Biography

Sarah began her studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1974, and graduated from California Acupuncture College in 1978. She also attended the Santa Fe College of Natural Medicine, the New England School of Acupuncture, and eventually obtained a Masters Degree in Oriental Medicine from Southwest Acupuncture College.

Between 1980-1985 Sarah spent a total of more than 13 months working in villages in Mexico and Guatemala. She worked in several clinics during this time, as well as in the homes of villagers serving the local population who had very little access to health care. She worked in a rural hospital for several months, assisting the attending physician, which included performing acupuncture anesthesia for some surgical cases.

In 1981 Sarah worked with the acupuncture methadone detox program through the University of New Mexico. She provided acupuncture treatment in clinics in Albuquerque and Espanola, for the management of methadone and heroin withdrawal. The following year she received a grant to provide acupuncture treatment for substance abuse in the Eight Northern Indians Pueblos of New Mexico. She traveled to the pueblos of Taos, San Juan, Santa Clara, and Picuris, and continued the acupuncture program for 9 years at New Moon Lodge located at San Juan Pueblo.

From 1982 –1993, Sarah was in private practice in Santa Fe, N.M. During those nine years, she also served as the head of the acupuncture department and was a primary faculty member at Southwest Acupuncture College in Santa Fe, as well as holding a position on the Board of Directors. She was an examiner for state licensure in New Mexico and clean needle technique for National Licensure.

In 1990, she escorted a group of students on a month long intensive Chinese medical program in Beijing, for further training and the opportunity to observe the integration of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine in hospital environments.

Before moving to Hawaii, Sarah spent a year in Michigan working with osteopathic physicians, and specialized in chronic pain and severe cases of TMJ syndrome.

Throughout her career, Sarah has attended many workshops and training seminars in a variety of healing modalities. In 1983, she attended training to become a certified emergency medical technician. She began her studies in craniosacral therapy in 1986, and eventually studied the Upledger cranial system in 1993, which she often integrates with acupuncture treatment.

Sarah attended courses for one year in transformational counseling at the Southwest College of Life Sciences, and attended workshops in body oriented psychotherapy, particularly the Hakomi method.

She has also taken seminars in various forms of bodywork, meditation, Qi Gong, western and Chinese herbology, as well as Tibetan and Ayurvedic medicine. In 1976 she lived for 6 weeks with Taoist Master Ni Hua Ching, author of many Taoist texts, along with several other students.

Since 1994 Sarah has been in private practice in Hawaii and has been a faculty member at the Traditional Chinese Medical College of Hawaii in Kamuela.

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