We stand in unity, justice, and equity for everyone
Dear Academy Community, The recent horrific and heartbreaking acts of violence against people of color in our communities have brought the conversation about racism to a level of [...]
Successful Graduate Profile- Catherine Hollingsworth
Catherine Hollingsworth, Class 29 Red Sage Acupuncture Miami, FL Catherine Hollingsworth, Class 29 Please describe your practice. Full-time solo practice. I have no specialization and see teens [...]
Successful Graduate Profile: Melissa Maki
Melissa Maki, Class 27 Summit Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine Essex, NY Melissa Maki, Class 27 Please describe your practice. Full-time integrative clinic with other healing modalities. Do [...]
Restoring the Natural Flow of Health
What is sickness and what allows for healing? Students at the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture may find themselves asking these questions again and again. The clinical residency inspires [...]
The Quiet of the Holidays
Truckee River Near Lake Tahoe, California Here at the Academy, we are preparing for holiday break. The clinic will be closed and the interns will get some [...]
Medicine with Heart
Acupuncture wasn’t my first career. I started out in the arts, another field entirely, but after a while I decided I wanted something different for myself. I wanted to [...]
Letting Go- and Starting Something New
Autumn is upon us, even here in Florida. The light of the sun is changing from the heavy, rich and round feeling of late summer to the sharper, clear [...]
Help Us Build A Beautiful New Sign
Academy for Five Element Acupuncture is delighted to announce our newest project and how you can be part of a growing tradition! Based on the Five Element philosophy of [...]
Are You Ready for Graduate School?
Written by Angela Xistris, reposted from 2012 Ah, Spring Break. There are no intensives in session and Class 27, our resident interns, headed for their respective hills last Friday. [...]
Needles as Symbols of Love
[reposted from last year, by request] A recent email from one of our faculty members reminded me that Spring is quickly transitioning into Summer, the season of the Fire [...]