Dr. DruAn Kindred, D.C., M.Ac., Inc.

2851 Tongass Avenue

Ketchikan, Alaska 99901

Phone: (907) 225-7359

Fax: (907) 247-7359

Acupuncture

Oriental medicine works by unraveling and redistributing the qi blockages that have accumulated in your bodymind system from the impacts of responding to the challenges of life. It's not magic. It takes time, sometimes years to undo the accumulated imbalances that have set into your system. The treatment with acupuncture and herbs has the capacity to unravel tensions that are embedded in the deep tissues and organs of the body. Left untreated these tensions lead to the demise of the physical tissues and through the qi creates distortions in the natural flow of the mind and emotions. (Perhaps - the example of the grouchy, middle aged man with heartburn will bring this message home to you).

Prevent the accumulation of day to day tensions from "setting in." Prevent getting so wound up that chemical stimulants slow you down!!

Qi cultivation and deep relaxation are the basic goals of oriental health maintenance and disease prevention.

Longevity is highly revered in the East. This led to the development of highly sophisticated health maintenance exercises. The most potent being the bodymind fitness exercises called Qi gong. Practiced routinely, these exercises clear tensions and replenish qi reservoirs deep in the body. This generates all the positive physiologic effects of deep relaxation on the body. We experience this as feeling good. Feeling good is more than the absence of illness or symptoms. This is the standard of health one can strive to attain with practice of a bodymind fitness discipline (it may take awhile...).