Apr 29, 2019
Lis Goldschmidt is an acupuncturist and herbalist who has been practicing in San Francisco for ten years. She works with people with a wide variety of conditions and has advanced training in the treatment of Lyme Disease, hormone balancing, pre + post natal care and mental/spiritual issues. Lis approaches Chinese Medicine with the sensibility of an artist and activist.
Episode Highlights
- Lis tells us how she first got
interested in acupuncture by being gifted a few treatments from a
friend, and she noticed all the ways it benefited
her.
- She gives us a brief overview of
what acupuncture is and how it works - it comes from an ancient
practice of Chinese medicine working with energies in the
body.
- Lis shares how she approaches
Chinese medicine from the perspective as an artist and activist, as
well as the connection with the subtle energy
bodies.
- How she used to work with more
members of the queer community, and still sees her practice as
queer despite the demographic change in San
Francisco.
- The ways that she uses
acupuncture to treat queer people, particularly folks in gender
transition.
- Lis shares what she notices
about the differences in energy patterns of queers and
outsiders.
- How Chinese medicine works on an
emotional and psychological level.
- We discuss the importance of
self care in a world that asks us to work more and
more.
- Lis comes out about honing her
abilities for energy work in combination with acupuncture by
touching clients feet.
Web links
- Find Lis at FivePinsProject.com
- Find Lis on Instagram
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