuncturist, Herbalist, and Shiatsu Practitioner
Certified in Subtle Body Work somatic language therapy
NADA detoxification specialist
Licensed with the Oregon Medical Board and the national NCCAOM. AC150427. NPI 1467775288
503 863 6342
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www.nightskyacupuncture.com
811 East Burnside Street, Suite 216
Portland, Oregon
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