CHINESE MEDICINE / CONSCIOUSNESS WORK EXPERIENCE

Team Leader, Community for Integral Mind & Action Coaching Certification Program, 2023-2024

Creative Director, Stephen Gilligan, Ph.D. Organization, 2021-Present

Team Leader, Creative Mind/Advanced Creative Mind-Coaching Certification Program, 2020-2022

Chinese Medicine Private Practice, 2002-Present

Assistant to Tom Bisio, L.Ac., Fifth Street Acupuncture Clinic, 2002-2007

Acupuncturist, Riverside Church Free Clinic, 2002

EDUCATION

Doctoral Student (Philosophy, Cosmology, Consciousness), California Institute of Integral Studies, 2022-Present

Masters of Oriental Medicine (Acupuncture & Chinese Herbs). Tri-State College of Acupuncture. (NYC)

Masters of Science in Acupuncture. Tri-State College of Acupuncture. (NYC)

Masters of Business Administration (Marketing & Statistics). NYU Stern School of Business. (NYC)

Diplôme Spécial in Music Performance; Awarded Premier Prix avec Distinction. Conservatoire Royal de Musique. (Brussels, Belgium)

Graduate Studies in Music Performance. University of Iowa. (Iowa City, IA)

Bachelor of Arts in Music. University of Southern Colorado. (Pueblo, CO)

 

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

Certified CIMA Coach and Associate Trainer

Advanced Certification Creative Mind Coach

Licensed Acupuncturist (New York)

NCCAOM Certification in Oriental Medicine (Chinese Herbs & Acupuncture)

 

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PUBLISHED WORKS and PAPERS​

• Outside of Time: A Woman’s Exploration Within the Confines of Forever. Olive Branch Healing (New York), 2017.

• Cleanse Me, Heal Me, Teach Me. SageWoman Magazine, Issue 92, Fall 2017, 10-14.

• Therapy As Dance and Dance as Therapy: A Cross Pollination, Walking in Two Worlds: The Relational Self in Theory, Practice & Community. Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, Inc. (Arizona), 2004.

• Book Review of Five Spirits: Alchemical Acupuncture for Psychological & Spiritual Healing (by Lorie Eve Dechar). Meridian Times: The Journal of the Acupuncture Society of New York, Volume 15, Number 1, Spring-Summer 2006.

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PRESENTATIONS and CONSCIOUSNESS FILMS ​

• Sacred Polarity and Coleridge's Dynamic Philosophy. Presented at CIIS PCC Fall Retreat, October 2024.

• Natura Naturans, the Romantics, and Sacred Polarity. Presented at Gebser Society Conference, 2024.

• Enchantment. Presented at CIIS PCC Esalen Retreat, May 2024.

• Enchantment and the Emerging Spiritual Imaginary. Presented at Gebser Society Conference, 2023. 

• Lost in Translation: A Dire Call to Embrace Experiencing and Becoming. Presented at Gebser Society Conference, 2022.

• Symbiotic Alchemy and the Language of the Integral. Presented at Gebser Society Conference, 2021.

• The I Ching: An Ancient Conduit to Integral Consciousness. Presented at Gebser Society Conference, 2018.

• Films about states of consciousness, based on the writings of philosopher, linguist and art historian, Jean Gebser.

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ACCREDITED COURSES​

• Ancient Healing: Sex, Soul, and Substance. Film and Accredited Online Course, 2021.

• Awakening Consciousness with Lorie Dechar. Accredited Online Course, 2020.

• The I Ching, Ancient Consciousness, and the Creation of Chinese Medicine. Film and Accredited Online Course, 2019.