Eve Soldinger

I have always been interested in transformation as a concept. The dilemma for me has been: How can substantial change be accomplished in a world plagued with so many problems? And where is the most important place to focus? I started out being interested in world conflict, studying history and politics. After graduating from college in the late seventies, I shifted my attention by working for a number of service groups that focused on the way that we deliver health care services and health information to people. I went on to study Public Health at Columbia University in the hope of further impacting needed changes in the health care system.

Around that time, I attended a lecture on acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. I felt inspired by its holistic view of medicine, working toward wellness and health, and the potential to heal a person on all levels - the body/mind/spirit. It captured my full attention and my imagination, and I entered acupuncture school in 1983, forever changing my life.

In the past 28 years I have studied many areas of what we refer to as energy medicine. I studied with various healers including the foremost authorities in Chinese Medicine, profound and wise energy healers, meditation teachers of many traditions, and indigenous healers and spiritual leaders in the Americas. The place that all the modalities converge is that the greatest teacher is nature, and our relationship with it, and its natural rhythms and flows. Through the flow of the five elements as in Chinese Medical theory, we see how one element flows and generates movement to the next element, ultimately creating and establishing unity. Using the learning and knowledge has been a journey toward understanding myself, the nature of human existence, and the healing possibilities in every moment.

I am fortunate to have had the opportunity to teach in many Acupuncture and Acupressure colleges throughout the country. In the 1990s I was a Clinical Supervisor at the Traditional Acupuncture Institute in Columbia, Maryland (now called Tai Sophia Institute). I also taught an elective course on Five Element Acupuncture at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco, California. I am a faculty member at the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in Gainesville, Florida. I have been faculty for the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, California. I also have taught in collaboration with Amy Skezas through RoseLight. As well I travel throughout the U.S. leading workshops on different aspects of the healing arts.

Education

      BA, International Affairs, GWU, Washington, D.C., 1976
      MPH, Columbia University, NY, NY, 1979
      B.Ac., College of Traditional Acupuncture, 1988, Leamington Spa, England
      M.Ac., Traditional Acupuncture Institute, 1985, Columbia, MD
      Certificate in Chinese Herbal Medicine, Traditional Acupuncture Institute, 1990,
           taught by Ted Kaptchuk, OMD
      Non-certificate training with: Reverand Sue Greer, Jonathan Goldman, Komala Lyra, Jeffrey
           Yuen, Peter Holmes, Don Alejandro Perez Oxlaj, and many indigenous healers of the Americas
      Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM) since 2002
      Practitioner's Level Certificate, (200 hours of training) Medical Qi Gong, May 2010,
           Academy for Five Element Acupuncture, Gainesville, FL.
      Completed the second year of a three year Masters Program in Medical Medical Qigong.

I look forward to working with you in the context of your pain, illness, and path toward transformation and wholeness.