Shannon Larson (she/her) Dr.TCM, BFA, Doula
Registered Doctor of Chinese Medicine
Shannon completed a 5 year program in Chinese Medicine in 2009 and holds a diploma of Doctor of Chinese Medicine from the International College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Vancouver. Her studies include clinical practice at the China Medical University and Hospital in Taiwan. In 2014 Shannon also completed a 2 year Master's Mentorship Program with Sharon Weizenbaun at the White Pine Institute. In 2020 she completed her certification in Great Turning Medicine with the White Pine Institute where she currently is a teacher’s assistant. Other major influences to Shannon's practice include pulse diagnosis based on the Chinese Medicine Classics with mentorship from Nadine Zach and of Saam Acupuncture with mentorship from Toby Daly.
While Shannon's interest in Chinese Medicine is wide ranging, her passion for women's health has led her to pursue training in workshops by some of the leaders in Chinese Medicine for fertility and obstetrics including Sharon Weizenbaum, Debra Betts and Randine Lewis. Shannon was a partner in Acumamas for 6 years and has extensive hours of experience attending labours both as an acupuncturist as well as a birth doula. In 2019 Shannon taught BC’s Midwive’s certification course for Acupuncture in Labour and she traveled to Chiapis, Mexico in January 2020 to teach at the Luna Maya Birth Centre. Shannon currently sits on the board of the Obstetrical Acupuncture Association and works at the BC Women's and Children's Hospital as a contract acupuncturist for the Families In Recovery Unit (FIR).
I love Chinese Medicine because it offers an alternative approach to treating health. It responds to the body as a whole. It sees a relationship between the health of the mind and the rest of the body rather than treating them as disconnected from one another. Acupuncture fascinates me because I am constantly amazed at the body's own power to heal itself.
Find out how Shannon's unique approach can help you attain optimal health in all facets of your life.
“Health and well-being can be achieved only by remaining centered with one’s spirit, guarding against squandering one’s energy, maintaining the constant flow of one’s Qi and blood, and nourishing one’s self preventively.
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-The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Medicine 3rd century BC
