About Persia
Life Before Acupuncture
I used to be something that also starts with "A" - an Accountant. My background is Accounting/ Finance. I have a Master in Accounting Systems and a Master in Management Information Systems. I am still a licensed but Inactive CPA in the state of Tennessee. No regrets. I experienced what I felt I needed to working in a corporate setting but my perspective changed and I wanted to learn another career that would align better with who I was becoming and what I wanted to spend my time researching and practicing.
Acupuncture Education
I studied O.M. from a Taoist leaning institution in Gainesville FL called Academy for Five Element Acupuncture. We spent 3 continuous years, including many weekends, learning about the Macrocosm and Microcosm, as above, so below. Our first year was dedicated completely to learning about the Human in Health, how to recognize him. Then and only then, did we discuss Pathology of the Human, to drive home the point that our focus is Health, not disease.
Licensing
We were taught that by seeing the person in front of us in health, can we kick off a cascade effect for the multitudes that make up the person to remember what they forgot about being supple like a child. I spent my last year in Clinic Residency treating patients under the supervision of skilled, caring licensed practitioners with many years of experience.
Only after earning an undergraduate degree in Health Science, a Master in Acupuncture, and being certified in Herbal Medicine are we then considered qualified to sit for four National Board Exams covering in depth: Theory of Oriental Medicine heavily focused on how to diagnose a patient in order to plan a treatment , Acupuncture including anatomy, channels, point locations, point functions, choosing the best acupuncture points for given cases, Herbal Medicine including 170 formulas and 300+ herb singles, knowing when a particular formula is called for, and how to modify a formula by adding or subtracting herbs for a particular patient presentation, & Biomedicine which requires understanding Western Medicine diagnosis names, commonly prescribed pharmaceuticals, their MOA and side effects, and when to refer a patient to another style of medicine.
The O. M. Connection Approach
I am seeking enthusiastic people to partner with on their health journeys. Even if you are experiencing low energy or pain, are you excited about what you will do when you get energy or resolve the pain? Are you able to hold a vision of yourself doing very well and living a robust life?
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Treatments will address the things that bother you the most, that caused you to seek out a health care provider.
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I am your assistant and guide. What you do, feel, think everyday is what builds your health or tears it down. I can initiate sequences in you but you bring them to fruition with your version of sunshine, water, fertilizer.
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Self love, self care, designing your own health practices that have meaning, bring joy and serenity to you are things we can work on together.
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We can also work on
Detoxification of accumulated toxins in their many forms
Forgiveness toward yourself and forgiveness to others
Being ok with all the emotions, letting them move through then leave
Becoming friends with your body, earning back its trust after ignoring its communications or abusing it
Developing the weak or overlooked areas of the self, be they physical, mental, emotional, spiritual
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