Healing Practice
The intention of my practice is to liberate life
by carefully listening to and translating the voices of the elements within
us and gently tend and nourish them for well being.
Kyoko Kato MSOM, LAc
Healer, Acupuncturist
I have always been curious about what we share in common across culture, gender and age. Throughout my time in the U.S. as a Japanese immigrant, I’ve become passionate about elements as our universal language and as the essential components of life. I fell in love with Classical Chinese Medicine because it is such a powerful tool to treat our holistic health with deep understanding of the elements and their alchemy.
Kyoko Kato fell in love with Classical Chinese Medicine right after she immigrated to the United States from Japan. She studied acupuncture at National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon where she graduated with a Master’s Degree in Oriental Medicine. During her 5 years of study, she found that Chinese and Japanese cultures are deeply interwoven, and her practice has become one of the ways she strengthens the connection to her ancestral roots.
Kyoko is naturally drawn to Japanese style acupuncture and other gentle healing techniques including acupuncture with stones and working with sound. She has completed specialty training in Teate-hari with Tsuyoshi Shimamura, non-insertion needle technique with Anryu Iwashina, and Japanese style moxa and gentle hands-on techniques with Bob Quinn. Over the past seven years, Kyoko has also been in ongoing shamanic healing and ritual practice training under the guidance of Liv Mokai Wheeler.
Kyoko brings a unique perspective to her healing work with a BA in Architecture, and MA in Engineering in Japan. She enjoys applying her engineering mind to acupuncture and spirituality, exploring the alchemy of elements and how they weave with nature’s energies.
Credentials
Education
Master of Science in Oriental Medicine 2021National University of Natural Medicine, Portland Oregon 2016-2021
Master of Engineering 2006Graduate School of Science TechnologyKyoto Institute of Technology, Japan 2004-2006
Bachelor of Architecture 2004Nihon University College of Science Technology, Japan 2000-2004
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Five Elements online class at Warp and Weft Collective 2023-2024
Instructor, Ear Points and Self Care classes in Portland OR 2023
Instructor, Five Elements Chanting class for Earth’s Amulet school 2023
Instructor, Five Elements online class at Homecoming Elemental Earth School 2022
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Qualifications
Completed Dr. Bear Style on-Insertion Needling Technique training with Tamori Iwashina 2023
Licensed acupuncturist in Hawaii and Washington 2023 – present
Licensed as National Board Certified Acupuncturist (NCCAOM) 2022 – present
Completed Acupuncture in Hospice training with Gwen LaVette 2020-2021
Completed Traditional mentorship training in Chinese herbalism with Brian McMahon 2020-2021
Completed Traditional mentorship training in Japanese acupuncture with Bob Quinn 2019-2020
Completed Wisdom of Master Nagano Foundational Acupuncture Training Program with Tsuyoshi Shimamura 2018-2019
Additional Modalities
Completed Transmuting Entities with the Cosmic dragons of the one with Sarah Thomas 2024
Completed Cosmic Current of Celestial Destinies Program with Liv Mokai Wheeler 2023-2024
Certified Jikiden Reiki practitioner (Shoden /Okuden) 2020 and 2022
Certified Shamanic Practitioner from Earth's Amulet Heart Centered Shamanic Healing School Program 2020 – 2021
Completed Foundations of Qigong training with Stephen Schleipfer 2019-2020
Completed Earth's Amulet Ceremony and Ritual Facilitator training with Liv Mokai Wheeler 2019
Completed Sacred Elemental Wisdom school 2017-2018