Julia is a board certified registered acupuncturist as well as massage therapist who has been immersed in the healing arts for the past 15 years. She has a deep appreciation for the complexity of the human body, mind and spirit and has a deep reverence for the multiple pathways that can bring a person back into balance. She recognizes that healing is an inherently creative and participatory process and can help guide her patients to cultivate their own vitality, deepen their own relationships with themselves and reunite a person’s innate ability to heal. She brings her knowledge of eastern medicine and a compassionate heart to all those she treats.

Her innovative and integrated approach can help clients to resolve a multitude of physical and emotional imbalances, support the cultivation of vitality, and deepen their relationship with themselves, and ultimately to embody their unique individual potential. Julia offers a blend of hands-on techniques including acupuncture, Shiatsu massage, Thai massage, cupping, gua sha and bleeding techniques.

Julia’s training encompasses an undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria, a one-year study of Shiatsu massage, and three years at the Canadian College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Victoria, BC (2009). After graduating she studied with the late Grandmaster of acupuncture, Dr. Richard Tehfu Tan from whom she learned the Balance method which is rooted in a long lineage of ancient, authentic Chinese medicine teachings and texts such as the Nei Jing. The balance method works with both channels and meridians and is well known for achieving rapid results. It is one of the most effective and efficient acupuncture methods for treating pain.

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Julia is a board certified registered acupuncturist as well as massage therapist who has been imm... Read More