Lic. Acupuncturist, Dipl. Chinese Herbs

Contact

PHONE:

+1 413-687-4586

WEBSITES:

·       whitepineinstitute.org

·       whitepinehealingarts.org

·       whitepinecircle.org

·       graduatementorshipprogram.org

EMAIL:
whitepinehealingarts@gmail.com

Other Involvements

•  Horses
• Dogs
• Sheep, Wool & Knitting
• Botanical Drawing
• Mushroom foraging (on horseback)
• Buddhist Meditation
•  Judaism

EDUCATION

Mt. Holyoke College Undergraduate in Asian Studies

New England School of Acupuncture

Graduated 1983

Zhe Jiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

1990-1991studied herbal obstetrics and gynecology with Dr. Qiu Xiaomei and Dr. Cheng Yufeng

Studies in Classical Chinese Herbal Medicine in US and China

With Huang Huang, Feng Shi Lun, Fu Yan Ling, Yu Guo Jun, Nigel Dawes, Tracy Thorne, Kumiko Shirai, Yaron Seidman, and Nadine Zäch.

Studies in Japanese and Korean Acupuncture

With Kiiko Matsumoto, Toby Daly, Thomas Sorenson, Koei Kuwahara, Junji Mizutani and others.

WORK EXPERIENCE

White Pine Healing Arts Clinic

1984 to Present maintains a clinical practice in herbs and acupuncture

Northwest Institute of Oriental Medicine  Teacher

1991–1993

Taught classes and supervised students in Japanese Acupuncture, Diagnosis and Chinese Herbal Gynecology and returned to teach weekend seminars.

White Pine Institute

1998 to present

Hosting a wide range of domestic and Chinese teachers to offer seminars in East Asian Medicine.

Gradutate Mentorship Program

15 years of teaching her unique approach to classical East Asian herbal medicine with an emphasis on clear diagnostic skills and flexible use of formulas in a two-year program.

Women’s Great Turnings

Co-teaches a one-year training in a Chinese medical approach to women’s health and obstetrics.

New England School of Acupuncture
Taught over twenty weekend seminars over a thirty year period on Chinese Herbal Medicine

Healthy Seminars Fertility Symposium

Taught seminars for five years on Chinese herbal medicine for gynecology and obstetrics.

Other Domestic and International Trainings

Taught at many symposiums and over 100 seminars throughout the US, Canada, Australia, and Europe.

White Pine Circle

2021 to present

Founded and works with this East Asian Medicine educational and community support platform.

CLINICAL SKILLS

·       Japanese Acupuncture

·       Sa’am Acupuncture

·       Japanese Moxabustion

·       Classical Chinese Herbal Medicine based on the Nèi Jīng, Nàn Jīng, Shén Nóng Běn Cáo Jīng, Fǔ Xíng Jué Yòng Yào Fǎ Yào, and Shāng Hán Zá Bìng Lùn

PUBLICATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS

North American Journal of Chinese Medicine:

·       Moxa for Yin Deficiency

The Lantern:

·       The Remarkable Wen Jing Tang

·       The Treatment of Spleen and Stomach Yin Xu

·       Topics in Gynecology

·       Three Articles on the , Fǔ Xíng Jué Yòng Yào Fǎ Yào

White Pine Topic in Chinese Medicine Blog

·       Over 100 posts which include both translations and writings.

White Pine eBooks

·       Over thirty eBooks which are my own translation from Chinese on classical herbs and formulas as well as on obstetrics and gynecology (totaling over 3000 pages)

Happy Goat Productions

·       Contributing Author in Channeling the Moon, Part 1 & 2

·       Contributing Author in Celestial Secrets

OTHER

·       In my youth, I led bicycle tours in the Canadian Rockies and Cape Cod

·       I started a whole foods grocery store and restaurant in the inner city of New Haven when in my 20’s

·       I now live on a small farm in Western Massachusetts with my farmer daughter, Zoe, called Ancient Ponies Farm