Donna Carey, LAc

Donna Carey, LAc is co-founder of the Acutonics Institute of Integrative Medicine, LLC where she oversees and teaches the Acutonics^® Certification Program. Since 1997 she has been involved in developing and teaching programs grounded in East Asian medicine, depth psychology, science, and vibrational sound therapy. Prior to Acutonics she was Clinical Dean of the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine where she was responsible for the development of 14 community health clinics, serving the needs of children, the elderly, refugees, homeless youth and HIV/AIDS. 

Donna is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, educator, and author. She co-authored Acutonics There’s No Place Like Ohm: Sound Healing, Oriental Medicine and the Cosmic Mysteries in 2002, and was involved in its revision in 2007. She is also co-author of Acutonics from Galaxies to Cells: Planetary Science, Harmony and Medicine, which was a gold-medal award winner in the Independent Publisher Book awards in 2012. She has published four poetry collections Dreaming with Elk, Days of Endless Capture, Traveler’s Advisory, and Unintended Sutras. Donna is currently working on a new collection of short fiction The Waterwheel Narratives. 

Driven by a desire to create a sustainable future, Donna is also engaged in experiments in the intentional use of sound vibration to enhance agricultural production that incorporate her knowledge of human physiology, meridians, planetary science, bio dynamics and sound vibration. Her research has focused on the effects of sympathetic sound vibration and dimensional harmonics on seed germination, plant pollination, fruit setting, quality and quantity of fruit and vegetable production, and the different processes in the small-scale production of wine.