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About Your Practitioner:
Patricia
Nast, L.Ac. - I
am NCCAOM* Board-certified in Acupuncture and Chinese
herbology, licensed to practice acupuncture by New York
State.
My private practice is in
Mt. Kisco, NY, in the heart of town. I volunteer
one day every week
at Northern
Westchester Hospital
Center, in the Cancer Center Health & Wellness Program. I
am also a member of Acupuncturists without Borders, trained
to treat community trauma.
*National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and
Oriental Medicine
My
early experiences in the medical field have laid the
groundwork for what is now my life’s passion – to offer
healing to the whole person – and have given me the ability
to communicate the Eastern traditions of healing to people,
who like me, were raised in a Western culture where the
entire paradigm of health is so different. With this
paradigm comes the understanding that pain and illness
reflect the overall state of one’s physical and emotional
health.
Undergraduate degree
(BS) in Medical Technology, Indiana University of
Pennsylvania,
(Internship at Western
Pennsylvania
Hospital in Pittsburgh,
PA).
Graduate degree
(MPS)
in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Mercy
College in Dobbs
Ferry, with internships at Sound
Shore
Hospital
in
New Rochelle and
at the Hospital for Joint Disease (Initiative
for Women with Disabilities) in New York City.
My
graduate education includes Chinese Herbology, Acupuncture,
Chinese medical massage (Tui Na), Eastern nutritional
counseling, Tai Chi, QiGong, and Reiki. Biomedical
coursework includes Pharmacology, Microbiology,
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Clinical Diagnosis, and Gross
Anatomy.
Postgraduate studies / Continuing Education
▪
Continuing studies in Clinical Herbal Medicine: Integrative
Gynecology, Digestive Health, Respiratory Health, Lyme
Disease, Immune & Allergic Disorders.
▪ Memorial
Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center:
Acupuncture for the Cancer Patient
▪ Continuing studies in 5-Element Acupuncture & Herbal
Medicine
▪ Reiki Master (Usui tradition)
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The
mind is everything. What we think, we become.“
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
