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Normally my patients are given privacy to disrobe but leave on their underwear, and they climb under a sheet. If at some point during the treatment we need to get access to parts of the body for treatment, the patient will always be asked first and appropriately draped for modesty. For the patient the Sacred Acupuncture Healing Session will normally feel very relaxing and restorative. Many patients also report feeling powerful energy flows within their body and a deep connection to healing energies and experiences. The treatment does not have to involve acupuncture, its up to you. These techniques can be easily applied with acupressure or other healing techniques. However as I am an acupuncturist, I do often wish to use acupuncture, to generate the most effective treatment. Ling Dao Healing FIrst I perform Ling Dao. For the patient Ling Dao just involves lying down while I stand with my hands lightly resting on the Solar plexus or held above the body. I may not speak for a short while. In my experience at this time the healer connects to the 'Ling', the archangels or Meta-Devas of the Causal realms. The influence of the Ling start to move through the healer's body and into the patient's body. This is the Ling Dao part of the treatment. As a patient you may feel nothing in particular, or it may feel pleasant. What is Ling Dao Healing? Ling Dao is a way of healing with the archangelic presences. Each of the three Dan Tian (the belly, chest and head) and the seven chakras is associated with an archangelic essence. These essences descend from above and can be accessed through the fifth, sixth and seventh chakras as a form of Healing. The Chinese word 'Ling' is the same as the Japanese character 'Rei' which is used in the word 'Reiki'. Reiki literally means the Qi (Japanese Ki) of the 'Ling', the angelic and archangelic realms. Dao means a way, a path, literally a way to walk. The character is composed of two radicals - one implies a path, or movement along a path, the other radical implies a head. Thus Dao has been translated as "the Way ahead" or "the path ahead". I use the term Ling Dao in this context to mean the path and the way by which the Ling, the archangelic presences, pass through the head in their downward movement to generate healing within any of the subtle bodies or the physical body. This is a movement from the seventh to the sixth and then to the fifth chakra and to the rest of the body. Shen Gong Healing Then there is a Shen Gong assessment. for details of this see assessments. In Shen Gong there is often more conscious involvement. The Archangelic energies are transferring down from the seventh to the sixth chakra, behind the eyes. There is often an "aha!" as the illness or imbalance is seen. At this point treatment often commences as the archangelic beings move through the Mental realm, the Shen realm. They carry out a healing, via the Hun, which is often not really felt like very much except as a certain pleasant relaxation. Their healing penetrates the Mental or Shen body. Although often not cognized by the patient it is sinking into the system and will catalyze change later. During Shen Gong treatment I might also use essential oils, rattle, moxa - smudging and other tools, often as a bridge to the Qigong phase of treatment. What is Shen Gong Healing? Shen means consciousness but it implies mind. Gong means skill or ability. It is composed of a radical meaning effort, work, and a radical meaning force - literally wielding a powerful sword or knife. Shen Gong thus means the skillful application of the Shen - the Mental realm. In Shen Gong Healing we use various techniques to help us marshal the Hun, the angelic beings or Devic intelligences within the Shen body. The Shen body is the Mental realm. The Ling act upon the Mental body, and within the Mental body the Hun - the angelic forces are generated which move the treatment in the direction it needs to go. This is the first aspect of Shen Gong treatment. It affects the Mental body. Thus Shen Gong healing is a spiritually evocative and/or exorcistic method of healing, depending on whether we are working on the Hun or the P'o or both. Qigong Healing This command is carried by the Hun also into the Qi body. Now the acupuncture channel network is directly involved. The beneficial P'o are cultivated and the sickness P'o are eliminated. This is a second phase of treatment involving rectification of the P'o, which are the innate intelligences, the instinctive consciousnesses of the organs. This phase of the treatment is normally more 'palpable'. You might feel energy moving in your body, within it and even around it, or mind states moving and interesting emotional openings. At this stage I might place my hands over different parts of your body to facilitate the healing. What is Qigong Healing? At a certain point the Hun, which are the beneficial angelic forces commanded by the Ling, generate a sense of vibration at the fifth chakra - the throat which catalyzes change in the etheric or 'Qi' body. As the healing momentum is converted into vibration then a new phase of healing commences. Here the density of entrapment of Shen energy into the Qi body can be broken up. Conversely an insufficient influence of the Shen over an organ or tissue or body part for example, can be corrected. This vibration can work wonders and it guides all the more physical treatment modalities in the Sacred Acupuncture session. This vibration can work upon the Shen body as well as the Qi body, and it reaches into the physical body. This vibration generated at the fifth chakra is a tool of the sixth chakra to enable healing. It naturally empowers treatment. In this phase the Hun or angelic beings act upon the P'o - especially the beneficial Earth-spirits, which vibrationally penetrate the acupuncture channels and areas of Qi blockage. They drive out the negative parasitic P'o entities and their associated degraded Shen negative energies. This is essentially exorcism or 'Xie' misnamed as sedating techniques in modern acupuncture. They also allow the penetration of the Hun, carrying the bright Shen frequency of health and healing to penetrate into the etheric fluidium, the substance of the Qi body. This is 'Bu', misnamed as tonification in modern acupuncture. It can more accurately be translated and understood as 'filling in holes' 'mending' 'patching' or 'repairing'. Acupuncture and Physical Treatment Modalities There are a number of treatment modalities that I might use. They are not necessarily all used in the same treatment. At a certain point we might use some physical approach to the body. It could be just medical qigong type 'laying on of hands' or massage or acupressure or acupuncture or moxibustion. I may ask you what you are experiencing during the treatment. This is sometimes helpful for me as well as for the patient. I might give you instructions to focus on a particular emotion or energy movement, or just to be present to what is happening during the healing. I may guide you to uncover the emotional and mental aspects of an energy that we are unblocking and releasing, or strengthening during treatment. Here is a list of modalities we might use during a course of treatment: these treatments are used with the patient lying comfortably on a treatment table: 1/     Medical Qigong 2/    Acupuncture 3/     Breathing exercises 4/     Acupressure and Massage 5/     Essential oil anointing 6/     Moxa, smudging and sage-ing 7/     sound and energy therapies: Rattle, drum, feather, chant or song: 8/     Guided meditation 9/     Conversation   Outside of the specific treatment time you might also use 1/     QIgong exercise - qigong classes and / or Qigong home practice 2/     Therapeutic juice cleansing, healing diets 3/     Homeopathic remedies 4/     Traditional Oriental herbal formulas 5/     A broad range of vitamin products, mineral formulas, enzyme supplements, amino-acid formulations, plant extracts, traditional Chinese herbal formulas, herbs from other traditions   Acupuncture I use acupuncture. The needles perform a specific function of clearing away the old and diseased energy, and allowing in the balancing clean energy. They help to break through energetic blockages and they help to dispel negative energy. They also help to act as channels to get the clear and bright healing energies to penetrate deep into the body, to activate the organic matrix with the energies of universal intelligence, the pattern or ideal form of health. I often use acupuncture as an adjunct to Shen Gong healing. The needles I use are very thin, sterile, one-time use acupuncture needles. . I choose the needles carefully, preferring either silicon coated or gold coated needles, depending on the condition. The Mandala of Point Selection - Balancing the afflicted Acupuncture Channel Another important aspect of Acupuncture is the prescriptive effect of the choice of points. This is the mandala of point selection. The choice of points in Sacred Acupuncture is often guided by the need to rebalance a specific affected acupuncture channel. The energy channels lie in specific relationships to each other, and all illness or imbalance within the physical body is reflected in distortions of this harmonious architecture. Here we attune to the architecture and the 'mechanics' of the acupuncture channels, and the flow patterns of Qi and Shen within the body. Using the needles to stimulate the channels in certain orders and patterns, we seek to rebalance the disordered energy, by adjusting the acupuncture channels in relation to each other. Here for example we might use one channel to ‘flood’ another channel, or drain it, or warm it or dry it, or restrain it, or promote it. So we create a corrective pattern, a mandala of needles ranged across the body, to rebalance the channel systems taken as a whole. This helps to eliminate symptoms and hastens healing. Scientifically acupuncture has been shown to be analgesic, and It also enhances total body health by beneficially stimulating the immune system, the nervous system, and the endocrine system. From Chinese medicine we understand that acupuncture also benefits the circulation of the Qi, which influences, in its turn, the circulation of the blood. Chinese medicine also teaches us that acupuncture reaches to the internal organ systems of the body. .Acupuncture is safe. I use only highly precisioned sterilized and disposable needles. Acupuncture is often surprisingly painless. The needles are only slightly thicker than a human hair, so the experience is not the same as getting shots. I have had many needle-phobic patients come to love acupuncture! Acupuncture is also deeply relaxing for the mind and restorative and energizing for the body. Sometimes acupuncture can be a strong experience. But if you plan a little time after to the treatment to integrate, and sip some lemon water or herb tea it will ground you. Breathing Exercises I may teach you a breathing exercise to perform on the treatment table for a while. These exercises are useful to energize the system and generate breakthroughs in energy blockages. Acupressure and Massage I might also use acupressure to open up the channels, or internal organ massage, or belly massage or just lightly resting my hand on a part of the body. In the East, massage, bodywork and spinal adjustment forms an integral part of the medical system. I had a background in bodywork before I studied acupuncture and I may incorporate bodywork techniques into your overall treatment if I think it will help. Generally I use bodywork as an integrated part of the overalll acupuncture treatment. Essential oil anointing I might use essential oils to anoint a particular region of the body. This enables the angelic beings associated with the plant to more easily enter, it is also sometimes very useful diagnostically as the plant Devas and angelic beings can show what is out of balance and what needs to happen to bring it into balance. All healing is just harmonizing with evolution. moxa, smudging and sage-ing I might use moxa, smudging and sage-ing to open up the energy matrix of the channels and the energy fields. These herb-burning therapies tends to drive out negative beliefs and unneeded mental structures from within the energy fields of the body creating a clear 'field' for the positive influences to enter. Moxa is angelica or mugwort, a common herb in many parts of the world. In Chinese medicine Moxa is considered so important that it forms half the traditional name for acupuncture. In the chinese language 'Zhen Jiu' means needles and moxa, and together they imply the art of acupuncture. Moxa is rolled up and burned on or over certain acupuncture points, energy gates etc. This experience with me can be bracingly hot (but not excruciating or burning) to pleasantly warm, according to your limits and your needs. sound and energy therapies I might use a rattle or a small drum, or a flute, or a chant or a song to open up the energy matrix of the channels and the energy fields. These are extensions of the Shen Gong healing approach. Guided Meditation Going underneath the conscious mind to explore and release from old beliefs and mental structures. Often I will guide the patient to tune into the body, to experience the consciousness held within the body. This can be very healing and liberating. Conversation An exploration of how you are doing, and the relationship between your spiritual, mental and emotional evolution and any physical imbalance or illness that is present.   The conclusion of the Sacred Acupuncture treatment Normally after a period of treatment which has moved through the four layers, from Ling Dao to Shen Gong to Qigong to physical treatment I will leave you resting for a while withthe needles in. I might also put crystals and other subtle energy devices on your body. I may also use essential oils. During this time there is generally no pain from the needles, but lots of patients experience different energy sensations in their body. This resting time is useful for integration and if often bypasses the conscious mind. While patients are lying and relaxing on the treatment table the healing is sinking in. Many times patients will report falling into a deep sleep state, where they are as if asleep yet still present. I try to keep the patient warm and comfortable during this resting period. After a while the patient is 'done', which is often a distinct feeling for both patient and healer. I try to honor this, but sometimes working with other patients precludes me from immediately taking out the acupuncture needles when the psychic 'done' signal is received. There is no harm in going past this point a little. However, If a patient is in any serious discomfort they are encouraged to summon me with a bell or their voice, at any time during their treatment. After the needles are removed the patient is given privacy to get changed and then we may examine the following treatment options: Qigong and Exercise I may recommend exercises, attendance at qigong classes and / or Qigong home practice. We have some DVD's of Qigong forms we practice, with more to come. QIgong (known also as Chi Kung) breathing and movement exercises have been used for thousands of years to generate energy and re balance the body. The concept is that the vibration of disease exists in the energy (the Qi - pronounced 'Chee'). With Qigong practice this vibration can be aligned with the vibration of health and vitality, in much the same way as a tuning fork will start to vibrate to the same pitch as another tuning fork that is struck and then brought into proximity to it. Any condition can benefit from the practice of Qigong, which results in a great feeling of well-being. Typically I give you one or two Qigong exercises that are specific to your health condition. These exercises normally involve slow movement or a static posture with deep  relaxed breathing. They are very strengthening, energizing and healing. Juice cleansing and Healing Diets Therapeutic juice cleansing, and healing diets, are time honored and universal healing technologies. Having access to them is a very useful healing tool to learn, and is often an essential component of healing because it is often important to detoxify the body. The detoxification aspect of healing is the least understood aspect of healing in the West, and often it is the most needed. To support this we have a group juice cleanse twice a year. For more information on this you can read about it on the web-site we have set up at the following link. It does take time to open so be patient please:     The Juice Fast Healing diets, or changing the diet is often a really useful aspect of treatment, and should result in more energy, vitality and enthusiasm with a reduction in symptoms. In both East and West the effects of our diet on our health have been studied for thousands of years. Specific diseases can be helped by specific diets. If any dietary changes would be of benefit we will talk about how to incorporate these diet changes, to make it workable. Oriental Herbal Medicine I may recommend herbal medicine for you. Herbal medicine has developed over thousands of years in the Orient, so it has been tested over countless generations! In modern China, herbal medicine has been found to be so effective that it is used throughout the nation in hospitals alongside Western medicine. Research has verified the healing applications of over a thousand different herbs. Like all systems of Oriental medicine, herbal treatment aims to treat the underlying cause of a problem, rather than just the symptoms. Normally, in herbal treatment I give you a traditional formula composed of ten or so herbs chosen to specifically correlate to your unique body type, needs and health condition. This formula comes in the form of a powder, liquid, pill or capsule, normally taken twice a day. Homeopathic medicine and vibrational medicine I may recommend a homeopathic remedy. Homeopathy is a unique method of treatment developed in Europe by a German physician, Samuel Hahnemann. Homeopathy uses highly diluted 'energy' medicines to stimulate the body to respond with a reduction of symptoms and a return to a natural state of balance. The recommendation may derive from constitutional homeopathy, which seeks a deep re- balancing of the individual through matching the totality of their symptoms to a traditional homeopathic remedy; or from clinical homeotoxicology, which seeks to counter specific toxins and to strengthen specific stressed organs or body systems. Vibrational remedies include homeopathics but it extends also to flower essences, gem elixirs and other remedies prepared in a homeopathic fashion. These remedies come in the form of either tasteless drops to put under the tongue or small white pellets with a sweet taste that dissolve under the tongue. These vibrational and homeopathic remedies are completely non-toxic. They are so diluted that no toxicity is possible. Supplements In addition, the use of certain nutritional supplements can be very helpful in promoting healing. These might be vitamin products, mineral formulas, enzyme supplements, amino-acid formulations, plant extracts and herbs from many different traditions. There is a large selection of natural remedies and I use them frequently. If some supplements seem appropriate we will talk about where you can buy the supplements, the correct amount to take and for how long. If they are not commonly available I will order them for you.   To get a Sacred Acupuncture Healing Session Sacred Acupuncture Healing Sessions are available through the Los Gatos Clinic and the Santa Cruz Clinic  in California. To make an appointment to receive a Sacred Acupuncture Healing Session there are five things you have to do: 1/  please call Adam on 408-476-9799 to discuss your health 2/  please call my receptionists at the following toll-free number:                         866-863-5560 to schedule an appointment for Los Gatos or call 831-465-9088 to make an appointment for Santa Cruz 3/  make a list of all medications you are taking 4/  make a list of all herbs, vitamins, supplements etc. you are taking 5/  show up to your appointment! It is important to remember that any resistance to the appointment that you may feel internally, or which even manifests as external obstacles and events occurring to stop you keeping your appointment - this resistance is part of the disease structure which needs healing. Disease structures often don't want to give up! The cost of individual Sacred Acupuncture Healing Sessions initial appointment                              $125 regular appointment                           $ 88 The healing is not dependant upon money! It is generated from a place of Love and service. However I rent my clinic, put gas in my car, support a family etc. This is why I charge money -     to replenish the resources used. Thank you for understanding the difference between these two things. Student and senior discounts available.   Prayers for your well-being, joy, happiness, health and healing! "May all beings be free from suffering and negative thinking!" "May all beings have happiness and positive thinking!"                                     quoted from Osel Rangzom Tsele