What if an acupuncture point is more than a location on the body?
What if, beneath its name, its meridian, its classical indications and everything we have been taught about it, there is a living presence - a spirit with its own medicine, personality, landscape and wisdom?
Communing with the Spirit of the Points is an experiential workshop for acupuncturists, holistic practitioners, and anyone who feels called to explore the mysterious intelligence that lives within our own bodies, through the lens of the acupuncture points.
Come Meet a Point
For this gathering, we will begin with one of my all-time favorite acupuncture points.
Which one? I’m not telling ◡̈ You’ll have to come and meet it! There’s something amazing about approaching a point without a preconceived idea of what we should find there - allowing the mystery to unfold through our own experience.
This is an initial offering of what may become an ongoing exploration, if there is interest in continuing the journey together. Each gathering will invite us to choose a single point and step beyond the intellectual study of its functions and indications. Instead, we will enter into relationship with the point itself.
A Different Way of Knowing
We will explore the point's name, imagery, classical associations and medicine, and then we will slow down and encounter the point in a different way.
We may draw it. We may contemplate its qualities. We may explore the landscape and elemental nature suggested by its name and place within the body. And then, through shamanic journeying, we will open a doorway to meet the spirit of the point directly.
What does this point want us to know?
What kind of medicine does it carry?
What does it feel like to sit in its presence?
What might it teach us about healing, about ourselves, and about the people we serve?
Inspired by Plant Spirit Medicine
Inspired by my Plant Spirit Medicine apprenticeship with my first shamanic teacher, Eliot Cowan, this gathering adapts a similar experiential approach to the acupuncture points. Rather than simply learning about a point, we will cultivate a relationship with it. This is not an exercise in imagination or a replacement for the study of Chinese medicine. It is an invitation to explore another dimension of knowing - one rooted in direct experience, intuition, relationship and the living world.
Who Is This For?
Acupuncturists may discover an entirely new way of experiencing the points you work with every day.
Holistic practitioners and healers are invited to explore the subtle language of the body through a shamanic lens.
And anyone who is curious is welcome. No previous knowledge of acupuncture or shamanic journeying is necessary.
You don't need to know where the point is.
You don't need to understand Chinese medicine.
Just bring your curiosity and a willingness to explore.
When
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
7:30 - 9:00 PM
Where
In Person - Phoenixville, PA
Exact location will be provided upon registration.
Cost
$40 or $35 each when you bring a buddy! use the code BUDDY when registering
Come Meet the Points
You may discover that they have been waiting to meet you!
Founder of Village Wellness, Acupuncturist, Yoga & Meditation Teacher