Five Element Acupuncture is a Taoist art dating back approximately five thousand years.  The Taoists held great respect for the laws of nature, which they believed were reflected in the body, the mind, and in the order of the Universe.  The practice of Taoism and Five Element Acupuncture involves the “cultivation and refinement of the natural capacities of the human body-mind continuum and its relationship with the social milieu and the natural world.”

Because Nature’s laws extend beyond those recognized within a limited cultural or historical context, Five Element Acupuncture is effective in a variety of settings with a wide range of people.  Like other Taoist practices, Five Element Acupuncture seeks to “uncover and activate latent sensitivities that enable the individual to enter into an increasingly intimate, vitalizing and inspiring relationship with life and all of its manifestations.”
(Thomas Cleary, Practical Taoism)