Communing with the Spirit of the Points - A Shamanic Journey into the Living Medicine of Acupuncture

What if, beneath its name, its meridian, its classical indications and everything we have been taught about it, there is a living presence - a spirit with its own medicine, personality, landscape and wisdom?

Communing with the Spirit of the Points is an experiential workshop for acupuncturists, holistic practitioners, and anyone who feels called to explore the mysterious intelligence that lives within our own bodies, through the lens of the acupuncture points.

For this gathering, we will begin with one of my all-time favorite acupuncture points.

Which one? I’m not telling ◡̈ You’ll have to come and meet it! There’s something amazing about approaching a point without a preconceived idea of what we should find there - allowing the mystery to unfold through our own experience.

We will explore the point's name, imagery, classical associations and medicine, and then we will slow down and encounter the point in a different way.

We may draw it. We may contemplate its qualities. We may explore the landscape and elemental nature suggested by its name and place within the body. And then, through shamanic journeying, we will open a doorway to meet the spirit of the point directly.

• What does this point want us to know?
• What kind of medicine does it carry?
• What does it feel like to sit in its presence?
• What might it teach us about healing, about ourselves, and about the people we serve?
• Acupuncturists may discover an entirely new way of experiencing the points you work with every day.
  Holistic practitioners and healers are invited to explore the subtle language of the body through a shamanic lens.
  
  And anyone who is curious is welcome. No previous knowledge of acupuncture or shamanic journeying is necessary.
  You don't need to know where the point is.
  You don't need to understand Chinese medicine.
  Just bring your curiosity and a willingness to explore.