About Us

A little background

I have been studying Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for almost 20 years now, and practising for just over 14 years. I graduated from a 4 year program in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine and I am licensed as both a Registered Acupuncturist, and a Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner. I also began training for injection therapies in 2012 and continue more advanced injection therapy studies continually since. A large part of my focus in practice is Chinese Herbal Medicine. When it comes to herbal medicine in particular, for thousands of years the only way to acquire this knowledge has been in a discipleship (apprenticeship) format, with the lineage being passed down from master to disciple. There are a group of comprehensive texts form the very foundation of what makes Chinese medicine and Acupuncture so unique and special, and they are a very rich source of ancient medical knowledge that is applicable to what we see in todays world. The information contained within these texts may offer practical and efficacious solutions to a variety of pressing global medical conditions and gives new paradigms to understand the human body in both health and illness. Although these texts form the foundation of both clinical and theoretical Chinese Medicine as we know it, most practitioners of Chinese Medicine have only studied these concepts and texts in a very brief and superficial manner while in school. This has lead to much of modern Chinese Medicine being practiced as a patchwork of many different ideas and not a coherent clinical system that it truly is. After I graduated from Acupuncture & TCM school, I was extremely fortunate to come accross The Institute of Classics of East Asian Medicine (www.iceam.org) in Portland Oregon which offers licensed practitioners of East Asian medicine worldwide the rare opportunity to gain deeper theoretical knowledge and greater clinical efficacy through mastery of these texts. In 2012 I began with Dr. Arnaud Versluys (my mentor) where I have studied herbal prescriptions and pulse diagnosis. I have been continuing advanced herbal medicine studies with The Institute of Classics Dr. Arnaud Versluys is a world-renowned Academic instructor and practitioner of Chinese medicine based on these core historical texts. Dr. Versluys’ work has gained him international recognition both in Western modalities as well as Chinese medicine. He is also the most senior lineage holder and successor of the Tian Lineage®. has been my mentor for 7 years now, and since finishing my 2 year program at ICEAM, I continue to make regular trips to Portland to deepen my understanding and sharpen my clinical skills in this medical system.

Highlights of my Post Graduate studies include:

Herbal Medicine

Chinese Herbal Medicine is a licensed health profession in BC. Not everyone who practices Acupuncture practisises Chinese Herbal Medicine. Registered Practitioners of Chinese Medicine and Dcotors of Traditional Chinese Medicine are able to diagnose according to principles of Chinese Medicine as well as prescribe and dispense Chinese Herbal Medicine. The biggest pieces of my post graduate education and development as a practitioner have been my long term studies into Classical Chinese Herbal Medicine with The institute of Classics of East Asian Medicine which has been continuous since 2012.

Acupuncture

• Obstetrics: acupuncture in pregnancy and labour (Jean Levesque, Deborah Betts) 2005, 2010
• Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture (Virginia Doran) 2005
• Japanese Acupuncture (Kikko Matsumoto) 2009
• 1 year study at the XingLin Institute with Dr.Edward Neal (focus on developing a deeper understanding of the Nei Jing; a foundational, historical Acupuncture and Chinese Medical text) 2017

Injection Therapies:

• Society for Acupoint Injection Certification 2012 (Neural Therapy, Mesotherapy, Trigger Point Injections)
• Association Acupoint and Regeneration Injection Therapies 2018 (Perineural Injections, Trigger Point Injections) 2018
• Association Acupoint and Regeneration Injection Therapies 2019 (advanced prolotherapy injections and ozone injection therapy)

Therapeutic modalities I use in clinic:

Acupuncture

By stimulating the body’s various internal healing mechanisms, acupuncture can help resolve pain, improve sleep, support digestive function, and improve overall health and well-being. I use a combination of various needling techniques dependant on the patient and the issue we are working on. These can include very gentle needle techniques such as Japanese style Acupuncture, as well as orthopaedic styles of needling such as motor point needling and IMS (intramuscular stimulation).

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Although Acupuncture was the first modality to gain wide acceptance in the West, Chinese Herbal Medicine is the main modality within Chinese Medicine. The emphasis is to not only address the disease or the symptoms you’re experiencing, but also addresses the underlying pattern of function in your body. Beyond the four years of education that is standard to all Registered Practitioners of Chinese Medicine, I have also been formally studying with one of the most respected teachers of Chinese Herbal Medicine in the world today – Dr. Arnaud Versluys and I have completed a two year post graduate program in Classical Chinese Medicine at The Institute of Classics of East Asian Medicine (www.iceam.org) and continue to pursue advanced herbal medicine studies with them.

Cupping Massage

Cupping uses suction to decompress and stretch tight areas while also flushing out toxins and improving local circulation. Alleviates muscle tension and helps to resolve circulation issues related to injury healing.

Injection Therapies

When therapies like acupuncture and cupping massage aren’t bringing about significant results, injection therapies are very effective tools to address pain and injuries by releasing tight areas that may be leading to trapped and inflamed nerve fibres, as well and stimulating regeneration in damaged tissues and restoring stability.