Shonishin is a pediatric acupuncture technique that doesn’t use needles at all! Meridians and acupuncture points are treated with non–insertive tools and acupressure. Kids report the treatments as calming, soothing, and playful. These treatments are appropriate up until age 12.

Girls aged 11 or 12 who have entered menarche, and are experiencing irregular or painful menses, are encouraged to seek care.

The roots, fruits, flowers, and leaves of plants contain powerful phytochemical properties that catalyze change in the body by providing nutrition on a cellular level.

For children, I prescribe liquid remedies (that taste a little like vanilla) from Griffo Botanicals and constitutional remedies by Classical Pearls.

Flower essence therapy utilizes potent herbal infusions made of flowers, plants and minerals to bring insight into emotional patterns and help create new habits of thought. These are particularly helpful for night terrors, anxiety, and difficult focusing.

Bodywork involves both craniosacral therapy and Sotai therapy.

Craniosacral therapy is a manual European osteopathic technique that softly manipulates the cranial bones and sacroiliac joint to restore the flow of cerebrospinal fluid from the brain to the pelvic region. This regulates the autonomic nervous system and effectively reduces pain.

To learn more about Sotai therapy, click here.

A mind–body stress technique that combines muscle testing with the meridian system of the body to identify the root emotional cause of a physiological disease and alleviate stress responses. Homeopathic remedies following the treatment ensure integration and continued relief. In East Asian medicine, each organ correlates to an emotion. The Kidney organ network associates with fear, the Liver organ network with anger, the Heart organ network with joy, the Spleen organ network with worry, and the Lung organ network with grief. Through reflex points and acupressure, emotions past and present are cleared directly from the organs.

Often, the most healing offering is one of presence. Mindfulness is an innate part of all of the modalities I draw from. With children, we focus on practicing belly breathing & simple visualization exercises.