My interest in East Asian medicine and acupuncture started after getting injured while training in the korean martial arts form of Taekwondo. Taekwondo was a big passion of mine, and I was able to bring myself to achieve a 1st degree black belt. I used to spar at the competition level, and I sustained some injuries that normally would have taken me out of competition. I started getting acupuncture and saw how it accelerated my ability to heal my musculature and ligamentous injuries, and I was hooked! Acupuncture helped me get back into my passion, which was Tae Kwon do at the time. In the beginning of my career, a majority of the patients I saw were athletes, because I had the ability to use both acupuncture and massage therapy to quickly help patients recover from sports related injuries.

As I got more experience I began to realize that acupuncture was not only beneficial in treating pain for athletes, but it was successfully treating patients that were coming in for pain from neuropathies after undergoing western therapy Cancer treatments. I couldn’t believe how many people on Long Island suffer from Cancer, and it hit home with me because my Grandmother had passed away from colon cancer, and I had an aunt who had breast cancer. I feel so strongly about helping the cancer community that I started a support group called Caring for Cancer where I perform complementary acupuncture and meditations to the cancer community.  I feel it’s important to spread awareness to the fact that people do not need to suffer when undergoing chemo and radiation,  acupuncture can help a cancer patients not only deal with the emotional toll it takes on someone suffering from a diagnosis and treatment, it can help with nausea, weight loss, and neuropathic pain associated with western treatments. Acupuncture and Massage therapy can be utilized in conjunction with western therapies.

Anxiety and Depression is prevalent in my family and during my schooling In NY college I received weekly treatments of acupuncture to combat those emotions, and help keep me stabilized. Since Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine have helped me, I have been able to successfully treat people coming in with emotional disorders with the use of acupuncture and a technique called NET.

My forever yearn for learning led me to another path of a 3 year certification in Medical Qigong, where under the teachings of Dr. Steven Jackowicz learned how to assess, treat and diagnose patients utilizing the modality of Medical Qigong. My training has enhanced my ability to help protect myself and help others heal, especially when it comes to any emotional imbalances.

I have always had an interest in women’s health as I had utilized acupuncture myself to combat symptoms from PMS. During my experience in treating women, I have come to realize the many benefits acupuncture has for women. I have successfully treated women in labor induction and helped to combat unpleasant pregnancy symptoms, including back pain, and nausea. Having had my second child as a planned home birth,  I was able to personally experience the benefits of acupuncture during pregnancy, labor and delivery and postpartum. I believe in practicing what I preach and have come to learn from both my studies and personal experience that acupuncture and East Asian medicine is a must for women’s health.

NAET (Nambudripads Allergy Elimination Technique, and NET (Nuero-Emotional Technique) were certifications I obtained before opening my own practice. After learning about the powerful benefits of these techniques, including combating seasonal and food related allergies, and overcoming emotional blockages, I was able to implement them in my private practice. NAET came in handy with treating my first son’s food related allergies, and I can attribute NET to a lot of my personal and professional growth.

While in school I was able to work as a receptionist for not only one, but two different Acupuncture Practices, and since I already had my feet in the door, I was able to practice Acupuncture and Massage Therapy right away after graduating.  With the experience of working in other practices, I was able to observe and discern the way I would want to run my own practice someday. Little did I know, that with the help of my very supportive business minded husband, and my incredibly talented branding and marketing best friend, that I would be running my own practice within a year of graduating.

A year after opening my own practice, I discovered I was pregnant with my first son. Since my patients are like my family, I decided I needed to hire a competent, and nurturing team to take care of them while I would be away on maternity. I handpicked and trained my team for several months before letting them treat on their own. I was able to go on maternity leave with full confidence that my patients would be taken care of. Since my patients and practice continued to thrive while I was away, I was able to keep my team on when I returned to work, and together we make the practice what it is, a thriving, nurturing, healing environment.

My experience of having a team, of both Professionals and Office staff has been quite positive.  Each of us can bring something different to the table, while still maintaining the integrity and consistency of treatments for the patients. We are able to maintain very flexible hours in the office, and are able to offer many different modalities in addition to acupuncture and massage therapy. The positive effects of having a team professionally, have also been personally rewarding, as having such an incredible team has allowed me to maintain and grow my family. My second son was born Dec of 2016 right next to the fireplace inside our own home.

It has been a true blessing running a successful holistic wellness center, and being a mommy of two. Nothing is more rewarding than the ability to help people while doing what you love.