Greetings!
 Greetings fellow Acutonics practitioners and friends!
I awoke this morning to the sound of robins singing and smiled with the knowing that Robin heralds the beginning of Yang's return. The early morning light was indeed brighter, the sunrise earlier. Ahhhh, another winter survived. The grasp of Yin (the Water element) waning in the appearance of small green shoots, and pink scented blossoms.
Being from Montana; I am amazed and often confused by the early appearance of the Wood element here in California. Just as I was settling in for my long winters rest and rejuvenation, the robins! The light! The buds! 70 degrees one day and 40 degrees the next! Although it is still truly the time of the Yin (water element), the cycle is turning and the push of new possibilities teases or tortures our minds.
January, February and March 2013 brought Katie & Laurie the completion of the Mayan Calendar, the deaths of some beloved family and friends, the Flu from Hell, the hacking and ultimate loss of our e-mail and some old karmic dragons rearing ugly heads for yet one more pass at healing.
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We at West Coast Acutonics are ready to start the year now. Join us as we begin our celebration of Yang potential: 2013 is the Chinese astrological year of the black water snake. Water snake challenges us to rise from the stagnant pools and marshes of our own dark fears and emotions. Water Snake also asks us to reconnect our heavenly stems (Crystal Palace, windows of the sky) and our earthy branches (Du Channel, / microcosmic orbit) to facilitate inner growth and to cultivate wisdom.
Our celebration of Potential this season includes: A new e-mail address; some up coming class dates; a forum date; and couple of winter blues protocols & a new pod of students learning the amazing possibilities of Acutonics.
Please make a note of our new e-mail address:
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The Wood Element
 Ahh! Spring at last! So bright, so fresh...so agitating?
Are you one of the people who love springtime but finds themselves at odds with the season? A great old jazz standard, "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" is perfectly descriptive of this. With birds singing and building nests, buds bursting everywhere, frogs starting their croaking, insects hatching, pollen flying in the gusty wind, we should be celebrating, right? Creation has begun again! Yet Aries, ruled by Mars, in its powerful movement forward can create rapture or a sense of attack if one is feeling allergic or stuck.
The return of the Wood element, with the surging energy of the Liver, often catches people unaware. It is like an off-cycle experience of PMS if you are experiencing imbalance in this element. Often people come in speaking of feeling prickly and irritable for no good reason, their allergy symptoms are starting up with a vengeance, especially the weepy, itching eyes. They "can't stand that wind"! Everything feels off, old symptoms have flared up, especially rashes and itching skin. In regard to mood, the Wood element is related to feelings of anger, frustration and depression, even if that is not one's usual state. If you are a Gall Bladder type of person, you might notice your old sense of being indecisive emerging again.
What to do to help yourself or others with these kinds of symptoms? In Level I Acutonics, so many great solutions are found:
When something is "stuck" or stagnant, what do we want to do? Move or disperse it!
What tools do you have to do that?
Zodiac and Ohm (Zodiac 3rd), and the 4 Gates (Liver 3 and LI 4).
Liver 3 is called Great Surge, and can be invaluable in bringing the upward surging of qi back downward to Earth.
Zodiac 3rd is also very helpful to disperse Wind, which can be the cause of many symptoms, including allergies, rashes and all kinds of itching.
Use Zodiac 3rd around the occipital region on points like UB 10 (celestial Pillar) and Du 16 (Wind Mansion) to clear the wind that enters here.
Why would the Wood element be out of balance in the first place? Maybe the winter was filled with frustration or a lack of exercise. Maybe there has been too much worry and not enough rest lately. The liver and the spirit that enlivens it, the Hun, are best when they can be "Free and Easy Wanderers".
The 4 gates open and disperse stagnation that then restores the feeling of freedom.
Next, strengthen the Earth element (Spleen and Stomach) with Earthday and Ohm on Stomach 36 and Spleen 6.
Clear the winter cobwebs from the sinus and 3rd eye with New Moon 5th and other local sinus, facial points.
Another nice layer to bring a sense of being in sync is to use the Ren and Du channels to keep the Microcosmic Orbit flowing smoothly, feeling back in alignment with the season and one's own creativity.
One of the happiest things we can feel is to be in alignment and in sync with Creation.
Enjoy the feeling of being a Free and Easy Wanderer this Spring.
From the Aries wanderer, Katie
If you would like to learn more about how to treat with Chinese Medicine, see our upcoming class:
Energetics of Points and Meridians
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Protocol - Basic
Support for Moving Through Old Patterns
All forks are mid and Level II
New Moon 5th - Circle over lower abdomen - Opening the PO
New Moon 5th - Figure eight above knees - Opening to the surface, how we walk through life
Mid Zodiac / Mid New Moon - At throat - Opening and dispersing windows of sky
Mid Zodiac / Mid Earthday - Circling 2 feet above crown (3rd crown) - Dispersing 3rd dimension life lessons
Ohm Unison - Ren 22 on thymus, 2 inches below Celestial Chimney - Thymus balancing
Earthday 5th - On 3rd eye - Activating inner vision
Mid Zodiac / Mid Full Moon - Circle over heart chakra - Gathering wisdom and lesson to bring to completion
Mid Earthday / Solar Fork - Figure eight over knees - Raising vibration of how we walk through life
Protocol - Advanced
For Moving Through a Specific Life Pattern
Low Niburu / Mid Sedna - Circle over lower abdomen - Release the pattern from the depths of te PO
Low Niburu / Mid Neptune - Over knees in a figure eight pattern - How we walk through life with the pattern
Low Jupiter / Mid Full Moon - On Ren 4 - Bring the old pattern to fruition through wisdom
Low Mercury / Mid Jupiter - Circle over throat - Connecting wisdom to intellect through Heavenly Stems
Low Zodiac / Mid Venus - Circle 2 feet above crown (3rd crown) - Open this life's lessons (the mirror projection)
Low Zodiac / Nid New Moon - On third eye - Open the inner sight (perception)
Low Zodiac / Mid Venus - Circling over heart chakra - To expand the Yang of possibility
Low Zodiac / Mid Ohm - 2 inches below Celestial Chimney on thymus - Releasing crystalized structure (programming)
Low Chiron / Mid Zodiac - Figure eight at knees - Releasing the imperfection of human condition (the wounded or wounding pattern)
Low Saturn / Mid Full Moon - 2 feet above crown ( 3rd crown) - Creating a new structure from the potential of Yin
Self-Care Treatment
This is a very effective self care treatment for early, mid & ending stages of cold & flu
Points to use:
UB 10 Celestial Pillar
DU 16 Wind Mansion (GB 20)
These are all wind relieving points
L14 / Union Valley (L111)
SJ5 / Outer Gate
Lung 7 / Broken Sequence
Lung 1
Thymus (for Immune activaion)
GB13 (for sinus and jaw pain)
Ren Mai - To clear wind heat in lungs
Yang Qiao Mai - To clear wind heat and stagnation in Yang channels
Forks to use:
Zodiac
Ohm
Mercury (lung correspondance)
Chiron - To treat emotional issues that can precipitate getting sick or are lodged in body
New Moon & Full Moon - Best with phlegm
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Upcoming Classes
 Energetics of Points & Meridians
April 26 - 28, 2013
Friday - Sunday
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Concord, CA
$450.00
 Level I: Sound Gates to Meridian HarmonicsMay 17 - 19, 2013
Friday - Sunday
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Berkeley, CA
$475.00
 Traversing the Unseen RealmsLaurie Herron, Instructor
Sunday, May 19, 2013
10:00 am
Concord, CA
$150.00
 Awakening Your Intuitive AbilityJuly 13 & 14, 2013
Saturday - Sunday
Mt. Shasta, CA
$300.00
Also Coming Up:
Level VI: Case Studies & Clinical Documetaries, Spring 2013
Level IX: Sedna, Spring 2013
Level III: Harmonic Attunement, Summer 2013
For more information or to register for classes please visit www.westcoastacutonics.com
Please feel free to either e-mail or call 925-849-6006
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Upcoming Forums
Free! Feast & Forum
Sunday, April 7, 2013
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Concord, CA
Come Celebrate Spring with your wonderful Acutonics community. So much to talk about: the Year of the Snake, the entering of the time of the Wood element, how 2013 has been treating you.
Come celebrate Spring's renewal with a community healing.
Forums are open to anyone interested in attending.
Please call or e-mail if you have any questions.
Please RSVP for each Forum.
Please call 925-849-6006 or email
We hope you are using your forks and loving them! We love to hear from you. Let us know if you would like upcoming forums on a particular topic.
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Acutonics Makes It's Way to
San Francisco County Jail
San Francisco Jail, San Bruno, CA
February 13, 2013
By Karen Saura
 San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirakarami invited organizers of Dancing Without Borders to hold a rehearsal for the male inmates of County Jail #5 on February 13, 2013 to teach the choreographed dance for the song "Break the Chain". The dance was performed on February 14th by inmates in the men's jail, the women's jail, and by over 1,000 dancers at City Hall in a flash mob dance later that day, joining dancers in over 200 countries around the world. The dance in the jail was part of the One Billion Rising global dance event, aimed at raising awareness for the issue of domestic violence. The Dancing Without Borders team included Magalie Bonneau-Marcil, Rachel Erwin, Karen Saura, Heather Munro Pierce, and Josie Leher. Rachel and Karen are students of Acutonics, trained by Katie Mink L.Ac. and Laurie Herron, senior faculty with West Coast Acutonics.
They met with 30 male inmates in County Jail #5. Before the dance rehearsal, Rachel and Karen co-facilitated a group process to create safety and resourcing utilizing EMDR, mindful rhythms, sound and visualization. A sound healing protocol for the event was created using tuning forks and Tibetan bells. The general outline is as follows. Read full article
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Look for us at the New Living Expo April 26 - 28 at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco! This is an opportunity for clinical hours doing demos and talking about Acutonics to the public at this very large show. Bring your business cards! At least four students are needed to help.
Please feel free to either e-mail or call us at
925-849-6006 if you are interested in participating
For more information about the New Living Expo, please visit
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In Harmony,
Katie Mink & Laurie Herron
West Coast Acutonics |
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