

Jessica is a lifelong yogi and yoga instructor as well as an outdoors enthusiast.

Jessica specializes in women’s health, perinatal support and fertility, acute and chronic pain management, digestive issues, anxiety, and facial rejuvenation techniques. She earned her Masters of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine.Ĭlinical experience includes assisting women through pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period as a birth doula, and providing acupuncture support in the Labor & Delivery department at NYU’s Lutheran medical center.
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Jessica meets her patients where they are and sees her role as a support person who can help to illuminate the way in times of darkness and difficulty.Īfter working as a professional dancer in NYC for over a decade, Jessica’s belief in the mind-body-spirit connection, fascination with anatomy, and keen interest in helping others to navigate their journeys led her to pursue a career in Chinese Medicine. She believes healing isn’t something that can be done for you but rather a path one travels, occasionally traversing difficult terrain wherein support is a helping hand. Jessica Parks is a NY state licensed and board-certified acupuncturist. with Frank Butler on Zheng Gu Tui Na: A Chinese Medical Massage Textbook. Sharon is an avid climber, runner and nature lover and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children. Tom Bisio is a world-renowned martial artist and a licensed practitioner of. She is grateful to the long lineage of teachers she has had the great privilege to learn from and for the thousands of patients who have entrusted her in their care. Sharon is sought out for her expertise in reading the body’s innate signs, deft execution of classical Chinese medicine diagnosis, and the ability to help patients incorporate positive self-care practices with ease. In addition to her offerings rooted in classical Chinese medicine, Sharon takes a mindfulness approach with all of her patients and draws from her extensive background in botanical and nutritional supplementation, buddhist meditation, doula care, martial arts, and yoga to provide a truly holistic approach to health and healing. She serves on the Advisory Board of the White Pine Circle, an online community educational resource dedicated to the study and advancement of Asian medical traditions. She has trained extensively with leading clinicians in the US and China and enjoys mentoring newer practitioners in the field. She specializes in fertility, perinatal and family healthcare and all aspects of internal medicine. Herunder akupressur, Chi gong, organmassage, meridianlære og kinesisk diagnosticering. He has found his happiest work in the process of helping others with their own self-care and healing, and is enthusiastic in sharing the poetic knowledge and embodied intention of traditional eastern bodywork.Sharon has been in clinical practice helping New Yorkers for more than 15 years. 2008/2014: Tui Na behandler/Massør level 1- 4. He has continued his studies elsewhere, learning Zheng Gu Tui Na from Tom Bisio in New York, and is now a certified Wu Dang Qi Gong instructor under the tutelage of Master Chen. There he fell in love with Shiatsu and acupressure, and the vast world of therapeutic bodywork opened up for him. After spending many years as a traveling metalworker and jeweler, he finally settled in the Bay Area to pursue hands-on therapy modalities at the McKinnon Body Therapy Center, and return to his roots in eastern health practices. His fascination with Chinese Martial Arts and Qi Gong eventually led him to take an introductory class in Tui Na (traditional Chinese medical massage) with Daoist Master Yun Xian Tseng (“Master Chen”), and it changed the world for him. His mother is an acupuncturist, and so he was brought up with a gentle understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and alternative health modalities. Gregory MacDonald, CMT (CAMTC #75568) grew up in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of upstate New York.
