I'm Manu Saxena, LAc. Welcome to my website!
My Mission:
Inside everyone, it is said, there is a seed of Heaven, a divine essence that is meant to grow and flower and thereby express our unique gifts to the world. However, in most of us this growth is blocked or thwarted before it can come to full bloom: false judgments from others or ones we make ourselves distort our understanding of who we really are. In my practice, it's my goal to help people nourish their destiny, to help them to re-acquaint and re-align themselves with their inner spark. Whether it's some simple back pain that's keeping you from doing what you love or something more emotional in nature, whatever's holding you back from expressing yourself completely or experiencing life fully, my mission is to help you overcome it.
I'm now excited to be at:
760 N 34th Street, in Fremont
(206) 295-7967
Acupuncture:
The style of acupuncture I specialize in is known as Toyohari, which is a form of Japanese Meridian Therapy. The needling is very gentle and almost always completely painless; in fact, often I don't need to insert the needle at all, I can stimulate the point on the skin surface. We Meridian Therapy practitioners can be that gentle and still be as or more effective as practitioners of other styles of acupuncture because of the accuracy with which we find points and the subtlety of our needling techniques; rather than just finding the point from a standard book, we're trained to find the "live" point that will be most effective for the person at the time. We go through intense hands-on training in the Toyohari association in order to become that accurate. Many of our teachers are blind, and in fact Toyohari's founder, Kodo Fukushima, lost his sight during World War II; they've trained their palpatory skills to a very refined level, and I feel privileged to have studied with them. Scroll down and click on "go to contents" to find out more about Toyohari and acupuncture in general.
The types of acupuncture services I offer:
An Individual, In-Depth Session: This is usually an hour long (allow 90 min for your first visit). For a treatment where you want to talk to me in-depth about emotional matters, or where you want to have individual attention for the entire session, this is the type of service for you. The average cost for time-of-service payments is $65, and $80 for delayed payments of any kind.
A Tune-Up: This type of fast (20 minute) treatment is for when nothing terribly serious is wrong, you just feel like you need a little more energy or want to feel a bit more relaxed and at your best. Because the session is short (20 or 30 minutes) the cost is only $45.
Pediatric Acupuncture: We have special Japanese acupuncture techniques just for kids! We never need to insert needles in children, the techniques are more like a very gentle massage and are completely painless. Because these treatments are fast, usually just 10 minutes or so, the cost is only $25.
Community Acupuncture: I am now very excited to be offering community acupuncture. In community acupuncture, I treat several people at a time, as a group. This allows two things: first, a nice experience happens when people are treated together, as a kind of group energy develops that is quite powerful. Many people in our society feel very isolated and alone, so when we have the visceral experience of being part of a group this can be very healing. Secondly, because I'm treating several people an hour this way I can charge less and still make a living, so for community acupuncture treatments I charge on a sliding scale fee: $20 - $45, pay whatever you feel you can afford. For many conditions, acupuncture is best done on a frequent basis, and my hope is that community acupuncture makes that possibility affordable for people. You make an appointment for community acupuncture in the same way you would for any other type of acupuncture, just call me at (206) 295-7967. I do community acupuncture on Monday afternoons, Tuesday evenings, and Thursdays most of the day. I do individual-type treatment on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Qigong & Meditation
Are you interested in a form of exercise that can effectively enhance your health, in almost any situation or with respect to any problem you're currently struggling with? If so, practicing qigong is for you. Qigong is a simple way that you can empower yourself and help take charge of your health. Practicing a few of these techniques on a regular basis can dramatically increase your energy and help you become deeply relaxed. When you keep in mind that some experts estimate that 95% or more of modern illnesses are caused or severely exacerbated by stress, the benefits become obvious. I believe that qigong can help enhance your health almost no matter what's going on, and once you learn it, you have it for life. Call me at (206) 295-7967 to schedule a lesson.
Clinic Address:
I'm now at the Center Peace space:
760 N 34th Street,
in Fremont
Phone Number: (206) 295-7967
See here for my email.
About Manu Saxena, MA, LAc.