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Health & retreats
when you’re ready to listen differently
The Beginning of Healing
Maybe you are feeling uncertain about your health.
Maybe you’ve tried so many things, yet something still feels unresolved.
Or maybe you sense that what’s needed now isn’t another quick fix, but a deeper, truer way of understanding what your body is asking for.
Every healing relationship begins here — with listening. Before we move toward treatment, we take time to see clearly, to understand what’s happening and why.
This is the heart of my work: meeting you where you are, finding what’s possible, and choosing the vessel that will serve you best.
All health and retreat work begins with a Cocoa Chat —
a 45-minute session designed to clarify where you are and what’s next.
where healing begins
The Blueprint For Change
Before any journey can begin, we need a map.
The Blueprint for Change is that map — a comprehensive consultation that brings clarity, direction, and grounded understanding to your health.
Together, we review your current health circumstances, past treatments, and lived experience, drawing from both Chinese medicine and Western perspectives. You’ll receive clear recommendations for next steps, including treatment strategies, herbal and lifestyle guidance, and a deeper sense of how to support your body’s natural intelligence.
This is often the first step in every healing journey.
From here, we can choose whether your next vessel is a retreat, ongoing support, or another form of mentorship.
The Vessel of Retreat
When It’s Time to Step Away…
Sometimes, what’s needed is not more effort — but space.
Retreats offer a container for rest, healing, and renewal. They create the conditions for change: time, presence, and undivided attention.
Each retreat is custom-built following your Blueprint and begins only when the moment is right.
You might come for a single day of treatment and reflection, or for a deeper immersion spanning several days or weeks, a cycle designed around the natural rhythm of your body and the medicine that will best serve it.
Within these retreats, we may weave acupuncture, essential oils, moxibustion, meditation, or contemplative practice — each chosen to match what is needed most.
All retreats begin with a Cocoa Chat to determine timing, focus, and fit.
“Josephine has been an ally and teacher since the very beginning of my journey with cancer. Her doctoring — herb, diet, acupuncture, and other prescriptions — has been enormously helpful. But there is something else… I feel calm because I am supported by an informed and expansive view of my situation.”
— Katharine
ongoing support
Continued Care for the Long View
Healing doesn’t end when the symptoms subside.
For many, the true medicine begins in the months that follow — learning how to live in new alignment with health, energy, and choice.
Ongoing Support sessions are available seasonally or as needed, providing continued guidance, acupuncture, and herbal care to sustain your healing process over time.
Each relationship unfolds differently, but all are rooted in the same foundation: presence, clarity, and choice..
how to begin
Let’s Walk Together
If you’re unsure where to begin — or simply ready for something new — start with a Cocoa Chat.
We’ll listen for what’s most true, clarify what’s next, and choose the vessel that will best serve your healing.