The Short Version:

I’m a licensed acupuncturist and board certified herbalist. I graduated from Pacific College of Health and Science with a Masters of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine (MSTOM) in 2020. Since 2014, I have also studied and translated Traditional Tibetan Medicine. I’ve helped hundred of patients with a broad range of complaints, including injury, infertility, immune disorder, digestive disorder, insomnia, mental-emotional distress, and reproductive health issues. I look forward to supporting your healing.

The Full Story:

My practice of the healing arts is informed by 20 years of study and practice in mystical and animist traditions including Tibetan Buddhism, Chinese metaphysics, European and West Asian folk magic, and Microanimism.

For me, the practice of the healing arts, ‘fine’ arts, folk craft, ritual and divinatory arts are not fundamentally separable. The interweaving of these threads creates the body of my work. From where I stand, it’s all magic.

Magic is present in the transformation that occurs when herbs compound to create a remedy, when pigments and light dance together to create an image, when needles allow a person to release pain and experience ease, when microbes turn the dead into soil, and uncountable other moments both ordinary and sublime. Each moment brings an opportunity to recognize the magic of transformation. Using my skills and hands to help others experience transformation is an incomparable joy.

My path of practice began when I started studying Tibetan Buddhism two decades ago. Inspired by the teachings, I cultivated a devotional practice of ritual art, moved to north India, became a Tibetan language interpreter, and began 10 years of study, translation and practice of Traditional Tibetan Medicine.

When I returned to the US, I studied Traditional Chinese Medicine and earned a Masters in Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine at Pacific College of Health and Science in NYC. After graduating, I worked for several years at a fast-paced practice in NYC focused on reproductive health. I gained an enormous amount from working with a high volume of patients, addressing a wide range of reproductive health problems, alongside digestive, metabolic, mental-emotional, immune, and sleep issues.

The most essential thing I learned from working in that environment is that the body is older than capitalism. Our bodies are descended of ancient stuff, and living in systems that extract energy from people like extracting oil from the ground comes at an enormous toll. We are meant to feel the sun upon us, to work and dance, to lie idle and feel the dirt. There are no substitutes for time spent speaking with a tree or yearning towards the sky.

My healing practice is thoroughly integrative. I fully support people making use of the tools of modernity to support healing. And still, we cannot outrun our animal bodies. I’ve set out to create a practice that honors that truth, that allows me space to express my wholeness and meet people in theirs.

Welcome.