Promoting Acutonics in Israel at Time of Trauma and War

Irit Lerner, Senior Acutonics Practitioner & Teacher

Over the last year Israel has been at war. It started on October 7th when 1200 civilians, whole families, young children and babies were murdered, raped, mutilated and tortured in the most horrific way. For us, this is an ongoing trauma, not only because it happened on our land, but because Israel is a tiny country and everybody knows someone who went through it, so it's very close to home.

When it started, a wonderful sound healer opened a WhatsApp group for sound healers and that's where I actually realized how many sound healers there are, that I was not
 aware of in Israel.

2 days after October 7th – and the Nova music festival, where 365 young people were murdered the first healing space was opened, after which other places across the country opened, making a space for the 2700 other young people who survived the massacre. a place to be together, share their feelings and start the very long healing process, which will take years.

The one thing that was in common among them all was they didn’t want to speak, but they were willing to lie down and be wrapped in sound healing music. That's how it started. After which came soldiers from the battle fields, police and doctors, nurses and others who found the dead which left them all in deep trauma.

At that point I decided every sound healer should have at least Ohm Unison with them. It happened a month after I tried to get into all sort of healers group to offer my tuning forks, but nobody knew what it was and kept rejecting me. I was heart broken but went into action. With the help of some of you who gave us gifts of tuning forks and chimes, and the decision to sell Ohm unison without profit or give them to healers that couldn’t afford buying them, the moment they arrived I went into action.

I'm happy to say, that a third of them already took my Ohm unison class, (Years ago I built a 6-hour workshop for Ohm Unison – Mars/Veus). By now 80% of the sound healers in Israel have Ohm Unison. I made a point of meeting each and every one of them, either in my house or, I drove all over Israel to give them tools in person and get to know them and them Acutonics and me.

After 21 years that people told me I should change the name Acutonics to something "simpler" and I refused? The name Acutonics is more known than my name, and it pleases me a lot.

Today – I only teach 6-hour workshops, not any course. The reason? We don’t have time. You must understand what it means when a country is in Trauma, compared to a family or a person. It means, that we share the same response, our brains work in the same rhythm, hearing, digesting, learning how to live with – news, stories that keep poring in, growing antisemitism to people who grew up like me on holocaust stories.

Our DNA is traumatized to begin with.

At the moment, and I'm talking about the last year, there is no room for spiritual growth. We are in survival mode and need air, we need a few moments, an hour – now and then, to breath.

Our hearts are broken for good. This time we all understand what it means to live with a broken heart. It's not about growth anymore, it's about living, and we do the best we can to be kind to one another, because only the feeling of love can heal, even for a few moments. And that's where Ohm Unison, Zodiac 3rd and maybe Chiron Ohm at times come in. Hygiea and Sedna are not often used, they are too strong at the moment. I use them in the clinic of course as all other forks but for people to treat themselves they are too complicated at the moment. I can feel it by using Ohm mostly, how people respond.

After I gave the Ohm Unison to the sound healers, I sent them a trauma protocol of 10 acupuncture points to follow, explaining where and what each point does. The results are truly amazing. At the end of sound healing sessions, some in which I took part, everyone asks what was that?!  Which brings more people to me asking for Acutonics, because that's the word everybody uses today, rather than tuning forks and my name.

So, I'm in a situation where I treat mostly healers of many modalities, sometimes they study with me, other times the buy Ohm Unison and add them to their tools.  I also treat bereaved families of young people who were murdered at the Nova Festival, my daughter works with the young people themselves in Yoga therapy, and we share many sad and many wonderful healing stories.

My position today is the one of a guide, how to live with a broken heart. We specialize in that, since we realize this is the new era, the new reality and the way to cope is to be sensitive to our surroundings, and to do the best that we can with an open and generous heart. We cannot control our governments or institutions.

But we can love, and give love, we can show a different way to look at things, life, nature's way of moving on, blooming against all odds.

Thank you

Irit Lerner can be reached at iritlerner7@gmail.com

Carmen Cicotti LMT, CAcP, Acutonics Senior Faculty

As I write this in the days leading up to the election, I feel the weight of anticipation in the air. By the time this reaches you, the results will be known, and a season of change will be underway. Acutonics, with its deep connection to frequencies, intervals, and archetypes, offers us tools to navigate these times, helping us find clarity, balance, and resilience in times of transition. The wisdom of the Metal Element teaches us to release, refine, and prepare for what lies ahead and encourages us to engage with the world while maintaining integrity and flow and moving with ease between what we choose to hold and what we’re ready to let go of.

Frequencies: Harmonizing the Flow Between Worlds

In Acutonics, frequencies bridge our inner experiences with the world around us, connecting us with the universe’s seen and unseen forces. The archetype of Mercury, corresponding with the lungs, embodies this fluid movement, helping us transition between physical experience and higher consciousness. As the messenger, Mercury enables us to exchange energy with the universe in harmony, taking in what nourishes and releasing what no longer serves. Neptune—the shape-shifter—dissolves boundaries and connects us with intuition, imagination, and spirit, offering both challenge and beauty in spaces where structure fades and intuition deepens.

Intervals: Bridging the Internal and External

In Acutonics, intervals represent the spaces between states of being, the moments where integration between the worlds and transformation occurs. The Metal Element holds this interval between inhale and exhale, receiving and releasing, and balancing inner needs with outer engagement. When balanced, Metal helps us move between Mercury’s clarity and Neptune’s dreamlike fluidity.

Intervals like Ohm/New Moon 5th and Ohm/Neptune 5th offer grounding and openness, supporting the letting go of the season and the transition toward winter’s wisdom. Microtone intervals like Ohm/Mercury microtone and New Moon/ Neptune microtone offer subtle shifts that help us navigate the spaces between boundaries, enabling us to step forward into what lies ahead with clarity and resilience.

Archetypes: Guiding the Journey

In addition to Mercury and Neptune, the Metal Element aligns with the Alchemist and Judge archetypes. The Alchemist, much like Mercury, transforms experience into wisdom, while the Judge, resembling the energetics of the Large Intestine, using discernment to clarify boundaries, supporting our ability to release what no longer serves us. Together, they guide us through life’s transitions, teaching us to appreciate both clarity and the mystery in our journey.

As we traverse the spaces between the seen and unseen, the dream world and reality, these archetypes help us refine our journey. Mercury, with its swift movement between realms, allows us to navigate life’s transitions, bringing clarity and insight as we shift between states of being. Neptune, on the other hand, shows us how to embrace the mystery, teaching us that there is beauty in the undefined and the blurred boundaries between self and world. Together, these archetypes remind us to discern what to retain and what to release, cultivating resilience in the face of life’s changes

The Metal Element: A Journey of Transformation

The Metal Element represents transformation and refinement. Like metal forged through heat and pressure, we, too, are refined by life’s experiences. Mercury aids in navigating transitions, while Neptune invites us to embrace the mysteries that arise as boundaries dissolve. The wisdom of Metal lies in discerning, releasing, and transforming, creating space for what nourishes our spirit.

Treatment Protocols: Inviting Opening and Transformation

Using the frequencies and intervals mentioned above, we can guide openings and movement through the following key points and vessels:

• Ren Mai: Opens doorways into new breath and invites a fresh cycle of energy.

• Wei Vessels: The Yin Wei bridges within, and the Yang Wei Mai connects outwardly. These vessels network the interior and exterior worlds and energies.

• Kidney Spirit Points (Mt. of Balance): Kidney 23 (Spirit Seal), Kidney 24 (Spirit Burial Ground), and Kidney 25 (Spirit Storehouse) These points serve as deep reservoirs of protection, transformation, and nourishment, reinforcing resilience and inner strength. After using one of the frequency intervals chosen from above, resolving with Low Full Moon 6^th will provide the light and nourishment needed as a guide during these times.

• Windows of the Sky: Enhances communication with our “star teachers” and the unseen, offering insight and connection to the celestial.

• LU 9 (Great Abyss): Helps to pull one out of the abyss, bringing nurturing and grounding qualities that renew clarity and embrace life’s richness.

• LI 4 (Union Valley): Releases that what no longer serves us.

With each breath, the Metal Element engages in the constant transformation of receiving and releasing, discerning and transforming. As we collectively move forward, frequencies, intervals, and archetypes become our guides, helping us stay balanced, calm, and connected in the midst of change. By tuning into these elements, we allow both grounding and clarity as we move through life’s transitions, connected to the unseen forces that support our journey.

Carmen Cicotti is a Senior Faculty Member (since 2005) teaching the full Acutonics curriculum in a 6-week format with a focus on 5-Element Theory, serving as a Thesis Mentor and Clinical Supervisor. As an Integrative Health Practitioner, she lives and practices on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest and offers online and in-person classes and study groups year-round.

Upcoming classes:
Energetics of Points and Meridians – Nov 21 – Jan 10 (Thursdays 3-6pm PST)
Acutonics Level IX: Sedna Superconductor Nov 22 – Jan 11 (Fridays 3-6pm PST)
Acutonics Level I: Sound Gates to Meridian Harmonics Jan 23 – Feb 28 (Thursdays 3-6pm PST)
Acutonics Ethics in Clinical Practice Jan 24 – Feb 29 (Fridays 3-6pm PST)

For more information, 2024/2025 class schedule and study groups:
https://northwestacutonics.com/calendar/

Carmen Cicotti LMT, CAcP
www.northwestacutonics.com
carmen@northwestacutonics.com

(+1) 360 209 1199

Mergers:  Cousins

The Eveny people of the far Northeast Artic are an ancient people of reindeer husbandry that is still active today. Their shamans wear antler headdresses, become reindeer and can fly. What distinguishes them from other reindeer herding people in the far Northeast Arctic Regions is that they ride the reindeer but use their dogs to pull the sledges. Reindeer are considered mystical beings because of their hypnotic look and the depths in their eyes and soul. Besides their usefulness to carry the Eveny across the brutal lands and to haul food supplies and carcasses from the hunt, they are also revered and provide a sacred food supply. There spiritual name is Kujjai. Like their elk cousins, reindeer are protectors both of their owners and the vast reaching tundra of the Northern lands.

A single circumpolar band of indigenous culture has emerged in the Artic North. Among the Inuit of Greenland, west to Nome, in the far East of Russia and Siberia and throughout the entire circumpolar region where Komi, Chuchi, Nevelek, Sami, and Eveny indigenous cultures exist (just to name a few) there are shared origin stories, dances and shamanic feats. Tales and legends of animal erotica and cross species transformation, weather, ice, hunting, migration patterns, seasonal rituals and celebrations, and star stories to tell time and location are told.

Nature and culture are inextricably bound—no seams, no fences, everything alive, animated, walking, hunting, singing, dancing, talking, listening, appreciating, unified.

There simply is no human verses animal. Animal behavior is no different than human behavior—all are part of the same dynamic continuum. Women marry dogs and bears, take reindeer husbands, people transfigure into artic foxes, bears turn into black icebergs and wolverines, reindeer procure sperm banks for infertile women, hybrids are common. There are mermaids like Nuliajuk, (Sedna), and mermen, there are giants and dwarfs, claw trolls, shadow people and spirits, spirits of stones that marry, spirits that lived inside of bearded seal whips, and animal masks.

Listening, appreciating, unified…

Perhaps it is not so important to know if myths come from experience or from collective memories stored in the field.

Listen, appreciate

Pele's Promise
Donna Carey

Her heart reaches out to me in winter
through December winds
I feel the song, the cry

Phosphor burns like Pele’s eye
finished the prayer
enter
possess
this is the day for a plunge in the sea

Shearing reds rattle my soul
ancient blood beats
she tucked hibiscus there
to bloom beyond ice walls
knowing the cold is not real
not as real as she or I

Through the arctic veil
a hummingbird sails
to anoint the plumeria
I watch with joy
lost in a flower
thinking how lovely the mountain apples
on the moons of Mauna Loa
must be this time of year
the sweet lavender bells of wild jacarandas
they ring and ring, until I answer her...

By the water, by the water
clutching handfuls of foam
preparing for passage into the worlds unknown
until I answer her by the water (yes the water)
mist draped (being ocean borne)
until I answer her cry:

Phosphor burns like Pele’s eye
finished the prayer
enter
possess
this is our day for a plunge in the sea

Through this pane of snow, a delicacy blows
into pahoehoe tubes
I listen, drawn by the sound, 
knowing that tephra isn’t real
as the black skies or the blue seas
I feel--consumed by her touch
(sure of) radiant spirits in volcanic rush
and the magic
of blood red ghost clouds
that pound and pound

Until I answer their sacred sound...
Until I answer her...

By the water, by the water
clutching handfuls of foam
preparing for passage into the worlds unknown
until I answer her by the water, yes the water
mist draped (being ocean borne)
until I answer her cry:

Phosphor burns like Pele’s eye
finished the prayer
enter
possess
this is our day for a plunge in the sea

Her heart
reaches out to me on winter winds
breathing fire from the cinder cones
her heart, wild, and
mysterious as home

Carmen Cicotti LMT, CAcP

As the sun reaches its zenith and the world around us bursts into vibrant hues, we find ourselves immersed in the radiant energy of Summer. This season, ruled by the element of fire, ignites our passions, fuels our creativity, and invites us to embrace the fullness of life. In the practice of Acutonics, understanding the elemental energies of Summer allows us to harmonize with the natural rhythms of the season and cultivate balance and well-being.

The Essence of Summer Fire

In traditional Chinese medicine and other ancient healing systems, fire is associated with the Summer season and is believed to reside within the heart. It represents the peak of yang energy, characterized by warmth, light, and expansion. Just as the sun radiates its brilliance, Summer invites us to embrace our inner fire, allowing it to illuminate our path and guide us toward growth and fulfillment.

Summer Fire in Balance and Imbalance
When the fire element is in balance, we experience joy, enthusiasm, and a sense of connection with others. However, imbalances in this element can manifest as agitation, restlessness, and excessive heat in the body. Common symptoms of fire imbalance may include insomnia, anxiety, palpitations, and digestive issues.

Harmonizing with Acutonics

1. Heart Meridian Balancing 
Using tuning fork intervals such as the Ohm Unison and the Solar 7th , practitioners can stimulate acupoints along the heart meridian and over the heart chakra to promote harmony and vitality, such as Heart 7 (Shenmen/Spirit Gate) and Ren 17 (Danzhong/Immortal Child).

2. Cooling Points Activation
Certain acupuncture points, such as Heart 8 (Shaofu/ Lesser Mansion) and Pericardium 6 (Neiguan/Inner Gate), are known for their ability to clear heat and calm the spirit. Activating these points with Ohm/New Moon 5th and Ohm/Neptune 5th can help to alleviate symptoms of excessive fire energy, such as anxiety and insomnia.

3. Solar Plexus Activation
The solar plexus chakra, located in the upper abdomen, is associated with personal power and self-expression. By using the Solar 7th or the Earth Day 5th, practitioners can activate the solar plexus chakra, fostering confidence, creativity, and a sense of purpose.

4. Balancing Excess Fire with Water
Introduce the water element by using Low or Mid Ohm/Full Moon 6th and  Ohm/Neptune 5th, on points along the kidney and bladder meridians, such as Kidney 3 (Tai Xi/Great Ravine) and Bladder 23 (Shenshu/Kidney Shu), to nourish the Yin, promote emotional balance and release excess heat.

Embracing the Fire Within

As we immerse ourselves in the radiant energy of Summer, let us remember to honor the fire within us and cultivate a sense of balance and harmony. Whether through Acutonics treatments, mindfulness practices, or simply spending time in nature, let us embrace the transformative power of fire and allow it to illuminate our path toward greater health and vitality. 

In this dance of the seasons, Summer beckons us to embrace the fullness of life and to celebrate the radiance of our own inner fire. Through the healing art of Acutonics, we can harmonize with the elemental energy of Summer, igniting our passion, creativity, and joy as we journey through this season of growth and transformation.

Celebrating Diversity, Unity, and Connection

As we celebrate the vibrant energy of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, let us also take a moment to honor the quiet strength and resilience of Winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Just as fire and water are essential elements in the cycle of life, so too are our Acutonics family members across the globe, each contributing their unique wisdom and perspective to the collective tapestry of healing.

In the spirit of unity and connection, let us hold space for one another, honoring the interplay of fire and water within ourselves and within the world around us. Whether basking in the warmth of Summer's glow or finding solace in the depths of Winter's embrace, may we continue to support and uplift one another on our shared journey toward health, healing, and wholeness.

Carmen is a Senior Faculty member of the Acutonics Institute of Integrative Medicine, LLC, offering the full Acutonics curriculum and electives. She is also a Thesis mentor and Clinical Supervisor and teaches Heart-Mind Shiatsu Levels I & II.

For a list of her class schedule and options for clinical hour and student support:
www.NorthwestAcutonics.com
carmen@northwestacutonics.com
360.209.1199

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, Mac, Senior Acutonics® Practitioner and Teacher

Consolidation, stillness and nurturance of yin, winter and the water element are shifting with the spark of the yin fire that animates a renewed and revitalized actualization of our destiny. The Zhi spirit is connected to our will, the yin essence of life. The goddess Xi Wang Mu presides over this energy of our will and creative power to manifest our destiny. The Zhi embodies the vibration of spirit as it nears complete silence before returning to full expression.

Activated by the yin fire and re-emerging the frequencies of creativity, the Hun spirits of Spring begin to express the energy of becoming. Our visions, dreams, plans and imagination are activated. We are revitalized with the capacity to see our true path more clearly and the courage to follow it. Our ability to hope is replenished.

Here are some suggestions for supporting the transition from Winter to Spring, from stillness and quiescence to emergence and expression.

Extraordinary Vessels:
Ren—Low octaves of NM5th, FM/Venus, Sedna/Venus, to support and deeply replenish the kidney yin
Dai—Low octaves of NM5th, Jupiter/Neptune, Jupiter/Nibiru for expansion, flow and creating a new template. Or, substitute Jupiter/Hygiea for Jupiter/Nibiru for multidimensional expansion

Other Points:
To tonify and support kidney yin:
REN 4—Venus/FM                              
UB 23—Sedna/Venus
KID 3—Venus/FM or Sedna/Venus

To promote free flow of liver qi:
LIV 14—Jupiter/Zodiac
UB 18—NM5th
LIV 3—Jupiter/Neptune

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc is in clinical practice in the Seattle area offering in person and remote sessions. She teaches the full Acutonics curriculum, several electives, and one-on-one tutorials in person and on Zoom. She can be reached at 206-706-2836, resonate@whispering-dragon.com, http://www.whispering-dragon.com

Nolan Bade, PLA

Self-care and wellness are so very important in our day-to-day functioning. A major part of wellness is simply setting ourselves up in a positive and enriching environment. We can take steps to design and build wellness as it relates to sound directly into what architects call the Built Environment.

The term Built Environment is ubiquitous with our surroundings. It is the river in which human-centric space is created. It is the setting for human activity - created to fulfill human desires and needs. It is buildings, parks, neighborhoods, cities, and their supporting infrastructure, such as water supply or energy networks. It includes your home, backyard, your gutters, sidewalks, and laundry machines. In many cases, it is the price of “progress” and modern development. But it can be reshaped.   

Wellness as it relates to sound has sadly been left out of the conversation of the Built Environment. But if wellness is overlooked in the very spaces that envelop us – our homes, yards, and neighborhoods – many detrimental symptoms can arise. I think this is very apparent to most people. The list of possible symptoms is long, but at the core is the overall decrease in the use of our senses, higher levels of aggression, and an increase in rates of anxiety and depression. But we do have the power to unwind these patterns, harness the power of nature, and incorporate positively designed soundscapes into healing practices.

As we move from winter into spring, we move from a period of dormancy into new growth. Below are just a few principles to think about if we start extending sound therapy self-care to our homes, yards, and neighborhoods:

Harmonic Planting: Vegetation can be used strategically to absorb or deflect sound. Noise pollution from the outside can be tampered, giving rise to quiet, serene, and inward focused spaces in which to ground. Vegetation can be used to channel wind energy and increase patterns of circulation within the landscape.  

Movement of Water: Water features have historically been used to mask unwanted noise, but they should be used in a sequence of amplifying beneficial and harmonic patterns, rather than masking unwanted ones. The frequency of water has the powerful ability to attract life.  

Ground-covering: A nourished groundcover is a delicate dance between earth, water, and air. Moss, mulch, and pioneer plants absorb sound much more than hard surfaces like concrete, stone, and rock. They create a cooler, quieter environment by harnessing water, and expanding biodiversity.

Interfacing: Movement circulation can be programmed to increase interactions between people and elements like bird chirping, sunlight, moonlight, cricket chirping, etc. It is also important to foster spaces that are undefined or hidden, which reflect wildness and imagination and connection with a larger whole.

   Self-care teaches us the importance of bodily autonomy, empowerment, and knowing your own health, but health and wellness also extends beyond the bodily vessel, to the home, yard, garden, and ecosystem. I look forward to sharing more detail on these principles and similarly threaded topics as we move further into 2024.

Ellen F. Franklin, PhD & Donna Carey, LAc

On February 10, 2024, we welcomed the Lunar New Year and the Green Wood Dragon. This is one of the most powerful symbols in Asian astrology symbolizing strength, energy, restoration, regeneration, resilience, and stability. A harbinger of abundant new life and growth.

The Green Dragon also embodies the Wood Element and the process of becoming. Wood provides the energy for germination, creativity, imagination, passion, and hope. It propels us forward to manifest our authentic nature and destiny. Serving as a potent reminder that when you move in the right direction, in genuine alignment with your true purpose it is possible to achieve your goals and dreams. Despite its fierce appearance the Dragon is also a symbol of joy and happiness.

It is said in spring the green dragon of the east blows the eight winds into the earth and brings forth a thousand flowers. Spring is full of vibrant impulses, such as the movements of the eight winds, the upward growth of plants, the birth of animals…Suddenly the world is alive and full of movement. The impulse to move into action best describes the energy of spring. It is as unstoppable as the days lengthen with warmth and sunshine. Each seed grows into its own exact shape or form. The master plan of its creation is put into action with hundreds of detailed decisions and adjustments… Spring is an expression of new life and hope. — Debra Kaatz, Character of Wisdom

In Five Element Theory Wood relates to the Liver and is paired with the Gallbladder.

The Liver viewed as the architect leads, developing strategies, and initiating the distribution of resources so that everything operates smoothly. It is the Gallbladder that then carries the plans of the Liver into action, with clear and wise decisions. Vision might be considered the primary mission of the Liver. 

As we welcome spring, and all it represents it, is an opportune time to move forward with Acutonics, enacting plans that have been in strategic development for the past year.

Nolan Bade and Pedro Vidal joined the Acutonics family in 2023 and have been making many valuable contributions, working remotely from Tucson. We are excited to announce that Acutonics^® Operations is moving to newly leased office space in Tucson, Arizona. Nolan Bade will oversee all product fulfillment from this new location.

The official move of inventory is scheduled for February 27-28. After this date all order fulfillments will come from Tucson, AZ, with the exception of the gongs, which we will still handle from New Mexico.

Tucson Office Location:

New Physical Address: 3955 E Speedway Blvd. Suite: 105, Tucson, Arizona 85712, Phone: 520-771-8367

New Shipping Address: 2900 E Broadway Blvd, Suite 100, #222, Tucson, AZ 85716

Nolan writes: “My partner Pedro Vidal and I are extremely excited to soon be overseeing Acutonics® Operations from vibrant and sun-kissed Tucson, Arizona! The Acutonics commitment to providing exceptional education, tools, self-care, and support for sound healing practices remains unwavering. It’s with eager anticipation that we are moving fulfillment services from Llano to Tucson, and it will be a pleasure working daily with all the individuals that make up the exceptional sound wellness community, together taking things to the next level.”

While we continue to be involved in day-to-day activities of Acutonics, including oversight, marketing, teaching, curriculum development, and writing, Donna and I have several exciting research trips planned for 2024 and 2025 and we are working on a few book ideas.

Sande, after almost twenty years of dedicated service is retiring. Although we plan to engage her exceptional design skills. Please join us in giving Sande a warm, loving and well deserved thank you as she eases into retirement.

We are excited about the great opportunities for all of us as our nephews Nolan and Pedro bring many talents, organizational skills, and creative spirit to the business.

To read more about the Dragon you might be interested in this post Donna wrote in 2020. She identifies dragons as the Guardian of the Three Treasures and the protectors of physical space. They are the genuine unifiers of the inter-connected realms of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. Their powerful protective energy also has the potential to aid in creating an energetic shield between you and the electromagnetic realms. To read her full post: https://acutonics.com/news/dragon-as-guardian-and-protector-of-the-three-treasures

We dream with you
We have to know you
Understanding we are both

Afraid of
Hatred

Genetically made
Collective charade of
excuses
What happened to
all the muses?

Meet us in a field
of mutual respect
No alibies
No Neglect
No prayer
offering

neutrality
congeniality

These are our words
and our crap
Vocabularies are absurd
A map is essential

If we dream with you
we want to know you
have to know you

Your smells
tells
vulnerability
Hearts are the
best sensibility to pry
histories fragility

Today
dismiss the task
ahead
risks involved

We will solve
where we must tread
forsake grief
get some relief
from worry

We’re so sorry
your forests are burned
Industry swells
You cannot tell
fantasy from a
contaminated
well…

That’s because

Cities are flooded
Landslides
Abound
Ecology shattered
Hounds are let loose
to howl and hoot
Mergers escaping with
all the loot
Lawsuits filed
Courts corrupt

God we need some magic
stuff to get us riled

If we dream with you
we have to know your
narrative
No declaratives

Commitment

To build a new dynasty
Future Earth
not based on
net worth’s
insanity

Earnings

Respond to
spirit
soul’s expanse

 yearnings

Change the world
Model rebirth
Build the blueprint
Stay fit
for mega distances
traverse

You have centuries
of rehearsal
Manifest reversal

Recast

Dream with me
From see to shining
thee

By Donna Carey

When we shatter
We shatter
What does it matter

Inflection points pry into
Souls
Injecting what we
Are not expecting
No experiments of deception
hints to complete
introspection

no conspiracy theories
No judges
No juries
Only higher laws for us to query

I forgive you
For dual natures
Love saturations of
Angels singing
Science bells gloriously ringing
Mythology in the forecast
Spring bursting bastions of smells
At last. . .

Reminders of the spell
rolling thru untapped wells
knowledge of ingenuity
keeping faith for perpetuity
forget 401K’s
annuities

Forget 501C3s
remember lilacs
honeybees
variegating into territories
of virgin wood
morning glories
sweetness of a
brand new story
a dream of tomorrow
filled with vibrant sound
technicolors
not desperate sorrow

Elk keep savings in magic groves
temper mad cravings
for natures trove
guard a wilderness under duress
caress the young
nurse the calves

They will dream with us
Just not in halves

It’s not what we amass
But what we share
Not the
Context of a bull
or a bear

It’s history we leave behind
Riches of traces
Generations will mine
For all species
All races

Carmen Cicotti LMT, CAcP, Senior Faculty, Clinical Advisor

Water, a source of life and symbol of fluidity, holds a unique significance during this Winter Solstice time. As the temperature drops and nature begins its slumber, water takes on transformative qualities, mirroring the cyclical rhythms of the season. In various traditions, this liquid essence becomes a vessel for spiritual contemplation and renewal of the body, the mind, and the spirit.

While traveling through the season of the Water element, we find ourselves standing at the threshold of Winter Solstice, being offered the profound symbolism of water in this celestial tapestry. Whether in stillness or motion, water invites us to explore the depths of our emotions, adapt to change, and embrace the transformative energy of the season. May this be our prayer for the planet as we move through this time. 

Acutonics emerges as a gentle yet powerful ally during this Winter dance with water, in a quest for inner harmony. Through the vibrational language of sound, this ancient practice invites us to attune ourselves to the cosmic symphony, finding resonance within the depths of our being.

Like a river flowing through the winter landscape, we can attune to specific energy points associated with the water element with the following frequencies, intervals, and archetypes to navigate the currents of life with grace and find renewal in the quietude of this solstice time. 

Protocol for this seasonal time of hope, reflection and renewal and nourishing the Element of Water:

Ohm Unison and Ohm/New Moon 5th at KID 1 (Gushing Springs) to ground and open portals to the waters deep in the earth.

Low Ohm/Low Full Moon 6th at KID 3 (Great Ravine) and UB 23 (Kidney Shu) to deeply nourish the yin waters and the source of the Kidney.

New Moon/Neptune microtones at REN 4 (Origins Pass) to allow entry into the primordial waters followed by Low Ohm/Low Full Moon 6th to deeply nourish the root of the Yin.

EIGHT EXTRAORDINARY VESSELS
Here the Extraordinary Vessels become conduits for this harmonic dance, creating a sonic landscape that guides participants through the transformative waters of self-discovery, fostering reflection, renewal, and connection with the elemental currents of water.

Use High/Med/then Low frequencies to access and nourish the Yin in the field and bring it down to the root. Then follow with the chimes.

YIN QIAO MAI (Yin Motility Vessel)
New Moon/Neptune microtones to allow entry and further deepen into the primordial waters.

Ohm/Neptune 5th followed by Low Ohm Octave to open to the depths of water reflections and to come home to oneself in the sacred Yin.

REN MAI- (Conception Vessel)
Venus/Full Moon microtones to enhance and nourish the creative spirit of Yin.
Ohm/Full Moon 6th to deeply nourish the yin waters and nourish the root of the Yin.

If you would like to dive deeper into the exploration of this seasonal phase and how it shows up in our lives, and in your sessions, come join me on Saturday, January 6th for a live online Study Group-Clinical Hours Forum: Winter and the Element of Water.

For more information:

Northwest Acutonics – Winter and the Element of Water. Acutonics Online Study Group and Clinic Hours Forum. https://northwestacutonics.corsizio.com/c/6525710d794e00dfb2adc079

I hope you have a most blessed season and take time to drink in the quietude and that in-turn fuels the guiding light of your sacred Shen.

In harmony and much Love,
Carmen

Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc
Senior Acutonics Practitioner and Licensed Acutonics Teacher

The day of Winter Solstice is the day of shortest light, the pivot point when the zenith of yin shifts to the reawakening of yang. This is the time for concentrating reserves of yin energy that nourish the seeds of who we are becoming. The yin fire ignites our will to overcome obstacles and manifest our destiny. The Yellow Emperor is quoted as saying “At this time you must not disturb or displace the yang energy so that you can allow the yin reserves to be established within you.”

We have an opportunity to realign with our divine spark, our destiny, a portal to new potential. If we use this time to nurture this spark it can enlighten our understanding of what no longer serves us and what contains the matrix of new possibilities. This time of stillness can be a powerful time of allowing our reconnection to and truest expression of Source. This is of extraordinary importance in the challenging times we have been navigating.

The year’s end expresses a culmination of extreme duality and the fear and distrust that accompanies it. The energy of Sedna can act as an antidote to these feelings. Both yin and yang, Sedna is the expression of the confluence of opposing energies. In her capacity as a superconductor, she can assist us in accelerated movement toward experiences of unity and alignment with the Tao. Hygiea promotes expression of multidimensional alignment.

In our practices, we can offer energetic support for the Kidneys, the storehouse of essence and creative power. We can support the balance of yin and yang as winter begins its shift to spring. We can help to promote consolidation of core energy and ground it at the root.

Utilizing points and intervals that support the Kidney energy and incorporating the Governing (DU) and Conception (REN) vessels, we can provide harmonic foundation for renewal and becoming.

UB 23 (Kidney Shu): The Mars/Venus 5th interval to bring balance to the yin and yang aspects of the Kidney. Low Sedna/Low Venus to balance Kidney yin and yang at the deep level of the Yin Fire. Low Sedna/Low Hygiea for multidimensional coherence.

DU 4 (Life Gate): Solar 7th interval to support the yang energy of the Kidney and all the energy systems of the body.

KID 3 (Great Ravine): Mars/Venus 5th interval to balance yin and yang at the source. Another option here is Sedna/Venus 6th as Sedna supports both yin and yang and has the energy of super conduction and Venus directs the energy to the Kidneys. Hygiea/Venus for coherence of kidney energy at all levels.

REN 4 (Origin Pass): Saturn/Venus 5^th interval to consolidate the yin energy of the Kidney.

The Ren Mai and Du Mai, the ultimate yin and yang channels can be employed to balance duality: On the Ren Mai (The ultimate yin vessel): Full Moon/Venus microtone to strongly nourish yin followed by Saturn/Venus 5th to consolidate the Kidney yin. Or apply Sedna/Venus, Sedna/Full Moon, Sedna/Saturn to activate and consolidate Kidney yin.

On the Du Mai extraordinary vessel (The ultimate yang vessel): Solar 7th interval to strengthen yang energy followed by Mars/Venus 5th interval to bring the activating yang energy of Mars and direct it to the Kidneys. If you wish to strongly activate the energy of Mars use the Sedna/Mars interval.

In these challenging times we can use our cosmic frequencies to bring stillness to aid in support of the spark of coherence and unity in the Field.

Jude will be offering Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine January 27-29, 2024. She is always available for one-on-one mentioning, private tutoring, clinic hours and custom scheduling. She can be reached at resonate@whispering-dragon.com, 206-706-2836, www.whispering-dragon.com.

Carmen Cicotti LMT, CAcP

The Season of Autumn
As the weather shifts around us with the autumn leaves falling from the trees, the tree sap recedes from the woody stem to be stored in the roots. The temperatures drop and we move into the season of decent. This is a time when the Yin is increasing in ourselves, our personal lives and in the world, as we prepare for winter, the height of Yin. We are now in the season of return; the season of the Metal Element; the season when the veils between the worlds become thin.

This Season also marks a time of purification; a time to reflect, nourish and review on all levels, as we come into clarity about our future, our destiny and what is in alignment with our true authentic nature.

The Borders Between the Internal and External Environments
The Lung and Large Intestine are the Yin and Yang organ systems associated with the Metal Element. The Large Intestine is in charge of letting go of that which no longer serves us, which includes releasing toxic energy, both physical and emotional toxic waste, as well as relationships and material things that are holding us back. The Lungs breathe in new energy and new life, creating room for new inspirations that open toward the future.

Grief, the emotion most associated with the Metal element is a part of this purification process; the letting go of and grieving of past situations, relationships and even the ego.

As we let go of the past and the grief attached to this loss, we can ask ourselves questions like, what holds me back from fulfilling my destiny? What am I still attached to? Here we will find clarity, detachment, courage, and confidence. The qualities of the Metal Element make room for the inspiration that brings us into the new breath of the future, with grace and beauty.

The Southern Hemisphere
As we are in the grand descent into the Yin time of year, our neighbors and Acutonics family in the southern hemisphere are experiencing the rise of yang, as their Springtime and the Wood Element surges up towards the vision, that resides in the heavens, with new growth and new beginnings abound.

Frequencies, Intervals and Protocols for the Metal Element
The frequencies that resonate and support the Metal Element are:

• Ohm/New Moon 5th: Release and let go 
• Ohm/Full Moon 6th: Take a new breath
• Ohm/Mercury Microtone: Metal Alchemist to traverse the worlds
• Ohm/Neptune 5th: Transcend borders and boundaries
• Hygeia Octaves: Purify, bring clarity, shed old skin, allows highest potential to unfold 

Point Protocols and Extraordinary Vessels to support the Metal Element
Four Gates of Heaven (LI 4, Union Valley & LIV 3 Great Surge): Apply Ohm/NM 5th to open and release old patterns and stuck energy.
LIV 14, (Cycles Gate) and LU1 (Central Treasury): Apply Ohm/NM 5th and Ohm/FM 6th to clear out old cycles and open to the new breath of inspiration with grace.
Yin Wei Mai: Open on P6 (Inner Gate) balance SP 4 (Grandparent’s Grandchild) and
Yang Wei Mai opening SJ 5 (Outer Gate) balance GB 41 (Near to Tears): Apply Ohm/Mercury, New Moon/Neptune, Ohm/Full Moon, and the Hygeia Octaves to access the interior and exterior celestial nets, to release and transform toxic emotional patterns, and to soothe the heart and open to authentic self and unconditional love.

For more information on this season, creation and control cycle intervals and protocols or other elemental journey’s, see link below. Carmen offers classes in the full curriculum in 6-week formats as well as individual study. She also holds Study Groups every month on the element that corresponds to the present season. These Study Groups earn 2 clinical hours. www.northwestacutonics.com, 360.928.6162.

By Donna Carey

Where do elk go
with the moon so high
The season slow?

Wait for me here
at water’s edge
when trails are clear
and rivers ripple webs of fountains
unfiltered futures
beyond grassy mountains

past the hollow

Sense awakens
instincts follow
northern roads
highways of knowledge
ancient abodes

Shadows spread over
starlit lands
aspens stretch high
to heavens bands
fabric of images
spill from dreams
bulging the lines
busting the beams

solutions searching for creation
open to myriads of manifestation

Follow the sound
through corners divide
Seek out the round
where doubt has no clout
and cannot hide
You are spinning full blast
the answers inside

Hope fills crevices
cracks and scars
you are your nemesis
running amuck
a map in your hand
to understand
with a little luck
a carton of stars

Where do elk go
when the moon is high
the season is slow?

Imagine

Open your mind to a big
blue door
The ceiling is tipped
It’s now the floor
All logic unzipped
The southern cross is
now the boss
or maybe the dipper

Orient yourself
wherever you are
into fields and
landscapes afar

The sacred
migration has begun
out of the forests
into the sun

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc. Senior Acutonics Practitioner & Teacher

Autumn marks the end of the growing season - a turning inward and falling away of outer-directed energy. Nature instructs us about our own cycles of creating and letting go. The energy of this season, more than any other, supports letting go of the waste, the old and stale in our lives. This leaves us receptive to the pure and new, granting a vision of who we truly are in our essence. Through a process of discernment, with heightened ability to eliminate what we no longer need, we gain a deeper awareness of what is most precious in our lives.

The coming of Autumn provides a special opportunity to create resonance with the archetype of the Metal element. This archetype, the Alchemist, transforms and distills baser vibrations into more refined expressions of energy. The external alchemists of old were engaged in finding a process that turned lead (#82 on the periodic table) into gold (#79 on the periodic table). Masters of inner alchemy worked on a different level of refinement. They focused on the refinement of denser forms of physical reality into the higher frequencies of spirit. From the quantum perspective, this is the process of moving from particle to wave form reality.

The metals of the Earth, such as gold, silver, nickel, and copper, among others, are things sought out for their value. Though, there is nothing inherently wrong with striving for these riches we often find, in the end, that this is ultimately unsatisfying. The Inner Alchemist engages in a process of letting go of the dross objects of value in favor of refinement to discover the pure substances of life experience. These are the gifts of intrinsic self-worth, manifestations of our spiritual Source nature.

The spirit of the Metal element, the Corporeal Soul (the Po) resides in the Lung and has a direct relationship with Essence or Jing, one of the Three Treasures. This connection creates an opening to the essence of experience through the Metal element. It provides a gateway for appreciating what is of real value. Autumn (Fall) is a time of returning to our Original Self, our higher self, our more evolved self. Each of us is a miracle of creation and we each have a unique and priceless contribution to make.

At this time of letting go of the old we can access a matrix for new creations to come. As with the organs of the Metal element, we let go of the old through the process of releasing waste through the Large Intestine, and we breathe in the pureness of the new, through the inspiration of the Lungs. The Lung energy is connected to grief, loss, and melancholy. We can support the lungs to inhale new clear energy and exhale to release the stagnation that grief creates. This opens access to our ability to transmute frequencies of grief and loss to experience love and appreciation for those we’ve lost or mourn.

Acutonics tools provide connections to these alchemical and organ correspondences that assist this process of distillation and refinement through the acupuncture system.

Mercury has an ancient correspondence with the lungs. Pluto not only has an organ correspondence with the intestines and anus but is also archetypally connected to the depths of the underworld and to the caves and mines where deeply buried treasures are found. It also holds the energy of transformation and transmutation through the natural cycles of decay and rebirth.

Both Mercury and Pluto are frequencies in close proximity to our home tone of Earth. They each can be used as the tonic with other forks to create familiar intervals and actions.

LU 1 (Central Treasury) - Mercury/New Moon 5th interval can be applied here to go deep and gain access to the riches of our true nature.

LU 3 (Heavenly Residence/Celestial Storehouse) is a Window of the Sky Point. Mercury/New Moon 5th opens us to release grief and longing. Mercury/Hygiea allows us to transcend the many dimensions of grief.

LU 7 (Broken Sequence) - Mercury/Full Moon 6th can illuminate and bring to fullness what is useful, follow with Mercury/Pluto microtone to release what no longer serves us.

LU 9 (Great Abyss) is the Source Point of the Lung meridian. Mercury/Earth Day 5th can be used here to support the energy that provides deep access to the energy of the Lung. Mercury/Nibiru 3rd allows an access point to connect with the expression of Source and a new matrix through the spirit of the Lung.

LI 4 (Union Valley) is the Source Point of the Large Intestine meridian. Pluto/New Moon 5th applied here provides deep opening and purging of what is no longer useful.

LI 18 (Support the Prominence) is a Window of the Sky Point: Pluto/New Moon 5th can be used here to access new possibilities for transformation into our divine nature.

There is a great opportunity to study Harmonic Alchemy with Jude. She is offering this powerful elective, November 4th-5th, 2023, live on Zoom. The class explores alchemy as a process to raise vibration using sound instruments to achieve coherence with the unified field.

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc is in clinical practice in the Seattle area offering in person and remote sessions. She teaches the full Acutonics curriculum, several electives, and one-on-one tutorials in person and on Zoom. She can be reached at 206-706-2836, resonate@whispering-dragon.com, http://www.whispering-dragon.com.

Donna Carey

Petrichor: The smell of rain before it’s arrival, maybe something beyond meaning,
A gasp of the sensation out of a lane, a sense we develop for our very survival.

Them
The herd
Limitless grace
How absurd
They are down the mountain
In the pasture
Feasting on alfalfa
Blueberry clover
Grazing past divisions
Willing to cross over

Wading thru currents
Phase transitions

This is a window
If not today
I’ll wait till autumn
Mustard yellows populate
Aster’s purple
fields
When their sounds
Fill our worlds
And efforts bring yields

I feel them like rain
reconcile presence
for their smell to remain
Gold blood flowing
releasing pain

Devastated environments
Unrelent
Courting chapters
More heaven sent
. . .  hesitant flow

Linger here forever

in tufts
Of silent snow

Linger here forever

Till it’s time to go

Carmen Cicotti LMT, CAcP, Licensed Acutonics Faculty, Certified Acutonics® Practitioner

As we journey through the seasonal wheel, passing through the long and easy days of summer into the grounding, nurturing days of late summer, we move from the essence of the Fire element, with all its’ passion and warmth into the grounding and comforting influence of the Earth element.

Acutonics, an innovative approach to holistic healing, draws its’ inspiration from the ancient wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and sound therapy. In this journey of harmony and balance, each element plays a crucial role, and the Earth element stands in the center as a foundational pillar. The Earth element represents stability, nourishment, and grounded-ness, serving as the fertile ground upon which all life thrives.

The Earth element is closely associated with the spleen and stomach meridians, which govern digestion, assimilation, and overall nourishment. Just as the Earth element provides sustenance and support for all living things, these two meridians play a vital role in the body's ability to extract nutrients and energy from food. A balanced Earth Element promotes healthy digestion, emotional stability, and a strong connection to the physical body.

We can use Acutonics sound therapy to restore balance and vitality to the spleen and stomach meridians using the resonances of Earth-based frequencies, such as the healing tones of the Earth Day and Ohm (Earth Year). These tones can help harmonize the Earth element in both the energetic and physical bodies, promoting a sense of renewal, regeneration, grounding, and stability.

Nurturing the Soul: Emotional Aspects of the Earth Element:
The Earth element extends beyond the physical realm, encompassing emotional and spiritual dimensions, embracing the qualities of nurturing, compassion, and empathy. When imbalanced, individuals may experience feelings of worry, overthinking, or difficulty in letting go. By using Acutonics techniques that focus on the Earth element, practitioners can help clients find emotional equilibrium and strengthen their ability to provide support and care to themselves and others, resounding the eternal concept that Earth is our Mother.

Frequencies and Intervals to support the Earth Element
Utilizing the grounding vibrations of the Ohm (Earth Year) frequencies on earth balancing points and protocols, both in unison and in octaves along with the life-generating Earth Day 5th, the earth loving Ohm/Venus and Ohm/Saturn that fosters stability and structure, we can establish and nurture equilibrium within the Earth element, cultivating a sense of beauty, strength, and holistic well-being.

When the Earth Element is deficient, we can look toward the interval of the Solar 7th, offering its comfort and warmth. The sun, representing the Fire element, ignites the flames of inspiration, illuminating the echoes of the preceding summer season, which the Earth element, as the child of Fire, embraces, nurtures, and flourishes from.

The gentle and nourishing vibrations generated by these frequencies and intervals can be used on points such as SP 6 (Three Yin Crossing), ST 36 (Three Leg Li), the Celestial Tuning Point Anchors of DU 23 (Upper Star), ST 25 (Middle Star) and SP 8 (Lower Star) as well as the Yin Wei Mai and the Chong Mai to work harmoniously with the body's natural energy flow, encouraging a state of equilibrium and vitality.

By harnessing the power of sound and vibration in this beautiful healing system we all share, practitioners can restore balance to the Earth element, enhancing digestion, emotional stability, and overall vitality. In a world that often feels chaotic and fast-paced, Acutonics offers a gentle yet potent approach to nurturing the soul and fostering a deeper connection to the Earth's natural rhythms. As our clients embrace the healing potential of the Earth element, they embark on a journey of self-discovery, emotional well-being, and harmonious living.

Please join me for a more expanded discussion and practical applications in using Acutonics Sound Therapy to support the Earth Element in your practice and earn clinical hours towards certification. Access further details here: The Earth Element and the Season of Late Summer - Acutonics Online Study Group - Clinical Hours Forum.

Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics Instructor, Certified Acutonics® Practitioner

Summer, the height of yang, activates and amplifies the energy of insights, ideas and visions that were set in Spring. In Late Summer, this energy consolidated by the Earth element is realized as manifestation in a tangible form. Intention and vision are waveforms in the higher vibrational realms that must be acted upon before they can take shape in particle/physical reality.

The Earth element is associated with the physical experience of our bodies, the way we perceive the world through our senses and our thoughts. It supports the function of the Spleen and Stomach, digestion and assimilation of food, information, ideas, and dreams. Being grounded into the depths of Mother Earth gives us the ability to consolidate the more etheric vibratory forms so we can connect with them on a three-dimensional level. Waves becomes particle reality. We bring our thoughts into being.

Think about all that the energy of the Earth that is busy creating, both on and under its mantle.  Consider the action of roots that feed the plants and bind the structure of the soil into solid form. Envision the billions of creatures, bacteria, mosses, and fungi all enlivened and coordinated by the energetic efforts of the Earth. This is the unlimited power for creation and harmony that we connect to when we become more aware of the magic of the Earth.

The spirits of the Earth element are the Yi. These are the spirits that empower our intentions and provide the energy of consolidation that supports the matrix for manifestation into 3D reality. They receive the frequencies of our Heart’s desires, our plans, and visions, and support our ability to materialize them in tangible form. The Yi nurture intention, purpose, integrity, and clear thought. They are the supporting spirits of reality creation and the ability to realize our dreams.

Here are some ideas for connecting with our dreams and visions and bringing them to expression.

To connect to and activate our vision from the unified field, sound the HF Jupiter and HF Sun 1 over the solar plexus and heart chakras, to empower manifestations of our intentions and desires. Transform and ground these energies into the physical with the middle octave Ohm/Jupiter 4th on Ren 17 to expand the desires of the heart and connect with the Earth and ED/Nibiru on Ren 12 to create a matrix for manifestation of the intentions.

The Chong EV is the first vessel to emerge from Source and is connected to the manifestation of our destiny. The New Moon 5th interval can be used for opening the channel, followed by the Earth Day 5th to build energy for nourishing the Earth and the Yi, and Hygiea/Nibiru to create a multidimensional matrix for manifesting our vision.

On the Yin Wei use the Venus/Earth Day to support the loving energy field of the Heart and the Jupiter/Sun to expand the unconditional creative energy of love. SP 3 (Supreme White) is the source point of the Spleen and accesses the Yi spirit. The Earth Day 5th can be used to nourish and support the Yi and Mars/Venus assists in creative manifestation.

UB 20 (Spleen Shu) provides strong support of Spleen energy. The Earth Day 5th and Saturn/Venus provide sustenance and support to the creative Yi spirit.

Applying Venus/Hygiea to the 3 Treasures (Du 20/Ren 4/ Ren 17) creates multidimensional coherence of body, mind and spirit and supports integration of heavenly and earthly qi in particle reality.

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc is in clinical practice in the Seattle area offering in person and remote sessions. She teaches the full Acutonics curriculum, several electives, and one-on-one tutorials in person and on Zoom. She can be reached at 206-706-2836, resonate@whispering-dragon.com, http://www.whispering-dragon.com.

The Tao of Addiction
James Hanlon MS OM AP (CAD)
Date: June 17th, 2023
Time: 9 AM – 5 PM

The Tao of Addiction: From the Tao of eastern spirituality and medicine comes a breakthrough in seeing the energies of compulsion, obsession, and addiction. This one-day Tao of Addiction course illustrates and illuminates diverse models of addiction in the time we live in, highlighting the specific modern challenges effecting the individual addict, collective culture, and larger worldview. Complex issues are clarified through contextual looks at Eastern and Western perspectives - both organic and clinical.

The healing power of illness commands us to look deeper into Addiction as a crisis of awakening: The Tao of Addiction inspires the “Recovery” of an innate developmental and evolutionary dynamic through a course experience. Course material illuminates how addiction is simultaneously disease and a major transformational dynamic of our time.

 The Tao of Addiction: the re-emergence of the Feminine Principle.

• Unraveling and Unconcealing the hidden nature of addiction - that loves to be known - both causes and solutions.
• De-briefing common practice and indoctrinated beliefs surrounding the overly medicalized disharmony addiction.
• The Archetype of Great Change/The Apocalypse and how this effects Addiction - historically and in our time.
• Contrasting comparisons of Yin/Yang, Disease/Disharmony, Masculine/ Feminine, Eastern/Western.
• Current and ancient metaphors/symbols are discussed to illuminate the depth of meaning addiction holds for us.
• The Codependency Epidemic; the flipside and more hidden aspect of the addiction dynamic.

Why take Tao of Addiction/TOA? If you are interested in….

• Understanding more fully how modern collective culture drives dynamics that are part of the overall struggle of addiction - effecting all of us, our families, loved ones, our place in the world.
• An opportunity to simultaneously experience balance between the stressful western approach to life and a more organic approach to life - as some of both are needed at some level to navigate the modern world.
• Self-Cultivation - experience actual freedom from the stresses of modernity that drive obsessive and addictive behavior.
• Cultivating healthier boundaries gracefully - as an ongoing lifestyle.
• Immersing yourself in the Tao - Recovering your own natural mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical integration and peace.

James Hanlon MS OM AP (CAD)
James is a licensed Acupuncture Physician and practices at Shenque Healthcare Inc, in West Palm Beach, Florida. He is a graduate of The Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine where he received his Masters degree in Oriental Medicine/BS in Health Sciences. His background is in the Treatment of Addiction, Taoism, Tai Chi Chuan, Depth Psychology and Sport Psychology.

He has been NSEV certified since 1999 and is a Senior NSEV Acupuncturist & Teacher of the NSEV approach pioneered by Daniel Atchison-Nevel (NSEVhealing.com).

James has taught at the Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine and has been a Clinical Adjunct Professor at the Florida College of Integrative Medicine. His calling and commitment to working in the recovery field brought him to study addiction further and is a Certified Addictionologist/ACACD. He is Certified in Auriculotherapy and received his NADA (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association) certification in 2001 from Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, New York. Over the past 25 years he's provided services for The Hanley Center for Recovery, The Palm Beach Institute, Angels Recovery, New Beginnings, Futures, Addiction Reach, Your Life Recovery, and Synergy Group Services. James is a diverse practitioner rooted in the traditions of Eastern Medicine, skilled at addressing the integration of the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical aspects of each unique individual.

For further information: Info@Thewuproject.org or reach out to The Wu Project Co-Founders, Alicia Villamarin 954-540-9583, Maria Romero 305-308-6204.

Theresa Lee Morris, Certified Acutonics® Practitioner, Licensed Senior Faculty

My first introduction to the gong was in early 2011 when I travelled to New Mexico to take Acutonics Level II: Higher Harmonics and the Inner Nature of Tone with Ellen and Donna. I was already so excited about the tuning forks; I did not expect to come home with a new love.

From the first moment I heard the gong played I was inspired to want to play it. I am neither a musician, nor do I feel called or inspired to play any instrument. It was something entirely unexpected. I felt drawn in, invited even to strike it…There was no holding back and, I just began to play. 

In 2012, Judy Bernard taught an Acutonics Elective: Planetary Space: Blending Light and Sound in Taos, New Mexico. I had an opportunity to experience my first gong bath from Judy and later that week from another Acutonics colleague, Hannah.

Within a few weeks my first three Paiste planetary gongs arrived: a 38” Sedna, 32” Chiron and 24” Venus. These beautiful celestial beings could have easily satisfied my need to support my clients on a deeper level… Instead, a couple of years later, I ordered 14 more to complete the set of planet gongs. Seventeen gongs now surround my treatment table! I didn’t really have a plan...although, it seems there was a plan underway.

Soon people started inviting me to bring the gongs to festivals and events. I found myself saying yes, even though I was unprepared and terrified. These beautiful and powerful instruments pushed me, again and again, to say yes. They have allowed me to transform my life in ways unimagined, to step up in a more significant way.

When Will Morris entered the scene in 2016, we combined our talents and began to create these unique and extraordinary sound journeys for people. Will brings in synthesizers, multiple flutes, didgeridoo, drums, rattles and many other instruments. Will’s ability to weave sounds in and out of what I do with the gongs is mind-blowing. He continuously surprises and delights me with his flute playing which always seems to come at the perfect moment. I feel blessed and honoured to play and create in this way together.

After years of carting gongs to festivals and events the Kootenay Sound Healing Centre “Gong Temple” was built on our property. We now offer gong journeys on our own land two or three times a week! And people are coming! We live in a very rural location that is not easy to get to, yet most people drive 75 min along a curvy mountain road or cross the lake on a ferry. Didn’t someone say, if you build it, they will come? We are creating a community and a healing environment for people. It has been humbling and rewarding in so many ways.

After playing without instruction for almost 10 years, in 2021 I decided it was time explore the world of gong classes. I had no idea how to teach something that came so naturally to me… I enrolled in several courses over six months with the School of Gong: Mike Tamburo, Thomas Orr Anderson and Mitch Nur. I had no idea my gong playing could become so expanded. While many of the teachings supported what I was already experiencing, or knowing, I was introduced to new perspectives, new skills and various exercises that could keep me feeling inspired to play endlessly. The people coming to our gong journeys noticed too… my entire relationship with these sacred instruments changed. I feel it is time to share my wisdom and experience with my Acutonics community. I have created three new elective classes. Each elective can be taken in any order.

Eeka King, Senior Licensed Acutonics® Faculty, Certified Acutonics® Practitioner

Sixteen students came from all over Australia and congregated in Byron Bay for a 3-day weekend. They didn’t get off easy though, as they had to study all course materials rigorously in the lead up. On Friday they sat for a 2-hour theory exam (not open book). They also had to demonstrate their knowledge and analytical skills through case study analysis, which required them to break down cases and come up with treatment plans. Additionally, students participated in a hands-on point location practical exam to demonstrate their knowledge of points. Saturday the students engaged in a clinic treatment day putting their extensive wisdom and skills into practice with the very fortunate local community. And then the Party began!

On Sunday afternoon we met at a stunning iconic venue in Byron that has a large open outside space underneath massive fig trees and a very cute church hall. We began with a smudge and didge ceremony taking a moment to connect to country and reflect on their personal journey through the Acutonics program. Then they each received their certificates and had the opportunity to share with the group, which included fellow students as well as loved ones who were able to be present for this celebration. After the formal presentation we all shared in a super fun connective experience, a group drumming workshop from a local African percussive teacher. The final celebration included a catered dinner and entertainment from a great African dance music band, Happy Africa. And dance we did!

There was a very special sand rich sense of completion for everyone, and it was especially wonderful for students from all over Australia to have an opportunity fto connect with one another. 

Please join me in congratulating the newly Certified Acutonics® Practitioners in Australia:  Yanina Benavidez, Caitlyn Brightmon, Rebecca Dini, Sara Do, Ruth Donnelly, Amanda Hustler, Candice Lambert, Megumi Matsumura, Meredith Myott, Alissa Nathaniel, Kristina Nott, Jodie Ramona, Jaye Roberts, Tiffany Sassafrass, Tracey Smail, Vanessa Strauss, and Francis Swindells.

An extra special congratulations to Vanessa Strauss for her exceptional work on her Thesis Project. Vanessa completed 6 incredible articles that have been published in the Acutonics Newsletters and on the Acutonics.com website over the last couple of years. She put in hundreds of hours, if you haven’t read them already you can find them here, https://acutonics.com/astrological-insights.

Jude Ponton DC, MAc, LAc
Certified Acutonicsâ Practitioner, Licensed Senior Faculty

The heart spirit or Shen is a spark of the fire of heaven bestowed on us by the stars when we are born. In the Chinese, Vedic, and Hebrew traditions it is known that this spirit resides in the center of the heart. The Shen guides the heavenly spark into expression of our purist potential. It is the seat of inspiration, insight, awareness, and compassion.

The Shen is also viewed as a divine gift of love and enlightenment that flows to us at birth from the Tao, through the Big Dipper and connects us with the star teachers and our cosmic identity. It is our Shen that provides guidance as we travel the path that is our unique expression of the Tao. The sages counseled cultivation of calmness of the spirit. This state of calmness, or consciousness, allows us to live in harmony with our earthly experience even in the face of adversity and chaos. In doing so, we achieve joy in our lives. This cultivation also allows us to express our joy outward to our fellow beings through the field of the heart. This energetic field can extend several feet from our physical form as it touches the heart fields of our fellow travelers with the powerful vibrations of love and compassion, we are able to transmit it to the world.

The heart field and the heart chakra act as a pivot point between the more personal energies of survival and sense of our selves and raises our frequency up through the higher chakras. Doing this creates resonance with more transpersonal frequencies associated with intuition, clairvoyance, and communication with divine source.

Summer provides a portal to the realization of our true nature, revealed to us through deep heart connections. It is a time to build resonance and to optimize our heart’s energy.

The Yin Wei (Yin Linking) Vessel is a good choice for uniting our individual spirit expression, our authentic self, with the self we project into the world. It also promotes the opening of our heart field to both receive and express unconditional love, as well as strengthening the physical aspects of the heart.

To open the heart: New Moon 5th interval, both low and middle octaves, allow deep access if the heart energy has been shut down to provide emotional buffering.

To expand the heart field: Ohm/Jupiter 4th provides expansion and growth.

To expand resonance with the vibration of love: Jupiter/Venus or Hygiea/Venus to experience multidimensional love. Nibiru/Hygiea to access a new matrix of the multidimensional field of the heart.

The Ren (Conception) Vessel can help with nourishing and calming of energies to provide stability and peace for the heart. Use the Full Moon 6^th along with the Low Ohm octave. Venus/Neptune provides peaceful and calming energy.

Another calming point for heart energy is Heart 7 (Spirit Gate), the Source Point of the Heart meridian. This point is effective for calming anxiety and manic energy to allow peace for the Shen. Ohm Unison, Ohm/Neptune or Venus/Hygiea are good here.

Buddha’s Triangle (HT 7, P6, LU 9) calms and eases the energy of the heart and releases stress. Ohm Unison, Venus/Neptune, Neptune/Hygiea are good choices.

Heart Chakra can be influenced by Ren 17 (Chest Center, Original Child). The Solar 7^th interval can activate and nourish the heart at this chakra. Be gentle with Solar 7th energy as too much may produce heat and disturb the Shen. A little goes a long way.

The Jupiter/Venus combination on Ren 17 is very effective to expand the heart field and express unconditional love. Mars/Venus can balance yin and yang energies of the heart.

The Ohm Octave at Ren 17 can bring harmony to the heart at a new level.

Additionally, the high frequency of each of these combinations sounded over the heart, and then used in the field can optimize balance, harmony, and expansion of the higher self.

Jude Ponton is teaching Small Animal Acutonics, July 22^nd-24^th, 2023, and she is offering a FREE forum on June 24^th, Tuning in With Animal Friends. Register for the Forum on Zoom, https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtcOuvqDwiG9TjaYvt3JOcUdEyXbVLtACN  

Jude is also available for in-person and remote sessions; she can be reached at resonate@whispering-dragon.com, https://www.whispering-dragon.com

Donna Carey
From a new poetry collection:
Dreaming with Elk

Elk know shapes of land
not property
winter wheats
clovers
alive in layered snows
February tributaries of forest paths
wealthy fields 
no ownership
just tasks
trusting safe passage
rows of wild roses
vine maples
aspens, oak
seasons staples
 
Lighting the milky way
deep in winter skies
forging a melody
elk lullabies

There are so many secrets
we will never know
beauties that sleep
breathe and grow
greens
new geometries

Hidden in forests
heart of trees
pinons sacred cartographies
 
Donna Carey, LAc is co-founder of the Acutonics Institute of Integrative Medicine, LLC, she can be reached at donna@acutonics.com, read more about her work at www.acutonics.com

Carmen Cicotti LMT CAcP

Water is associated with the kidneys and bladder in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and its energy is closely tied to the winter season. With the arrival of spring, we begin to embrace the energy of the Wood element. The Wood element represents growth, expansion, and movement, just like the budding of new plants and flowers. As we emerge from the darkness of winter, it is an excellent time to nourish our body and spirit with this vital energy of water as we open to the insight and vision offered by the Wood element.

Some recommended tuning fork combinations for this time include:

Water Element Support

• Low Ohm/Low Full Moon 6th to deeply nourish the Yin waters.
• Saturn/Full Moon 5th (Low and Mid) to provide nourishing foundational support of Kidney Yin and Yang.
• Neptune/New Moon microtone (Low and Mid) to nourish the primordial yin waters and the emergence of our dreams and inspirations from these watery depths.
  • DU 4 (Ming Men)
  • Urinary Bladder 23 (Kidney Shu)
  • Kidney 1 & 3 (Gushing Spring and Great Ravine) 

Water Nourishing Wood

• Ohm/Full Moon 6th on Liver 3 (Great Surge)
• Ohm/New Moon 5th on Liver 3 (Great Surge)
• Neptune/New Moon microtone on Liver 3 (Great Surge)

Extraordinary Vessels - to support the movement of Water into Wood 

• Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) - nourishing the creative Yin reservoir with the microtones of 
  • Neptune/New Moon microtone Low-Mid-High
  • Venus/Full Moon microtone Low-Mid- High
• Yang Wei Mai (Yang Linking Vessel) - networking the exterior - allowing these nourishing waters from deep within to support the outward movement of the souls' destiny into the rising new growth of spring.
  • Sun/Sedna microtone to warm and coax what has been hidden out from these watery depths. 
• Nibiru/Venus 4th to generate and grow the creative potential that is emerging from the primordial yin. 

In addition to Acutonics treatments, there are other practices that can help restore balance to the water element during the springtime. These include:

• Staying hydrated by drinking plenty of water and eating foods with high water content, such as leafy greens and citrus fruits.
• Getting regular exercise to promote circulation and energy flow.
• Practicing mindfulness and meditation to cultivate inner stillness and peace. 

As we move through the transition from winter to spring, let's take the time to honor the water element and all that it represents. By using Acutonics and other practices to restore balance, we can enter the new season with renewed vitality and well-being.

For more information on using intervalic frequency combinations, please refer to your Level IV training or sign up for this class. These particular intervals are safe and therapeutic in the examples shown here. If you haven’t studied this yet, you can pair each frequency tone with Ohm.

Carmen Cicotti LMT, CAcP, Senior Faculty 
Acutonics Institute of Integrative Medicine
carmen@northwestacutonics.com       
www.northwestacutonics.com 
Class Schedule: https://northwestacutonics.corsizio.com

Jude Ponton, DC. LAc
Certified Acutonics® Practitioner, Senior Licensed Acutonics Faculty

The energy of the liver is responsible for the smooth flow qi in the body. It regulates how the energy moves. Liver imbalances show up as excesses such as unrestrained liver yang and fire; as liver deficiencies (of yin and blood) and as liver stagnation, or stuckness.

The five-element correspondence of springtime to the liver makes spring a particularly powerful time, traditionally, to address psycho-spiritual issues associated with the Hun.

The spirits associated with all the energy systems that make us up come into play, and must be balanced, for the creative process to take place by which manifestation enters our shared reality. The Hun is a pivotal energy in this process.

The Hun spirit helps to bring our inner dreams into awareness. It animates our creativity and aspirations, provides clarity of vision and direction, and opens a portal to possibilities. The Hun empowers us to see our path and purpose and provides support to stay clear in our direction and have the courage to hold steady to integrity and incorruptibility. It helps us to see the “big picture” and create strategies for the unfolding of our destiny.

It is said that the Hun imagination interfaces with Shen consciousness, (the energy of pure potentiality), to create manifestation, for both are yang in nature. This provides the initial step in creating our own reality. The liver energy must flow smoothly on all levels to allow our connection with the source of undifferentiated oneness, the energy of potentiality, the Tao.

Many of the things that lead to stagnation of liver energy and hinder the ability to allow merging of our perception with that of our higher spiritual selves are lifestyle issues. Physical influences include too much coffee, alcohol, and other drugs. Psychological influences include stress, unexpressed emotions, and rigidity in the way we think or in our beliefs. Constrained energy, stuck energy, inhibits our ability to allow the Tao to flow smoothly through us.

We can access the energy of springtime and expansion and allow the Hun spirit to potentiate moving forward in life and release resistance that holds us back.

In these challenging times of polarity and limited perspective accessing the flow and flexibility of the Hun spirit can be of great value.

These treatment suggestions focus on opening the flow of the liver to allow full expression of the Hun.

Extraordinary Vessels:

Yang Wei Mai – helps us to hear our inner guidance and see our way forward accessing our transformational path – New Moon 5th to open the way, Full Moon 6th to bring full expression and illumination of our destiny. The Zodiac 3rd can also be used to break up resistance to new ways of being and to disperse patterns that no longer serve us. Ohm/Jupiter 4th can be employed to expand beyond limitations. Hygiea/Jupiter promotes expansion into other dimensions of awareness.

Dai Mai – helps us to release constraints to moving forward- Zodiac 3rd to break through frustration of not advancing.  New Moon 5th to release old emotional habits. Ohm/Uranus 5th to break up barriers and to allow more decisive movement.

Other Points:

Open the Hun spirit point UB 47 (Hun Gate-3 Cun lateral to the spinous process of T9) with the New Moon 5th and/or open and expand the expression of the Hun with the Jupiter/New Moon combination.

LIV 3 (Great Surge), LIV 14 (Cycle Gate), UB 18 (Liver Shu) all address the flow and balance of liver energy and enhance the process of allowing. Use the New Moon 5th to open, the Ohm Jupiter 4th to expand. Also, the Jupiter/Neptune combination can be used with these points to open and encourage smooth flow of the liver energy.

GB 40 (Hill Ruins) helps to see things from a higher perspective with increased clarity. New Moon/Jupiter can open to an expanded view.

The 6th chakra point, Yin Tang, can be treated with the New Moon/Jupiter combination to open and expand vision and allow insight for transformation along with the above liver related points.

Her latest book represents an accumulation of more than forty years of experience in working with the spirits of the acupuncture points, plant spirits, energetic touch, astrological energies, ley lines, energy earth temples and healing prayers. It provides the reader with a clear understanding of the ways in which energy and spiritual meditation can be used every day to bring health, happiness, balance, and joy to life. She demystifies the use of acupoints, but also acknowledge the power of healing hands, and the strength in calling on the wisdom of the ancients to help us better understand ourselves and our world.

Debra describes this new book as being written for the general public, but it also includes in-depth materials found in some of her other written works. She also writes about her work with Acutonics tuning forks and gem tips.

As a devoted and passionate lover of the Earth and all its creatures, Debra sings the seven songs of love each morning over the oceans of all beings. She hopes this book will help others truly transform themselves and the Earth so that we are able to reside in a place of peace, respect, tranquility, and vibrant vitality.

The Third edition of Characters of Wisdom, also by Debra Kaatz is in stock. Filled with a rich Five Element perspective of acupuncture points, each of the Elements cand the Eight Extraordinary Vessels. She relays in beautiful prose the ways in which the Chinese characters tell a story about healing of mind, body, and spirit. This book elaborates on the Taoist tales regarding each of the points and their healing energy. It has been described as an inspired addition to all traditions of acupuncture, and an indispensable resource. The third edition expands on the spiritual dimension of the points and their healing qualities and clearly introduces protocols from the Nei Jing and Su Wen on rebalancing the Five Elements. There is also information on the use of Acutonics Gem Tips instead of or in conjunction with needles.

Debra lives in Cornwall England in a 200-year-old house with a walled garden she renovated herself with some help. She hopes you enjoy this beautiful world we live in and all its wonderful energies.

Donna Carey

Each journey
Each day
Each rock
Each way

*The holy land is everywhere
Every little thing is sent for something

Each seed climbing
Suns luminosity
Each heart receptive
Mountains generosity

Rising waves lilting
Distant shores
Pelicans performing
Daily chores

Behold this day it is yours to make

San Diego twitters
“been good to see ya”
Venice cries
“Holy Shit Mamma Mia!”

Inuits float on melting ice
Indochines flooding
No more rice
Whales broadcasting in open seas
Flies are marrying bumblebees
Monks defrocked from crystal meth
Ecologists discover arithmetic

For I was seeing in a sacred manner
The shapes of all things in the spirit

Draught is haunting everywhere
Jet streams fill the ocean air
Food supplies are running low
DOW is making its biggest show

The shape of shapes as they must live together as one

Each seed clamors for suns luminosity
Each soul hungers for moons
Numinosity

There is no power in a square

Each journey
Each day
Each rock
Each way

The holy land is everywhere

*Words in italic come from the writings of Black Elk

Donna Carey

Suddenly
thirsty fields
with poring rain
take on
renewed
green beauty
Elk dancing with colored scarves
jubilee from Noah’s ark
everything welcome

Bison
teach in far reaches
sing in mountains
plod on beaches
something restored
Rains settle over burn scars
accept quiet healing
Do we?

Trust

Understand
water won’t be the end of us
just a beginning
we will be the end of us
(think we are winning?)

Elk perform rituals
Patient with humanity’s
reticence       
restoring countenance
of sanity’s rainbow

In the whirlpool of sensation
Elk averse to misinformation
dance with colored scarves
recreation
pueblo drums beat in the distance
inviting hearts to new resistance
challenge tides of supreme rule
supplicate
to natures jewels
dance with elk
dream with elk

out of social trance
prepare fertile soil’s
renaissance
beyond culture wars
senseless toils
endless royals
here’s the door
(to relevance anymore)
Monarchs should be butterflies

Centuries construct
skewed ledgers
endless gains endless losses
we remain hibernating
cries are for celebrating
sloughing the mosses
worlds we created
all existence
is ready for us

despite ignorant persistence

bathe in regeneration

thirsty fields with
pouring rain take on
renewed green beauty
disparate chords of new sensation
elk wait for us there

Manifesting
Robustly patient
Stoic

Their duty
Our quest: Nothing short of heroic

By Carmen Cicotti, LMT, CAcP, Senior Licensed Acutonics Faculty

This quiet Yin time, where everything slows down, is a time for restoration and a time to nourish our roots; the roots of our mind, with wisdom teachings; the roots of our body, with warming and grounding foods; and the roots of our soul, with the deep remembrance of who we are and to see this reflection in the spirit and nature of all things.

This is the season of the Water Element and we can observe this grounding, nourishing nature in water, as it continually seeks the lowest ground, returning to the source to be still. This is the essence of being present, where life is generated deep in the dark DNA of a seed. Therein lies the potential and Jing essence for Life.

And as we, in this northern hemisphere, sink into these depths, approaching the longest night of the Winter Solstice, our Acutonics community of teachers, students and practitioners in the southern hemisphere are entering the exulted, spirited days of summer and their Summer Solstice. With these two simultaneous solstices embracing our Earth home, we collectively experience the polarities of Water and Fire, also known in Qi Gong practices and Taoist Alchemy as the Kan and Li. Kan is the cooling still water and Li is the spirited fire. Together they create a powerful dance that births the immortal spirit and unites with the Tao. We also see this interplay with the Ren (Yin) and the Du (Yang) as they unite in the microcosmic orbit.

When we are at the apex of one of these polarities, we naturally seek the other in creating balance and integration. When we work with the frequencies of the seasonal elements, we can look toward the frequencies in the home of our solar system and our celestial family, which link us innately to our roots.

Restorative Frequencies for the Water Element

As this is the ultimate Yin season and that supporting Yin is key to so many aspects of our health and longevity, there are many frequencies we can choose from to nourish and support the Yin during this time.

• Ohm: Provides the grounding return to our roots and our home 
• Full Moon: Ultimate restorer of Yin, particularly when the moon is full
• Neptune: Watery depths to work in the under currents during this time when Neptune travels through the constellation of Pisces
• New Moon: Darkness of Yin, gently guides us to the zero point of this season 
• Saturn: The roots, structure, and stability of Yin, supports and gives strength to the seed of potential
• Pluto: The dark underground home of the Yin where the gems are birthed
• Venus: The creative Yin of feminine passion and beauty
• Hygeia: Supports the cleanse, restoration, and wholeness of this season with generosity and gratitude
• Nibiru: Remembrance of our cosmic roots and origins as we restore our seed of potential throughout these winter months
• Sun: As our guide through the dark, warms the Yin and calls for the light to return 

The use of these frequencies on the microcosmic orbit with the Ren Mai and the Du Mai along with our home tone, Ohm or in various combinations that you have learned about in the Acutonics Advanced Level Classes, are an effective way to support the restoration and nourishment this season offers.

If you would like to dive deeper in this topic with the exploration and use of these frequencies during this Yin season, please join me in the upcoming

 January Study Group, The Water Element and the Restoration of Yin This is an awesome way to deepen your practice, learn protocols to use on yourself and in your practice, earn clinical hours and to meet other students and practitioners.

Sending you all much love and harmony and light! 

Carmen Cicotti 
LMT, CAcP, Senior Faculty 
Acutonics Institute of Integrative Medicine

carmen@northwestacutonics.com       
www.northwestacutonics.com 

Class Schedule: https://northwestacutonics.corsizio.com

Link for the January Study Group https://northwestacutonics.corsizio.com/c/635224355b203929f4ff1b5a

Jude Ponton DC, MAc, LAc, Certified Acutonics® Practitioner and Licensed Teacher

Winter is the season of stillness, the Water element, when we revert to the root, to our essence, to gather energy. It is a time for rest and consolidation in preparation for Spring growth. This is the time for concentrating reserves of yin energy that nourish the seeds of who we are becoming. The yin fire ignites our will to overcome obstacles and manifest our destiny. The Yellow Emperor is quoted as saying “At this time you must not disturb or displace the yang energy so that you can allow the yin reserves to be established within you.”

Ideally, we make time for self-nurturance and rest.  However, for many people, there is no real change to the pace of life at season’s change. Rather than gathering reserves, most people run at their usual speed. We are not taught emphasis on rest and consolidation of our energy reserves. We are not focused on the energy of potentiality that resides deep within the Life Gate (between the kidneys).

The year’s end is expressing a culmination of extreme duality and the fear and distrust that accompanies it. The energy of Sedna can act as an antidote to these feelings. Both yin and yang, Sedna is the expression of the confluence of opposing energies. In her capacity as a superconductor, she can assist us in accelerated movement toward experiences of unity and alignment with the Tao. Hygiea promotes expression of multidimensional alignment.

In our practices, we can offer energetic support for the Kidneys, the storehouse of essence and creative power. This is an opportunity to support the balance of yin and yang as winter begins its shift to spring and to promote consolidation of core energy and ground it at the root.

Utilizing points and intervals that support the Kidney energy and incorporating the Governing (Du) and Conception (Ren) vessels, we can provide harmonic foundation for renewal and becoming.

Here are a few ideas:

UB 23 (Kidney Shu): Mars/Venus 5th to bring balance to the yin and yang aspects of the Kidney.
Low Sedna/Low Venus to balance Kidney yin and yang at the deep level of Yin Fire.
Low Sedna/Low Hygiea for multidimensional coherence.

DU 4 (Life Gate): Solar 7th to support the yang energy of the Kidney and all of the energy systems of the body

KID 3 (Great Ravine): Mars/Venus 5th to balance yin and yang at the source. Sedna/Venus 6th as Sedna supports both yin and yang and has the energy of super conduction and Venus directs the energy to the Kidneys. Hygiea/Venus for coherence of kidney energy at all levels.

REN 4 (Origin Pass): Saturn/Venus 5th to consolidate the yin energy of the Kidney.

The Ren Mai and Du Mai, the ultimate yin and yang channels can be employed to balance duality:

On the Ren Mai extraordinary vessel (The most yin of the vessels): Full Moon/Venus microtone to strongly nourish yin followed by Saturn/Venus 5th to consolidate the Kidney yin or Sedna/Venus, Sedna/Full Moon, Sedna/Saturn to activate and consolidate Kidney yin.

On the Du Mai extraordinary vessel (The most yang of the vessels): Solar 7th to strengthen yang energy followed by Mars/Venus 5th to bring Mars yang, activating energy and direct it to the Kidneys.

In these challenging times we can use our cosmic frequencies to bring stillness and to aid in support of the spark of coherence and unity in the Field.

SELF & FAMILY CARE
ACUTONICS® Sound Medicine
OCTOBER 1, 2022
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

ACUTONICS @ HOME
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2022
2:00 – 5:00 PM CDT
3 hour Zoom workshop

Research into the efficacy of Acutonics has demonstrated that with simple self-care techniques it is possible to reduce stress and anxiety, lower blood pressure, and ease the symptoms of anxiety and depression. The goal is always to help you achieve physiological homeostasis as well as the balance of body, mind, and spirit.
 
This is a great opportunity to learn more about Acutonics for personal or family self-care, there are two upcoming classes offered live on Zoom with senior faculty member, Mary Burke Kelly.

Acutonics Self and Family Care is a one-day workshop, offered on October 1. This class was developed for those with an interest in Acutonics, who want to deepen their understanding of how to treat themselves and their family members but don’t plan to become a practitioner, or perhaps just want to experience a short class to decide if you’d like to study it in more depth. In this class you will learn theory as well as practical step-by-step applications on where to place the tuning forks for maximum benefit. If you don’t have Acutonics sound tools yet, Mary provides a great option to either rent or purchase the tuning forks.

Acutonics @ Home, a 3-hour workshop offered on October 8, is designed for non-practitioners, our clients, and the general public to have access to a simple Acutonics tuning fork routine for physical and emotional balance at home. This three- hour workshop on Zoom is designed to empower those who don’t want a three-day in-depth Acutonics class or just want to be able to help their own digestion, pain, or frustration and learn to get grounded and balanced. The Acutonics @ Home workshop was developed for minimum investment in time and money for anyone interested in basic Acutonics tuning fork self-care.
 
For more information on both self-care classes or to register contact Mary. https://www.dfwacutonics.com/acutonics-at-home.html
Email: Mary@dfwacutonics.com
817-918-3939 text or call

Donna Carey

Let’s go to safety
Out of here
I can’t think. . .
Heat’s all around us
Extinction on the brink

Remember
Remember

Migration paths
Drink this sacred river water
Then do the math

We keep wisdom of space
Movement of spheres
But must confront
New context is here
Now
Reaction is necessary
Progress imperative

Keep moving
Keep hoping

For humanities new narrative

Exasperating yes
When we should be contemplating
Our own fate
What is extra perception
Reflection when arrival is late

Nothing

Regret
Time to remember deeply
As we run from home, all that was
Not forget what is Green
Remember the template
Remember the dream
The visions
The sacraments
What is unseen
Don’t forget
traces
Trails of high intent
Resist derailing from
numbness
Lament all that is here
Friends
Birds
Forests
So dear
So scorched

We are Elk!!!

Receiving humanities messages
Tramping through matchsticks of ruin
reconstructing cultures
excavating ash
we want to roam free
in these pastures and woods
replant for generations
until they have understood
the gift

WE will guard the wilds
the shapes and maps and land
not become jerky
by hunter’s hand

humans’ fascination with
fire and firearms
never ends well
We have our work cut out
Floods are tracking
Erasing all doubt

• The Elk

Donna Carey

Many of our teachers and community attended classes and teacher training with Steve Evans about 20 years ago experiencing his enthusiasm, optimism, and commitment to being a source of love and light for others. For a time, Steve lived in Llano, and we went on many walks and snowshoes with our dogs and people too. We shared a great love for nature, dogs and transforming humanity. Later he moved to Taos to continue his body work practice in combination with Acutonics. I was always struck by the spiritual commitment of my Sagittarius brother, his dedication to service, and his optimism. We would often talk about peoples’ capacity to change, their willingness or unwillingness, and what always stood in the way. We always ended with how can we help? And stay curious.

His life changed and took him out of New Mexico, and he continued his personal journey of evolution, change and transformation. We lost touch with one another but during the catastrophic fires here in New Mexico he reconnected as he had moved back to New Mexico. He was concerned for us and the Mothership and only later through our conversations did I realize his own struggles and health condition. 

The re-connection allowed us to recognize time is nothing except when it is at your doorstep. He was suffering very much, but always kept a positive attitude, and demonstrated a deep understanding of personal and collective history. Our numerous texts and encoded messages were deep and sincere. I cannot share his final thoughts and evening pondering, as they were private. However, I can tell you that until the end of his life, Steve remained who he was, troubled by his past mistakes, realizing, and embracing his humanity and vulnerability, devoted to a life of the spirit and of healing and mending the broken.

Steve during an early morning walk at Sunrise Ranch, (bottom left), where we all learned the wisdom "we will know what we need to know when we need to know it."

As Steve contemplated going into hospice as soon as possible, open to other avenues and doors, he shared the Bodhisattva Prayer for Humanity with me and said he realized it was up to all of us to be a source of love and light.

May I be a guard for those who need protection,
a guide for those on the path,
a boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood.
May I be a lamp in the darkness,
a resting place for the weary,
a healing medicine for all who are sick,
a vase of plenty, a tree of miracles.
And for the boundless multitudes of living beings,
may I bring sustenance and awakening,
enduring like the earth and sky
until all beings are freed from sorrow
and all are awakened.

— Shantideva, Indian Buddhist sage, 700 AD
 
Steven died peacefully in the company of Tawny his devoted partner of 14 years and his dog, Saint.

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc
Senior Acutonics Practitioner and Licensed Teacher

Alchemy is a process of transformation. The alchemist is said to distill the purer essence of something from its denser and coarser form. In the European tradition the focus of the alchemist was finding the process of transmuting baser metals such as lead, into purer, more valuable substances such as gold or silver. The other aspect of this tradition is the pursuit of the so-called Philosopher’s Stone. The Philosopher’s Stone represents an attempt to create an elixir that would create rejuvenation and immortality.

There ancient tradition of alchemy in China goes back to the earliest Taoist roots of Chinese Medicine. In some cases, this took the form of finding substances, or elixirs, that would attempt to produce longevity or immortality. This was considered outer alchemy. There is also a long Taoist tradition of Inner Alchemy. Inner alchemy uses techniques, such as breathing, meditation and tai qi to improve the condition of the body. Out of this came the idea of creating an elixir of immortality by cultivating substances already present in the body, particularly, The Three Treasures, Jing, Qi, and Shen or essence, vital energy, and spiritual energy respectively. Practices of inner alchemy like the Microcosmic Orbit brought together the energies of Heaven and Earth to merge and harmonize these Yin and Yang elements. Taoist practices were developed as a way of cultivating and refining the spirit to merge with the Tao. This level of consciousness allows identification with spirit and an understanding that we are immortal beings.

In more modern times we see alchemical processes included in the work of Carl Jung who, in part, viewed alchemy as a spiritual path and thought that the practice of alchemy changed the mind and spirit of the alchemist.

More recently, a modern alchemist, Dr. Albert Richard Riedel, aka Frater Albertus Spagyricus, founded the Paracelsus Research Society, which later evolved into the Paracelsus College. In his book, The Alchemist’s Handbook, he describes alchemy as “the raising of vibrations”.

We view Acutonics as a modern practice of alchemy. In the practice of Acutonics we use cosmic vibrations to create transformative and transmutative experiences for our clients. The frequencies that we employ help to create vibrational shifts, not only in the most elemental constituents of our physical makeup but, more significantly, in our connection with universal consciousness, the Tao. In our experience, Acutonics not only changes the vibratory state of those we serve but, in alignment with Jung’s view, our own minds and spirits transform as well.

Particularly with the application of Acutonics frequencies to the extraordinary vessels, we find a deep capacity to release old denser patterns and attachments to make way for new possibilities. The extraordinary vessels, which form before the regular meridians, are the basis of our development in utero, and can be viewed as vehicles for reconnection with the undifferentiated (before-heaven) state that brings us closer to our Source.

We offer the following as suggestions for facilitating this alchemical process:

The Chong, Penetrating Vessel, is the first of the extraordinary vessels to form from the undifferentiated oneness and expresses pure connection to Source and to non-duality. Use the New Moon 5th to allow this connection, and Nibiru/Sedna to access unity with Divine Source and a sense of oneness with all things.

The Yin Wei, Yin Linking Vessel, is our clearest connection to new possibilities and the pure essence of our inner being through the powerful field of our heart. Use Jupiter/Sun to expand the heart field and enhance the experience of joy, and Venus/Neptune for creativity, love, and compassion

May this inspire you to embrace your inner alchemist in your transformational practices.

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc is in clinical practice. She offers in-person classes and one-on-one tutorials in the Seattle area. She can be reached at 206-706-2836, resonate@whispering-dragon.com, https://www.whispering-dragon.com

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc
Senior Acutonics Practitioner and Licensed Teacher

The Yi is the spirit of clear intention and manifestation. It is the energy that moves beyond thinking into intention. From the perspective of quantum energetics, we would consider that the Yi supports the transformation from wave form to particle reality. This energy informs clarity of thought to bring our vision into manifestation. Our intention becomes rooted in the Earth and takes physical form.

The Earth element supports the function of the Spleen and Stomach, digestion, and assimilation not only of food but ideas and dreams. Imbalances of the Spleen/Stomach manifest as digestive disturbances, and imbalances of the Yi spirit can reveal themselves as a kind of “psychospiritual indigestion”. We may see an inability to assimilate and digest impressions and experiences and transform them into manifestation. Worry is associated with Spleen imbalance, creating a decrease of energy to support the Yi in its function of supporting the expression of our destiny.

Here are some suggestions for frequencies and points to support the Yi spirit.

The Chong EV is the first vessel to emerge from Source and is connected to the manifestation of our destiny. The New Moon 5th interval can be used for opening the channel, followed by the Earth Day 5th to build energy for nourishing the Earth and the Yi, and Hygiea/Nibiru to create a multidimensional matrix for manifesting our vision.

SP 3 (Supreme White) the source point of the Spleen accesses the Yi spirit. The Earth Day 5th can be used to nourish and support the Yi and Mars/Venus assists in creative manifestation.

UB 20 (Spleen Shu) provides strong support of Spleen energy. The Earth Day 5th and Saturn/Venus provide sustenance to the creative Yi spirit.

Ren 17/Solar Plexus Chakra (Original Child) is an excellent point to connect to our personal power. Apply Mars/Venus here.

3 Treasures (Du 20, Ren 4, Ren 17) Apply Venus/Hygiea to create multidimensional coherence of body, mind, and spirit to support the integration of heavenly and earthly qi in particle reality.

Jude Ponton DC, LAc is co-author of Acutonics from Galaxies to Cells and the case-study companion guide, as well as Acutonics for Dogs and Cats. She is a senior faculty member, cand clinical mentor, she can be reached at Whispering Dragon (206) 706-2836, resonate@whispering-dragon.com, www.whispering-dragon.com

Lynn Wedekind, MEd, Acutonics Senior Faculty

“Light up the fire of love inside and blaze the thoughts away.” – Rumi

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.” – Buddha

*The text Chief Arvol’s plea to join in Worldwide Prayer and Ceremony on June 21st, 2022, is provide below. 

Last year at this time, Donna requested a protocol to aid in squelching the out-of-control fires. I developed one that involves planetary archetypes and intervals, and it is provided below. I propose we focus on this (or a protocol of your choice) daily, to assist in eliminating the current Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon fire, which is affecting the Mothership. Focus on elimination of this fire as well as any fires that are devastating our world.

Interplanetary Intervals to address excess yang from fires

1. Mid Sun/Mid Mars (Major 2nd), addresses the moving fires
2. Low Full Moon/Mid Sedna (minor 2nd), waters, moves, and pulls the fire down
3. Low Sedna/Low Chiron (minor 3rd), heal the water and Earth
4. Low Full Moon/Mid Chiron (Perfect 4th) to water and nurture our wounded Earth. All 3 levels of FM/Chiron 4th
5. Low Chiron/Low Venus (Perfect 5th), to heal our hearts and choose love over fear. All 3 levels of Chiron Venus 5th.
6. Sedna/Full Moon (minor 7th), to pull and expand the waters to suppress the yang.
7. Chiron Octaves (octave) healing Heaven, Earth & Humanity
   Low Chiron to Mid Chiron, Mid Chiron to High Frequency Chiron
8. Low Sedna/Mid Hygiea (Major 10th) or Mid Sedna/ High Frequency Hygiea 1, High Frequency Sedna/High Frequency Hygiea 2. Hygiea brings the highest calling of Sedna forward. The interval of the 10th represents a return to unity, an expression of infinite and multidimensional potential. The experience of feeling Human Divinity; being merged with God and the Cosmos; the Numinous.

With a lack of fire, there is a lack of drive, ambition, inability to access and express joy, or to feel and/or express feelings. Some describe this as a closed heart and in Buddhist tradition; when one’s heart is shut down, there is suffering.

When the element of fire is in balance, we experience the radiance, warmth, effervescence, expansive and yang nature, allowing for the growth and full potential of life. The power of fire comes from the capacity to liberate heat and light and realize joy and fulfillment. In the body, this delicate balance dance occurs between the heart (fire), lungs (metal), and kidneys (water), with proper kidney functioning providing restraint of fire. 

The ancients revered fire as a gift from the Sun god and many indigenous honored Grandfather fire, Tatewari, (Wichol Nation of Mexico), confessing their taboos to the fire for purification and redemption of their souls. This is a common cosmology among various native tribal cultures.

In Astrology the heart is ruled by the Sun. Those born under the fiery sign of Leo, July 23rd – August 22nd, are on a life path to understand the ego, desolation of it and keep it in check, making the choice to lead from the love of the heart. Just as the light of the Sun shines light on our day, Leo’s shine the light of love through their passionate presence in all that they do. They reflect their love and light unto us and the world we know and remind us to stay the course of love through these changing and challenging times.

What lies ahead over the Summer with regards to the Planetary bodies above? Pluto the planet of transformative powers went retrograde April 29th, for its yearly 5-month phase till October 8th. With Pluto, the choice to do our inner work offers the reward of our soul’s evolution. During the next 3 months, while we enjoy the Summer’s Sun, the beauty and bounty of fruits and flowers in bloom, we have the opportunity to cultivate our inner garden and reflect upon 5 planetary bodies stationing retrograde; Jupiter, Saturn, Chiron, Uranus and Neptune.

Retrograde planets in general allow us the opportunity to re-examine, rethink, and revise any archetypal quality that the planet may represent to us individually and especially how this retrograde period is presenting itself within our transit chart.

From Five Element Theory, whereas the element of Summer is fire, the sound of the element of fire is laughter (light-heartedness), with the color of fire red (for love, passion, rising from the red flames of transformation as the phoenix).

In her book “Character’s of Wisdom” Debra Katz describes the Chinese character for the emotion of fire as joy or Le. The character is drawn as a drum over a wooden music stand that has beautiful bells on either side. It represents joyful music that gladdens our hearts. The drum is ceremonial used in various sacred rites and observances. The sounds of these large instruments are used to invite spirits to come and join in the ceremony. In this way all the ancestors and gods are invited to come to earth for a brief while. In their presence everyone could be influenced by the greatness and form a brief relationship with that wisdom. 

This relationship of being in the blessed presence of the ancient ones produces a deep harmony within each person and provides a feeling of great joy. It is the joy of deep understanding that brings enlightenment when we can touch those things that are beyond ourselves. It is where we are given a glimpse of the infinite beauty of the world and life. The Chinese believe that the heart must remain open to receive such wisdom. 

An open heart allows us to connect with the numinous. Defined by Wikipedia as a term derived from the Latin numen, meaning "arousing spiritual or religious emotion; mysterious or awe-inspiring." The term was given its present sense by the German theologian and philosopher Rudolf Otto in his influential 1917 German book The Idea of the Holy.

In his analytic work, Carl Jung witnessed every day the power and impact the numinous had in his own life, and in the lives of his patients and colleagues. An experience of the numinous is what allowed his patients feelings of liberation and relief. In Jung’s words, “powerful feelings are always involved in any encounter of the numinous”. From this powerful feeling experience, one can feed “the hunger of the soul”.

For cultivating expanded consciousness and the numinous consider the following points and progressions.
BL 10, Celestial Pillar
BL 60, Kun Lun Mountain

• Low Sedna/ Low Hygiea (M3); feel the triumph of the sound of Sedna and Hygiea, in the human body on the earth plane (Steiner).
• Low Hygiea/ Mid Sun (P5); Planetary 5th Portal allows expanded consciousness through Hygiea and Sun.
• Mid Sedna/ Hygiea HF1 (10th) followed by HF Sedna/Hygiea HF2 (10th); feel our Human Divinity, the Numinous experience of awe from feeling the love of God & the Cosmos.

Summer is the season to focus our hearts on healing any parts of ourselves that keep our heart from remaining open to receive the blessings bestowed upon us from our ever-expanding consciousness as a human species.

This is a good time to build nourish and water the kidneys, consider the following points and intervals.

KID 25, 24 & 23, Mountain of Balance Points
UB 23, to build Lung Qi
LU 9 and UB 13

• Open with New Moon P5th (Ohm/New Moon)
• Sedna/New Moon M6 (Major 6th)
• Sedna/Full Moon m7 (minor 7th) – our most Yin Interval
• Sedna Octave
• Consider any part of this sequence with Ren 17After watering at Ren 17, follow with mid Sun fork on Ren 17 and High Frequency Venus circling around the head.
• Mid Sun/ HF Venus m14th (minor 14th; the seventh above the octave is reaching beyond our cosmos to multidimensionality allowing multi-dimensional love.
• Follow with HF Venus/ Hygiea HF2 & Hygiea HF3 Asteroid (M12th), the second overtone in the Law of Harmony Series an example of multi-dimensional love!

Chief Arvol Looking Horse is asking humanity to pray for healing Grandmother Earth on June 21st, 2022. He requests that the 2-legged go to our sacred sites and perform ceremony; go within our hearts and feel the Numinous, our sacred union with the divine. From this day forward, may we all, with open hearts, kindle and ignite our numinous and keep our inner light shining from the inside out, during these changing and challenging times.

Lynn Wedekind teaches the entire Acutonics curriculum in Baja Mexico at the beautiful Tierra Canta Baja Sound Healing Retreat Sanctuary; a refuge to rest, relax, rejuvenate, breathe, expand, & transform. She also developed and teaches the innovative elective, Interplanetary Intervals: Foundational Concepts. The next offering of this online 8-week elective, begins July 9th and runs to August 27th. This course will expand your knowledge of Cosmic Music and Intervals, from a historical, alchemical, and mathematical perspective, the Law of the Octave and the Overtone Series and how they apply to the Acutonics Healing System.

Full details for all of Lynn's upcoming classes can be found at this link. You can contact Lynn directly at tuneintuit@gmail.com; Web: www.tierracantabaja.com; Call: (360) 353-4488

Here is his urgent message for June 21, 2022:

“We warned that one day you would not be able to control what you have created, that day is here. Now we must unite once again to create an energy shift upon Grandmother Earth. She cannot take any more impact from all the selfish decisions being made.

We have come to that place in this time upon Earth, to now make a stand together. To unite – each in our own sacred life ways we have chosen to walk, whatever religion or belief, go to your sacred spaces and join us in these special prayers for the Earth on June 21^st. It has been proven we can create miracles when we unite spiritually.

Many white animals have shown their sacred color throughout the world now, and they continue to communicate that we are at the crossroads. We have walked through two years of losing many relatives through a terrible disease, and so have the animal and plant life also continue to suffer. The imbalance of Mni wic’oni (water of life) causing droughts and fires to severe flooding is everywhere, and I feel more suffering is to come from all these poor choices being made.

I humbly request a time from each of the two legged in this world to send a prayer to heal our precious Earth and the balance of Mni wic’oni to be restored. Begin to prepare in your homelands to unite – All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer – for the sake of Grandmother Earth, our source of life not a resource”.

In a sacred hoop of life where there is no ending in no beginning,

Chief Arvol Looking Horse
19^th Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc
Senior Licensed Acutonics Faculty, Certified Acutonics® Practitioner

In our Acutonics community, our hearts have been troubled by the fire threats to our beloved Mothership and dear friends and mentors. Many of us have consciously or unconsciously contracted our expansive heart fields as a means of protection from further assault.

The natural frequency of our Hearts is joy, compassion, love, optimism, and expansion. Our Hearts are the doorway to limitless potential.

The Ancients considered Summer Solstice to be a time when magic was strong in the Field and more easily accessed. Acutonics frequencies allow us to open portals that aid in re-tuning our hearts to joy, optimism and love to access the infinite possibilities that are available through the field of our Heart.

Here are some suggestions to aid in re-tuning our Hearts.

Extraordinary Vessel Treatment (choose only 2 per treatment)
Yin Wei to open our Hearts and expand the Heart field, use NM 5th, Venus/Neptune, Venus/Hygiea, or Jupiter/Venus

Ren Mai to nourish our Hearts use FM 6th, FM/Venus, Neptune/Hygiea

Yin Qiao for self-love and self-healing, Venus/Neptune, Venus/Hygiea, Chiron/Hygiea

Heart Chakra: Venus/Jupiter, High frequency Sun/Jupiter in the Field.
UB 15: Venus/Hygiea or Venus/FM
3 Treasures (REN 4, Ren 17, DU 20): Mars/Venus or Hygiea/Venus
Buddha’s Triangle: HT 7, P 6, LU 9, Venus/Neptune or Ohm Unison

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc is in clinical practice. She offers in-person classes and one-on-one tutorials in the Seattle area. She can be reached at 206-706-2836, resonate@whispering-dragon.com, http://www.whispering-dragon.com

Lynn Wedekind, MEd, Acutonics Senior Faculty

The multitude of dramatic changes occurring on our planet and in the Cosmos, are a potent reminder that natural cycles occur over time and have been written about by many Indigenous cultures throughout the Millennia. In Hopi prophecies we learn of Earth’s creation and the coming of the 5th World.

In a Hopi creation story Earth’s formation was facilitated by twin brothers Poqanghoya and Palongawhoya. The first brother was responsible for making the Earth fully solid, while the second was responsible for sending sound to resonate through the vibratory centers that run along the planet’s axis. After the Earth was formed each brother took a position of North and South responsible for holding the Poles in place to sustain Mother Earth in balance. 

In Fourth World, which we now live, Hopi were given instructions and the ability to work on Earth with elements of Air and Water by the Star People Kachinas. An example of this is demonstrated prior to the commencement of The Sacred Sun Dance in earlier times, which could only be held when the Hopi Medicine Man awakened these two elements and created rain. Having command over these elements was a Hopi responsibility. Due to Sacred Law, only then, after the rain, could the Sun Dance take place. This Sacred protocol one of the responsibilities of the Hopi, was critical to maintain the natural elements of nature in balance with the Universe and within the Fourth World called Tuwaqachi.

In Hopi belief, all life is interconnected, and the fate of our Fourth World is intimately related to human actions and particularly our emotional health. Every community was given a “life-map” by the Creator. If we follow and maintain its guidance through prayers and sacred ceremonies, then life on Earth would be held in balance. If we abandon ancestral traditions and turn to materialistic, egocentric lifestyles, eventually over time, this will affect the weather and natural world.

Hopi historical narrative describes the destruction of the Worlds. The First World was destroyed by fire; The Second through an ice age and possible pole shift; The Third World through a Great Flood, and the prediction of the Fourth worlds destruction is through a possible pole shift, fire, and the coming of the Great Purification.

The end of the Fourth World prophesy is told through the story of the Blue and Red Star Kachinas return:  

It is written that two brothers, the Blue Star Kachina (Saquasohuh) will open the door to the Fifth Age and the Red Star Kachina or Great Purifier will follow shortly afterward. The Blue Star Kachina reveals itself with the ninth and final sign before the Day of Purification. The Blue Star Kachina is represented in many cultures through the return of God, Prime Creator, Redeemer, or Elevated Consciousness. The prophecy warns all people to live as one with each other and the Earth. If we live disconnected from our Creator, in materialism, ego, and separation it will lead to the destruction of the Earth.

And how close are we to the end of the Fourth World and the Birth of our Golden New Earth? Luke 21:25, “There will be signs in the Sun and Moon and Stars, and on the Earth distress of nations, with perplexity: the sea and the waves roaring.”

As we embrace the Age of Aquarius with an approximate 3,000-year cycle within each Age, are we creating room for the potential of our New Earth to Birth or are we holding onto what we have difficulty facing or letting go of?

Regardless of the timeline, it is critical to remember that our inner world reflects our outer landscape and true transformation occurs when we have cleaned out our inner closet, letting go of what we know and making room for something new.  With the United States experiencing a Pluto return this year, what are the possibilities of rewriting a new script that allows for the changes (Uranus), and transformations (Pluto), that our current consciousness of the Age of Aquarius requires personally and collectively?

As we work within the quantum field of unity consciousness through Sedna, are we holding the energetic of a glorious, beautiful, pristine, healthy, harmonic, peaceful planet and imagining, meditating, dreaming, and feeling this possibility of what is to come and what is possible to create through the unification of our hearts and love?

Earth, Sedna, Hygiea, and Planetary 5ths as portals of potentiality.
Sedna/Earth Day 5th
Zodiac/Sedna 5th
Hygiea/Sedna 5th

Another interesting alignment to assist with these transformational times occurred in January with the change of the Lunar Nodes from Gemini/Sagittarius (air & fire), to Taurus/Scorpio (earth & water). This shift of the nodes provides a window of opportunity for 18 months to not only soften the intensity of transformative Pluto, with the earthy creatrix of Venus and all she represents, but as a reminder that love transcends fear.

Pluto and Venus energy assist throughout the year, with an extra boost in April, May, October and November with partial Solar Eclipses and Total Lunar Eclipses, occurring in either Scorpio, Taurus, or both.

Release with planetary thirds, reconstruct with sixths.
Venus/Pluto, inverted Major third: Use to release anything interfering with a balanced Venus; allowing self-love, healthy eros, and divine love
Follow with Pluto/Venus minor 6th: Build a transformed Venus
Follow with Hygiea/Sedna inverted minor 6th to construct unity consciousness and multidimensionality of New Earth in balance.

Create a timeline to transition from our Fourth and Fifth Worlds of Earth with Ohm forks and Hygiea.
Ohm/Hygiea 3rd: Release and clean up Earth of the Fourth World
Hygiea/Ohm inverted Major 6th: Build a pristine, healthy, and harmonic Earth of our present Fourth World or Fifth World, follow with Hygiea Octave

During the Eclipses or when working with the Lunar Nodes, or any challenging Venus, Pluto transits, use ascending intervals created with Pluto, Venus, and Hygiea.
Pluto/Hygiea minor 3rd: Release
Hygiea/Venus 4th: Expand experience of Venus on Earth
Venus/Hygiea inverted 5th: Open portal of multidimensionality to highest calling of Venus
Hygiea/Pluto inverted Major 6th: Build highest calling of transformational evolution through Pluto

In these challenging times, we are blessed to have Acutonics tools to assist with these intense Planetary changes and cycles. It is a critical time to focus our energy on powerful shifts of consciousness for we need a Soul shift not a Pole Shift.

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc, Senior Acutonics Practitioner and Teacher

Spring is the time of the Wood element that supports our sense of purpose, hope and optimism. It creates the matrix for our vision of the future, our plans and new ideas. Our ability to evaluate possibilities, make plans and decisions about how to execute those plans is related to the health and balance of the Wood element.

In these challenging times, many of us have undergone shifts in what we may have thought of as our life path. We are having to revise our vision as we move forward. Harmony of the Wood element assists in finding clarity and the ability to see the “big picture”. By virtue of the Liver’s function to create smooth flow of energy and emotions the Wood element helps us to move into the changes we may be initiating with greater ease. We can identify and open to a new path.

The Liver and Gallbladder are the organs associated with the Wood element. The Liver oversees the potency of qi, the smooth flow of blood, energy, and emotions, clarity of vision and the ability to create plans. The Gallbladder influences the integrity of the ligaments and tendons and provides foundation for judgement, decision making and the ability to bring the visions and plans the Liver initiates into fruition.

Supporting the balance and harmony of the Wood element is especially helpful with the approach of the new cycle of Spring. Here are some suggestions for treating Liver and Gallbladder disharmonies.

The DAI MAI: Open the flow with the NM 5th, Zodiac 3rd to disperse stagnation, Jupiter/Neptune for smooth flow, Hygiea/Neptune for interdimensional harmony. Any of these options can open flow and enhance clarity and help to release old patterns.

The Yang Wei Mai: Opening with NM 5th, Jupiter/Zodiac for releasing entanglements that inhibit clear vision, Jupiter/Hygiea for expanded access to multidimensional thinking

LIV 14 (Cycle Gate): Jupiter/Zodiac to disperse stagnation on both the physical and psycho-spiritual levels. (If you don’t have planetary forks, this can be promoted using the Zodiac 3rd.) Jupiter/Neptune for smooth flow and sense of ease. This point also known as The Gate of Hope is said to hold the essence of possibility and renewal. Jupiter/Nibiru could amplify this energy.

4 Gates (LIV 3/LI 4): Open the Gates to new possibilities. NM 5th, NM/Jupiter, NM/Nibiru.

GB 34 (Yang Mound Spring): NM 5th to open the flow of blood to nourish tendons, Jupiter/Saturn to expand and support decision making.

As we move into this season of renewal and re-vision, let’s use our tools to impart frequencies of hope, expansion and clarity to the Field.

By Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, Mac, Senior Acutonics Practitioner, Licensed Acutonics Faculty

As we approach Winter Solstice daylight time is growing increasingly shorter. Today in the Pacific Northwest where I live, sunrise to sunset will last less than 9 hours. We spend more of our time surrounded by Yin energy, the energy of consolidation, rest, and nurturance. In ancient cultures, people followed this flow and after the harvest they used this as a time to celebrate the concepts of death and rebirth. Nature had delivered its bounty and released energy back into the earth to nourish new growth in the Spring.

The day of Winter Solstice is the day of shortest light, the pivot point when the zenith of Yin shifts to the reawakening of Yang. We have an opportunity to realign with our divine spark, our destiny, a portal to new potential. If we use our opportunity to nurture this spark it can enlighten our understanding of what no longer serves us and what contains the matrix of new possibilities. This time of stillness can be a powerful time of allowing our reconnection to and truest expression of Source. This is of extraordinary importance in the challenging times we have been navigating.

Here are some suggestions for using our cosmic frequencies to aid in alignment with our destiny during this pivotal period.

The Microcosmic Orbit balances the flow of the Yin and Yang energies and connects them in our bodies. Activate the Ren extraordinary vessel with the New Moon 5th for opening, Full Moon/Venus and Sedna/Venus for building and supporting the Yin. Treat the Du vessel with the New Moon 5th, Solar 7th, and Mars/Venus to build and support the Yang. Since we are working with deep primordial energy, the low frequency forks are preferable.

The Huato Jiaji points help to integrate new frequencies. Mars/Venus can be used to integrate new expressions of Yin and Yang.

Winter is the season of the water element so using kidney points combines this energetic with the connection of the kidney with the Zhi –the will to fulfill our destiny. Points like KID 3, KID 6, UB 23, REN 4 KID 27 are good choices using Mars/Venus, Sedna/Venus, Venus/Earth Day, Venus/Full Moon, Venus/Hygiea.

Working with high frequency forks in the subtle fields is also useful because the Field is the supporting energy for particle manifestations. High frequency Mars/Venus, Venus/Sedna, Venus/Hygiea 3 are some suggestions.

My wish is that this Solstice is a time of joy, harmony, abundance, and peace and acts as a portal to a time of coherence in the collective. To this community, words are not adequate to express my gratitude to everyone for their kindness and support during the most difficult and challenging time in my life. You have truly been a gift to me.

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc, is a chiropractic physician and acupuncturist. She is a co-author of Acutonics from Galaxies to Cells, Galaxies to Cells Case Study Companion Guide, and Acutonics for Small Animals. In clinical practice at Whispering Dragon in Seattle, WA, she also teaches the full Acutonics curriculum and is a mentor to students. Contact Jude at resonate@whispering-dragon.com, 206-706-2836, http://www.whispering-dragon.com.

Carmen Cicotti, LMP, CAcP, Senior Faculty

This time of year is also associated with the Metal element and the borders between the internal and external environments. Paired with the Metal element are the organ systems of the Lung and Large Intestine, which are also involved in this internal and external exchange. Together these two systems diffuse a protective Qi in our field and around our body.

During this Autumn time, when we prepare for the colder, darker season of winter, we cultivate courage, which is the virtue of the Metal element, and reflected as strong external Qi; also called Defensive Qi or Wei Qi. This protective Qi manifests in us as a strong immune system and protects our system from pernicious influences and/or intruders, such as viruses and bacteria, wind and cold.

The Lung and Large Intestine engage in a most beautiful rhythmic dance as the Lung (yin), moves the life force in and through the breath and then releases it out while the Large Intestine (yang), absorbing and circulating food and water, releases that which is no longer needed. This rhythmic movement of yin and yang, this inward and outward movement, controls the nervous system in a symbiotic relationship that regulates and governs our energy and our pulse. This dynamic rhythm creates a bridge between the body and the mind, keeping them in harmony and balance. In the Acutonics system, we are always looking for the rhythms and harmonies that are at play as well as where they become out of sync. It is quite lovely how music and dance, as a response to this internal musical score, is reflected in the systems that support life in our bodies and the creative expression of our life’s path. This never ceases to amaze me!

Metal Element Intervals, Points, and Protocol

Themes to work with during this season are the Lung and Large Intestine, letting go, grief, courage, boosting the immune system and building the Wei Qi. The frequencies and archetypes that correspond to and support the Metal element are Mercury, New Moon, Mars, Sun, Earth Day and of course, Ohm.

Mercury most naturally aligns with the Metal element as it rules the lungs and communication, moving freely between borders and boundaries. New Moon relates keenly with letting go and releasing attributes mirrored in this Autumn season. Mars being the ultimate warrior, aligns with the courage that aids in building immunity and defensive Qi. Along with Mars, we can use the Sun, with its vitality, and Earth Day, with its regenerative new growth to help build and generate the Wei Qi in the Spleen and Stomach channels. The Stomach and Spleen are represented by the Earth element which is the parent of Metal in the creation cycle according to Five Element theory.

The following protocol is written with advanced interval combinations. It can be simplified, while still being quite effective, by pairing each frequency with Ohm.

For Level I-III students, this is a sneak preview of what you will be learning in Level IV. I encourage you to listen to these advanced intervals with curiosity and remember to honor your time to learn about each frequency paired with Ohm before you skip too far ahead with these dynamic and powerful intervallic combinations. Ohm is our home frequency and the vantage point from which we learn.

KID 1 (Gushing Spring) – Ohm Unison to ground and balance and to begin and end our sessions.

Four Gates of Heaven - LIV 3 (Great Surge) and LI 4 (Union Valley) Ohm/New Moon 5th or Mercury/New Moon 5th–– to release and let go of any stuck energy, emotions, unresolved grief, or stagnation, to soothe the Liver, activate the Yuan Qi (Source Qi) and support the movement of the Wei Qi. An interval of a 5th opens.

LIV 14 (Cycles Gate) – Low Ohm/Low New Moon 5th - to release old habits, negative patterns and cycles or relationships that are ending.

LU 1 (Central Treasury) – Low New Moon /Mid Mercury 4th - to regulate and deeply support the lungs, ease and calm grief, bring inspiration into a new cycle and restore a feeling of beauty in the world. An interval of a 4th gives structure and support.

LU 9 (Great Abyss) - Ohm/Low Mercury 2nd, Low Mars/Sun 6th/7th - to support and strengthen the source Qi of the Lungs and the immune system, ease the weight of depression associated with grief and to move grief out of the abyss. An interval of a 2nd stimulates, and a 6th/7th extends fullness and pushes towards wholeness.

SP 6 (Three Yin Crossing) – Low Mars/Sun 6th/7th, Low Mars /Low Earth Day 4th

Low Earth Day/Sun 4th or use all three together Low Mars/Low Earth Day/Sun – to strengthen the Spleen & Stomach and to regulate and tonify the Wei Qi which is formed and created in the middle burner by the Spleen. An interval of a 4th gives structure and support.

ST36 (Three Leg Li) – Low Ohm/Sun 7th, Low Mars/Sun 6th/7th) Low Earth Day/Sun 4th or use all three together Low Mars/Low EarthDay/Sun – to stimulate and boost the immune system and the production of NK and T cells and strengthen the Wei Qi.

UB 23 (Kidney Shu) – Low Ohm/Sun 7th, Low Mars/Sun 6th/7th – to warm and tonify Kidney Yang and to support the Wei Qi at its root where it originates from in the lower burner.

Building Immunity, The Eight Extraordinary Vessels and the Wei Qi

The Eight Extraordinary Vessels regulate the Qi in the body that supports our immune system on a fundamental level which in turn regulates our Wei Qi through the original organization and direct connection from heaven to earth. This connection between the EV’s and the Wei Qi supports the basis of the Wei Qi and how it is formed and distributed throughout the body.

The Chong Mai, the Ren Mai, and the Du Mai have a direct relationship to guard the abdomen, thorax, and the back and can be used to build up the Wei Qi and enhance the immune system.  It is said that the Wei Qi enters the Urinary Bladder channel at sunrise and circulates through the yang channels all day, and at dusk it enters the Kidney and circulates through all the yin channels at night. This is another yin/yang rhythm our system follows and can be worked with before or during a time of illness to enhance and strengthen our natural immunity.

Pick the two that fit best for your session.

Ren Mai – LU7 (Broken Sequence) opening and KID6 (Shining Sea) balance – Low Mercury/Low Mars (microtone), Low New Moon/Mid Mercury 4th, Mercury/New Moon 5th– to tonify and regulate the Lung Qi and distribute the defensive, Wei Qi throughout the body.

DU Mai – SI5 (Back Ravine) opening and UB62 (Extending Vessel) balance – Low Mercury/Low Mars (microtone), Low Mars/Sun 6th/7th) Sun/ Mid Mars 2nd/3rd, Mercury/Mars (microtone) – to warm and tonify the Kidney Yang and to move and support the Wei Qi at the root.  The Kidney Yang is the root from which the Wei Qi originates as well as the root of yang in the whole body, which supports resistance to disease.

Chong Mai – SP4 (Grandparent/Grandchild) opening and P6 (Inner Gate) balance – Low Mars/Sun (6th/7th, Low Mars /Low Earth Day (4th Low Earth Day/Sun 4th or use all three together Low Mars/Low EarthDay/Sun – to nourish, strengthen, regulate and tonify the Wei Qi, which is formed and created in the middle burner. The Chong Mai is the sea of blood and the source or basis of the Wei Qi.

Remember that the EV’s support not just the physical body, but the whole being. This is particularly significant right now, during this time we are living in.  I am noticing that many of my clients have come in during this past year with varied emotions related to restrictions and adaptations in their lifestyles and how they relate to the external world around them, which often results in feelings of isolation, disconnection, fear and confusion. Working with the Eight Extraordinary vessels can support this protective Qi and help to regulate our basic connection to the earth and space around us.

If you would like to discuss these protocols further or dive deeper into the discussion of the Wei Qi, Five Elements and the Extraordinary Vessels, you can join our monthly Saturday morning Online Study Group/Clinical Hour Forum: https://northwestacutonics.corsizio.com/

Upcoming Classes:

Acutonics® Elective: Unwinding Trauma: Acutonics, The Eight Extraordinary Vessels and Fibonacci
Saturday, November 6th - Sunday, November 7th, 2021, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (PST)

Acutonics® Level I - Sound Gates to Meridian Harmonics
Friday, November 19th - Sunday, November 21st, 2021, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (PST

Acutonics® Elective: Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine for Students of Acutonics
Saturday, December 4th - Sunday, December 5th, 2021, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (PST)

Acutonics® Level IX: Sedna Superconductor
Friday, January 7th - Sunday, January 9th, 2022, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, 2022 (PST)

Class schedule and registration can be found here:  https://northwestacutonics.corsizio.com/

Carmen Cicotti LMT, Senior Faculty and Clinical Supervisor
www.northwestacutonics.com
360.928.6498

By Lynn Wedekind, MEd, Acutonics Senior Licensed Faculty

Sharing Acutonics Sound Healing tools online may feel a bit daunting at first, so asking the planet on its side, “Uranus”, for some assistance may be helpful.  Some of us are taking classes, teaching, doing distance healing, sharing sound baths, etc., and each situation requires some variable sound savvy.

When teaching I am often asked by students how to get good sound. This article is intended as an aid to expand our ability to use sound online. This article will focus on microphones.

When using the Zoom application, it is important to understand where your microphone is located on your device. If you are not sure you can google your device to identify where the mic is located.  Speaking and sending a sound signal near your internal mic will allow you to identify if anyone can hear what you are sending and whether the sound is sustained over time.

The internal mic of your device may not provide adequate sound when using your tools, you may consider investing in some type of microphone to start. Using an external microphone allows a greater capacity to handle your voice, as well as sound beyond the voice. A microphone does one simple thing – converts sound into an electrical signal so it can be amplified, recorded, or transmitted. The transducer is the part of the microphone detecting and converting the sound waves. This is also sometimes called an element.

There are many different types of transducers. Each one offers a different tonality and other important characteristics you should know before selecting a mic for a particular application.  We will explore two different types of transducers applicable to our work, as sound practitioners and explore the difference between a condenser or dynamic microphone. The biggest difference in these two types of transducers relates to the difference in sensitivity to sound and high-frequency accuracy. Here is a summary of some of the differences between the two microphones:

Condenser Mics:

• Provides a higher level of detail of certain sound frequencies
• Suitable for sound sources that are further away and picks up background noise
• Better at reproducing higher frequencies more accurately (high frequency forks)
• Does not handle high sound pressure well (sudden abrupt sounds)
• Have a variety of polar patterns to choose from

Dynamic Mics:

• Better at picking up quieter and subtle sounds (low and mid frequency forks and bowls)
• Can handle high sound pressure levels with ease (such as percussion and gongs)
• Transducer has a moving coil so it does not overload the sound easily!
• Good to use to eliminate exterior sound in noisier environments
• Most dynamic mics have a cardioid polar pick-up

Then there are a variety of polar pick-up sound patterns produced from the capsule of each type of microphone:

1. Cardioid (or also called unidirectional) - heart shaped capsule
2. Omni-directional – 360 degrees around the mic
3. Bi-directional – 180 degrees on either side of the mic
4. Stereo (not applicable with Zoom unless all parties are using stereo)

Cardioid:
Over the years, audio engineers have been combining omnidirectional with bidirectional patterns. That technique eventually led to the development of the cardioid mic. This is how it works: if the sound source is in the back of the microphone, the negative signal of the bidirectional cancels the positive signal of the omnidirectional. But if the sound source is coming from the front of the mic, positive signals of both types are combined. As a result, the pickup range gets even stronger. The developing of that model, in many forms originated more specific ones.

Cardioid mic pickup pattern

Speaking of unidirectional microphones, one important aspect is the movement of the sound source. Singers for example, tend to move quite a lot on stage or when holding the mic in studio. Using a cardioid mic can cause significant impact on the final result of your work. And enables you to control the excess of movement of the vocalist or sound source. It is very important to try and find the best location of applying sound in relationship to the mic in order to capture the voice or sound properly.

Omnidirectional:
Picks up sound equally around its capsule

Omnidirectional mic pickup pattern

Bi-directional or Figure 8:
Picks up sound equally from the front and rear and cancelling sounds from either side. The space that is sensible to picking up sound has a shape similar to the format of a figure 8, hence it is often called a figure 8. For those of you sharing Kirtan, this is a good mic choice when using live sound or recording singing with a singer on the mic and the audience on the other side of the mic.

Bidirectional mic pickup pattern

Recommended condenser mics for around $100

1. Blue Yeti Traditional and Pro USB, (4 capsules for 4 polar patterns choices)
2. Blue Yeti Nano USB, (2 capsules: cardioid, omni-directional)
3. RODELink Lavalier non-USB, (omni-directional)
4. Sure MV88 iOS Digital Condensor that fits into an iphone, non-USB, (2 capsules: stereo, mono cardioid, mono bi-directional, raw mid-side patterns similar to omni-directional)

Here’s a link for top 5 best reviews for condenser mics around $100. https://bestreviews.com/electronics/microphones/best-condenser-microphones

Recommended dynamic mics for around $100

1. Sure Beta SM 58 XLR(cardioid) (standard performance mics used by musicians for recording &l ive settings)
2. RODE Podmic XLR (cardioid)

Here’s a link for top 10 best reviews for dynamic mics. Look for the ones that are around $100. https://www.musicradar.com/news/best-dynamic-microphones

There are so many options it can seem overwhelming.  Avoid businesses that try to sell you something you don’t really need for an expensive price tag because you are new to sound and just learning.

A good microphone is a good way to begin to improve your sound. Items to consider next may be a good set of headphones and learn how to hear what sound you are producing so you can make improvements and learn to use the mic you have properly.

In addition to a good microphone make sure you are using the best audio settings for Zoom. in preferences select audio and enable “Music and Professional Audio”. This blog may also be helpful  https://blog.zoom.us/high-fidelity-music-mode-professional-audio-on-zoom/

May you find the best sound for your classes and clients.

Lynn Wedekind, MEd is a Certified Acutonics Practitioner and a Licensed Senior faculty member. Upcoming Acutonics classes includes, Sedna Superconductor, January 10-12 and 17-20, and the new elective Interplanetary Intervals: Foundational Concepts an Eight Week Course on Zoom, two new cycles of this class, which meets once a week, will run Wednesdays: Feb 9 - March 30 and Saturdays: Feb 12 - April 2. Lynn is also available for individual sound consultations. Lynn can be reached at tuneintuitmusic@gmail.com, or call (360) 353-4488

Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc
Senior Acutonics Practitioner and Licensed Teacher

The Lung and Large Intestine are the organs associated with Metal and Autumn relate to grief, loss, and the ability to let go of what no longer serves us. We are moving through very challenging times and the sense of grief and loss seems especially profound both for individuals and for the collective. We have lost loved ones, jobs, and connections with each other. Many of us have lost our sense of alignment with the flow of energy as we had come to know it. We may have experienced a sense of “disconnect’ or powerlessness. It’s important for us to acknowledge these feelings of grief and loss so that we can release them to make space for nurturance of new possibilities. While this is often challenging, our Acutonics frequencies provide the support that is needed to move forward.

The Lung energy is connected to grief, loss and melancholy. We can support the ability of our lungs to inhale new clear energy and exhale to release the stagnation that grief creates. This can create the matrix for the growth of inspiration and a more affirmative outlook. This also strengthens the physical function of our lungs to provide oxygen for energy and to support the immune system. Focused breathing is very helpful. Deep breathing while visualizing the color white is a useful practice to strengthen our lungs.

The Large Intestine provides the foundation for releasing what is no longer useful, to let go of toxic energies. This aids in clearing space and energy for new potential to be expressed.

Here are some suggestions to inspire your treatments in support of the Metal element.

The Ren Extraordinary Vessel nourishes the Yin and provides consolidation and support. Its opening point is LU 7 an important point for grounding the energy of the Lung.

Intervals could include New Moon 5^th to open and gain deep access, Mercury/Full Moon to nourish Lung yin (or Mercury/Earth Day to tonify Lung qi), Mercury/Chiron to provide healing for grief and loss.

The Yin Wei Vessel relates to images and feelings attached to memories. Treating this Vessel can aid in releasing painful memories and feelings of loss. The New Moon 5th can be used to open and allow flow. Jupiter/Neptune could be used to expand the flow of the heart field followed by Chiron/Nibiru for healing and creating a new matrix. If you have Hygiea forks, Hygiea/Nibiru can create a multidimensional matrix

Other points that could be included in balancing the Lung/Large Intestine:

LU 9 (Great Abyss)—Source point of the Lung. Mercury/Earth Day or Mercury/Chiron. Combine with LU 1 (Central Treasury). Mercury on LU 1 and Earth Day or Chiron on LU 9.

UB 13 (Lung Shu)—Mercury/Earth Day for tonifying lung qi, Mercury/Full Moon for supporting lung yin or Mercury/Chiron for healing grief

ST 25 (Celestial Pivot)—Pluto/New Moon to open and allow release both emotionally and physically. Pluto/Chiron to heal physical manifestations in the Large Intestine (IBS, colitis)

High Frequency Mercury/Chiron, Mercury/Hygiea, Mercury/Nibiru forks can be added to heal the Field and aid in multidimensional healing and creating a new matrix for collective and individual healing.

When we moved Acutonics from Seattle, WA to rural Northern New Mexico, I fulfilled a dream, to have horses in my life, once again. Shortly after my beautiful Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse, Jody Hard to Copy, arrived here in New Mexico, she suffered a traumatic injury. Over the ten years that I was blessed to have this incredible horse in my life she became my teacher and motivation to use Acutonics on horses. Jody and I had great success together. In 2007, wanting to share this knowledge, I collaborated with Acutonics faculty member, Kelly Haggerty to develop and launch the very first Equine Acutonics class, at Solid Ground Farm in St. Leonard, MD. Since that time Kelly taught several classes, Patty Warren developed and taught a program that integrated Acutonics tuning forks with bodywork for horses, and several other faculty members began to treat horses and express interest in teaching an equine specific Acutonics course. Although, we were pleased to see people developing programs for horses, Donna and I felt that it was important for the Institute to oversee the Equine Acutonics course, and that a uniform curriculum be developed and taught, as the foundation, that in the future other teachers may train to teach.

Knowing I had far too many commitments to revision this class, prompted me to reach out to Alaina Draper, to see if she would be interested in developing and teaching a new Equine Acutonics Class. Alaina, based near Salisbury in England has completed all the Acutonics training with Joanie Solaini and took the Unwinding Trauma class with me. She also recently completed her training to become a Certified Acutonics® Practitioner and she has also assisted Joanie with her classes. I have been fortunate to have numerous opportunities to observe her work with horses and Acutonics and I have always been impressed. Moving Acutonics online, prompted me to revision how we might offer an equine course to our global Acutonics community. After a year of thoughtful curriculum development, Alaina is ready to launch Foundations in Equine Acutonics online. Donna and I couldn’t be happier with the thoughtful work she’s done to bring this class together, and we hope to see many of you when it is launched on Zoom.

Introducing Foundations in Equine Acutonics
New Online Acutonics Elective
By Alaina Draper

This October Acutonics is making a long overdue re-entry into the equine world with a Foundation in Equine Acutonics elective. This online class will give students the core knowledge they need to start regularly treating their horses. We’ll explore how East Asian medicine approaches equine health and study specific protocols to assess and restore systemic imbalances.

Whether you want to treat your own horses, ultimately want to study further to treat professionally or are just interested in how Acutonics translates to another species, this course is designed to give you the core building blocks you need to take that forward.

Acutonics is a great way to begin practicing complementary equine therapy. It gets fantastic results and having a practice that allows you to do something with a horse, that is exclusively for their benefit dramatically changes the horse-human dynamic.

This class is open to anyone interested in trying Acutonics on horses who has also completed levels 1 & 2. 

Acutonics® Elective: Equine Acutonics Foundation Class – Online
Alaina Draper

This class extends the treatment skills and frequencies taught in Acutonics levels 1 & 2 to working on horses. Rooted in evolutionary harmonic physics and East Asian Medicine, this course focuses on bringing the horse into a state of physical completeness. Enhancing performance and quality of relationship through amplifying to core identity of the individual horse.

Learn equine energetic anatomy and explore specific, non-invasive treatment protocols for preventative care, helping the body to adapt to constant environmental and internal changes. Extend your relationship to Acutonics Integrative Medicine by experiencing the purity with which horses respond to the frequencies of their planetary and cosmic environment.

This class is Ideal for Acutonics students who are already experimenting on their own horses, or have access to horses to practice on, or even just those interested in learning the theory of equine practice.

This course will take place remotely over 3 weekends with assignments for those who have access to horses to practice on.

Equine Acutonics Foundations Course – Online
Course Length: 6 Half Days – 4-hour classes
Dates for Class: 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, 30th, 31st Oct,
9am-1pm PCT | 6pm - 10pm BST

Prerequisites: Acutonics® Level I: Sound Gates to Meridian Harmonics & Acutonics® Level II: Higher Harmonics and the Inner Nature of Tone

Taoists mark the transition of the yang energy of Summer toward the yin energy of Autumn as the season of Late Summer. At this point in the seasonal cycle energy begins to consolidate and move into less activity and greater nurturance.

This year especially many clients in my practice are describing a deeper, more noticeable feeling of fatigue. Current energetic conditions that are ripples emanating from the pandemic and its energetic repercussions have created greater than usual demands on our collective and individual energy reserves. The cauldron of yin nurturance is, for many of us, more depleted than usual in the cycle of seasonal energy flow. We may have found that we seem to have less stamina or feel less connected to our aspirations. As energy shifts toward the deepest yin of winter we are provided a nodal point for the infusion of supportive, regenerative energy.

What follows are a few ideas to aid in restoring and revitalizing core energy:

Treat the Ren and Du Extraordinary Vessels to support and balance the primordial yin and yang energy and to activate the Microcosmic Orbit for blending heavenly and earthly energies in the body.

For the Ren, apply the low octaves of the NM 5th, FM/Venus and Hygiea/Venus to nourish the yin and its multidimensional expression. (Substitute low Sedna/Venus for deeply tonifying yin if you don’t have Hygiea).

For the Du, apply the low NM 5th, Mars/Venus, and Ohm/Hygiea for energy support and balance of yin and yang on all levels. (Substitute low Ohm Octave for deep harmonizing if you don’t have Hygiea).

UB 23, Kidney Shu, apply low Sedna/Venus to nourish and support the yin.

KID 3, Great Ravine, apply Mars/Venus to balance and support kidney yin and yang.

REN 4, Origin Pass, apply low FM/Venus for deep yin nourishing, followed by low Hygiea/Venus to connect to the origin or Source in all dimensions. (Substitute low Sedna/Venus if you don’t have Hygiea).

Huato Jiaji points, apply Hygiea/Venus to connect to the multidimensional grid of yin-essence.

3 Treasures, (Ren 4, Ren 17, DU 20), apply Mars/Venus to balance heavenly, earthly, and human energies.

Subtle Fields: Use the highest Hygiea frequencies (4&5) to radiate the highest expression of benefit of the session into all dimensions. (Substitute high Mars/Venus or high Sedna/Venus if you don’t have Hygiea).

We had to skip Acutonics Camp in 2020 for 2 reasons: COVID 19 and smoke from wildfires. This year, we had a WONDERFUL Camp that was threatened by a very nearby fire and possible smoke, but we prevailed and were truly blessed by the containment of the fire and the prevailing winds that blew the smoke other places. (Our apologies to the East Coast and the Southwest).

Seventeen hardy souls made up our lively and loving group. Most were repeat participants who know how magic happens at Mt Shasta and especially at Acutonics Camp. We always begin camp with a gong ceremony, poetry, and the inquiry of “what brought you here at this time?” It was profoundly touching to us to hear several people say that they “feel so safe at Acutonics Camp, it is a place I can be totally myself”.

This year we had four new gongs of our own: Saturn and Jupiter, and Neptune and Mercury that joined our gong gang in 2020. Natalie LoBue brought her Neptune gong as well as Crystal bowls, rods that hang on the gong stands and other wonderful sound instruments.  We decided that two Neptune gongs were needed to help the drought and heat that are a plague for California this year!

We enjoyed the presence of three Venusian Yang men: Will Vukmanic, Chris Estes and Stuart Bell. Each is an experienced practitioner in their own field, and in a spontaneous loving process, offered a Hygiea blessing to every participant at Camp. They used the mid and low Hygiea hand chimes. There wasn’t a dry eye to be found during this deep honoring of the feminine. This was a natural off shoot of the ongoing discussion and teachings we had been doing about Hygiea since the first day of Camp. We can’t wait for the Hygiea gong!

By Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc Senior Licensed Acutonics Teacher and Practitioner

I have just recently returned to my practice after months of my own journey of recovery. As I began seeing clients I noticed that in most of the people I was treating there was a common signature in their fields. What I noticed was a sense of “off centeredness” or misalignment with the central core of their field. Usually when something like this shows up consistently the first thing I do is check to see if I am projecting the pattern. Although I am still working through my own alignment issues, this felt like something more. So, I checked with a few of my friends and colleagues who are practitioners of Acutonics and other kinds of energy-based practices to find out if they had noticed anything similar in their clients. Several said that they had sensed a similar signature in a number of their sessions.

My sense of this pattern is that it is a consequence of the period of chaos, polarity and discord that we have all been experiencing over the past year. We hear people say that they just want to see things get back to “normal.” What seems true is that the normal that we were experiencing is neither possible nor desirable to return to and so we move to a “new normal” which at this point is kind of nebulous. Our center feels a little like a moving target because we are focused on the shifts that are going on outside. I believe that we can assist our clients in locating their true center by introducing frequencies that help to ground and harmonize our central core and connect to our inner being. This allows us to line up with our truest expression of Source.

Balancing the chakras would be very useful to create connection to center. Focus on the Root chakra for stability using Low Ohm Unison. Use Mars and Venus on the Solar Plexus chakra will help our clients reconnect with their sense of self and their personal power. Venus and Jupiter on the Heart chakra expands the heart’s capacity to express love. The energy of Hygiea is especially appropriate because she helps to realize all dimensions of balance for the chakras.

Treating the REN and DU extraordinary vessels activates the Microcosmic Orbit to create coherence of the heavenly and earthly energies in our 3D bodies. This combination will also activate and harmonizes all the chakras. Apply the New Moon 5th interval to open both vessels. On the Ren Mai follow with Sedna/Venus and Low Ohm Octave to expand and root the Yin matrix. On the Du, follow the NM5th with Sedna/Mars and Low Ohm Octave to enhance and ground the Yang matrix. Another approach for treating the Microcosmic Orbit is to follow the NM5th with the Low Hygiea Octave to expand the multidimensional energy of the orbit.

The subtle fields are extremely important in aligning with a new matrix because the field is the “governing agency” of particle reality. Some suggestions for working in the field would include High Mars/Venus, Chiron/Nibiru, Nibiru/Hygiea, Hygiea 4 & 5 (the two highest frequency forks) followed by Ohm/Saturn to stabilize.

As practitioners of frequency transformation, we are in a unique position to aid our clients in the process of aligning to their new center.

Jude Ponton is Senior Licensed Acutonics® faculty member and Certified Acutonics® Practitioner, she is a co-author of Acutonics from Galaxies to Cells, Galaxies to Cells Case Study Companion Guide, and Acutonics for Small Animals. She is in clinical practice at Whispering Dragon in Seattle, WA, she will be opening her teaching schedule and is exploring ways to offer student mentorship, stay tuned for more information or contact her at resonate@whispering-dragon.com, 206-706-2836, http://www.whispering-dragon.com.

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics® Faculty, Certified Acutonics® Practitioner

On the 3D level we have been given advice about actions to take such as social distancing, wearing masks and staying at home to protect ourselves and others. There are foods and nutritional supplements that help to enhance immune function. Exercise and breathing techniques build our energy. All of these actions have proved to be useful. Recently, vaccines and some therapeutic interventions have become available for those of us wishing to avail ourselves of these opportunities.

Practitioners and recipients of energetic medicine have provided and received the benefits of Acutonics, acupuncture, Reiki, chiropractic, massage and other therapies once we were permitted to access them. As practitioners many of us have also worked from a distance to connect with the energy fields of our clients to affect changes in physical manifestations.

All of the interventions we have been employing are connecting mostly at the physical particle level. Even the energetic work has been focused primarily on the client’s personal energy field. I have come to believe that the virus has become embedded in the Unified Field and that this contributes to its virulence, to the mutations that continue to impact its progression and to the persistence that it has exhibited for so many of us. In discussions with colleagues I am finding that many others have also arrived at this belief.

Covid 19 has an extraordinarily strong morphic field. This field has been strengthened and reinforced by every person that has contracted the virus, every practitioner that has treated patients, every family member or friend of a victim of the virus, all of the news reports, all of the fear and anxiety, frustration and divisiveness, all of the focus that the virus has been given at multiple levels of consciousness and in multiple dimensions.

Einstein said that the Field is the “sole governing agency” of the particle. Everything exists in the Field before it manifests in physical reality. This means that to change the physical reality we must alter the Field. In this frequency-based universe, that means we must shift the balance and intensity of the frequencies being expressed in the Field so that it no longer resonates with the frequencies of the morphic field of Covid. In effect we would create dissonance with the field that supports the virus. As practitioners of work that transforms the expression of cosmic frequencies, we are uniquely qualified to meet this challenge.

I propose that we take this on as a community. My suggestion is that we choose a day and time to open a portal in time-space and that we use our forks, chimes and gongs to shift the frequencies in the Unified Field. In the dimension of time-space, time is not linear. It is more spherical. We could choose a time, for example noon on Mondays, and open a nodal point that connects to the intersection in the sphere of time that corresponds to that time everywhere Then we sound our frequencies, and it would not matter the 3D time because we would all be touching the same nodal point in limitless time. We could drop into limitless heart space and use the frequencies that we are inspired to access to shift the resonance. Some combinations that show up for me are Chiron/Pluto, Chiron/Nibiru, Hygeia/Chiron, Hygiea Octaves, Hygeia/Nibiru, Hygiea/Mercury. There are lots of possibilities depending on the aspect or expression of the morphic field you are tracking, but if we are all tracking and shifting the field in the same nodal point simultaneously we have great power. If we are consistent I believe that we can meet this virus in the dimension that holds its pattern in place, and we will be able to change the resonance.

February 12, 2021 is the beginning of Lunar New Year, this year we celebrate the Metal Ox, the second sign in the Zodiacal wheel. According to myth, the Jade Emperor established the order of the zodiacal animals based on when they arrived at his party. The Ox was in the lead, but kind-hearted in nature, gave Rat a ride on his back. As soon as they arrived at the party, Rat jumped down becoming the first animal in the zodiac, and Ox was second.

The Ox is highly valued in Asian culture, represented in religion, art, literature and popular culture for centuries. Associated with harvests, hard work, honesty and fertility in China, Ox is also very auspicious and able to grant one’s wishes. In Korea the Ox is portrayed as very altruistic, diligent and loyal.

The Ox is sacred in many world religions including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, where there is strong respect for the lives of animals as well as beliefs that violence of any kind is wrong. In Zoroastrianism the spirt of the cow is associated with the soul of the Earth. In Buddhism the Ox is said to represent Buddha nature, that it is possible for anyone to achieve enlightenment. In Japan the Ox is venerated in Shintoism and can be found in Tenmangu shrines, dedicated to the spirit of Sugawara or Michizane, the god of academics, who also has a relationship to health and wellbeing, that likely arises from a belief that cows have the power to cure disease.

Qualities of the OX and what to expect in a Metal Ox Year.

The Ox is grounded, gentle, trustworthy, intelligent, realistic and reliable, not afraid to engage in hard work, does not expect praise for their dedication, they will endure without complaint. A Metal Ox year is a time to consolidate, gain flexibility, and strength and to set realistic goals. To stay balanced focus on creating healthy boundaries and structures in your life that support your forward momentum and ability to find joy in your work and home life.

This is an excellent time to focus on completing things that we may have begun in the tumult of 2020 but were unable to finish. This is also an opportunity to reconstruct or rebuild from a more holistic and grounded place. Think about what you might want to let go of; are there actions you want to take that would simplify your life and nourish you in new ways. Remember that Metal rules the lungs and is associated with the emotion of grief. A Metal Ox year is a time to envision new pathways that allow us to let go of deep grief and to set new roots that help us to grow and thrive.

May this Lunar New Year be a time for great harvest and rich nourishment.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc, & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc
Senior Acutonics^® Practitioners and Teachers

In the current climate of uncertainty and upheaval, the ability to trust and allow the flow of the universe to provide inspiration for movement beyond the experience of outer reality has been extraordinarily challenging. Much of what we see at the root of our clients’ concerns is a kind of fear that seems to come from a disconnection from their own sense of well-being and instinctual power. This sometimes manifests clearly as fear but often as a kind of hypervigilance or an exaggerated need for control.

We emphasize the importance of the Kidneys a lot in Acutonics courses as the foundation for our core energy, sort of like a battery pack. The Kidneys are not just the foundation of the energy that powers the physical functions of the body. The spirit of the Kidney, the Zhi, provides the power of our life force, or our will to grow. It provides us the ability to face our fears and to move forward in our lives. The Zhi supports the drive to thrive and our will to BE. The kidney spirit supports the Shen spirit of the heart and provides a springboard for the Shen to extend into the expanse of our heart field. When the heart spirit is supported and grounded by the Zhi it results in a sense of equilibrium, wisdom and confidence. This is the matrix that nurtures trust. It engenders a knowing that the universe is infinitely compassionate and generous and that our natural state is one of connection and well-being. Feelings of fear, anxiety and distrust are indications of decreased resonance with the vibrations of the Zhi and the Shen, related to imbalances of the energy of the kidney and heart. As practitioners of Acutonics we can offer our clients a direct experience of vibrational resonance with these manifestations of spirit and a sense of deeply rooted expansiveness.

Here are some suggestions to add to your treatments for enhancing the relationship of the Kidney and the Heart to support the Zhi and the Shen:

The Du Mai supports the Kidneys and relates to the Root Chakra, which is the foundation for the sense of rooting and stability to enhance our sense of security. Use the Saturn/Venus 5th interval to consolidate the Kidney energy and the Mars/Venus 5th to balance and activate the Kidneys.

The Yin Wei Mai expands the Heart Chakra. The Jupiter/Venus combination brings expansiveness and love to the Heart. Sun/Neptune combination activates the flow of the Heart spirit.

UB 52, Will Chamber (located about three inches lateral to the lower boarder of the second lumbar, or 1 ½ inches lateral to UB 23, Kidney Shu) is the point related to the Zhi spirit of the Kidney. The Pluto/Venus 5th can be used to reach the deep root and transformative energy of the Zhi.

KID 3, Great Ravine is the Source Point on the Kidney meridian and is an access to the expression of Source energy through the Kidneys. Use all three Octaves of the Mars/Venus 5th interval to access and connect lower and higher vibrations of the Kidney Spirit energy.

Ren 17, Chest Center is the location of the Heart Chakra. To expand the strength of the Spirit (Shen) of the Heart out into the Heart field use high octave Jupiter/Sun 2 combination.

HT 7, Spirit Gate is the source point on the Heart meridian and opens the beauty of the spirit. It opens the gate to nourish warmth and love and brings security and stability to the inner feelings of the heart. The New Moon 5th can open the gate and Full Moon/Venus allows full expression and nurturance of love.

KID 23, Spirit Seal, KID 24, Spirit Ruins, KID 25, Spirit Storehouse (Mountain of Balance Points) have a strong effect on Spirit. They are a mixing place for the primordial yin/water energy of the Kidneys and the primordial yang/fire energy of the Heart. They bring together the Zhi and the Shen. Mars/Venus 5th combines the yin and yang energies on Kidney points over the Heart on these Spirit transforming points.

Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc & Paul Ponton, LAc, MAc
Senior Licensed Acutonics Faculty, Certified Acutonics® Practitioners

We are in the time of transition from the dwindling energy of Autumn to Winter, the cycle of the water element when our energy draws inward. The spirit of the Kidney and the water element is the Zhi that reside in the most hidden parts of our body. The Zhi spirits connect us to the collective unconscious, where we are aware of our infinite nature. The Zhi is the yin fire, the embers that ignite the spark of connection to our destiny. The Zhi dwell in the dimension known in Vedic philosophy as Karma, the unconscious forces and collective energies that influence the course of our lives.

In this year, this particular nodal point in the spiral, the Zhi energies are particularly potent. We are acutely aware of the importance of rekindling and reconnecting to the spark of our individual destinies and to the destiny of the collective. Our experience of the flow and interconnectivity of the Unified Field is extraordinarily powerful. This is a time to nourish and amplify the influence of the Zhi spirits.

The Acutonics frequencies of Pluto, Chiron, Nibiru and Sedna are especially useful for connection to and sustenance of the Zhi. Pluto allows access to the deep realms that are the residence of the Zhi spirits. Chiron provides healing energy and a bridge to new connections to our destiny and Nibiru creates the matrix for expression of that destiny. Sedna connects to unity and non-duality and the infinite potential of the Unified Field. The new addition to our Acutonics frequencies, Hygiea, provides energy of multidimensional integration when combined with other forks.

These frequencies could be appropriately applied to the Chong Mai Vessel, open on SP 4, Grandparents/Grandchild and balance on P 6, Inner Gate, because as the first vessel to emerge from Source it manifests our individual expression of the Field. The Ren Mai , open on LU 7 Broken Sequence and Balance on P 6, Shining Sea and the Du Mai Vessel, open on SI 3 Back Ravine and Balance on UB 62, Extending Vessel are the deepest Yin and Yang potentials and strongly connected to the energy of the Kidney organ and so are also good choices for enhancing the potential of the Zhi spirits. Points that build and support the energy of the Kidney like UB 23, UB 52, KID 3, KID 6, REN 4, REN 6 are also appropriate.

We are living in a time of great challenge when it is important to remember and reconnect with our Zhi, our destiny as individuals and as expressions of the One. We have exceptional tools to assist us in meeting this challenge. We are Becoming.

By Katie Mink, LAc, Senior Faculty, Westcoast Acutonics

Ground yourself with Ohm Unison (listening and on KID 1).
If you have 2 Low Ohms, listen and ground with those as well.
Use the Spread between LU 1 and LIV 14
Clear congestion and burning sensation with Zodiac /Ohm: Zodiac on LU 1 and Ohm on Liver 14
Next layer is New Moon/Ohm, which cools and moistens the lungs and creates a sense of expansion in the chest.
You can also spread from LU 1 to LU 7 or LI 4 with Zodiac and Ohm, follow with New Moon/Ohm.

If you are feeling dryness and phlegm, add a layer of Full Moon /Ohm as well.

If you have Mercury, add that for its affinity with the Lung and help with clearing toxins. Use on same points above and if the air is truly hideous, with all kinds of particulates, put on your masks (the kind that filter out particles!) and add LIV 3 and LI 4.

Zodiac/Ohm
Chiron/Ohm
Mercury/Ohm

Calm yourself with New Moon/Ohm on Third eye, on your Crown chakra (DU 20), at your heart and then your 2nd chakra.

Ground with Ohm, for you, for your neighbors, for all those who have been torn from their homes.

Katie Mink and Laurie Herron are senior licensed Acutonics faculty, they offer the full Acutonics curriculum through Westcoast Acutonics, now teaching classes live online. They can be reached at www.westcoastacutonics.com, or westcoastacutonics@gmail.com.

Katie will be co-teaching Harmonic Pathology with Donna Carey on Zoom, October 23-25, 2020 and Katie and Ellen will be co-teaching, Case Studies: Clinical Documentaries, October 28-29, 2020.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc
Senior Licensed Acutonics Instructors and Certified Acutonics® Practitioners

The Earth element is associated with the physical experience of our bodies, the way we perceive the world through our senses and our thoughts. Being grounded into the depths of Mother Earth gives us the ability to consolidate the more etheric vibratory forms so we can connect with them on a three-dimensional level. We bring our thoughts into being.

Think about all that the energy of the Earth is busy creating, both on and under its mantle. Consider the action of the roots that feed the plants and bind the structure of the soil into solid form. Envision the billions of creatures, bacteria, mosses and fungi all enlivened and coordinated by the energetic efforts of the Earth. There is unlimited power for creation and harmony that we connect to when we become more aware of the magic of the Earth.

The spirits of the Earth element are the Yi. These are the spirits that empower our intentions and provide the energy of consolidation that supports the matrix for manifestation into 3D reality. They receive the frequencies of our Heart’s desires and support our ability to materialize them in tangible form. The Yi are the supporting spirits of reality creation and the ability to realize our dreams.

Here are some ideas for connecting with our dreams and visions and bringing them to expression.

To connect to and activate our vision from the unified field, sound the HF Jupiter and HF Sun 1 over the solar plexus and heart chakras, to empower manifestations of our intentions and desires.Transform and ground these energies into the physical with the middle octave Ohm/Jupiter 4th on Ren 17 to expand the desires of the heart and connect with the Earth and ED/Nibiru on Ren 12 to create a matrix for manifestation of the intentions.

Add the ED 5th on the Chong Mai and Ohm/Nibiru to support the matrix and Ohm/Jupiter to expand the energy of manifestation. On the Yin Wei use the ED 5th to support the Heart’s energy field and the Low Venus/Sun for activating and anchoring in the unconditional creative energy of love.

Live, love, manifest and be joyful.

Jude Ponton, D.C. LAc. & Paul Ponton, LAc, Senior Acutonics^® Practitioners and Teachers

As we approach summer, the season of the Heart (Fire Element), there is so much going on in the world around us that could trouble our hearts. In the view of Classical Chinese Medicine the primary function of the Heart is to open our awareness of unity and to help us to experience connection and community. The Heart is the “unifier” and is said to define our humanity. It is the home of our spirit. Especially in times of discord it is our hearts that yearn for unity. The Summer Solstice is the point where yin and yang come together and it is said that this is where the Heart sits, at this point of the unity of the yin and yang energies. The analytical mind divides, it perceives from the perspective of good or bad/beneficial or detrimental. The Heart recognizes the unity of everything, that there is purpose in everything and that all experiences are vehicles for transformation. The Heart is said to be the “voice of sacredness” that helps us to connect with our true humanity.

The Institute of Heart Math defines coherence as order, structure and harmony. They have done studies that indicate that as we practice heart coherence and radiate love and compassion our hearts generate a coherent electromagnetic wave into the local field environment that promotes social coherence. Every individual’s energy affects the collective field. As each of us increases our own heart coherence we feed the Field and that creates a frequency that allows others to more easily connect to their hearts.

The celestial frequencies of our Acutonics tuning forks applied to points and channels that have resonance with the Heart, along with chimes and gongs are extraordinarily effective at creating connection to the Field. We can help clients to expand their heart fields and to communicate with the Unified Field to create both individual and collective coherence.

Here Are Some Suggestions For Promoting Heart Coherence And Unity.

Yin Wei Mai—to expand the Heart field and open to unconditional love—New Moon 5th to open, Neptune/Venus for flow of love, Jupiter/Neptune to expand the flow.
Ren 17 (Heart Chakra)—to open the Heart field and connect to the Unified Field—New Moon 5th. Jupiter/Venus to expand love.
Chong Mai—to connect the Heart to the undifferentiated oneness—New Moon 5th, Sedna /Venus for non-duality in the expression of love
SI 11 and HT5—to allow the Heart energy to collect and return to the Heart center—Ohm Unison and Ohm Octave
The Sun Chime, High Frequency Sun Forks and Sun Gong all activate the frequency of the Sun in the Field.
The Sun Chime and Jupiter Chime expand the energy of the Sun.

Our hearts reach out to you in coherence and community. Peace.

Singing Dragon UK, 2020
Co-authors Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, LAc, MS, MM, and MichelAngelo, MFA

Introduction

“Together, (these) two modalities balance Yin and Yang, both calm and stimulate, and simultaneously ground and lift up the Qi. This permits the integration of Water/Fire polarities within the body, allowing for a flow of Shen spirit in physical form and contributing to the manifestation one’s particular destiny.”^[1]

While there are many books on vibrational healing available to healthcare practitioners, Vibrational Acupuncture is comparatively unique in its synergies, not only of the modalities themselves, but also its content, a creative melding of history, philosophy, music theory, social commentary, personal anecdote, plus a soupçon of astrology. There is a wealth of eminently practical applications for both acupuncturists and non-acupuncturists alike, and potentially interested laypersons who may wish to use the tuning fork protocols for self-care.

The innovative, non-invasive treatment protocols included in our book features the use of precision calibrated Acutonics®Ohm tuning forks, by themselves, or in synergy with acupuncture needling, on the points and meridians of the face and body. Demonstrating by example, that the vibrational effect of sound resonance engendered by the tuning forks is enhanced by the body’s skeletal structure and its watery consistency. Consequently, the vibrational Qi of tuning forks is readily transmitted to the entire body through engagement with the Water element, and its key meridian, that of the Kidney. This encourages the healing frequencies to penetrate the most profound level of essence – the Jing. This dynamic synergy of sound and acupuncture, employed in a treatment, results in a relaxing, clinically effective healing regimen that boosts the immune system, relaxes fear, and prevents disease. Tuning forks are also useful in the treatment of sensitive, needle-phobic patients, as well as those suffering from PTSD. 

Vibrational Healing

The use of healing sound, whether embodied in tuning forks, the human voice, chanting, keening, Tibetan or crystal bowls, tingshas, bells, etc., can help to ground, open and calm negative emotional states, connecting us to a wave of good will and peace. Healing vibration also connect us with the rhythms and pulses of the natural world, and fosters the development of a vibratory “relationship” between practitioner and patient that can be profoundly transformative:

“In a healing context, exposure of a patient to the appropriate resonance precipitates a process of energetic alignment or entrainment, during which the practitioner enters into a profound rapport with the patient.  This energetic vibrational framework invokes a powerful state of compassionate engagement.”^[2]

The Content of our Book

The nine chapters of Vibrational Acupuncture progressively outline our philosophy and present unique treatment protocols for health care professionals, acupuncturists, and interested lay persons. We have also included suggestions for self-treatment:

The Introduction to our book explores the vibration and nature of sound, linkages between healing sound and sacred geometry as well as theories and practice of music in ancient China.

Chapter 1: A History and Overview of Quantum Music Theory™provides useful and necessary information concerning the musical component of healing sound treatments, including Pythagorean number theory, the world of number and musical tones, the archetypal significance and healing applications of musical intervals and overtones, and the conversion of planetary movement into sound. Relevant anecdotes are included to illustrate this material. The planetary myth, archetype, and symbolism of the Acutonics® Ohm/Earth tuning forks, used in Vibrational Acupuncture™ treatments, is introduced.

Chapter 2: Practical Discernment: Tuning Forks and/or Needles? examines the practical discernment between Tuning Forks and/or Needles, with specific Vibrational Acupuncture™ treatments. We explore the benefits and contraindications for acupuncture and tuning fork usage; Discernment, knowledge, and awareness of when to integrate these two modalities; Supplies, treatment length and timeline, etc.

Chapter 3: The Eight Extraordinary Meridians and Our Genetic Imprint offers an exploration of prenatal Qi and the Jing level of treatment. This chapter presents protocols that take into account the integration of tuning forks with acupuncture needles on these meridians.

Chapter 4: The Anti-Exhaustion Treatments: Anchoring the Ying explores anti-exhaustion treatments, suggestions to anchor the Ying as well as discussion of postnatal Qi, and lifestyle choices — a person’s diet, exercise regimen, thoughts and emotions, etc. Treatments for this level target the root cause of physical and psychospiritual fatigue, i.e., noise and air pollution. Source Luo points for treating anxiety, anger, sadness, depression, and other imbalances are introduced. 

Chapter 5: Harmonizing the Wei examines motor and trigger points and how and when they are used to harmonize the Wei Qi. Treatments using trigger/motor point protocols for specific syndromes, i.e., temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) are included along with Palpation techniques and discernment of which modality is appropriate.

Chapter 6: Facial Acu-Sound Protocols includes specific treatment protocols including. 1. A basic facial balancing treatment using two Acutonics® Ohm tuning forks in tandem on the face. 2. Troubleshooting: “Turkey Wattles”. The platysma muscle, an imbalance of which is associated with the appearance of a saggy, drooping neck, is treated using motor points, either with needles, tuning forks, or a synergy of both modalities. Photos and diagrams will illustrate each step of the process.

Chapter 7: Vibrational Hara, Vibrational Hara Palpation and Treatment explores the Five Element Japanese hara, or abdominal treatment that has been used for centuries to maintain health and well-being. Palpation techniques and discernment concerning which treatment to employ, are discussed in depth. Additionally, the reader is provided with an overview of the Five Elements, as they pertain to sound, receptivity, and listening.

Chapter 8: Solo Sound Therapy Treatments is written with an “ear” to the treatment of super-sensitive, needle-phobic patients, and also for non-acupuncturists who may wish to take advantage of these non-needle protocols. All the acu-sound treatments in this book are very effective when performed with tuning forks alone. Three specialized treatments are explored including a Grounding Protocol, the Sacred Mudra Meditation: Lacing the Three Jiaos, and a Corpus Callosum Vibrational Treatment, for balancing the twin hemispheres of the brain.

Chapter 9: Vibrational Topical and Internal Treatments offers a complete topical protocol using natural and organic products to enhance the efficacy of the treatments exploring elixirs, gems and oils and other products.

Chapter 10: Provides a personal perspective from the authors with guidelines and recommendations that are drawn from our years of personal and professional experience.

“The information and treatment protocols in this book are the product of many years of teaching and experimentation with a wide range of approaches; we want to encourage you in your exploration of this exciting new aspect of your practice, Vibrational Acupuncture.”[3]

The following provides an overview of what we’ve included by chapter in this new work.

Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, LAc, MS, MM
Mary Elizabeth Wakefield, the internationally recognized author of the acclaimed book, Constitutional Facial Acupuncture (Elsevier UK, 2014), is an acclaimed teacher, an acupuncturist, an herbalist, Acutonics® and Zen Shiatsu practitioner, cranio-sacral therapist and a professional opera singer. Acknowledged to be a leading international authority on facial acupuncture, with 30+ years of clinical professional experience as a healing practitioner, she has personally trained close to 6,000 healthcare practitioners from five continents in her treatment protocols. 

She and her life and teaching partner, MichelAngelo, recently published a new book, Vibrational Acupuncture: Integrating Tuning Forks with Needles (Singing Dragon UK, 2020), rated 5 stars on Amazon. Mary Elizabeth maintains a private practice on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in New York City. www.facialacupuncture-wakefieldtechnique.com; chi.akra@gmail.com

MichelAngelo, MFA, CTM
An opera singer, classical composer, pianist, medical astrologer, healer, diviner and writer, MichelAngelo served as Advisor, Astrological Medicine & Musical Studies to Acutonics® Institute of Integral Medicine, LLC, and is a co-author of the textbook, From Galaxies to Cells: Planetary Science, Harmony and Medicine (Devachan, 2010). He has written several articles on medical astrology for Oriental Medicine Journal.

Other articles have appeared in Dell Horoscope and Infinity Astrological Magazine. In 2019, MichelAngelo self-published two books of original essays, Random Ramblings of an Astrological Autodidact, and Miscellaneous Maunderings about the Starry Sky, both rated 5-star, and available on Amazon; the former has received a very favorable review from The Mountain Astrologer. www.michelangelo-medicalastrology.us; planetaryvibrationalmedicine@gmail.com

^[1] Wakefield, Mary Elizabeth, and MichelAngelo, Vibrational Acupuncture: Integrating Tuning Forks with Needles, Singing Dragon, London, UK, 2020, p. 74.
^[2] Wakefield, M E, and MichelAngelo, op. cit., p. 74.
^[3] Wakefield, M. E. and MichelAngelo, op. cit., p. 254.

By Mary Burke-Kelly, Certified Acutonics® Practitioner, Senior Licensed Faculty

I am an Aquarian, so I embrace new and progressive, but let’s face it, Aquarius for all its eccentric glory, is a fixed sign and set in its ways. Not to mention my grand fixed cross makes sudden change a bit of a challenge. So when it became obvious (transiting Uranus is conjunct a corner of that cross now) that my Acutonics classes and practice could not be performed in person with real live bodies in the COVID 19 Pandemic, I grudgingly accepted my new path to online classes, Zoom live distance sessions……and I created a Youtube channel.

I started out with no new technology. Just my laptop and a late night mission to share what seemed needed at the time: a video on some tips for sending Acutonics long distance (something we don’t usually teach in our regular classes) for students and a second video on a protocol for the intense fear and anxiety so many were suffering. Some of you have emailed with questions on what sound and video editing I used just the camera/mic in the laptop and the editing that comes with Windows 10. I took baby steps on this path, can’t you tell?

I discovered that nighttime is yin, creative, the primordial feminine darkness time. The best ideas coming between 3:00 AM – 5:00 AM because I was starting something new like breathing in the Lung Qi that was peaking in the biological clock. The Zoom hosting guide made and shared with Acutonics faculty by Janet DeVallauris, my fellow teacher, was like following those numbers in a Miko Sankey esoteric acupuncture pattern. I couldn’t go wrong. Then came the real time practice with my husband in another room on Zoom to see my view and the student’s view. “What do you see now? Can you hear that? What is on your screen now?” Daughters were Zoomed to practice how to manage break out rooms, share whiteboards, and phone cameras. All hard documents were organized in separate emails to minimize student confusion. Zoom invitations were explicit so there would be no confusion how to join a meeting. The Blue Yeti microphone arrived, and settings were picked. Various rooms were tried out for the best lighting. The ring light was on Amazon delay.

The universe was kind. My scheduled class was Acutonics VI: Clinical Documentaries, which does not cover point location or techniques. My six students had taken six previous classes with me and all knew each other, they were a kind and gentle audience. But I made sure I had options for meditation, openings and Taoist breathing exercises for breaks if we got tired.  Input from faculty meetings and my experience as a student in Paul and Jude Ponton’s Zoom Points & Meridians and Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine was my prep.

The big day arrived, and it was like welcoming students’ home again. We could see each other, laugh and connect. Some students were Zoom proficient; others were novices. Although one student could not connect (because she had not joined Zoom previous to class) at 9:00 AM, a generous student called her on the break to give the student her husband’s Zoom code, and she was in. Zoom break out rooms became the treatment tables during practicum. Sometimes 3 to a room and sometimes 2 to a room, developing their case assessments and plans in private with me “entering the room” to answer questions. I felt that the students were more focused on the tasks. Being alone at their computer and discussing the case with one or two others, there did not seem to be as many distractions or small talk. They all felt they knew more than they thought by doing the case studies. I switched from one Zoom break out room to another and the whirling screen graphic confirming my transition temporarily cut off sound and video with the students until I entered the next room. Although alarmed at first, it began to feel like I was walking down the hall here to the next treatment table to check on them in person. 

I have to admit that no one used the chat function during class. It was open but no one engaged. Maybe because I told the students I probably wouldn’t notice any chats so just “unmute yourself and talk, if you have a question or comment.” The small class size allowed us to have that familiarity like being in a room together again.

The last practicum in Clinical Docs is a role play on intake and development into a session plan. That session is then given to the partner. Online class offered an opportunity for students to learn how to send the session long distance. They had a choice to send long distance at the end of class or Zoom/Facetime/ their partner and send it on another day. Most opted for the later, so I carried them all into the gong room for a gong closing.

I audio recorded the classes and students can listen to them on the Zoom cloud for 90 days with a student code. Then Zoom deletes them.

Feedback from the students with their first online class was positive. One said it gave her the motivation to start having meetings with all her employees via Zoom, something she had not considered.  Another received her long distance session from her partner and texted me that she felt great all day….it was very powerful long distance.

What Is My Opinion About Online Class? 

It definitely has advantages. Let’s face it, you can sleep longer and just be ready at the computer. You don’t have to travel to or from class or out to lunch. That means out of town students save on lodging and travel. You only have to dress from the chest up. You don’t have to make or offer snacks for students (my Moon is in Cancer…you get fed here). You can use a background so the environment can be messy. As a student, you can turn off your video and still listen so no sees what you are really doing. (Don’t give me that excuse about saving your broadband signal we know you are really eating or working on something else). With no geographic boundaries, you can also choose to study with a different teacher to gain different perspectives.

Of course, there are disadvantages. You can’t feel the tuning forks on you during practicum. And there is something about being present in the room of a vibrating gong.  The experience is less intense.  Finding points accurately or fork techniques can be a challenge. You have to purchase tools before class and have them shipped to your home instead of “try before you buy.”  Sometimes the internet connection will drop, and you have to get back on when you can. EMF’s and blue light from sitting in front of computers are not healthy and it is important to have something that blocks or mitigates those. We also take longer breaks and lunch. I recommend forks on the Yin and Yang Qiaos after class for eyes and mineral loss.

My next foray into online is for clients: a 20 minute distance session for $30 on fear/anxiety and overwhelm during May 2020. If you offer something like this, it gives your clients who question long distance effectiveness a chance to try it inexpensively and see if it resonates with them while you still get some pay for your time and expertise. If you can build a practice with word of mouth, long distance sessions can be built like that as well. By choosing something so obvious like anxiety, they should be able to gage if long distance works for them. 

At the end of May, I am offering a 2 hour “Acutonics at Home” workshop to teach personal care with Acutonics starter sets. I will be working the “creative yin time” to develop methods that translate into finding points and holding forks……how about that plastic reflexology foot I have…?

Here are a few quotes from students who just completed Acutonics Level VI: Clinical Documentaries, the first online class that I taught.

 "I loved the breakout rooms. When I developed my plan with my partner and then came back to the main session on ZOOM, it made me realize I knew more than I thought."

"Quality of the class was great...just like always."

"Thanks for going the extra mile to make sure the students are getting what they need during this time."

Mary Burke-Kelly is Licensed Senior Acutonics Faculty and a Certified Acutonics® Practitioner physically located in Texas but mentally online these days. Upcoming online activities include: Acutonics at Home, Saturday, May 30 from 2 to 4 PM CDT, Acutonics Level III, June 12-15, Acutonics Level V: Ethics in Clinical Practice, June 27-28, 2020. Mary can be reached at mary@dfwacutonics.com, www.dfwacutonics.com.

By Carmen Cicotti, LMT, CAcP, Senior Licensed Faculty, Clinical Supervisor

I have been teaching Acutonics® for almost 17 years and have incorporated online (live classes) for the past several years. It began when a student from across the country wasn't able to make it to class, due to a change in her school schedule. So, I included her in my classroom via Skype. During these past several years, technology has come a long way. I have worked with several platforms and began using Zoom when they first launched their business. In the beginning, I could only have two or three students at a time without the whole platform or my computer crashing. Since then, I have been meeting with students online who are interested in extracurricular study and guidance, fulfilling their clinical hours, as well as teaching course curriculum classes from time to time. Although there are many benefits to online study, I do feel strongly about having in person contact and instruction, for which I offer the required practicums for online classes as well as student clinics, where students come together, build community, work on each other and with the general public in a supervised clinical setting. This is also the perfect opportunity to visit the beautiful San Juan Islands that I call home.

Some of the benefits of online study students have shared with me along the way are that the interaction feels more intimate, up close and personal, and delivers more like a conversation. Students have also reported that they feel more at ease and able to concentrate and that there are less distractions using the online platform. With the breakout rooms now offered on Zoom students are also able to work in small groups for practice exercises and integration. There is also the added benefit of not having the expense and planning for travel and accommodations.

My main goal in teaching whether online or in person is to inspire students to learn new skills, build confidence, gain experience and discover their creative potential with this wonderful medicine we share. For me, teaching online provides an opportunity to get creative and resourceful in order to make sure these goals are met and that students are able to assimilate the vast amount of information that is presented. 

I currently offer course curriculum classes as well as clinical hours, case study presentations and study groups online through the Zoom platform and presently have a small pod of students who are all working on their clinical hours. I work with these students individually as well as gather together for online group meetings to help them integrate Acutonics into a new or existing practice as well as to align this modality with their Life’s work......weaving music, art and medicine into a harmonic chord that heals, inspires and cultivates vitality, energy and Spirit.

If you are interested in studying with me or want to learn more about what I have to offer, you can connect with me at http://northwestacutonics.com/content/support/  or email carmen@northwestacutonics.com.

By Judy Bernard, EAMP, MAc, LAc

Things sure have changed quickly. Many of us have had to pivot our lives over the last couple months to find new ways of educating our children, conducting business and our everyday tasks. What we thought could never be done, such as working from home, kids learning off of the television and celebrating special occasions over FaceTime has now become the new normal. We have been combining the creativity within our human spirit with technology, keeping the world moving forward. Yes, the world will go on. While we have a way to go and some bugs to work out, we are creating this world one step at a time. Mother Earth has shown us that with a little bit of help on our part, she can reverse many of the environmental challenges that we face. This is all so inspiring and encouraging to me. However, electronics have not always been my friend, I want to share what I have learned over the last few years, in hopes of making this transition easier for all of us.

I used to move my electronics out of my sacred spaces. In fact, a friend and I shared booth space years ago. She measured heart-rate variability, so she used a computer. Within hours of our booth opening, her computer would malfunction and stop working for a couple weeks. At first, we didn’t know why but we discovered this only happened when we shared booth space. I always had a gong or two with me. This never happened when she shared space with other healers. We figured the gongs and the computer created a dissonance that eventually shut down the computer. I also didn’t allow computers in my treatment space for their dissonance didn’t feel healing to me.

Wow, how times have changed! I have been teaching online and learning online for about 4-5 years, now. My computer, iPad and phone are constant companions of mine in all my healing sessions. I do believe the vibration of the Earth has risen to support the electronics, plus my vibration has shifted, too. However, I am still sensitive to the electronics vibrations also called EMF’s. Part of this is due to my age. When I was born the ethers or energetic soup that I was born into didn’t contain all these electronic vibrations, now it does. So, my energetic field has had to adjust to these new vibrations. Younger people born into this electronic WIFI soup or ethers are not as affected, as this is what they know, so the impact may not be as strong. Although, I recognize that we are all affected differently and even the young can be adversely impacted for a variety of reasons. However, they are much more in the flow with electronics, just ask any 12-year-old how to do something on your phone and they can figure it out in under 10 minutes. The Earth’s vibrational field has also shifted supporting many of the new frequencies. I also find that my gongs no longer appear to impact my electronics. I want to share with you some of the strategies that work for me to limit electronic dissonance, which I hope will help you in navigating.

Setting Up Sacred Space:

1. Bless your computer and electronics for the connectivity they bring to you! Be thankful to have them in your life. Make friends with them and understand that just as with any new friendship, their will bumps in the road. Don’t let these bumps freak you out. Calmly know it will all work out. Changing your inner dialog really helps here, as does the Mercury fork. Computers run off of vibrational energy too and when we get flustered or angry, they won’t work at all. Trust me this works, at times I use to yell at my computer and then it would stop working. Kindness and friendship will also work with your computers and other devices.
    
2. Use crystals and stones. I use a heart shaped green fluoride stone, amethyst and shungite on my computer or desk to help balance the EMF vibrations. I also have a rock that I found in nature, to aid in my grounding.
    
3. I always have a plant in the room with me. I like spider plants. They are very good at purifying the air, are pretty easy to keep alive, and are pet friendly, just in case your pet snacks on them.
    
4. I use my Acutonics tools to bring harmony between myself, the computer, my client and all. I use Mercury for clear communication, Ohm to ground, Chiron to heal any dissonance, and then whatever else I am called to integrate in a given situation. Any forks you have on hand can be used effectively in this situation.
    
5. If you are working in a large space to do your work create a big sacred space. Crystals or pennies in all the corners of the room will help to ground the room and anchor the vibrations in harmony.
    
6. Add whatever other sacred items that feel good to you to your space with your computer.

Now For You Physically! 

I can easily sit in a live class and keep engaged for a few hours. While the online platform has engagement, especially if you use a conference service like Zoom. On Zoom you can see each other and the person speaking moves to the center of the screen. While I love seeing everyone being on video is part of being active in the community. It can feel very intense in the beginning to sit there and be on camera. In order to offset this intensity, I will shut my camera off periodically, thus giving myself a break. This is also good etiquette to follow, if you have to get a snack or move around, so you are not distracting to others. Don’t keep your camera off the entire time, you will miss the interactive part and the other participants will miss you.

I also keep myself muted, many times the host will do this for you. Background noise is very distracting and tiring to the other participants. We are in our own homes, so the background sounds are like white noise to us and we don’t even notice it. If you are not talking mute yourself.

Your body is your sacred temple and EMF- Electromagnetic Frequencies can be hard on your body. In order to spend more time on the computer, you must increase your self-care. Here are some of the things that work for me. Be curious! Explore what works for you. Use your Acutonics Tools!

1. Everything is vibration, use it to enhance your being energetically. Choose clothing and accessories that help you be at your best. I assess what I need on a given day and the right earrings and necklace always appear to me.
    
2. Mercury and Moon Essential oils are excellent to diffuse in the air. Sedna also works wonderfully.
    
3. Use the NM 5th on the Yang Qiao Mai and Yin Qiao Mai.
    
4. Move and stretch your body when needed. Turn your camera off to do this or stretch outside of the view of the camera, you can also stretch in your seat.
    
5. Epsom salts baths are quite helpful after I’ve been on the computer all day. It helps to clear EMF’s from the field. 2-4 cups in a warm bath, and a 20 minute soak works well.
    
6. To me computers can have a frenzied energy, so take a few minutes before going online and breath into your heart. Use Ohm Unison or Mars and Venus forks on REN 17. Fill yourself up with this calmness, expand it to your field, to your computer, desk, microphone, lights, keep breathing deeply and calmly, expand it to your room, to the students, clients who will be joining you online. Use Sedna in the field here for unity. You are now ready to begin.  The world is at your fingertips, we are all connected!  Energetically and virtually! All is ONE! 

More than ever self-care is key! I am offering a 5-week clinic for YOUR own self-care without the clinic hours! YOU can get a personalized self-care plan, feedback, accountability and clinic hours (if needed) to complete your Acutonics Certification. These ONLINE Clinics are being formed now starting in May and June 2020. These clinics are intimate, small groups of a maximin of four students, minimum of two. We find a time that works for everyone and then meet for 5 weeks discussing your client or yourself (self-care). You then give a weekly sound healing session and report back the next week. Each clinic is worth 15 clinic hours.
Email Judy at PlanetaryGongGoddess@gmail.com or call/text 253-593-4751 to get started

By Katie Mink, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics Faculty

At the onset of Shelter in Place, Laurie and I had so many questions about how we would go forward in teaching Acutonics in this new unknown situation. We already had 4 classes listed, and students signed up for each of them — What to do?

Fortunately for us, we have some wonderful students and friends who are tech savvy and have been trying to get us to teach by Zoom for YEARS. Some of them have moved to other countries and would feel disappointed that they couldn’t join a forum or take a class they were waiting for. This was the breakthrough they had been hoping for!

We had several trial sessions of teaching on Zoom with them, no holds barred in the critique we were given. This helped us immensely, so that on our first Zoom meeting, when more than 50 people attended (we were astounded and thrilled) we were able to truly focus on who was with us, and not on the technology that we could have crashed and burned with. Did I mention that we are truly famous for being non-tech selves? Having a super savvy co-pilot (co-host) made a huge difference. Thank you, Jill Keene!

Fast forward to May 11, we have taught 4 forums and 2 Acutonics curriculum classes, all of these had people participating from all over the world. Energetics of Points and Meridians was very well suited to Zoom. We chose hours that worked for everyone except the Hong Kong, India and Kuwait contingent, though 2 days of a start time of 3:00 am and 5:00 am for Australia was a truly devotional act on their part. We also recorded each portion and had a list of what was covered. We got very good feedback on those recordings but had a little bit of snafu, remember to push “record” …!

What I have found is that I truly love teaching on Zoom! The challenges are that I love to connect in person, to see students’ eyes light up when the light bulb goes on, that AHA moment is so rewarding! I also love to feed people (the Demeter in me), so can’t do that online. But I found that when I told people I need them to be more obvious in their gestures to let us know they were getting the concepts that really helped. It was great to see people laughing even if we couldn’t hear them, because they were muted. And having people unmute themselves for questions worked really well. Everyone was so polite! My only concern was how few questions students asked, even though we continually encouraged it. After day 2 or 3, they were more forthcoming.

The feedback we received was that people felt they could really concentrate well on Zoom. There were less distractions, we got right to the teaching and though there was less bonding between students, they really appreciated the laser focus. They liked that there was no travel time or expense involved. They LOVED that they didn’t have to stop their forward momentum in learning Acutonics because of COVID 19. They liked that the pieces were in meal-sized format (2 to 2 1/2 hour blocks with an hour in between). Students especially liked it when we scheduled Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday in the afternoons and partial early evening, so there was time for people who were working, time to celebrate Mother’s Day with brunch, etc.

We also taught Acutonics Level I on Zoom. This was a real learning curve for us, and in a very good way. It made us rethink how we present the information. We focused the treatments to be self-care. Quite a few of our students had kids at home with them, and some of the kids came forth quite readily to be treated by their parents during class. While I demonstrated a treatment on Laurie, many students would follow along on themselves. We had to get creative on many occasions, but that was fun for everyone. The students who took Level I will also come to meet in person with us when we can, so we can fulfill the practicum portion of the class. They like it enough that many have already signed up for Level II and III on Zoom.

I feel grateful to have learned this expanded version of teaching. So many students that live only 30 miles away have asked us to continue to teach forums this way because it is so convenient, and the information is so valuable. It also allows us to deepen the concepts that we often don’t have time for in our curriculum rich core classes.

I am truly excited by the many ideas we have on our list to present in the months ahead.

Katie Mink and Laurie Herron of West Coast Acutonics are Licensed senior faculty members offering the full Acutonics curriculum and many informative forums to enhance learning. They also host Acutonics Camp in Mt. Shasta, CA. Upcoming classes on Zoom include Acutonics Level II and III. Phone: 925-849-6006; Website: westcoastacutonics.com; Email: westcoastacutonics@gmail.com

By Irit Lerner, Acutonics® Senior Licensed Faculty, Israel

Donna answered my question, last Saturday on a community Zoom call, and her answer finally cleared my mind on the subject. I asked her “where am I in these strange times – having all the tools to live the way I’ve lived over the last few years-with peace of mind, and now this strange new hold on our lives that throws me off balance into a new zone.” Donna says: “You are between worlds”.

And that my friends? Was all I needed to hear and be reminded of. I waited, like I always do, when I know something’s coming. Last night was the first peaceful night without nightmare I’ve had for the last two weeks and words followed in the morning. Because, it’s always all about the in between, isn’t it? In between two notes that make an interval, two notes that move toward the higher one, two notes that move everything in our brain, muscle, emotions, blood. The in between is where we live. We don’t live anywhere, but in the movement, life is moving constantly. Even in our pause we live between. The way TO something goes through something. Therefore, in between is the interval between breathes, it is life. I look at my 93-year-old mom who can’t speak one coherent word, sleeps for months only to wake up to eat. She is caught between the worlds, having no idea how to let go of the old one and enter the new one, so she lingers on, wondering, not knowing what to do. She’s in HER Corona time.

More than any other sound, for me Sedna discovers and connects the worlds between, the inner world and outer one, the layers and movement within. When I feel Sedna’s vibration, I feel the layers and where, and in which layer, the vibration changes or stops or fades away, and I know why. What is going on with that person, is it habits and if so – what kind and how does it stop them from going forward? Is it fear? Of what? Is it …? is it…? IT can fade away down deeper into the body or it can dissolve at the point it reaches. At times, you feel the vibration is very “rich” and full and vibrant. In fact, you can put words to vibrations such as: full of heart, empty heart, full of guts, fearful, stubborn, happy, smoke, fire, water, land, animal, overwhelmed, far away, lives in her own world… and so on. Whatever works for you. Don’t stay with what you already know – explore more ways to describe what you hear in that special meeting point of tuning forks and another person. So many secrets.

What do I mean by layers: Close your eyes, travel in your own body, any way you want. See if you can visualize your heart, liver, lungs, skeleton, blood vessels and their movement, your head and it’s complex of millions of nerves running all over giving and receiving orders, your breath, the way your body is right now, the thoughts that run in your head, the memories you have at this moment, the voices in your head – do they reach your heart? Can you feel the path? Do they affect your lungs? Breathe and discover.

Now think of yourself as you know yourself. How many layers do you have, are you an open hearted person? Loud? Quiet? An in between person – always moving forward? A doer or a giver, what is your posture, how do you move and why? Then put it all together. How does my voice work? Does my voice express who I am, all of what I am? Do I use different tones to different people and situations? How, why? Do people GET me only from the sound of my voice? What DO they get? What you want them to receive? What are they missing of me, or - do I have layers too?

This is how you learn the language, Then, when you put tuning forks on somebody else – SEE where the vibration goes, SEE the energy going through the layers, where is it strong, weak, stops, goes through. And from here it’s all about really and deeply trusting your intuition. Like Donna says repeatedly and I repeat it in my classes – Intuition, intuition, intuition. From day one, she got it through my thick skull, and it stayed and developed. Let your intuition guide you, trust your knowledge acquired over the years, from life, from Acutonics. You will know, I promise you.

Our intervals are rich with vibration and information. They carry so much knowledge in their “in between” movement. Use that to read layers. Now – if you add everything you know on our amazing tuning forks, who they are, and what they do, and if you add whatever you know; Astrology, Herbs, Chinese Medicine, or just the points you use, and…if you add the secret ingredient - LET GO? The information will flow to you. I promise.

Now you are channeling. It is wild how souls and ghosts from our past come forward with the tuning forks, they are waiting to be called, they have been waiting for that particular music, they have messages for the people who come to us. If you feel something, anything, think something – do not hesitate – say it. You will find that 99% of the time you will be spot on. If you see a face in your mind, a name, say it. Ask who it is, you will be surprised how accurate it is. If you see in your mind colors, music, something not clear, just continue with the treatment and the information will add up until it becomes words, or story, or image. Channeling comes in so many ways, trust it when you see it. Trust it, flow with it to the places it takes you, have no fear. It has intention and a job to do through you.

Irit Lerner is a senior Acutonics faculty member, based in Cachal, Israel. She can be reached at Iritlerner7@gmail.com.

By DahVid Weiss, L.AC.,PhD, Senior Licensed Acutonics® Faculty

As we evolve, in these extra ordinary times we learn to hold clear and consistent physical boundaries towards those who cannot abide peacefully in your presence, while sending them love anytime they arise in thought or acting out of soul essence. Sometimes, you cannot prevent an 'attack' from happening, when it's meant as a wakeup call to catalyze crucial life changes involving those who aren't quite able to step into the potential you may see they're capable of becoming.

Being in a state of Stillness at this time and holding space for Earth Mother is important. I have been taking LOW Ohm and playing then for Earth Mother on the ground. Earth Gong and/or chimes are beneficial too. She has been here for us, it's our time to be Here for her and our time to shine though.

While you cannot prevent pain, loss, loneliness or a shift in the way we work and live, just know IT’S OK. This visceral learning instills in us so much courage and self-worth that a threat of loss or inconvenience is outweighed by a willingness to put yourself in environments that feel most supportive for your evolution.

As we move forward in this paradigm of deeper love, learning more about ourselves, Being TRUE to this Divine work and sacredness of the forks that we use! Discernment is Key! Let’s continue to awaken the Vibration of Oneness so incredibly throughout every cell of our bodies that Chaotic Nodes and ones in the world of Chaos undergoing the most intense shift in consciousness has no other option but to surrender to the Heavenly truth you are anchoring and bringing to life.

When we awaken, the divinity within feels the call as we are inspired to remember our holiest truth! Then we have access to the honor of witnessing the Heaven in which we stand. When we awaken further, we surrender the tendency of constantly washing dirty laundry, when all we need is to be wrapped in the purity of light taking shape and form as the authenticity of our being.

DahVid Weiss, LAC, PhD is a Senior Licensed Acutonics Faculty member based in Asheville, NC. He can be reached at dahvid@mac.com, 828-333-0111.

By Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc & Paul Ponton, LAc, MAc, Senior Acutonics Practitioners and Teachers

It is generally thought that the vibrations associated with disease processes like viruses tend to be at the lower end of the frequency range. It follows then that a useful strategy for being resistant to these frequencies is to raise and harmonize our own frequencies, as well as to create coherence with higher frequencies in the subtle fields around us.

Einstein tells us that the field is the “sole governing agency” of particle reality. Changing the field changes the expression at the denser physical levels. This suggests that we can create a vibrational environment in the multi-levels of our bodies that would be out of resonance with the disease process.

The current vibrational environment in the collective, as a result of fear and panic, causes our bodies to shift into “fight or flight” mode and imagine worst-case scenarios. When our bodies go into this survival mode, they produce chemicals that reprioritize our bodies functions to an imminent threat. Unfortunately, the ongoing fear state that exists now shifts us, away, for prolonged periods, from the chemicals that support our immune response to create harmony and strength.

The approaches that the medical community is taking to deal with the particle realities (microbes, vaccines, anti-viral drugs etc,) are all necessary to try to interrupt the spread of illness and survival for both infected and potentially infected people. Equally important, however, is giving attention to the energetic environment so that we are not interrupting the natural immune response inherent in our bodies. These two approaches are not mutually exclusive, they can work together for better outcomes.

As practitioners of Acutonics, we have a unique ability to create coherence in the energetic environment to help ourselves and our clients raise our frequencies so we are more in resonance with health and wellbeing. Self-care is very important to keep ourselves in harmony. We can also offer advice to our clients for their own self-care. Providing Ohm Forks and instruction for self-treatment can be very effective. We can do remote sessions for our clients to support them. We can also join with collective approaches, joining groups who are doing on-line attunements. All of this helps us to align with the higher frequencies present in the Unified Field and create greater potential for personal and global wellness.

You can use points and intervals to address respiratory or other signs of distress at the physical level, but be mindful of the larger energetic picture as well.

Employ the power of the energies of the universe. Create calmness and peace within the chaos. Choose you favorite immune enhancing points (ST 36, for example) and strengthening and protecting intervals (like Mars/Earth Day) for yourself and your friends, family and clients.

Jude and Paul Ponton are senior licensed Acutonics® faculty they are based in Seattle, WA and can be reached at Whispering Dragon - 206-706-2836, resonate@whispering-dragon.com, http://www.whispering-dragon.com.

The dragon in Chinese mythology is fierce by nature and has an inherent desire to protect treasures as well as humans, and to guide their souls. Where the Christian and chivalric traditions have distorted and portrayed dragons as evil for their own agenda, like they have with the snake, in the Orient, the dragons symbolize, power, wisdom, strength, and hidden knowledge, that helps us to connect with our untamed nature, our true essence, our own wellsprings of creation. Dragons were highly revered representing terrestrial and celestial power. When dragons reach a certain age, they develop wings and take on more responsibility.

Yinglong, the winged dragon, powerful servant of the Yellow Emperor Huang Di was immortalized, similar to canonization. It was Yinglong who helped Yu stop the yellow river from flooding by digging the channels with his tail. He traced the first meridian maps. He is the oldest of all the eastern dragons, and appears in many myths and legends.

Other dragons like the Dragon Kings rule over the seas of the 4 directions and have the ability to shapeshift into human form, when not found in their crystal palaces guarded by shrimp soldiers and crab generals. There are spiritual dragons and underground dragons, and dragons that pull the chariots for the gods, dragons that guard buried treasures like the earths precious resources and the ones humans greedily hoard, dragons that preside over the directions, that live in mountains and rivers and oceans. They are here to help, and are said to be able to make themselves as large as the universe and small as a silkworm.

As you take time to meditate, invoke the dragon as a protector of your physical space, and a true unifier of the inter-connected realms of Heaven, Earth and Humanity. Dragon energy may also aid in creating an energetic shield between you and the electromagnetic realms.

We have a limited supply of professional quality embossed Dragon Tinchas, with Ohm etchings in Tibetan script. The Ohm inscription represents harmony, peace and the infinite energy of the Universe. We are offering these, with a beautiful storage bad at a very special price to help with the protection of your treasures—your heart, your soul, your spirit and your physical and etheric space.

Drawing of Gaunyin from Pinterest.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc Senior Acutonics Licensed Teachers, Certified Acutonics® Practitioners
Authors of Acutonics for Dogs and Cats: Sound Healing for Animal Health

We had, at this time, been studying and integrating Acutonics into our acupuncture and chiropractic practice for perhaps a year and were seeing extraordinary benefits for our clients. Even people uncomfortable with the idea of needles were experiencing profound relief, which inspired us to think, “Why wouldn’t this work for our animal friend?” We decided to give the tuning forks a try, first working off body in Jazz’s subtle energy field to see how sensitive she would be to the vibrations then, holding forks over the points and finally touching her body with the forks. She was quite willing to allow this, though some points she preferred to have treated off-body. So began our discovery of the power of Acutonics for treating a variety of imbalances affecting our animal companions.

As time went on, we had more opportunities to treat our other animal friends and the animal companions of family and friends. Treating different animals helped to expand our knowledge and understanding of how best to interact with reluctant or cautious animals and how to approach treatment of various imbalances.

Jude’s mother’s cat, Charlie, was taken to a vet after showing sudden signs of lethargy and isolation. The vet diagnosed an irregular heartbeat and thought he might have experienced a chest trauma. He was given fluids and sent home, suggesting close observation until the kitty cardiologist came to town in three weeks. In the meantime, we decided to try an Acutonics treatment. When the forks were first introduced into Charlie’s field he shifted slightly away and then relaxed. Ohm forks were held over HT 7, Spirit Gate, applied in the field over the Huato Jiaji points and in the field over his chest. By the end of that day, Charlie was eating again and the next morning he was his usual self, agitating to go outside. We did a follow-up session using the same general approach. This time, when Charlie saw the forks he rubbed up against them. He completely recovered and the vet cancelled the cardiology referral.

Over the years we have treated our own animal friends, as well as other animals for injuries, digestive imbalances, urinary imbalances and a variety of other physical manifestations. Our poodle friend, Jazz, developed joint inflammation in later years which we treated with Acutonics and documented on YouTube. At Donna’s suggestion, we developed the Small Animal class to teach what we had learned about using Acutonics to benefit our animal friends. The class provided inspiration for our book, Acutonics For Dogs And Cats: Sound Healing For Animal Health.

We have trained people to support the health of their animal companions and have also trained animal massage practitioners, Reiki practitioners, holistic veterinarians and others who work energetically with animals. We have a good friend who is an animal behaviorist and has incorporated the use of Acutonics tuning forks into her practice with extraordinary results.

Acutonics helps our animal friends to align with their most vital vibrational frequencies. It can be used to support other treatments that you may be providing for your animal companions. Acutonics provides support for the qi (vital energy) and amplifies the benefits of other biochemical or mechanical approaches.

Since our animal friends reflect the energy of their environments, we always suggest that their human companions also receive Acutonics sessions to balance their energy and create resonance with the well-being of their animal companions.

We have found the balancing/harmonizing frequency of the Ohm forks can be totally adequate for treating most imbalances (in fact, our book provides strategies for treating with only Ohm forks as well as the option of using additional combinations). We also find it helpful to include Chiron forks for connection and communication with animals related to Chiron’s dual nature as both animal and human. Since the energy fields of animals are quite open, less is more. Simple approaches using a few points are very effective. Here are some simple suggestions to utilize Ohm and Chiron tuning forks to benefit your animal friends:

• Ohm and Chiron forks can be used in the subtle field for balance, communication and healing. Particular focus can be placed over areas of discomfort or imbalance.
   
• You can place your hand over an area of imbalance and hold the struck Ohm fork to your ear to allow the vibration to move through your body and your hand to move into your animal friend. You can also apply the fork to your hand as you hold it on an area. These approaches are useful for animals who are wary of forks directly placed on the body.
   
• You can place your finger on an acupuncture point and sound the Ohm fork by your ear while touching the point. You will feel a slight buzz at your finger when you are on the point. This is also useful for animals uncomfortable with direct contact of the forks.
   
• If it’s necessary to administer pharmaceutical medications you can sound the Ohm forks in the field over the meds before administering them to mitigate some of the less useful effects of the medication (we recommend this approach for human meds too).
   
• Ohm forks applied on or over the Huato Jiaji points provide basic grounding and balance for the entire body and can be very useful for supporting the animal as they age. We began doing this nightly over the past couple of years for our sweet cat friend who recently transitioned into non-physical. After only a few times, if we forgot to get the forks at bedtime, she would meow to remind us.

Treat your animal companions to an Acutonics session. As vibrational beings we can all, biped and quadruped, benefit from the healing frequencies of the Acutonics tuning forks.

If you wish to further your understanding and application of Acutonics tools in energetically supporting your animal’s health and well being we direct you to our book listed at the end of the article, available through Acutonics or on Amazon.

Jude and Paul Ponton practice and teach at Whispering Dragon Center in Seattle. They are co-authors of Acutonics From Galaxies to Cells: Planetary Science, Harmony and Medicine, and of Acutonics for Dogs and Cats: Sound Healing for Animal Health. They are frequent guests on Martha Norwalk’s Animal World radio show on KKNW AM providing live remote sessions for callers to the show. They can be reached by email at resonate@whispering-dragon.com and through their web site www.whispering-dragon.com. Like them on their Face Book page Whispering Dragon Center.

By Jude Ponton, DC, LAc & Paul Ponton LAc, Senior Acutonics® Practitioners & Teachers

In quantum experience of time, time is eternal, all time is the same time (time-space). Everything happens in the perpetual present moment. Space-time is the experience of the environment with our bodies and with our senses and time. In this experience time seems linear because we feel separate from things, people and places and from the past and future. Time-space is experienced through awareness, beyond our senses, not as a body with senses. We access time-space when we are totally in the present moment and there is no past or future. In this state where we have taken our attention off of matter, our awareness is beyond the realm of matter and we are able to become aware of different frequencies that are all carrying information. These frequencies provide access to other dimensions and other possible realities. Many of our clients’ report experiences of space-time during their Acutonics sessions induced by their connection with the cosmic frequencies of the planets

The cycles that we mark as distinct divisions are actually more of a spiral. The spiral is the ancient symbol of spiritual development and our connection to the universe. Spirals are thought to signify movement through experiences in life. The spiral is symbolic of the route to higher levels of consciousness and expanded dimensions of awareness. The double spiral is signified in the outline limiting black and white parts of the yin-yang symbol, expressing the alternating rhythm of yin and yang and the eternal convergence of these energies. The spiral is a symbol of the universe, our place within it, and of the great cycles that constantly advance within this universe.

From the Taoist perspective, we emerge from the Wu Qi, the undifferentiated oneness to the Tai Qi, the Yin and Yang and to the myriad things that arise from the flow and confluence of these energies. Our journey both begins and ends from the Wu Qi. From the moment we differentiate from the oneness we enter the spiral that defines our return to it. At each cycle of the spiral we have access to greater levels of awareness and expansion of our consciousness.

The Extraordinary Vessels are the first vessels to emanate from Source. As such they are not bound by space and time. They act as portals giving us access back to the unified field/the Wu Qi. The EV’s are spirals that connect us to the flow of the manifestation of our destiny in 3D reality and our return to the Undifferentiated Oneness. They are links to awareness of our eternal nature. For this reason, we feel that the Extraordinary Vessels are foundational in all of our sessions.

In setting intention for treatments, it is beneficial to be mindful of the importance of creating connection to awareness of the limitless possibilities of the Unified Field.

Jude and Paul Ponton run Whispering Dragon Center in Seattle, WA, and our senior licensed Acutonics faculty. They will be offering Acutonics Level I Jan 11-13; Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine, will be taught April 4-6 followed by the Energetics of Points and Meridians, April 8-10, 2020. As senior licensed faculty they are also available for tutorials and will work with students to schedule small group trainings and one-on-one mentorship. They can be reached at 206-706-2836, resonate@whispering-dragon.com, http://www.whispering-dragon.com

By Jude Ponton DC, MAc, LAc and Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc Senior Acutonics® Practitioners and Licensed Acutonics Faculty

Winter is the season of stillness, the Water element, reverting to the root, to our essence, to gather energy. It is a time for rest and consolidation in preparation for Spring growth. In the Pagan tradition, it is the time when the goddess becomes The Great Mother and births The Sun King. 

Ideally, this is a time for self-nurturance and rest. For many people, there is no real change to the pace of life at season’s change. Rather than gathering reserves, most people are running at their usual speed. We are not taught emphasis on rest and consolidation of our energy reserves. We are not focused on the energy of potentiality that resides deep within the Life Gate (between the kidneys).

The year’s end is expressing a culmination of duality and the fear that accompanies it. We feel that the energy of Sedna can act as an antidote to these feelings. Both yin and yang, Sedna is the expression of the confluence of opposing energies. In her capacity as a superconductor, she can assist us in accelerated movement toward experiences of unity and alignment with the Tao.

In our practices, we can offer energetic support for the Kidneys, the storehouse of essence and creative power. As winter begins its shift to spring, we can support the balance of yin and yang and help to promote consolidation of core energy and to ground it at the root.

Utilizing points and intervals that support the Kidney energy and incorporating the Governing (Du) and Conception (Ren) vessels, we can provide harmonic foundation for renewal and becoming.

Here Are A Few Ideas:

UB 23, Kidney Shu  

The Mars/Venus 5th interval to bring balance to the yin and yang aspects of the Kidney. Low Sedna/Low Venus to balance Kidney yin and yang at the deep level of the Yin Fire.

DU 4, Life Gate

Solar 7th interval to support the yang energy of the Kidney and all of the energy systems of the body.

KID 3, Great Ravine

Mars/Venus 5th interval to balance yin and yang at the source. Solar 7th could also be used here to activate yang at the source. Another option here is Sedna/Venus 6th as Sedna supports both yin and yang and has the energy of super conduction and Venus directs the energy to the Kidneys.

REN 4, Origin Pass

Saturn/Venus 5th interval to consolidate the yin energy of the Kidney.

The Ren Mai and Du Mai

The most yin and yang channels can be employed to balance duality. On the Ren Mai (The most yin of the vessels): Full Moon/Venus microtone to strongly nourish yin followed by Saturn/Venus 5th to consolidate the Kidney yin. Or you might use Sedna/Venus, Sedna/Full Moon, Sedna/Saturn to activate and consolidate Kidney yin.

On the Du Mai extraordinary vessel (The most yang of the vessels): Solar 7th interval to strengthen yang energy followed by Mars/Venus 5th interval to bring Mars’ yang, activating energy and direct it to the Kidneys.

We wish you all a consolidating and rejuvenating Winter Solstice and a healthy and abundant New Year.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc, Senior Certified Acutonics® Practitioners and Licensed Acutonics® Teachers

The Mountain of Balance Points also known as the Kidney Spirit Points are portals for accessing this alchemical process. These points use the strength of the Heart to overcome fear. They help us to raise our frequencies and to open our Hearts to spirit and they aid in accessing the higher vibrations of the Heart to overcome the lower vibrations of fear and anxiety. The Spirit of the Heart is the Shen and the Spirit of the Kidneys is the Zhi. So, these are powerful points to help integrate Spirit with Divine Will.

In an article about The Three Treasures written by Donna and Ellen they tell us that the Kidneys hold a remembrance of Earth. The Kidneys help us remember both our cosmic identity and our earth identity and essence. Kidney energy stores both cosmic and terrestrial Jing (yang and yin). This is where our divine nature and our human nature meet and find unique expression in the Shen —the Heart. The Heart is the cauldron that combines the heavenly spirit with the earthly will and brings it to unique expression.

The Kidney Spirit Points, KID 23, 24 and 25 are located on the chest near the heart.

KID 23, Shen Feng, Spirit Seal

Located in the 4th intercostal space 2 cun lateral to the midline at the boarder of the heart. A seal represents a signature or a mark of personal identity. At KID 23 we can touch our inner essence — who we can become. This point can be used to anchor our self in our own identity, especially after a period of despair or self-negation, this is a pivotal point for rediscovering our true identity. KID 23 activates the Yang of the Heart Spirit and gives us courage to speak our truth and access our destiny. It opens our hearts to the awareness of our special gifts. Apply the Mars/Venus 5th interval to activate the Yang Spirit and provide energy to express one’s true identity. Use Chiron/Jupiter to help realize special gifts as Jupiter provides expansion of awareness.

KID 24 – Ling Xu/Spirit Ruins

This point is located in the 3rd intercostal space 2 cun lateral to the midline; it helps resurrect spirit into light and leaves behind the parts of darkness. Ling Xu resurrects the Yin aspects of Spirit and allows us to experience the riches of life, joy, enthusiasm and meaning while helping to return our spirit to life. It reestablishes contact with our inner wisdom and strength, provides deep connections to our soul, offers a great lift to vitality, and helps us to connect to wonder and inner wisdom. Use Venus to access the joy, enthusiasm and riches of life along with the Full Moon to shine light and bring the Yin to fullness.

KID 25, Shen Cang/Spirit Storehouse

This point is located in the 2nd intercostal space 2 cun lateral to the midline. This point stores ancestral Jing and helps us stay present and aware that everything around us has spirit and will reveal what we are searching for, including providing our spirit the dreams and visions needed at every point in time. We also find the gifts of the Spirit here, including the Spirits of the 5 Yin Organs that gather here and are transformed by Heart Fire into Shen, which is stored in the Heart. KID 25 can be used to build spiritual reserves. Use Neptune, to nurture our dreams, combine with Jupiter to expand vision. Saturn’s holding power can be combined with Jupiter (the Guru) to build spirit.

As a method of harmonizing the Water and Fire energies, treat these points as a set and use the Ohm Unison for balance.

On a more mundane level these points can be activated with Mercury/Venus 6th, to engage the holding power of the Kidneys for asthma that presents as difficulty on inhalation, to anchor the energy of the Lung.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc, & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc, Senior Acutonics® Practitioners and Licensed Teachers

Advertisers and politicians, among others, have learned how to manipulate us to believe in the necessity for everything from insurance and pharmaceuticals to giving up our privacy. They do this by activating our instinctual drive for self-preservation. This can create a state of hyper-vigilance and a need to control our external environment. Much of what we see at the root of our clients’ concerns is a kind of fear; fear that seems to come from a disconnect from their own sense of well-being and instinctual power.

We emphasize the importance of the Kidneys throughout Acutonics courses as the foundation for our core energy, sort of like a battery pack.

The Kidneys are not just the foundation of the energy that powers the physical functions of the body. The spirit of the Kidney, the Zhi, provides the power of our life force, or our will to grow. It provides us the ability to face our fears and to move forward in our lives. The Zhi supports the drive to thrive and our will to BE.

The kidney spirit supports the Shen spirit of the heart and provides a springboard for the Shen to extend into the expanse of our heart field. When the heart spirit is supported and grounded by the Zhi it results in a sense of equilibrium, wisdom and confidence. This is the matrix that nurtures trust. It engenders a knowing that the universe is infinitely compassionate and generous and that our natural state is one of connection and well-being.

Feelings of fear, anxiety and distrust are indications of decreased resonance with the vibrations of the Zhi and the Shen, related to imbalances of the energy of the Kidney and Heart. As practitioners of Acutonics we can offer our clients a direct experience of vibrational resonance with these manifestations of spirit and a sense of deeply rooted expansiveness. Here are some suggestions to add to your treatments for enhancing the relationship of the Kidney and the Heart to support the Zhi and the Shen:

The Du Mai supports the Kidneys and relates to the Root Chakra, which is the foundation for the sense of rooting and stability to enhance our sense of security. Use the Saturn/Venus 5th interval to consolidate the Kidney energy and the Mars/Venus 5th to balance and activate the Kidneys.

The Yin Wei Mai expands the Heart Chakra. The Jupiter/Venus combination brings expansiveness and love to the Heart. Sun/Neptune combination activates the flow of the Heart spirit.

UB 23, Kidney Shu is the point of activation of the Kidney energy. Mars/Venus 5th balances the Kidney yin and yang. Ohm/Sedna balances feelings of duality.

UB 52, Will Chamber (located about three inches lateral to the lower boarder of the second lumbar, or 1 ½ inches lateral to UB 23,  Kidney Shu) is the point related to the Zhi spirit of the Kidney. The Pluto/Venus 5th can be used to reach the deep root and transformative energy of the Zhi.

KID 3, Great Ravine – Is the Source Point on the Kidney meridian and is an access to the expression of Source energy through the Kidneys. Use all three Octaves of the Mars/Venus 5th interval to access and connect lower and higher vibrations of the Kidney Spirit energy.

Ren 17, Chest Center – This is the location of the Heart Chakra. To expand the strength of the Spirit (Shen) of the Heart out into the Heart field use the high octave Jupiter/Sun 2 combination.

HT 7, Spirit Gate – This is the source point on the Heart meridian and opens the beauty of the spirit. It opens the gate to nourish warmth and love and brings security and stability to the inner feelings of the heart. The New Moon 5th can open the gate and Full Moon/Venus allows full expression and nurturance of love.

KID 23, Spirit Seal; KID 24, Spirit Ruins; KID 25, Spirit Storehouse (Collectively known as the Mountain of Balance Points) have a strong effect on Spirit. They are a mixing place for the primordial yin/water energy of the Kidneys and the primordial yang/fire energy of the Heart. They bring together the Zhi and the Shen. Mars/Venus 5th combines the yin and yang energies on Kidney points over the Heart on these Spirit transforming points.

By Jude Ponton, DC, LAc & Paul Ponton, LAc

The Four Gates, LI 4 (Hegu – Union Valley), and LIV 3 (Tai Chong – Great Surge) are introduced in Acutonics Level I as important points individually and as a powerful set of points when activated together.

As acupuncture students, we were taught that this combination was employed to strongly circulate qi in the body and by doing so, to clear energy that had become stagnant. They are often used to relieve painful physical conditions if the client is not too weak and can tolerate strong movement of energy.

LI 4 is often included in point prescriptions for activation of qi in the meridians, and to release pain. It is also said to open the flow of qi.

LIV 3 is effective in “spreading” the Liver qi, throughout the body. This is helpful, because the Liver is responsible for “patency” of qi (meaning free flowing and unobstructed) throughout the body.

It is easy to imagine that these two points individually are helpful in addressing a number of conditions in the body.

Used as a set, these points are powerful, not just for treating physical stagnation conditions, but to allow movement at all of our energetic levels. In fact, it is imbalance at these other levels, both higher and deeper, that precede the physical manifestations resulting in pain and other stagnant conditions.

The function of the Four Gates speaks to the movement forward and expansiveness that is denied us when our lives become limited and stagnant. In Acutonics Level IV the Four Gates are described as a holographic reflection of the journey to each of the four cardinal directions made by the sage to attain wisdom and spiritual enrichment. The Microcosmic Orbit is seen as the center, the sacred mountain, the central controller.

Other traditions also talk about this journey. The Buddhist spiritual text, Yoga Vasistha, says there are the Four Gates to freedom and enlightenment that are tranquility, contentment, good company and inquiry. There is a mandala that reflects this showing square with four gates, one on each side, enclosing a circle with a central point.

In Jewish tradition there is mention of four gates that must be mastered: the gate of seeing, the gate of listening, the gate of imagining and the gate of speaking.  The Sufi tradition says that words should only be spoken after they have been passed through the four gates of speech, the gates of truth, necessity, benefit and kindness. These all point to a more expansive and a higher spiritual level of functioning.

Using your tuning forks for stimulating this combination furthers these sacred traditions when working with clients. Contralateral application of the pairs intensifies the movement through the energy of the geometry of the figure eight and the multidimensionality of the cosmic octave. You were probably introduced to using the New Moon 5th and the Zodiac 3rd intervals for treating these points. Here are few additional suggestions for application.

Combine New Moon/Jupiter for opening to expansion.
Neptune/Jupiter can help with expansion into flow with the field.
Mercury/Neptune creates flow and fusion of information and communication toward a more enlightened state allowing integration of guidance from all sources.

Adding the Ohm Octave for the microcosmic orbit, Ren Mai and Du Mai, as the central mountain, anchors the expansion at a new level of consciousness.

Use your intuition and imagination based on your knowledge of the planetary archetypes and correspondences for more ideas for expansion and help on the journey.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, Lac & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics Practitioners and Teachers

The practice of circulating qi in the Microcosmic Orbit acts to transform the denser energy of three-dimensional reality to a more etheric, higher frequency form of energy. It elicits conscious awareness of our nature as beings made up of light and information.

Source energy, the oneness of Wu Qi first separates into yin and yang (tai qi). The Ren and the Du extraordinary vessels are the expressions of ultimate yin and yang in the body.

We utilize the Ren and the Du vessels to merge and balance the yang of heaven and the yin of earth within ourselves. This balancing affects us on many different levels of our physical, emotional and spiritual experience.

Located on the midline of the front and the back of the body, the Ren and the Du create the supportive energy for the body’s central core. Support of the central core can be achieved through balancing the yin and the yang utilizing the Ren and the Du vessels. A very basic way of doing this is the application of the Full Moon 6th interval for the Ren (Full Moon on the opening point, LU 7, Broken Sequence/Ohm on the balance point KID 6, Shining Sea) and the Solar 7th interval (Sun on the opening point SI 3, Back Ravine/Low Ohm on the balance point UB 62, Extending Vessel) for the Du.

The seven major chakras line up along this central core. The strength and balance of the Du and Ren are instrumental in the proper functioning of the chakras in their capacity for refining psycho-emotional and spiritual energies.

One suggestion to facilitate this refinement is to expand capacity for love and nurturance using the Venus/Jupiter combination applied to the Ren Vessel and the Chiron/Neptune combination to the Du Vessel to initiate flow toward spiritual transformation.

The chakras also help to regulate the endocrine and nervous systems (said to be the two most important regulatory mechanisms of the physical body) by virtue of their correspondence to glands and major nerve plexuses. To balance the endocrine system the Ohm/Venus 6th can be applied to the Ren to enhance the influence of the Kidney yin and the Ohm/Mars 2nd to the Du for the facilitation of the Kidney yang. Proper balance of the Kidney yin and yang energies provides support and balance of the endocrine system through the microcosmic orbit.

In addition to activating the microcosmic orbit, individual endocrine imbalances can then be addressed by using the corresponding planetary tuning forks on the appropriate chakra. For example, Mercury/New Moon 5th can be applied on the 5th chakra for thyroid imbalances.

For support and stabilization of the nervous system the Low Ohm Octave can be applied to the Ren vessel for deep grounding and stabilizing. On the Du the Mercury/Saturn 2nd provides structure and control.

Another benefit of balancing the Microcosmic Orbit is its potential for harmonizing Kundalini arousal. Smooth flow in this cycle of celestial and terrestrial forces allows this transformational energy a clear and balanced pathway for Kundalini movement. Saturn/Neptune on both the Ren and the Du gives controlled flow to this process.

These are a few suggestions for tuning into the extraordinary power of the Microcosmic Orbit. They can be used as a jumping off point for your own intuition and inspiration.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc. & Paul Ponton MAc, LAc, Senior Acutonics Practitioners and Licensed Teachers

When we talk about the heart-field we are focusing on concepts that relate both to the ancient Chinese medicine description of the energetic properties of the heart and to more modern research about the heart’s role in well-being beyond the physical functions. Research done at the Institute of Heart Math as well as information from other so-called “new biology” point to the extraordinary strength and power of the electromagnetic and other subtle energy fields associated with the heart.

Measurements of the energy field of the heart suggest that it extends out several feet from the body. By comparison, the size and strength of the field of the brain is dwarfed by the heart’s field. The heart field has been found to form a torus field (like a donut shape of sorts) around the body and to extend out, some report, twelve or more feet from our physical forms. This means we are constantly coming into contact with the heart fields of others. This is probably the origin of hugging where the heart areas of two people are brought into contact with the embrace.

It has also been discovered that a substantial portion of heart tissue is made up of neural fibers. This finding points to the reason that many mental processes, (such as memory and clarity of thought), are attributed to the heart in Chinese medicine. To paraphrase an old song “the heart has a mind (or brain) of its own”. It may also be the reason we talk about memorizing something so that we know it “by heart”. Cardiac medical centers report that heart transplant recipients can become aware of memories of the heart donor.

We have found that this understanding of the heart, as something more than just a pump to circulate blood, has drawn us more and more into focusing our consciousness, out of our heads and into our heart fields.

The heart field opens our awareness of the field of infinite possibilities. In Level I Acutonics classes we talk about the famous Taoist illustration that starts at the top in the Wu Qi, the undifferentiated oneness, and then separates into the duality of yin and yang, which further divides into the myriad of things (represented by the five elements) that make up our physical reality. Lao Tzu tells us that the Tao that can be described is not the Tao. We take this to mean that it must be experienced directly and is not something our rational mind can fully comprehend. The experience of the Tao, the oneness, unity consciousness is found in the awareness created by listening to our hearts.

In modern physics, this undifferentiated oneness is sometimes referred to as the Zero Point Field or the “Unified Field”. It is a state of matter in waveform that is changed into particle reality through our consciousness and intention. When we are doing an Acutonics session we set intention and then let go of the left-brain mental function of using the will and “trying” to fix a problem and allow a state of neutrality to manifest.

We drop our awareness into the heart field where infinite possibilities exist, beyond the limitations of our rational mind to perceive them. We allow the abundance and generosity of source energy to find resonance in the vibrations created with the tuning forks and other sound instruments and to bring solutions for our clients on multiple levels.

Physical, emotional and spiritual energies merge in the portals opened in the alternate realities and dimensions that sound creates. It is a place where the perceived duality that separates the practitioner, client and source can disappear and bring a state of unity where the miraculous is possible.

Application of opening and expanding intervals such as Mars/Venus, Venus/Jupiter, Sedna/Venus or Sun/Jupiter on the heart chakra or the Yin Wei extraordinary vessel can assist clients in experiencing these higher states and transcending limitations of physical, particle reality.

We know that many of you are already working from this state of awareness, some through conscious practice and some from a natural tendency to be there.

You are aware that physical, emotional and psychological states are constructs that our consciousness uses as a way of playing in the time and space in which we find ourselves. The ancient Taoist Wu Qi illustration is a reminder of our higher vibratory natures and the well being that exists at these frequencies. Acutonics gives us tools for bringing resonance to ourselves and to those we serve. The power of our hearts gives us the portal to use these tools to bring healing on all levels.

By Jude Ponton, DC, LAc & Paul Ponton LAc, Senior Acutonics Practitioners and Teachers

In Level II of Acutonics we expand our practice to include accessing ancient knowledge by introducing Shamanic tools as a way to connect with frequencies of divine vibration. Tibetan bowls, drums, didgeridoos and other healing instruments utilize wisdom from a variety of cultures that work with sound as a method for experiencing altered states of consciousness.

Einstein said, “The field is the sole governing agency of the particle.” The field creates material reality. We now have language from disciplines that have moved beyond Newtonian scientific principles to define new visions of science that begin to incorporate the ancient wisdom that was previously classified as religious, spiritual, or superstitious.

The Taoists refer to the Wu Qi, which is commonly translated as “the infinite”. It describes a ground state of undifferentiated oneness from which the duality of yin and yang emerge to separate further into “the myriad” or “the millions”, the material or shared reality that makes up our physical existence. We see this same concept defined as “zero point field” in quantum physics, or as the “field of infinite potential” or “the field of all possibilities” in more common usage. This is the field that fills the spaces in-between. It is the place we can access through vibration, assisted by conscious intent to shift patterns of information that manifest both physically and non-physically.

A ground breaking study published in 1947 by Harold Saxton Burr examined the electromagnetic fields of a group of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer and found that these women’s uteruses had an electromagnetic signature that was different from the electromagnetic charge of healthy uteruses. Burr followed this by observing the charges of the uteruses of a group of women who did not have a diagnosis of uterine cancer. The women in this group who were apparently healthy but exhibited the electromagnetic signature of uterine cancer later went on to develop it. Cancer was displayed in the energy field before it showed up in the cells. It was in the field before it showed up in material form. The field acted as the template for the coalescence of matter. Burr’s conclusion was that changes in the field will produce changes in matter.

Accessing the field with frequencies of planetary tuning forks, Tibetan bowls, drums, rattles and other instruments opens portals to possibilities of transformation and well- being beyond what we or our clients can imagine.

Sometimes clients will reach a sort of “plateau” in working with an imbalance or manifestation. They have experienced consistent shifting and then things seem not to change much. We have often found that by deliberately directing our attention to working in their subtle fields, we can access information that revives and expands change. For example, sometimes after treatment for physical trauma, like an auto accident or a fall there is remaining discomfort that doesn’t seem to resolve. Disruption of the subtle energy fields often accompanies physical trauma, so working to repair the fields will release patterns that interfere with full recovery.

The field also contains old thought forms and beliefs that can create emotional, spiritual and physical manifestations. When people are working on expanding consciousness and creating transformation, we can use our planetary frequencies and vibrational tools to help break up old patterns and facilitate expansion and smooth flow of energy. We can illuminate new pathways and activate access to new grids and templates.

It’s been said that everything is light and information. We often use the high frequency Mercury and Sun2 to connect these essential elements. High octave Ohm/Uranus 5th can break up old patterns. Ohm/Neptune 5th allows easy flow into new ways of becoming. Sun/Jupiter 5th helps us access the expansive fields of our hearts (especially if done over the heart chakra). Ohm/Sedna microtone helps to access connection between the liquid crystal matrix or our body’s connective tissue and the matrix of the field of all possibility.  These are just a few examples of how we use planetary frequencies in the field.

The forks can be directed over specific points or chakras. The Huato Jiaji points integrate new frequencies and so, are often useful. We frequently work in areas of the field that draw our attention energetically. Sometimes we connect an area directly over a point on the body with a point a distance off the body where the vibrations of the forks seem to have a special resonance with each other. Paying attention to the feeling of the energy guides us to the proper locations.

While the high frequency forks are especially suited to the frequencies of the subtle fields, middle frequencies do have an effect. It should also be said that we always pay attention to grounding the client’s energy in their body and working with middle and low frequency forks on body.

Helping to create energy communication and integration with the field of all possibilities creates potential for expanded physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.

By Jude Ponton, DC. LAC and Paul Ponton, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics Faculty, Certified Acutonics^® Practitioners

Spring is the season of awakening and enlivening the liver energy as the Earth brings forth manifestation from the potentiality stored in the seed. This is a good opportunity to connect with the Hun, the spirit of the liver. In Chinese medicine the energy of the liver is responsible for the smooth flow of qi in the body. It regulates how energy moves. Liver imbalances show up as excesses such as unrestrained liver yang and fire; as liver deficiencies (of yin and blood) and as liver stagnation, or stuckness.

The five-element correspondence of springtime to the liver makes spring a particularly powerful time to address psycho-spiritual issues associated with the Hun. During this time the spirits associated with all the energy systems of the body come into play and must be balanced for creative process to take place, manifest and enter our shared reality. The Hun is pivotal in this process. Hun imagination interfaces with Shen consciousness, (the energy of pure potentiality), to create manifestation as both are yang in nature. This provides the initial step in creating our own reality. Liver energy must flow smoothly on all levels in order for us to connect to the source of undifferentiated oneness, the energy of potentiality, the Tao. 

Lonnie Jarret writes, in Nourishing Destiny, that we must align heaven’s plan both internally and externally in order to evolve in a less constrained manner. It is our perception that creates the polarity of inner and outer, and of separation of our physical being from our divine nature. The key to this alignment is moving beyond the illusion that we are separate and allowing our creative divinity full expression.

Many of the things that lead to stagnation of liver energy and hinder the ability to allow merging of our perception with that of our higher spiritual selves are lifestyle issues. Physical influences include too much coffee, alcohol and other drugs. Psychological influences include stress, unexpressed emotions and rigidity in the way we think or in our beliefs. Constrained energy or stuck energy inhibits our ability to allow the Tao to flow smoothly through us.

We can access the energy of springtime and expansion and allow the Hun spirit to potentiate moving forward in life and to let go of the resistance that holds us back.

Treating a few acupuncture points with Acutonics tuning forks to balance the physical and spiritual aspects of the liver energy can be useful. These treatment suggestions focus on opening the flow of the liver to allow full expression of the Hun

Extraordinary Vessels:

Yang Wei Mai: Helps us hear inner guidance and see a way forward to access our transformational path. Use the New Moon 5th to open the way, Full Moon 6th to bring full expression and illumination of our destiny. The Zodiac 3rd can also be used to break up resistance to new ways of being and to disperse patterns that no longer serve us. Ohm/Jupiter 4th can be employed to expand beyond limitations 

Dai Mai: Helps us release constraints to move forward. Use the Zodiac 3rd to break through frustration of not advancing. New Moon 5th to release old emotional habits. Ohm/Uranus 5th to break up barriers and to allow more decisive movement.

Other Points:

Open the Hun spirit point UB 47, Hun Gate (3 Cun lateral to the spinous process of T 9) with New Moon 5th, expand expression of the Hun with Jupiter/New Moon combination.

LIV 3, Great Surge, LIV 14, Cycle Gate, UB 18, Liver Shu address the flow and balance of liver energy and enhance the process of allowing. Use the New Moon 5th to open, the Ohm/Jupiter 4th to expand. Jupiter/Neptune can be used with these points to open and encourage smooth flow of the liver energy.

The 6th Chakra point, Yin Tang, can be treated with New Moon/Jupiter to open and expand vision and provide insights for transformation along with the above liver related points.

As Senior Licensed Acutonics faculty Paul and Jude Ponton will tailor their class schedules to the unique needs of the student. They offer the full Acutonics curriculum, Fundamentals of Chinese Medicine, Points and Meridians, and several excellent electives. They can be reached at 206-706-2836 or resonate@whispering-dragon.com.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc, Acutonics^® Licensed Teachers, and Senior Practitioners

Modern Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) views the meridians as a “closed” energetic system. This perspective holds that the Qi moves in organized flows throughout the body and that these channels or meridians communicate with the various organs and tissues of the body and that the meridians communicate with each other. From this point of view the energies influencing health and well-being are circulating and interacting within the limits of physical structure.

Acutonics has always followed a more Taoist point of view that our physical bodies are not separated from the Tao, from connection with all that is. The Taoist understanding is that the universe is a fully interconnected and interactive system in which all parts are reflected in the whole. This is more in line with a more modern quantum perspective of the holographic nature of the universe.  

Both the ancient and the modern concepts reflect the understanding that the composition of reality is energetically or vibrationally based. At the denser vibrational frequencies that make up the material world we perceive ourselves to be separate from the cosmos, the stuff of the world and each other. Only part of the frequency of material objects, including human beings exists at this denser, particle reality. Every cell in our bodies contains microtubules that translate higher vibrational frequencies into denser 3 D reality. Not only are those microtubules present in our bodies, they are present in everything.  Some researchers say that the function of the microtubules is to download cosmic consciousness. The fact that these structures are universally present. and everything is interacting with the greater Source consciousness is an indication of entanglement with the unified field. 

There is a shared ancestry from the common origin of creation that is reflected at multiple levels of frequency and form. The background vibration creates different manifestations based on the frequency of its expression. For example, the same background vibration that manifests as the planet Saturn, at another level of expression becomes the bones that are the structure of our bodies and at another level is the energy that gives structure to our lives. All of these material and non-material manifestations have correspondence with one another because of their shared entanglement with a common source in the unified field. They are all expressions at different frequencies of their common origin. There is a shared resonance among these different densities of vibration.

The ancient alchemists, when practicing the Law of Correspondences, were displaying a great understanding of frequency and its relationship to form. Initially they made connections between the appearance of herbs and their medicinal applications for the body. This became identified as the Doctrine of Signatures. The Law of Correspondences also identified resonances between planets, animals, plants and stones. They were focusing on the different manifestations of a specific frequency and the octaves and overtones related to it.

In Acutonics sessions, when we choose a fork, strike it and apply it to the body we draw on all of the potential that frequency holds in field and connect it to the correspondent organs and related energetic systems. When you add this to the alchemy of the points and the higher vibrations of the subtle fields, it becomes a powerful tool for healing and transformation.

If, for example, we apply the Ohm/Jupiter 4th interval to Cycle Gate, (LIV 14), we not only have an effect on the function of the Liver, but influence expansion and broader vision for our life path.

We are all part of an infinite field that is in constant vibrational interaction. When working with clients we can draw on the vast potential of the Tao to move beyond limitations of a perceived closed reality. 

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics Teachers and Practitioners

In our Level I Acutonics^® classes we emphasize the value of our planetary frequencies to aid in creating altered states of consciousness. These altered states act as portals to new possibilities and new experiences of health and wellbeing. Our clients are able to more easily release old entanglement patterns.

These entanglements result from defaulting to unconscious programmed responses. We react based on previous similar experiences. It’s common for people to spend much of their day reacting to stress using a programmed set of actions, performing activities without much conscious awareness. From this vibrational state it’s easy to simply default to a cycle of repetition of old thoughts and behaviors. The result is an experience of being stuck in the past with no sense of how to move into a different way of being. This pattern is dominated by the high beta brainwave state, which is a high frequency condition that requires a great deal of energy to maintain. Often people feel overwhelmed, frustrated and exhausted.

High beta states are characterized by the “fight or flight” response that prompts release of stress hormones like cortisol and adrenalin. These are chemicals related to our survival mechanism that is activated during stressful situations. When our bodies are operating from survival state, there is no energy available for creation. New patterns are not materializing because the energy is not there to bring them to manifestation. Additionally, we become dependent on the adrenalin “rush” to fuel our daily activities. We have all had clients who run on adrenalin until they bottom out and have no energy to function.

The cosmic frequencies of our Acutonics tuning forks, chimes and planetary gongs create shifts in frequency from the high beta state. Clients universally report feelings of deep relaxation during (and often for some time after) Acutonics sessions. This relaxed sensation corresponds to alpha and theta brain wave states. In alpha and theta there is a shift from outer directed consciousness to a more inner directed awareness and intuitive creative non-analytical experience. This alteration of consciousness allows easier access to new possibilities, greater coherence, health and wellbeing. Use of Ohm forks for self care can act as support for maintaining access to these more relaxed states.

The extraordinary vessels are important portals to higher consciousness. They are the first emanation from Source and connect us with our primal limitless spirit. The Chong Mai, for example, is the first of the vessels to develop from the Wu Qi. It connects us to our deepest nature. The Chong Mai allows us to move beyond the dualism of judgment and suffering and return to our original state. It connects to the heart and helps us to realize our potential for growth and expansion. Intervals using Sedna as the tonic enhance the connection to non-duality. Sedna/New Moon can be used to open this connection and Sedna/Venus for accessing the unified field of love and compassion.

The Yin Wei Mai is opened through the Inner Gate Point (P 6) and is a portal to the memories stored in our hearts that help us to open our access to the entire heart field. Sedna/New Moon can be used for opening and Sedna/Jupiter to create expansion into the field.

Examining the characteristics and energetics of the other extraordinary vessels will provide insight into creative interval selection to provide access to altered states.

The chakras are powerful energetic portals to other-dimensional awareness. Planetary signatures can inform choices for Chakra activation.

The Huato Jiaji points are especially useful for integrating new frequencies of consciousness that are being experienced. Chiron and Nibiru can be helpful in this process.

Acutonics provides exceptional connection to and coherent integration with transformative states of being.

By Jude Ponton, DC, LAc and Paul Ponton LAc, Senior Acutonics Practitioners and Licensed Acutonics Teachers

Happy New Year. We think it is useful to approach the change from one year to the next, not so much in a chronological/linear manner, but as a movement through a placeholder in the constant flow of cycles. The start of a new cycle brings opportunities for expansion and revision and for the release of energetic patterns that no longer serve us. Major marker celebrations in the cycles are times when great stored momentum can be released and access to energy of potentiality and possibility can be realized. Portals can be opened to provide connection with transformative potentiality.

Acutonics provides tools for transformation. Vibrations created through planetary sound healing tools allow access to altered states of consciousness. This promotes shifting into new and more refined frequency states that bring us closer to the undifferentiated oneness of the Tao. We can live in the shared 3-D reality, with a new perspective that allows us to see beyond the illusion and conditioning of mass consciousness to realize we are creators of a reality where anything is possible.

Here are some suggestions to add to your treatments, especially at this time, to access the cycles of expansion and connection with unlimited consciousness potential.

The Huato Jiaji Points are useful in integrating frequency shifts and accessing expanded possibilities. There are a variety of approaches here that can be used individually or in combination. The application of the New Moon 5th provides opening to the Moons connection to cycles and to emotional release and adaptation. Applying the Chiron/Nibiru 2nd interval provides a bridge to a new matrix (access to foundations for building new realities).

All of the Extraordinary Vessels address potentiality. Activating the microcosmic orbit by applying vibration to the Conception Vessel and the Governing Vessel is a practice of inner alchemy. It provides transformational energy to refine denser frequencies.  

The Pluto/New Moon 5th interval applied to the Conception Vessel provides opening to transformation processes. Following with Nibiru/Venus 4th creates a new matrix for refinement of the frequencies. These same intervals can be applied to the Governing Vessel as well.

Applying higher octave forks in subtle fields around the body opens communication between our subtle energy fields and the background (zero point) field. High frequency New Moon 5th forks, moved in spiral configurations, opens us to the field. High frequency Mercury/Jupiter 4th interval, also in spirals, provides energy for expansion of communication between our field and the collective field.

Jupiter/Venus 3rd interval can be applied on or over Ren 17 (Chest Center) to activate the Heart Chakra and expand access to creativity and refinement and the unlimited potential of Heart centered compassion.

In this cycle of opportunity we send our intentions for greatest and highest good for all of you and for all beings.

By Ellen F. Franklin, PhD & Donna Carey, LAc

As we launch into 2019 it feels appropriate to revisit powerful healing themes associated with Nibiru an integral part of the Acutonics healing system. While theories about Nibiru abound, it has been a core element in the Acutonics methodology for nearly twenty years. Recent theories on binary star systems suggest that at least 80% of known stars have a binary partner, meaning it is partnered with another star or something as massive as a large planet or a brown dwarf. It is very likely that our Sun has a binary partner and we’ve proposed for some time that it may be Nibiru. Just as the sun embodies the male yang energy, Nibiru represents the feminine aspect of the Sun – a necessary balance to pervasive yang consciousness. At this time in history when abuse of masculine power has been called to account men around the globe are being asked to take responsibility for their actions, as feminine consciousness grows – Nibiru expands in our awareness providing powerful healing themes of destruction and new creation, the balance and centrality of a masculine and feminine matrix that overcomes old paradigms of separate matriarchal and patriarchal systems from past civilizations to one of unity.

Nibiru

Character: Evolution
PLANET OF THE CROSSINGS 
Key Words: Evolution, travel, connection, the gods, roots and origins, change, feelings, emotional longing and resolution, enlightenment, initiator, restoration.
Negative Key Words: Fear, tunnel vision, chaos, catastrophe, destruction
Physically: Genetics, body chemistry, enzymes, chakras, vibrational healing. 
Basic Function: Nibiru crosses our lives and helps us to be aware of our weakest spots so that we can repair and restore ourselves to balance.

Healing Theme: The Crossing
The healing themes of Nibiru are centered on crossing and crossroads. As Nibiru crossed over from another Solar System to bring life to our Solar System and to Earth, the theme of cross-pollination of culture, religions, philosophies, ideologies, and of consciousness emerges. This idea of cross-pollination brings great creative gifts in the arts, sciences and technologies. Misuse of these gifts can create division instead of unity. We are without question at a historical crossroads, where the rapid destruction and degradation of our planet Earth is taking place at a far more rapid rate than originally forecast. This is not unlike the historical accounts of the planet Nibiru, and it is beyond time to act. 

As we cross boundaries of space and time we develop methods, systems and means to create and destroy, to heal and to change. We are being asked to pay attention to unintended consequences of our actions. We are the crossing, both divine and human, capable of creating a new mythos, a new story, one of unity and of harmony, based on the highest ideals of compassion love and interconnectivity.

Nibiru is an initiator that gets to the core and brings to light hidden problems and imbalances. It is our choice as we stand at the sacred place of the crossing and the crossing over, whether we will evolve or are destined to repeat the misuse of our inborn divinity.

Healing with Nibiru 

Like the Acutonics Chiron Tuning Forks the Acutonics Nibiru Tuning Fork Set includes and span 3 musical octaves. The interval of the Ohm tuning fork and the Nibiru tuning fork creates an interval that can musically be identified as beautiful, bluesy and emotional. This interval sings like a calling out, a searching. Hearing this interval helps to dislodge this pain or longing by emotionally and spiritually acknowledging it. Nibiru initiates healing on the emotional and spiritual level. Where Chiron addresses and heals the wounds and releases the physical, Nibiru seeks to address the emotion of the wound and reunite the physical and spiritual.

The Low Ohm tuning fork and the Low Nibiru tuning fork sounded together deeply access and acknowledge the emotions, which have been uncovered by Chiron and bring them to the surface for transformation. The Middle Ohm Tuning Fork sounded together with the Middle Nibiru Tuning Fork can take those feelings that are accessed to a crossing point where our human self sees the gods and goddesses and the potential connection. It seeks to merge the human/god balance. The High Octave Ohm/Nibiru interval helps our light body to travel the journey to fully realize that we are the gods.

By Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, & Paul Ponton, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics Teachers and Certified Acutonics^® Practitioners

Chakras organize the body on the physical level and allow life force to enter and be processed and expressed in the body. They are places where matter and consciousness come together, and energy is alchemically transformed from the psychophysical to the spiritual. The structure of each chakra contains a nucleus that concentrates or stabilizes the energy of the chakra, and a vortex that refracts consciousness outward. We think of the chakras as toroidal geometries expressing the vortex.

Each chakra has a relationship with an endocrine gland and a neural plexus. This defines a relationship between the chakras, the endocrine system, and the nervous system. When any neurologic tissue/neural network is activated by consciousness it creates mind. In our work we are stimulating this consciousness through vibrational resonance between the chakra and the chosen planetary frequency. Since each chakra has an associated nerve plexus, each has its own mind. This mind is activated by energy with conscious intent. When a chakra is activated it initiates activity of chemicals, hormones, tissues and cellular functions. It also produces energy.

For example, when we activate the heart chakra, we interact with its specific frequency, hormones, chemicals, (like oxytocin) emotions and its mini-brain that networks with the field of information and energy that surrounds it. As a result, the heart chakra sends directions and messages to the organs and tissues located in that part of the body. The person resonates with and radiates loving, compassionate, kind, caring, selfless energy from this center. So, the heart chakra is receiving frequencies that activate consciousness that results in thoughts, feelings and actions that it then releases back into the field.

When we examine each chakra individually with emphasis on this perspective, we can see its contribution to the transformative process.

The First/Root Chakra relates to procreation. It contains and emits a vast amount of creative potency. It provides residence to the kundalini energy, manifesting our divine potential. It helps to connect to our roots and to stability and support.

Useful Planetary Signatures for engaging with this chakra include Pluto, Mars and Venus, Chiron and Nibiru.

The Second/Sacral Chakra is associated with social networks, relationships, support systems, family, interpersonal relationships and cultures. It sustains the energy of both holding on and letting go. It nourishes our zest for life/our desires and pleasures.

Planetary Signatures — Venus, Neptune, the Moon, Jupiter

The Third/Solar Plexus Chakra is associated with our sense of self, our personal power. It governs will and self-nurturance. This chakra is also said to be a reservoir of healing energy and vitality.

Planetary Signatures — Mars, Sun, Chiron

The first three chakras contain energy focused on survival and denser frequencies. They are devoted to the self.

The Fourth/Heart Chakra is associated with love, compassion, gratitude, caring, nurturance, joy, appreciation, kindness, and selflessness. It is this chakra that is the pivot point where we begin to experience higher frequencies. It has been said to be the seat of our soul.

In both the Vedic and Hebrew sacred texts, there is references to a unique space within the heart, that is considered sacred. In this center it is said that there is a point that gives rise to the entire universe and radiates outwardly. The central point is called Shiva, a non-moving male force. The radiations outward is Shakti and contain potential for all creation. Rudolph Steiner described a point at the heart center from which the universe arises in a frequency waveform that vibrates out and in at countless times per second. Steiner said the whole universe was contained in those radiations from our heart.

The heart has the largest and strongest electromagnetic field in the body and extends outward from the body for as much as eight feet. This would mean that not only is the heart’s electromagnetic field extending into our subtle fields, permeates all of our physical form, and connects with the heart fields of others.

The heart field shows up in measurements as generating an inner tube or donut-like shape referred to as a torus. This shape governs many aspects of life including the human heart. It is the primary shape in existence, unique, stable and very primal shape. The heart is thought to contain a smaller version of the same shape inside of the outer shape and oriented to the same axis.

Our heart torus communicates out to connect with the torus of the Earth and outward to connect with the Sun’s torus which produces countless other torus shapes that radiate out and embrace the whole solar system. The more coherent the heart field is the more easily it merges with the radiating fields of the Earth, the Sun and the rest of the solar system.

Part of what happens when we do attunements to the Earth, Moon, Sun and planets, is that we help to facilitate coherence through resonance with those frequencies. This is true also of the Solar 7th that brings coherence to connect us through the Sun to the rest of the solar system.

Though the heart’s electromagnetic field may need sensitive instruments for measurement, it is still the strongest rhythmic field generated in the body and is about five thousand times stronger than the brain’s electromagnetic field.  Much of the recent research on the heart comes from the HeartMath Institute, which has an association with Stanford University.

The newly developing field of neurocardiology views the heart as a sophisticated sensory organ that receives and processes information. References to this “brain of the heart” function are beginning to be found in modern medical research literature that attributes mental functions related to learning and memory to the heart. This is very similar to the functions attributed to the heart in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Modern western experimental research demonstrates that the heart continuously sends signals to the brain related to higher brain functions involved in the processing of perception, thinking and emotions. Some research results also point to the heart as the part of the body contributing most significantly to consciousness.

Besides normal perceptual functions there is new evidence that relates the heart’s field directly to intuition because of its ability to interact with information fields outside the parameters of space and time such as the Akashic field. Experimentation has shown that the heart and brain receive and respond to information about a future event before the event actually happens and that the heart appears to receive this precognitive information prior to the brain. This suggests a connection between the heart’s field and subtle energetic fields that contain information from matter remote in space and events that have not yet occurred in present time.

When we work on the energy of the heart, such as when placing tuning forks, or Tibetan bowls on the heart chakra, we are interacting with the torus energy field and with the functions of the heart related to the “heart-brain”. When we connect our consciousness to our own heart space, we gain deep access to our powerful intuitive sense and to the library that contains all the knowledge of the universe.

With Acutonics we have unique tools that allow us direct connection with the energies of the planets, and through them to the archetypes of our dreams allowing us to help people to bring their dreams to manifestation.

Planetary Signatures — Sun, Sun/Jupiter, Mars/Venus, Venus/Jupiter

The Fifth/Throat Chakra is associated with the expression of the love that emanates from the fourth chakra. It also relates to speaking our truth and empowering our reality through language and sound. It facilitates the sharing of thoughts and feelings with others.

Planetary Signatures — Mercury, Venus, Neptune

The Sixth/Brow Chakra relates to higher dimensional perception, the pineal gland, the pituitary gland, and non-linear reality. It enables our ability to tune in to higher frequencies. It is highly sensitive to all vibrational frequencies. It acts like an antenna picking up frequencies in the field. The pineal gland secretes serotonin, melatonin, pinoline, DMT and other metabolites of serotonin. These chemicals are not only powerful antioxidants, but they create potent neurotransmitters that can support transcendental and mystical experiences. Activating the energies of this chakra created an alchemical process. When the pineal is activated and releases these serotonin derivatives, the pituitary gland produces oxytocin and vasopressin. Oxytocin has been called the bonding hormone or chemical of emotional connection because it produces elevated emotions that cause our hearts to swell with love and joy. Vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone, causes the body to retain water, so that our bodies have more water to process and transmute higher frequencies to our cells. When vasopressin levels increase, they stabilize the thyroid gland and that stability acts to stabilize the entire endocrine system. This stability along with the activation of the pineal helps to access higher frequencies and elevated states of consciousness.  Acutonics tuning forks are exquisitely suited to activating this process.

Planetary Signatures — Venus, Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter

The Seventh/Crown Chakra is the “point of enlightenment”. It is the place where we are aware of our greatest expression of divinity. Our highest level of consciousness originates here and when this chakra is balanced, we experience non-duality and harmony with all things.

Planetary Signatures — Sun, Nibiru, Sedna

The Eighth Chakra/Soul Star Chakra (located about 16” above the head) was known as Ka by the ancient Egyptians. It represents our connection to the universe.  It is said to be the portal for divine love to enter our bodies. It helps to expand awareness and connects to our divine destiny. We access memory of the quantum field through this chakra.

Planetary Signatures — Jupiter/Sun, Jupiter/Nibiru

Paul and Jude Ponton are Senior Licensed Faculty Members of the Acutonics Institute of Integrative Medicine and Certified Acutonics^® Practitioners. They are co-author of Acutonics: From Galaxies to Cells, Planetary Science, Harmony and Medicine and Acutonics for Dogs and Cats: Sound Healing for Animal Health. They began including Acutonics in their clinical practices in 1998 and has been certified to teach Acutonics since 2001. They offer the full Acutonics Certification program and clinical mentorship through the Whispering Dragon Center in Seattle, WA and can be reached at 206-706-2836 or email: resonate@whispering-dragon.com.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton MAc, LAc Senior Licensed Acutonics Faculty and Certified Acutonics^® Practitioners

Sedna, discovered in November of 2003, is a planetary body whose energy and archetypal qualities have been embraced by astrologers, as a unique entity and by Acutonics as an integral part of our applied methodology.

NASA refers to Sedna as a planet-like object, recognizing the fact that it is in an orbit (10,500 years or so) around our Sun. Sometimes called a trans-Neptunian object (located 3x further from the Sun than Neptune), Sedna is also described as a “Great Year Planet” or a “Galactic Celestial Object”. It is called a Great Year Planet because its orbit is slightly less that half of a Great Year (25,770 years +/-.) Sedna’s extreme distance places it as the furthest known planet in the solar system.

Astrologers equate Sedna’s physical location with the furthest limits of our present consciousness, but the potential to access the newest levels of consciousness available and bring these to awareness. Sedna travels through space where the most ancient information and energy in the universe is available and acts to gather the resonance of that information and energy in its field and in its vibration. It includes both the oldest and the newest in the information spectrum. This unique quality makes Sedna a powerful vibrational energy to work with for transformation of consciousness particularly by working with chakras and extraordinary vessels.

Sedna embodies the manifestation of both yin and yang energies simultaneously. Expressing as both particle and wave, she supports both nurturance and expression, creating self-sustaining energy that is limitless in scope and eternal in nature. The association of Sedna with the energy of super conduction and solitons are examples of this self-sustenance. Sedna energy facilitates a shift into non-linear time and the cyclic nature of the unified field. The super conduction energy of Sedna helps to create coherence between the body’s field and the unified field. She provides a portal to limitless possibilities.

We observe Sedna’s influence in different ways depending on our present frequency. At our densest frequency Sedna may manifest as the experience of victimization or victimizing. Sedna moved from being a victim to coming into her own power. In the intermediate frequency level Sedna may be the energy that forces us to become conscious of ourselves as immortal beings. At the level of spirit which is the highest frequency Sedna is the embodiment of the energy of caretaker for humanity but with the provision that we/humanity are caretakers for the planet and all of it inhabitants.

Sedna is a controlling spirit of the waters and helps to access the cellular memory of water. Water is said to contain the memory of all that has transpired on this planet and of its interactions with the rest of the cosmos. Water is the primary element necessary for life on this planet. When we apply the vibrations of Sedna to acupuncture points we are facilitating connection between the water that nurtures our physical bodies and the memories of the planet and all that has come before us. Sedna incorporates the energies of compassion, cooperation, forgiveness and unity that are both timely and timeless.

Paul and Jude work with students to meet their scheduling needs. Contact: resonate@whispering-dragon.com or call 206-706-2836 if you are interested in taking an Acutonics class or elective.

Truly embodying the belief of returning art and spirit to medicine, Alicia Villamarin, Senior Acutonics Faculty and Certified Acutonics Practitioner, and Maria Romero, Acutonics Practitioner and co-founder of the WU Project, announced recently The Wu Project’s next mission to Bolivia. This is an exciting joint collaboration with the Latin Angels Foundation. The idea was born at a fortuitous meeting of The Wu Project’s board member Andy Newman with Rosita Hurtado, the founder of the Latin Angels Foundation.

Rosita, a philanthropist and one of the most influential Latin American fashion designers, created Latin Ángels Foundation as a nonprofit in 2004. Her mission is to provide help to underserved and impoverished communities of her native land: La Chiquitania, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, by providing educational programs and improving deficits in the health care system. The Wu Project’s mission statement is organized around very similar principles. With this common goal Rosita invited The Wu Project, under her sponsorship, to join and participate in an educational medical mission to Bolivia this August.

On July 25th, at the official opening of Rosita’s new atelier in Miami, Florida, a fundraising gala was held, Gala de Angeles. It was a very special event, including many notable celebrities of the Latin American entertainment industry and their guests. At this elegant and fun event the WU Project was welcomed and introduced to attendees, making an entirely new community aware of their mission and activities, and encouraging them to help them to help others. Alicia and Maria are incredibly pleased to have the support of Rosita Hurtado and to bring The WU Project to La Chiquitania, Bolivia as we continue our mission to teach others Chinese medicine, related modalities, and Acutonics and to serve underserved communities around the world.

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By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics Teachers and Certified Acutonics^® Practitioners

From the one came the two, the Yin and the Yang. From the two came the many. This is the Taoist story of creation. The “many” encompasses all the things of the Universe.  From the one source, the physical, material reality that we experience through our senses came into being as well as the vibrational, unseen reality that surrounds and infuses us. Source energy is at the core of all things. It is the “things” and what exists in the spaces between the things.

Everything is a unique manifestation of Source energy. Everything in the Universe has within it a connection to the original energy of Source and to everything else that emanated from Source. This describes the holographic nature of the Universe, in which everything is part of the shared frequencies of the cosmos. In Acutonics, we recognize that this interconnectedness, when coherent and harmonious, provides access to health, joy and wellbeing. The cosmic frequencies used in Acutonics are frequencies manifested physically in the planetary bodies. Just as importantly they are the background frequencies found everywhere in this unified field. A central focus in Acutonics is that the heavens, earth and humanity are reflections of and are reflected in one another (as above, so below).

As practitioners of the art of Acutonics, we weave together the musical/mathematical science of intervals, and the potentiality found in the spaces between the note, with the energies of myth and archetype and the alchemy of planetary correspondences. The integration and synthesis of these energies with the unified field helps to create physical, emotional and spiritual balance and harmony.

Emphasis is placed on awareness of the merging of energies of the practitioner, the client and the unified field. This is a powerful co-creative spiritual process that yields healing energy greater than the sum of its parts. We move beyond linear constraints and limitations to higher aspects of intuition, inspiration and oneness of mind, body and spirit.

New science is continuously discovering modern ways of talking about ancient wisdom recognizing that energy and vibration are the essence of existence. The art and spirit celebrated by Acutonics continues to expand these discoveries. The importance of creating altered states of consciousness through sound are being universally acknowledged. Sound is a carrier wave for higher brainwave states that facilitate release of old programs, limitations and conditioning. These higher vibratory states provide stimulation for creating new neural pathways for expanded awareness.

The emphasis placed on the Eight Extraordinary Vessels in Acutonics recognizes the importance of these vessels as our first emanation from Source and combines potent focus and vibration to reunite us with our origins, connect us with the field of infinite possibilities and bring us into resonance with our spiritual destiny.

Living in Heart Space

by Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics Teachers and Certified Acutonics^® Practitioners 

Summer is the time of the Fire Element and of the Heart, associated with love, compassion, gratitude, caring, nurturance, joy, appreciation, kindness, and selflessness.
 
In both Vedic and Hebrew sacred texts there are references to a unique sacred space within the heart. A point that gives rise to the entire universe and radiates outwardly. The central point is called Shiva, a non-moving male force. The radiations outward is Shakti and contain potential for all creation. Rudolph Steiner also described a point at the heart center from which the universe arises as a frequency waveform that vibrates out in countless times per second. Steiner believed that the whole universe was contained in those radiations from our heart. The heart has the largest and strongest electromagnetic field in the body. Measured by sensitive instruments that indicate the heart field extends outward from the body for as much as fifteen feet. There is speculation that the field may be wider, but it is difficult to measure with present instrumentation. This would mean that not only does the heart’s electromagnetic field extend into our subtle fields, but it also permeates all of our physical form and very likely connects to the heart fields of others.
 
The heart field shows up in measurements as generating an inner tube or donut-like shape referred to as a torus. This shape governs many aspects of life including the human heart. The torus is literally around all life forms, atoms, and cosmic bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies. It is the primary shape in existence considered to be unique, stable and very primal. The heart is thought to contain a smaller version of this shape inside of the outer shape and oriented to the same axis. All of these torus energy radiations communicate with one another. Our heart torus communicates out to connect with the torus of the Earth and outward to connect with the Sun’s torus which produces countless other torus shapes that radiate out and embrace the whole solar system. The more coherent the heart field is the more easily it merges with the radiating fields of the Earth, Sun and solar system.
 
The newly developing field of neurocardiology views the heart as a sophisticated sensory organ that receives and processes information. References to this “brain of the heart” function are beginning to be found in modern medical research literature that attributes mental functions related to learning and memory to the heart. This is very similar to the functions attributed to the heart in Traditional Chinese medicine. Modern Western experimental research demonstrates that the heart continuously sends signals to the brain related to higher brain functions involved in the processing of perception, thinking and emotions.
 
Besides normal perceptual functions there is new evidence that relates the heart’s field directly to intuition because of its ability to interact with information fields outside the parameters of space and time such as the Akashic field. Experimentation has shown that the heart and brain receive and respond to information about a future event before the event actually happens and that the heart appears to receive this precognitive information prior to the brain. This suggests a connection between the heart’s field and subtle energetic fields that contain information from matter remote in space and events that have not yet occurred in present time.
 
In her book The Heart Speaks, cardiologist Mimi Guarneri refers to a concept attributed to a 1991 book, Neurocardiology, by Dr. J Andrew Armour of the “heart brain.” He says that the heart has an intrinsic nervous system, made of a complex network of neurotransmitters and neurons allowing it to act independently of the cranial brain to learn, remember, sense and feel.
 
When we work on the energy of the heart, such as when placing tuning forks, or Tibetan bowls on the heart chakra, we are interacting with the torus energy field and with the functions of the heart related to the “heart-brain”.
 
When we connect our consciousness to our own heart space we gain deep access to our powerful intuitive sense and to the library that contains all the knowledge of the universe. And when we do attunements to the Earth, Moon, Sun and planets, we help to facilitate coherence through resonance with those frequencies. This is true also of the Solar 7th interval, which brings coherence to connect us through the Sun to the rest of the solar system. Acutonics tools help us to create a direct connection with the energies of the planets, and through them to the archetypes of our dreams allowing us to help people to bring their dreams to manifestation.
 
Planetary Signatures for the Heart Include: Sun, Sun/Jupiter Mars/Venus, Venus/Jupiter
 
Heart/Brain Coherence
The heart and the brain have more nerve connections between them than any other systems in the body. According to Armour, 90% of the connecting nerve fibers between the heart and the brain ascend from the heart to the brain. Emotions and feelings arising in the heart have a profound effect on the brain. This influences how we think, process information and perceive the world. When the heart center is activated it becomes an amplifier that jumpstarts the brain, to enhance its activity and create balance and coherence throughout the body.
 
There are higher emotions (higher frequency) associated with the heart such as, gratitude, abundance, freedom, love and compassion. These heart-centered emotions open the door to the subconscious mind. This process is one of moving into higher frequency, wave-based consciousness, where there is access to greater possibilities and for creating change on the material, particle-based experience of life in 3D reality. This is an alchemical process.
 
One way we can help facilitate this coherence with Acutonics is by connecting the heart chakra with the 6th and 7th chakras. Hold one fork at the heart, while moving another fork to the higher chakras. This helps to access higher levels of consciousness and brings them to expression through the heart. 
 
Another recommendation is to work with the Yin Wei Mai for access to the heart chakra, and the Du Mai to open and connect with brain consciousness.  This convergence helps to support coherence. 
 
Activating the Three Treasures, (DU 20, REN 4 and REN 17) is another way to bring together the higher frequency heavenly energies and the denser energies of Earth uniting them with the field of the heart. This, again, leads to enhanced potential. 
 
The Cosmic Capstone taught in Level II, also provides a way to connect the head and the heart to higher frequencies in the field.
 
When we work with the field of the heart we have a portal to the Unified Field of infinite potential. Acutonics provides powerful access to this Source of all possibilities.

Paul and Jude are happy to work with students to meet their scheduling needs. Contact: resonate@whispering-dragon.com or call 206-706-2836 

I am pleased to announce that I am an invited presenter at this year’s Building Bridges of Integration for Traditional Chinese Medicine Conference, October 11-14, 2018, in Reston, VA. On Thursday evening, October 11, Maren Good and I will present an evening meditation with sound. We hope you will join us for a meditative journey through the Universe accompanied by Sun, Moon, and Earth gongs.

On Saturday May 13th from 3 to 5 PM I will present a program entitled Good Vibrations: Sound Therapy and Self-Care, in which we explore how sound vibration used with conscious intent can heal deep wounds, shift consciousness, and reunite us with the harmonies and rhythms of the Universe. We will examine the use of planetary tuning forks and musical intervals along with how sound works on three aspects of the meridians—organic, emotional, and psychospiritual. Taoist concepts of the Three Treasures, as well as the use of related acupuncture points that serve as powerful gateways for deep healing work with sound, will be discussed and demonstrated. Participants will also be introduced to self-care approaches designed to reduce stress, anxiety, and compassion fatigue. In addition to these two events we will have an exhibit booth at the conference. If you are interested in working in the booth, please contact Ellen.

The Building Bridges for Traditional Chinese Medicine Conference is an exceptional opportunity to explore wellness and health care. The values, teachings and goals of this conference are in direct alignment with Acutonics^® as they are rooted in Chinese Medicine and a depth of understanding of the body’s self-care systems and natural healing intelligence.

I’ve attended many conferences over the years but this one is very special, and it brings me great joy to be returning to it. A unique consciousness and energy field that extends well beyond the conference is created. Every aspect of the weekend is designed to help you discover, experience, and explore ways to use consciousness for health, to gain both heightening self-awareness, and acquire knowledge and tools to promote optimal health, true unification of body, mind and spirit. Inspirational talks, intimate workshops, exploration of integrative modalities, opportunities to network and Qigong healing practices combine to create a dynamic learning environment. Speakers share knowledge and techniques from their diverse experience and personal journeys, and they remain engaged with conference attendees throughout the weekend.

Through a series of programs participants are invited to examine their beliefs, thoughts, memories and relationships, and the ways that emotions can support or undermine health. Seminars are also designed to help practitioners discover how to gain optimal health and enhance daily life—for their patients and themselves. Effective self-care tools will also be offered. Major societal concerns, including food allergies and risks posed by genetically modified food, will also be examined.
 
The Mission of the Building Bridges of Integration for TCM is to offer innovative, effective ways to expand health options and improve healthcare outcomes in the United States. Ancient philosophical principles and theories underlying TCM are presented clearly to build an understanding of how anyone can apply this holistic medical system to create health and wellness. Theories, such as Five Element Consciousness, are offered as a framework to understand how emotions, lifestyle, beliefs, and environment can maintain internal balance to sustain health or create imbalances leading to illness. The ultimate mission is to broaden contemporary understanding that everything is energy, all energy has a consciousness, and all consciousness has a purpose. The conference provides opportunities to view all health issues as internal energetic frequencies that can transform into physical issues. By understanding how this can happen, the true relationship of body, mind, and spirit for health can be known.
 
Celebrating 15 years, Dr. Nan Lu and the TCM World Foundation welcome professionals and health-seekers to experience Health Consciousness in action. 28 CMEs available, PDAs are Pending. www.tcmconference.org.
 
As a presenter, I am able to extend a $50.00 discount off Early Registration until July 8. Use coupon code Loyalty when registering. Visit www.tcmconference.org to register and for complete details. I hope to see you in October at this exceptional conference.
 

by Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc
Senior Licensed Acutonics Faculty, Certified Acutonics^® Practitioners

Summer is a perfect time to focus on and nurture the fire element and the heart energy. In Chinese Medicine, the heart is more than just a pump for pushing blood through the arteries. The heart’s energy and spirit also include aspects that Western Medicine attributes to the brain. The mental functions of thinking, memory and consciousness are all processes related to the shen the spirit associated with the heart.

The shen is viewed as a divine gift of love and enlightenment flowing to us at birth from the Tao through the Big Dipper and connecting us with the star teachers and our cosmic identity. It is our shen that provides guidance as we travel the path that is our unique expression of the Tao. The sages counseled cultivation of calmness of the spirit. This state or calmness, or consciousness, allows us to live in harmony with our earthly experience even in the face of adversity and chaos. In doing so, we achieve joy in our lives. This cultivation also allows us to express our joy outward to our fellow beings through the field of the heart, an energetic field that can extend several feet out from our physical form and touch the heart fields of our fellow travelers to carry the powerful vibrations of love and compassion to the world.
 
The heart field and the heart chakra act as a pivot point between the more personal energies of survival and sense of our selves and raises our frequency up through the higher chakras. Doing this creates resonance with more transpersonal frequencies associated with intuition, clairvoyance and communication with divine source. This ultimately allows us to let go of patterns of behavior and thinking that interfere with our awareness of enlightenment and to create the life we want.
 
So, summer is a kind of portal to the realization of our true nature, revealed to us through deep heart connection. It is a time to build resonance and to optimize our heart’s energy.
 
The Yin Wei (Yin Linking) Vessel is a good choice for uniting our individual spirit expression, our authentic self, with the self we project into the world. It also promotes the opening of our heart field to both receive and express unconditional love, as well as strengthening the physical aspects of the heart.
 
For nourishment – the Sun and Full Moon forks can be applied to the Yin Wei.
 
For opening the heart – the New Moon 5th interval, both low and middle octaves allow deep access if the heart energy has been shut down to provide emotional buffering.
 
To expand the heart field – Ohm/Jupiter 4th provides expansion and growth
To create resonance with the vibration of love – the Ohm/Venus 6th interval can be applied.
 
The Ren (Conception) Vessel can help with nourishing and calming of energies to provide stability and peace for the heart.
 
The Full Moon 6th along with the Low Ohm Octave are helpful for this.
 
Another calming point for heart energy is Heart 7, Spirit Gate, the Source Point of the Heart meridian. It is effective for calming anxiety and manic energy to allow peace for the shen/spirit. 
 
The Full Moon 6th and Ohm Unison are good here.
 
The Heart Chakra can be influenced by Ren 17. Original Child
 
The Solar 7th interval can be activating and nourishing for the heart at this chakra. Too much Solar 7th energy may produce heat and disturb the shen. So, a little is good.
 
We have found the Jupiter/Venus combination on Ren 17 to be very effective in expanding the heart field and expressing unconditional love.
 
The Ohm Octave at Ren 17 can bring harmony to the heart at a new level.
 
Additionally, the high frequency of each of these combinations sounded over the heart, then in the field in general can optimize balance, harmony and expansion of the higher self.
 
Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing with your heart.

Paul and Jude will be holding a clinic day at the Mothership on June 17, a great opportunity to receive clinic hours from exceptional clinicians. To register for this contact Sande@acutonics.com. They will also be offering Acutonics Energetics of Points and Meridians in Seattle June 30 – July 2. The Pontons are happy to work with students to meet their scheduling needs. Contact: resonate@whispering-dragon.com or call 206-706-2836 

by Jude Ponton, DC, LAc and Paul Ponton, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics Teachers, Certified Acutonics^® Practitioners

Discussions of the Liver from a Chinese medicine perspective often focus on pathologies. That is, what happens when there is an imbalance in the Liver energy causing qi stagnation, overacting of the Liver on other energy systems in the body, Liver blood deficiency patterns and, over the past few years the involvement of Liver heat in creating chronic inflammatory conditions in the body.

When there is no discrete pathological Liver condition, it can also be useful to focus on enhancement of the nurturing qualities of the Liver to foster wellbeing. The Liver is responsible for creation and maintenance of smooth flow, not only of the qi of the body, but of our ability to flow smoothly in our lives. The Liver also enhances vision, not just the ability of our eyes to process light efficiently, but also its effect on allowing us to clearly see our destiny. These are attributes related to the Hun, the spirit of the Liver. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) says the Hun is the Ethereal Soul and is said to transport our image of our physical form to our place of origins in the stars.

During our lifetime the Hun aids in our ability to move forward in life and join the universal flow. Proper function of the Liver energy allows us to expand into the truest expression of who we are. This energy helps to manifest plans and dreams by allowing us to find the flow of the most useful decisions and actions. It helps us set a course forward. The Hun spirit aids in acting in a coherent manner with our destiny.

In its most balanced state, Liver energy and spirit promote clarity and direction. It helps us to move forward, visualize possibilities and actualize our desires. Free flowing Liver qi allows us to release resistance and shift into alignment with our clearest manifestation of Source connection. This flow and connection with Source is reflected, not only in our sense of physical wellbeing, but also in the flow of our daily activities and interactions with people and our environment. For example, the right person shows up at just the right time to offer assistance with a project, or money flows to us just in time to meet some obligation. This free flow in our lives helps bring all the right pieces into place. Movement forward seems almost effortless.

Here are some suggestions to inspire your sessions to amplify the beneficial effects enhancing balanced Liver energy:

The Four Gates - (LI 4, Union Valley and LIV 3, Great Surge) helps to provide the surge of energy that creates the action to manifest our desires and inspirations – open with the New Moon 5th and then expand movement beyond the gates with New Moon/Jupiter combination.

LIV 3, Great Surge is the source point of the Liver channel. It connects to the primordial energy of Source expressed in the spirit of the liver. Ohm/Jupiter 4th expands beyond the restrictions developed through conditioning. It engenders confidence and optimism and a willingness to extend our selves. Jupiter/Neptune can provide energy for expansion and flow. Jupiter/Full Moon brings our potential to full expression. Jupiter/New Moon to open vision to see our path.

LIV 14, Cycle Gate – Debra Katz describes this as a point that opens us to hope and expectation. Use New Moon/Jupiter here to opens and expand connection with our hopes and to amplify our expectations.

UB 47, Hun Gate – Located 3 inches lateral to T 9, connects to Source through the Ethereal Soul, to allow flow of inner vision and promote well-being, calmness and joy. Neptune/Jupiter on this point will enhance flow and expansion of inner vision and Source connection. Add the high octave of this combination to facilitate expansion at a higher level.

We are very excited to be journeying to The Mothership this summer, June 15 & 16th, to combine a long overdue visit with the presentation of a new class, Harmonic Alchemy.

Contemporary alchemist, Frater Alburtus (Dr. Albert Richard Reidel) the founder of the Paracelsus College, describes alchemy as “the raising of vibrations”. When we utilize the cosmic frequencies of Acutonics tuning forks, chimes, gongs and other sound healing instruments we open portals to higher vibrational states. In our Level I classes, we tell our students that our objective in treatments is to create access to frequency shifting and altered states of consciousness. We believe that this opens our clients to limitless vibrational possibilities that can manifest physically, emotionally and spiritually. In our experience, shifts occur in all of these aspects even when our clients’ conscious intent is to address a physical manifestation.

From this perspective, nothing is purely physical. The experience of discomfort or discord in the body is an indication, or an alert, that the person is not aligned with their clearest expression of Source. When sessions are focused to allow access and flow of beneficial frequencies on all levels the client experiences, not only a shift in their physical manifestation, but a sense of relaxation, well-being and connection to the field that translates into new choices and opportunities for expansion in seemingly unrelated aspects of their lives.

Our personal trajectory over the past decade has led us to explore intentional focus on transformation and consciousness expansion. We are certain that our transformative process has been opened and amplified by our work with Acutonics. As our frequency has shifted, our awareness of our connection to the field of universal consciousness has become clearer and more coherent. Many of our clients are also finding themselves drawn to a more intentional emphasis on expansion and transformation. This inspired us to create a class that would explore the use of transformative points and channels combined with planetary frequencies and harmonics for the purpose of transformation.

The class will explore the perspective of alchemy as a process of raising vibration to achieve coherence with the unified field. In this wave-form consciousness there is access to infinite possibilities and multi-dimensional reality. We will look at the practice of Acutonics and Harmonic Medicine as a vehicle to shift into wave-based, non-linear focus. We will discuss the use of cosmic frequencies of the planets combined with transformational energetics of the Huato Jiaji Points, Source Points, Chakras, Extraordinary Vessels and the subtle energy field of the body.

The class will address ways of assisting clients to expand their awareness and to access these transformational vibrations for expansion opportunities.

This Master Class combines lecture and numerous opportunities for questions, dialogue and discussion among class participants.

We very much look forward to seeing you in New Mexico.

Paul and Jude are teaching Acutonics Level I, Sound Gates to Meridian Harmonics Saturday, April 28 - Monday, April 30, 2018 at Whispering Dragon Center, Seattle, WA. Contact them at 206-706-2836 or email: resonate@whispering-dragon.com

Harmonic Alchemy will be taught in New Mexico at the Acutonics Institute of Integrative Medicine, June 15 and 16 followed by a supervised clinic day. Don’t miss this great opportunity to study with senior licensed Acutonics master teachers and clinicians. To register or for more information contact the Institute at 575-587-2689, or email sande@acutonics.com

By Jude Ponton, DC, LAc and Paul Ponton, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics Teachers and Certified Acutonics^® Practitioners

In recognition of the Lunar Year of the Dog we thought it appropriate to create a reminder of the benefits of Acutonics for our dog friends. We can employ our forks to treat specific imbalances or simply as a periodic “tune up” to maintain energy flow and well-being. Magic, our personal companion and clinical healing partner, gets tunings a couple of times a week. The first time you work with the forks with your dog friend it is important, due to the newness of this experience, to introduce them gently.

Center and ground yourself to start. Sit on the floor and bring out the forks and play with them by yourself without paying any special attention to your dog other than to make sure they are in close enough proximity to sense what you are doing. Let your dog friend come to you and sniff the forks. Listen to either or both of the Ohm forks and put them on yourself on points or over meridians. If the dog seems interested, sound a fork in the field some distance away and watch for their reaction.

Take a cue from your friend’s behavior, how do they respond to having the forks near them? If they seem interested, but wary, let them explore the experience in their own time. It might be useful to play with the forks for just a couple of minutes by yourself, allow your friend to watch and then put them away, or leave the forks on the floor while you go do something else and allow sniffing or other discovery to occur in private.  Sometime later play with the forks again to see if your dog is less wary. When your dog friend gets comfortable with the idea of the Acutonics instruments hold a vibrating fork in one hand while petting or touching them with the other hand. If your dog friend seems comfortable with the forks, you can try applying the forks directly on the body.

There Are Three Main Methods For Using The Acutonics Tuning Forks For Treatment.

If your animal friend does not like the forks placed directly on the body, you can strike a fork and hold it up to your ear, or just hold the vibrating fork in one hand and place the tip of a finger on the opposite hand on an acupuncture point. You will usually be able to feel the vibration between the tip of your finger and the animal’s body. The same technique can be used by placing your entire free hand over an area that you wish to treat. It may be somewhat harder to feel the vibration when the whole hand is used, but it is just as effective as the fingertip method for treating larger areas, such as over an organ, or over a shoulder or hip. If you are using just the Ohm forks with this first method, it is pretty straight forward. If you are using a second fork other than the Ohm fork along with the first Ohm fork to create an interval you can do this in two steps. First, sound the Ohm fork and place your finger or hand on the point or area. Second, sound the other fork you are using to make the interval and place your finger or hand on the point or area. The body will create the interval from the two frequencies done in close time proximity to one another.

Another method of treatment is the direct application of the Acutonics tuning forks to the body on acupuncture points, meridians or areas of discomfort.

A third method is to hold the two vibrating prongs of the tuning fork or forks over an area or point (without physical contact) at a distance that is comfortable for your dog friend. You can get very good results in both animals and humans pointing a vibrating fork at an acupuncture point, a chakra or over a wider area of the body such as a sore muscle or a bruise.

We have found that some dogs may be comfortable with direct application of the forks on some acupuncture points and not on other points. You can use a combination of the above methods of application depending on need.

Here are a few specific recommendations for common imbalances. Point locations and additional treatment ideas are available in our book, Acutonics for Dogs and Cats, Sound Healing for Animal Health.

Ohm Unison forks can be used in place of the intervals shown below.

Remember to keep treatments simple. Dogs are very sensitive and usually very receptive. They return to a balanced energetic state without complex approaches. Use only a few (3-5) sets of points to start. This may be enough. Refrain from over-treating. Almost always, “less is better.”

General Balancing Treatment Using The Microcosmic Orbit

Extraordinary Vessels— Ren: Open on LU 7; Balance on KID 6, apply New Moon 5th, Ohm/Chiron 2nd; DU: Open SI 3; Balance on UB 62, apply New Moon 5th, Ohm/Chiron 2nd

Digestive Imbalances Including Vomiting/Belching/Decreased Appetite:

Extraordinary Vessels— Chong: Open on SP 4; Balance on P 6, apply Ohm Unison or Ohm Octave to harmonize; Yin Wei: Open on P 6; Balance on SP 4, apply Ohm Unison or Ohm Octave to harmonize
ST 36: Earth Day 5th to strengthen digestion
SP 6: Earth Day 5th to strengthen digestion
Ren 12: Ohm Unison to harmonize. This point is often sensitive, you may need to apply forks indirectly off body
P 6: Ohm Unison to harmonize
UB 21: Earth Day 5th to strengthen digestion or Ohm Unison to harmonize

Arthritis (Almost Always Results From An Underlying Kidney Deficiency)

Extraordinary Vessels — Ren: Open on LU 7; Balance on KID 6 apply Full Moon 6th to nourish the kidney yin energy; DU: Open on SI 3; Balance on UB 62, apply Earth Day 5th to strengthen kidney energy or Solar 7th for warming and strengthening yang energy (if worse with cold)   
UB 23: Earth Day 5th to strengthen kidney energy or Solar 7th to tonify yang if worse with cold
KID 3: Earth Day 5th to strengthen the kidney energy or Solar 7th to tonify yang if worse with cold
UB 40: New Moon 5th to open the flow of energy in the joints or Zodiac 3rd to disperse stagnation if pain is in hip, knee or ankle

Points of Pain:

Apply the tuning forks to areas of pain around the joints. New Moon 5th to open or Zodiac 3rd to disperse
UB 60: New Moon 5th to open or Zodiac 3rd to disperse.

Incontinence - (Kidney Deficiency)

Extraordinary Vessels —  Ren: Open LU 7; Balance KID 6, apply Earth Day 5th or Full Moon 6th; DU: Open SI 3, Balance UB 62, Solar 7th or Earth Day 5th
UB 23: Earth Day 5th
KID 3: Earth Day 5th
UB 28: Earth Day 5th or Full Moon 6th

We hope that this inspires you to treat your dog friends to an Acutonics session for their health and harmony.

Paul and Jude are offering Acutonics Level I, March 31-April 2 and April 28-30, 2018; as senior Acutonics faculty they also provide custom class scheduling for the entire Acutonics curriculum. You can contact them at the Whispering Dragon Center, Seattle WA. PH: 206-706-2836; resonate@whispering-dragon.com; www.whispering-dragon.com.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics Faculty Certified Acutonics^® Practitioners

Source points provide access to the deep issues that are at the root of many conditions and manifest as both physical and emotional imbalances. This month’s contribution revisits source points and provides specific examples of appropriate planetary intervals.

It is said that the heavenly given or original qi is retained and lingers in the Source Points. Ordinarily they are thought of as points that provide exceptional access to the channel and organ with which they are associated. Some Chinese medicine references state that the source points of the yin organs tonify the energy of the organ and source points of the yang organs expel pathogens, or release excess in the body. Another useful view of these points lies in the association implied by the name source. The points provide connection to source as it is expressed in each organ. Various functions associated in Chinese medicine with each organ can be equated with the higher aspects of Self that provides a resonant link to our true nature. Used in the course of a treatment with the appropriate intervals source points assists in bringing the various parts of our nature into vibrational harmony.

Here are some examples of intervals applied to source points for growth and transformation.

LU 9, Great Abyss: The lungs strengthen inspiration to infuse our actions with the energy of connection. Use Mercury/New Moon 5th to open the flow of inspiration. Mercury/Jupiter 4th can expand capacity for inspired action. Our lungs provide strength to voice our connection to source. Use the Mercury/Earth Day 5th to strengthen the energy of the lungs.

LI 4, Union Valley: The large intestine aids in letting go of patterns that separate us from expressing our true being. Use Pluto/New Moon 5th to release old patterns, Pluto/Nibiru 3rd to create new patterns.

ST 42, Surging Yang: The stomach descends the qi and helps us ground to the Earth. It helps us receive nurturance that source provides through the abundance of the Earth. Use Low Frequency Earth Day 5th to descend the qi and strengthen connection through the Earth element.

SP 3, Supreme White: The Spleen is responsible for assimilation of both food and information. Proper Spleen function leads to clarity of thought in expression of inner guidance. Use New Moon 5th to enhance assimilation of information, thoughts and dreams and the Full Moon 6th for reflection and illumination.

HT 7, Spirit Gate: The heart is our center, the pivot point between the mundane and the divine. It is the seat of our consciousness that manifests our earthly experience out of the undifferentiated oneness of the Tao. Balancing and strengthening the heart allows the heart energy to integrate the spirits associated with the other yin organs. Use Mercury (the amalgamator)/ Jupiter 4th to integrate the expressions of our spirit and expand consciousness and awareness.  

SI 4, Wrist Bone: The traditional Chinese function of the Small Intestine is to separate the pure from the impure. It separates fluids refined from waste and recycles them to nourish the system. It allows us to refine our higher vibratory self out of the denser vibrations that may hold us back from our true nature. It supports our alchemical process of turning the lead (the grosser frequencies) into gold (purity). The Ohm/Neptune 5th taps into the magical processes that come from the life giving and sustaining waters of our inner ocean and allows us to flow into the universal sea.

UB 64, Capital Bone: The urinary bladder physically serves as a reservoir to hold wastewater passed to it by the kidneys, expelling it at intervals. On a less material level, when imbalanced, it can hold energies associated with suspicion, jealousy and grudges. Not releasing these emotions can hold us back and lead to emotional turbidity. The New Moon 5th opens the water pathways as well as releasing these stuck emotions.   

KID 3, Great Ravine: The kidneys are the source of our core energy, our essence and our ancestral connection. They are the place that houses our unique expression within the hologram that is the Tao. In our physical manifestation the spirit of the kidney gives us the will to live and to thrive. This spirit (Zhi) provides us with connection to the collective unconscious moving past the fears of the ego and aligning us with divine will. The Mars /Venus 5th balances the expressions of kidney yin and yang. This balance provides a place of harmony between stillness and action where trust abides, allowing us to surrender our own will to the wisdom and guidance of the Tao.  

P 7, Great Mound: The pericardium acts as the heart protector. Balance of the pericardium is necessary to guard the heart from pain, while allowing the openness that underlies compassion and intimacy. Ohm/Mars 2nd employs Mars’ archetype of protection. Ohm/Chiron 2nd enhances the heart’s compassionate nature. Ohm/Venus 6th engenders intimacy.

SJ 4, Yang Pool: The San Jiao acts as the pathway connecting our inner environment with the outer world. In the same manner it is an avenue allowing our inner being to be expressed externally, and for our inner expression of source to shine in the outer world. Use Ohm/Chiron 2nd to provide a bridge between the inner and outer worlds of our being.  

GB 40, Hill Ruins: The gall bladder influences decisiveness and the courage to trust the wisdom of source to reveal the appropriate option from all the available possibilities rather than forcing a choice through the limitations of our logical minds. The Ohm /Jupiter 4th promotes personal growth beyond previous limits. Ohm/Neptune 5th adds inspiration and visionary potential. It also dissolves the boundaries of conditioned limited ways of thinking.

LIV 3, Great Surge: The liver controls the smooth flow of energy and the vision to clearly see our direction on life’s path and to see our own potential and talent. With healthy liver energy we flow without constraint in the world. Ohm/Jupiter 4th expands us beyond the restrictions we have developed through conditioning. It engenders confidence and optimism and a willingness to extend our selves.

As Senior Licensed Acutonics faculty Paul and Jude Ponton will tailor a class schedule to a students needs. They are offering Acutonics Level I March 31-April 2 and they will also be offering a new elective on Source Points and the Eight Extraordinary Meridians for Consciousness Raising and Transformation at the Mothership in June. More details soon. The Pontons can be reached at 206-706- 2836 or resonate@whispering-dragon.com.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc

It is common to think of the New Year as the start of a cycle of new beginnings. As beings living in a three-dimensional reality we tend to experience time as unfolding in a linear manner. Each New Year, birthday and anniversary is perceived as a marker or starting point for another unit of time that moves in a stream from present out into the future.

Another way to perceive these markers is as placeholders for the awareness of our continual becoming. They can serve as springboards of expansion toward fulfilling our destiny. As limitless beings, we have constant access to opportunities, not only for personal expansion, but for the awareness of our oneness with the field. Our expansion contributes benefit to the collective. Acutonics tools give us cosmic frequencies that we can apply with intention to access points on the body and in the individual bio-field for connection and expansion into the greater field of infinite possibilities. Here are some suggestions for creating portals to expanded awareness and connection to Source. 

Huato Jiaji Points allow us to absorb and assimilate higher frequencies into our nervous system. They also contain a high concentration of marrow that can be activated to differentiate into new possibilities. The application of Mercury/Jupiter 4th to the Huato Jiaji expands the capacity of our nervous system to access and integrate new frequencies.

The Three Treasures (Shen, Jing and Qi) access through DU 20 (Hundred Convergences) for Shen, REN 4 (Origin Pass) for Jing and REN 17 (Original Child) for Qi. Mars/Venus is excellent on these points to merge the Yin and Yang aspects of the Three Treasures. The Ohm Octave can also promote balance at a new level.

The Solar Plexus, or 3rd Chakra, influences our sense of self, the expression of our individual manifestation of Source. The Low New Moon 5th provide deep access to a more evolved version of Self. Follow with Venus/Jupiter to expand self-love and create resonance with the unconditional love that is the nature of Source.

The Chong (Penetrating), Du (Governing) and Ren (Conception) Vessels are the primary extraordinary vessels. The Chong Mai is the first vessel that emanates from Source. The Du and the Ren Mai are the initial differentiations of Yang and Yin. These vessels are portals to connect with our destiny. Ohm/Sedna microtone applied to the Chong Mai (SP 4, Grandfather’s Grandson/PC 6, Inner Gate) expresses the non-dual nature of Source. Mars/Venus on both the Du Mai (SI 3, Back Ravine/UB 62, Extending Vessel) and Ren Mai (LU 7, Broken Sequence/ KID 6, Shining Sea) allow Yin and Yang energies to merge and balance as an expression of the duality that is our individual manifestation of Source.

Using the three dimensional geometry of The Cosmic Capstone provides an access to the field and to other dimensions. High frequency Jupiter/Neptune 2nd above its associated points (DU 20, PC 8, Ghost Cave and Ren 17) produces vibration for both expansion and flow. 

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc and Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc

As we approach Winter Solstice it is a time for consolidation of energy. This is a season for rest, reverting to the root, and pulling in and grounding to Earth. Days are shorter and we are called indoors. We can use this time for self-nurturance so that the seed of these activities will sprout upward and outward in the spring.

Kidney energy is associated with winter our root and core energy. It is the energy that supports our being and connects us to our inner being. During this time, it is especially useful to cultivate and consolidate Kidney energy. The energy gathered from the bounty of Autumn can be stored and used to help provide the structure and function for all the other energy systems of our bodies.

Since the Kidneys support the back and knees, we often see that back and knee problems are more common during the winter months. People with a tendency to feel cold (Kidney yang deficiency) will notice this more. Those who live in areas where there is less sunshine may experience seasonal affect disorder. The colder temperatures of winter may also contribute to feelings of lower energy or fatigue.

It is important to support and consolidate Kidney energy as we enter winter as it provides potent energy reserves that help maintain health and well being through the season and often prevents manifestations of deficiency including back instability, fatigue, cold and depression.

The Yellow Emperors Classic of Internal Medicine, instructs that it is important in Winter to protect our yang, to rest and forego activities that require a lot of energy expenditure and to allow our energy to go deep. This is a time to reflect the stillness of water, to access the essence of our true selves. Often, at this time of year, we are involved in seasonal activities that can drain our energy reserves and distract us from inner reflection and nurturance of the seeds of our potential. Acutonics treatment can provide a means to counteract this drain on energy reserves.

The intervals most useful for cultivating and consolidating Kidney energy include the Saturn/Venus 6th, Full Moon 6th and Earth Day 5th, especially in the lower octaves.

Apply to:
UB 23, Kidney Shu a major point for supporting the Kidneys.
DU 4, Life Gate an important point for tonifying and supporting the Kidney.
KID 3, Great Ravine the source point of the Kidney channel. As such it accesses deep energy to support the core.
REN 4, Origin Pass and REN 6, Sea of Qi powerful points to build and consolidate the root.

The Ren Mai and Du Mai Extraordinary Vessels are portals to primordial yin and yang energy. These extraordinary vessels used in combination activate the microcosmic orbit, drawing together celestial and terrestrial energies to support the core.

Winter can be a powerful time for cultivating our inner potential and
sustaining our Will to nourish the seeds of our destiny.

By Carmen Cicotti, LMP, CAcP, Senior Faculty

As we near the end of a yearly cycle, death resounds into birth through the experience of completion and in communion with the World Soul. This time of communion calls for translucent receptivity to the subtle so the light can pass through. Receptive, to be touched and met by the subtle essence of the Axis Mundi; the delicate and exquisite place of intangible substance. To embody this communion fully, we enter these darkening days of winter with full presence of the eternal present moment; the only place that is fully alive where Life and Death can fully touch us. As we step into the season that rests with the spirit of communion, we set a tone for regeneration and rebirth for this Winter’s Solstice, using the delicate yet powerful medicine of sound.

Elemental Energetics of Winter

Winter Solstice, Dec 21, 2017 is a time for stillness and surrender, it calls us into our depths, to listen and reconnect to our inner being. Like the dormant seeds in the deep recesses of Earth take this time to rest, restore and replenish yin reserves to preserve the essence of Life, and prepare for the rebirth of Spring.

The season of Winter corresponds with the element of Water in the TCM system of the Five Element theory along with the Kidney and Urinary Bladder meridians. According to the ancient Chinese texts, the Kidneys and the energetics of this meridian system contain the storehouse of our vital essence. Water, being the primordial source of Life, carries nourishment to all living things—plants, animals and humans. Our bones, bone marrow and DNA are also associated with this element as they store, generate and carry out the message of our ancestral blueprint.

Water Element Disharmonies
A list of water element disharmonies, often the result of Kidney deficiencies, is provided below, followed by some general treatment protocols that nourish and build the Kidney Yin, Yang and Qi. Protocols for these specific conditions are discussed in more detail in Levels VI and VII.

• Adrenal Overload
• Low Back Pain
• Knee Pain and/or Weakness
• Vertigo - Dizziness
• Fatigue
• Sexual Problems
• Anxiety
• Fear
• Ungroundedness
• High Blood Pressure
• Low Blood Pressure
• Occipital Headaches
• Resistance to Change
• Incontinence

Rx: Low, Mid and High frequency Ohm/Full Moon progression on the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel), the Sea of Yin, placing the Full Moon on the opening point LU 7, Broken Sequence and Ohm on the balance point KID 6, Shining Sea and use the same progression on the Yin Qiao Mai (Yin Motility Vessel) accessing the deepest aspect of yin by placing the Full Moon on the opening point KID 6, Shining Sea and Ohm on the balance point LU 7, Broken Sequence to nourish the yin energy of the body and source of our Original Qi.

• Low Ohm/Low Saturn followed by Low Ohm/Low Full Moon on KID 10, Yin Valley, the water point on the water channel to deeply access the sea of yin.
• Low Ohm/Low Full Moon followed by Ohm/Full Moon on KID 3, Great Ravine, the source point of the Kidney meridian to deeply nourish and build Kidney yin, recharge the system and for symptoms of heat rising, occipital headaches or low back pain.
• Low Ohm/Low Full Moon, Low Saturn/Low Full Moon on UB 23, Kidney Shu and DU 4, Life Gate to help strengthen the low back, replenish reserves, nourish, build and strengthen energy.
• Low Ohm/Low Full Moon on REN 4, Origin Pass to nourish and tonify core energy and Source Qi. Low Ohm/Low Earth Day on REN 6, Sea if Qi to build energy and strengthen entire body.

Key Planetary Players in December 2017

The key planetary players for the month of December and this time of the Water Element are Pluto, Saturn, Neptune and the Moon, along with the backdrop of Uranus and Jupiter to sing in this new year.

There are two planets and one asteroid in Scorpio, a water sign, whose ruler is Pluto calling us in for deep soul work that is rooted in the underworld.

Jupiter’s jovial presence has a familiar reign in the month of December, as the ruling planet of Sagittarius. Joining this party are five planets traveling in Sagittarius in conjunction with our Galactic Center. As the month progresses, Saturn’s strong and solid direction turns this party around, placing four of these five planets and an additional planet and asteroid in the sign of Capricorn, whose ruling planet happens to be Saturn. This transition places a great deal of focus on security, structure, boundaries and responsibilities. These also directly relate to the foundational Water element and the corresponding Kidney/Urinary Bladder energetics, bones and bone marrow. This stellar lineup begins with the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Saturn in Sagittarius, which transitions into a structural alignment with the Sun, Moon, Venus, Saturn, Pluto and Juno in Capricorn. Neptune sets the tone to bring us into the Winter Solstice and the time of the Water Element. Neptune is the ruling planet of Pisces and both Chiron and Neptune are transiting through this dreamy, mysterious and watery sign.

Important Dates, Attributes and Treatment Protocols

As we step into the completion of 2017, we have several planetary aspects that come into focus as we let go of our old story and write a new one. We can work with these planetary energies to create a new foundation with our seeds of intention and growth for this coming year.

As Saturn enters its home sign of Capricorn for the next three years, we have three major trines at the beginning, middle and end of the month and four major conjunctions, two of which land directly on Winter Solstice and Christmas Day. A trine in astrology is an aspect formed when planets are three signs or 120º apart and are an indication of harmony and ease with a natural grace and increased success. Trines share the same element. A conjunction is a powerful aspect where planets are in the same sign within 8º of each other. Here the planets in conjunction reinforce each other in a united fusion, creating one voice. Two of our trines this month are in water signs and one is in a fire sign, which correlates to this alchemical dance played out with the Kidney (water) and Heart (fire) systems in TCM.

There are three main treatment protocols that can be used respectively during the beginning, middle and end of the month to enhance or create a harmonic attunement with the celestial harmonies dancing around us.

Beginning of the Month Aspects:
December 2, 2017 Jupiter-Neptune Trine: Jupiter in the watery sign of Scorpio (ruled by the planet Pluto) draws our attention into the mysteries of the unknown, expanding our knowledge of the secrets of sexuality and death that can lead us in a discovery of our ancestral truth. This, coupled in a trine with watery Neptune (ruled by and in its home sign of Pisces), facilitates a flow of consciousness and increased awareness to unlock keys of self-knowledge.

December 3, 2017 Full Moon in Gemini: A generative time with an increased awareness in our lives, that expands into new ways of communication and thinking with hope, faith and optimism.

Beginning of the Month Treatment Protocols:
Rx: Working with the Jupiter-Neptune Trine on the Microcosmic Orbit to facilitate a flow of consciousness and increased awareness. Use a progression of the Middle Ohm/Pluto, Ohm/Jupiter, Ohm/Neptune intervals on the Ren Mai (Conception Vessel) to open and birth our potential and destiny, place the colored planetary fork on the opening point LU7, Broken Sequence and Ohm on the balance point KID 6, Shining Sea. Follow with the same progression on the Du Mai, Governing Vessel, Opening on SI 3, Back Ravine and balance on UB 62, Extending Vessel to regulate the Life force during transformational cycles and help synthesize sexual/spiritual issues.

Rx: You can also work with the Jupiter-Neptune Trine on the Mountain of Balance Points, KID 23, Spirit Seal, KID 24, Spirit Ruins and KID 25, Spirit Storehouse with the same progression as above except using the Low frequency tuning forks Low Ohm/Low Pluto, Low Ohm/Low Jupiter and Low Ohm/Low Neptune to resurrect the essence of self, deeply align the individual with Divine will and open the gateway to ancestral Qi through the storehouse of spirit.

Rx: Alternatively, you can work with the Full Moon in Gemini with either of the above two treatment protocols using the progression of Low, Mid and High Frequencies with Ohm/Mercury followed by Ohm/Full Moon to nourish the yin nature of the Water element while enriching new ways of communication and thinking along with other qualities of the December Full Moon.

Mid-Month Aspects:
December 15, 2017 Mercury-Venus Conjunction: Open-minded Sagittarius broadens thoughts and desires to learn new things. This harmonic duo creates an open expression of romance and creativity that is both adventurous and joyful. Together they make a musical 5th, which is opening and creative.

December 16, 2017 Sun-Uranus Trine: The Sun is in the pure fire sign of Sagittarius (ruled by the planet Jupiter) while Uranus is traveling through its seventh and final year in the fire sign of Aries (ruled by the planet Mars). This bright, harmonic trine inspires us to break away from that which no longer works in our Life; to open the doors and walk right through; to try something outside the normal routine that leads to new insights and self-discovery.

December 17, 2017 New Moon in Sagittarius: Throw out the old and bring in the new, reflecting on expansion of vision to see new possibilities. At this time, the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Saturn are all in Sagittarius in conjunction with our Galactic center.

The Galactic Center acts like a satellite dish, directing divinely inspired information straight from this light source through the constellation of Sagittarius and the planets traveling through this sign, making this new moon time very super charged to set intentions for new beginnings and to expand consciousness, our horizon and our mind.

Mid-Month Treatment Protocols:
Rx: Work with the spirit of the New Moon in Sagittarius to release old cycles and patterns and begin new, healthier ones. Use Ohm/New Moon on LIV 14, Cycles Gate follow with Ohm/Jupiter on LU 1, Central Treasury.

Rx: To accelerate mobility to move ahead and think out of the box with the Sun-Uranus Trine and break through that which no longer serves a purpose, use the following progression of Low Ohm/Sun, Ohm/Jupiter, Ohm/Uranus on the Dai Mai (Governing Vessel) open with the colored fork on GB 41, Near to Tears and balancing on SJ 5, Outer Gate with Ohm.

Completing the Eight Extraordinary Vessel, we can then work with the Mercury-Venus conjunction on the Ren Mai to initiate this birth and step into new form, facilitating new ways of seeing self and the divine. Begin with Ohm/Mercury followed by Ohm/Venus using the colored fork on the opening point LU 7, Broken Sequence and balancing with Ohm on KID 6, Shining Sea.

Rx: We can also use the Sun-Uranus Trine progression in a high frequency sequence, Ohm1/Sun2, Ohm1/HF Jupiter, Ohm1/HF Uranus on the Cosmic Capstone to instill and reflect the brightness of this harmonic trine to increase a multidimensional awareness and an expansion of consciousness.

End of Month Aspects:
December 19, 2017 Saturn enters Capricorn: It will reside for the next three years until December 2020. Capricorn is Saturn’s home sign and is also the ruler of the 4th house of home and foundation. Capricorn’s strong sense of tradition and organization, security and structure is a big change from expansive Sagittarius. All the insight and alignment with truth gathered in the past three years will now be used for our growth and evolution. This marks a time to get real, get with it, grow up and face the music.

December 21, 2017 Sun-Saturn Conjunction in Capricorn: This is the day the sun makes its return to increase its presence through lengthening our days; Winter Solstice Day. Here, the sun brings the personal self to the forefront with the impersonal Saturn/Capricorn influence, building self-esteem and pride from the maintenance of personal responsibility and healthy boundaries.

December 25, 2017 Venus-Saturn Conjunction in Capricorn: On Christmas Day, Venus enters Capricorn for approximately three weeks, creating a beautiful musical 5th that invites us to evoke the Christmas Elf by bringing together the essential elements of work and play. This encourages the ability to infuse structure and stability throughout our creative practices as well as instilling creativity into our work environment.

December 28, 1017 Mars-Neptune Trine: Mars is in the watery sign of Scorpio (ruled by the planet Pluto), the traditional ruler of Scorpio. This position can invoke passionate desires, intense energy and complex emotions. When you listen to the Mars and Pluto interval you will hear these qualities. Mars pushes through obstacles, challenges and unexplored territories as well as propels into action that which is channeled through Scorpio’s will power and depth of intention through anything that is hidden or buried and ultimately creating access to our ancestral songlines. This, coupled in a trine with watery Neptune (ruled by and in its home sign of Pisces), intensely activates intuition with grace and harmony that gives birth to both a fluid and powerful initiation into the New Year, blending between the worlds of the seen and unseen.

End of the Month Treatment Protocols:
Rx: To work with the Sun-Saturn Conjunction, use the Saturn Octave and the Solar 7th to integrate the energetics listed above that relate to this conjunction and to Saturn occupying its own home using Low Ohm/Sun and Low Saturn/Mid Saturn on the microcosmic orbit to nourish and support Kidney essence while we establish and strengthen the internal and external foundation with our primordial foundation and cosmic blueprint.

Rx: Aligning with the Venus-Saturn Conjunction in Capricorn, we can use a Low, Mid, High frequency progression with Ohm/Saturn, Ohm/Venus on the Yang Qiao Mai (Yang Motility Vessel), place the colored fork on the opening point UB 62, Extending vessel and Ohm on the balance point SI 3, Back Ravine and Yin Qiao Mai (Yin Motility Vessel) with the colored fork on the opening point KID 6 (Shining Sea) and Ohm on the balance point (Broken Sequence) to calm tensions that are a result of being overwhelmed and to help create a balance of work and play.

Rx: Taking us into the New Year we are going to use an Ohm/Mars, Ohm/Pluto, Ohm/Neptune progression on the Yin Wei Mai (Yin Linking Vessel) with the colored fork on the opening point P6, Inner Gate and Ohm on the balance point SP 4, Grandparent/Grandchild to work with the intentions driven by this Mars-Neptune Trine, using the nets of heaven to link and hold together our purpose with direction, while listening to the call of action and no more sitting on the fence.

Carmen Cicotti, LMP, CAcP, is a Senior Licensed Faculty member of the Acutonics Institute of Integrative Medicine. Carmen is offering an Acutonics Level I, December 8-10, 2017.  Points and Meridians is January 12-14 with a clinic day on the 15th, Level III is Feb 16-19, Level IV March 23-25, Level V April 20-21 and Level VI, April 22-23 with a clinic day on April 24. Level VII is June 1-3, Clinic Day June 4 and Sedna is being offered either June 29-July 1 or  or July 13-15, dates to be determined.

For more information on classes contact Carmen by email at carmen@northwestacutonics.com; website: www.northwestacutonics.com; or 360-928-6498. She offers the full Acutonics curriculum and electives. She is also a thesis mentor and clinical supervisor and teaches Heart-Mind Shiatsu Levels I & II. She is based on Lopez Island, WA.

Lillian Eugenie Woodburn – Acutonics^® Level VI Student Practitioner — Student Profile

Lillian Eugenie Woodburn (Lee) took her first Acutonics classes in June of 2017 at the Mothership here in New Mexico. She has continued to pursue her studies with a passion for this medicine. As of November, Lee has completed Acutonics Levels I to VI and she has also participated in a clinic day. She’s already registered for Harmonic Pathology, Sedna and NSEV, all of which will be offered next Spring.

Lee grew up in Middleboro, Massachusetts not too far inland from coastal Plymouth, where she lived for many years with her partner Nora. “Middleboro was a good place to grow up, my father was a brilliant engineer and my mother taught biology at the local high school. This was the high school that I attended and many of the students in this school also had parents who taught there.”

Growing up she was surrounded by science and convinced that this is what she would pursue in college. Her godmother, Dr. Eugenie Clark, was a world-renowned ichthyologist, a pioneer in the use of scuba gear to conduct groundbreaking underwater research, which she did for more than 60 years.

“Eugenie blazed trails for women in science and inspired scientists and children alike. She never let anything stop her from doing things that she wanted to do, especially if it concerned the underwater world. She was a powerful influence in my young life and it’s likely what led me to initially study marine biology at Southampton College in Southampton, New York. I switched to marine geology and then went on to pursue physical therapy for a short time and eventually received an Associate of Applied Sciences double major and worked as a medical and veterinary lab tech.”

Lee has so many interests she finds it challenging to focus on one to the exclusion of all others. “So many things interest me. I would jump from one to another. I didn’t understand— how could I possibly do everything I want to do.”

However, art and the creative process has always been a first love, she reflects. “I loved to paint and draw, I was always drawn to the arts and engaged in some type of crafts throughout my young life. I left my work as a veterinary lab tech to study fine art black and white photography at the New England School of Photography.” Lee graduated in 1981, with honors in photo-silkscreen and non-silver processes. With this new knowledge, she began a new career as a product photographer, a hand colorist at the Natural Color Labs and she was the recipient of many awards in multiple juried shows and one-person shows. She specialized in black and white, infra-red and hand-colored photographs and continued to work in the field until around 2000. During this time, she also learned hand papermaking for silk screening, calligraphy and illumination, and began to study stained glass.

“While working as a photographer I also became obsessed with physical fitness,” Lee stated. “Not that one would know it by looking at me now, but in the early 80’s I was passionate about bicycling and fitness. I did crazy mileage, rode centuries, spent hours in the gym, eventually became a personal trainer and spin instructor. When I experienced a serious back injury, it led me to a chiropractor and I eventually became a chiropractic assistant and then later worked as a physical therapy rehabilitation assistant.”

Throughout this time Lee never lost her love for creative exploration. She studied stained glass production and reflects that sometime during the late 90’s when she placed an order for stained glass supplies she also decided to order a lampwork glass bead-making kit. “I started to play with creating glass beads. This expanded into jewelry making,” she laughs. “I had to do something with all those beads.” Her work with glass beads continues to today. She has taken workshops with top glass artists whose work she admired.

“My beads and jewelry have been in many juried shows and publications, traveling to museums around the country, even to Japan. Some of my bead designs even appeared in Japanese magazines. One bead even went into outer space on the last voyage of the Endeavor, as part of the Beads of Courage program.”

Always striving to learn new techniques that expand her knowledge of the creative process, Lee recently signed up for silversmith classes in Albuquerque, which begin in November. “I feel driven to keep my work fresh, to learn new techniques that add to my repertoire.”

Lee’s spirit of adventure has taken her to Mexico, England, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Australia and Papua New Guinea. It is this love for travel that led Lee and her partner Nora to sell their home in Massachusetts and to set out on an exploration of the U.S. and Canada with no specific destination in mind. They were looking for a possible place to spend the winters and the summers. They spent a month in Albuquerque last October and loved it and then moved on to British Columbia for the winter. “We were on the sunshine coast and there was no sunshine, no warmth. We were freezing, and Nora and I made the decision to come back to Albuquerque.” Drawn to the area, they decided to buy a home here in New Mexico and to settle in for a while.

Being settled in Albuquerque also allowed Lee to pursue a new passion for making her own custom boots. “I was able to attend a boot making class with Deana McGuffin, and made my own custom cowboy boots. This is something I wanted to do for years. When we decided to settle here last winter it became possible.” Another benefit of settling in Albuquerque was the proximity to the Mothership and Acutonics.

Lee’s research on the internet led her to Acutonics, although it had been on her radar for years. “I think I first learned about Acutonics around 2009. I was very interested in the program and checked out some classes in Massachusetts, but the scheduling just never seemed to line up. It was great to finally land in New Mexico and to realize that I was just a few hours away and that you were starting a new series of classes.”

Lee signed up for the Acutonics Level I and II Intensive and at the conclusion of the class, was one of the first to sign up for the next intensive, Level III and IV. “I really like the classes. I feel so different when I’m at the Mothership, it is as though the classes themselves promote change within me. I don’t tend to talk in groups, I’m very introverted, but I find that this work, Acutonics, has helped me to be more present with others and to participate fully in classes. This is so very different than sitting by myself in a studio working on my art, not talking, then putting things online.”

Lee and her partner Nora have been together for 26 years and are exploring ways to integrate Acutonics into their lives and work. “Nora is a hypnotherapist, and she does hands-on energy work, reconnective work, she is a gifted intuitive healer. Acutonics dovetails really well with this work. I’ve been treating myself and Nora, practicing what I’m learning in class to gain clinical experience. Acutonics is a great medicine. Sound vibration works wonderfully, it is not the medicine of the future as some like to say, it’s the medicine of Now. These tools work for me so well, just from being in class and participating in the clinic day, the work we do on each other. I know I feel different, better. And if I can feel different so can other people. This is very powerful.”

Lee has the soul of an artist and the vision to see the relationship between the arts and well-being. She is very interested in the use of sound vibration to inform her art. Several years ago, she created glass beads for malas that were infused with the energy of chants. “I focused on putting the vibration of these sacred chants into each bead. As I made the beads, chants played in my studio, each bead created for the mala was infused with these sacred sounds.”

This experience has led Lee to begin work on her Acutonics thesis. The vision she holds is to use the frequencies of the planets from the tuning forks and chimes to create glass pendants infused with these vibratory energies.

Lee and Nora also recently began to look for a space in Albuquerque to create a wellness center. Their vision is to promote health and wellness through integrative care modalities such as Acutonics and art. A vision totally in alignment with the Acutonics mission to return art and spirit to Medicine.

Character of the Planet: Transformation

Intervallic Personality: The Ohm/Pluto microtone is highly dissonant, penetrating deep into the body to break down resistance to change; promotes evolution through the destruction of old forms. Growth and transcendence through conflict. Pluto breaks down the old into its component parts, only to reassemble them on a new higher octave. Pluto rules the raising of Kundalini, the major driving power of this ongoing process.

Healing Themes and Archetypal Keywords: Death, rebirth, depths of the unconscious, shadow-self, toxicity, sex, sexuality and sexual issues, power, victimization, the underworld, hidden riches, the deep and the mysterious, transmutation, integration, liberation, potential, polarity, karmic and earthly origins.

Anatomical and Physiological Correspondences: External reproductive organs, the prostate gland, the anus and colon, waste expulsion, release of toxins on all levels

Pluto Imbalances: Illnesses of the sexual or eliminative organs, skin conditions with an eruptive nature, deep-rooted illnesses that are slow to surface, deep-rooted emotional and psychological issues

Pluto Science: The ninth planet from the Sun, discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 was once considered the final frontier on our solar system, but today we recognize it as a gateway to the outer reaches of our solar system. The New Horizons Pluto System flyby, reached Pluto in July of 2015. Since that time, 6.25 gigabytes of data have been sent back to Earth, with the last bits of data reaching Earth on October 25th, 2017. Analysis of this wealth of material reveals a planet of numerous riches, diverse and active geology, exotic surface chemistry, a complex atmosphere, a puzzling interaction with the sun, and an intriguing system of small moons. Among the most striking features is a large heart-shaped feature carved into Pluto’s surface and an exotic bladed terrain of methane ice that was found at the highest altitudes on Pluto's surface near the equator soaring hundreds of feet into the sky. Additionally, high altitude hazes give Pluto’s sky a bright blue tinge.

Pluto’s diverse landscape is likely the result of eons of interaction between highly volatile and mobile methane, nitrogen and carbon monoxide ices as well as inert and sturdy water ice. The variations in surface composition on Pluto are unprecedented in the outer solar system. Age-dating of Pluto’s reveals it has been geologically active for at least 4 billion years. There is also a massive ice plain larger than Texas that is devoid of any detectable craters and is geologically young – no more than 10 million years old. Pluto’s upper atmospheric temperature is much colder (by about 70 degrees Fahrenheit) than had been thought from Earth-based studies.

Pluto’s Small Moons—Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra, discovered between 2005 and 2012, range in diameter from about 25 miles (40 kilometers) for Nix and Hydra to about six miles (10 kilometers) for Styx and Kerberos. The small satellites have highly anomalous rotation rates and uniformly unusual pole orientations, as well as icy surfaces with brightness and colors distinctly different from those of Pluto and Charon. 

Mythology:  There are many cross-cultural myths that feature the gods of the underworld, including the Roman Pluto, the Greek Hades and Babylonian Nergal. Hades is one of the three ruling sons of Cronus, brother of Zeus, and husband of Persephone. He belongs to the first generation of Olympian gods, who overthrew their father and defeated the Titans. Hades becomes the ruler of the House of Hades, the underworld where souls go after death, to reside as shades or shadows lacking blood or consciousness. He ruled over all things subterranean, including caves, caverns, metals, and gems found deep within the Earth. Pluto was a strict ruler following a clear moral code: people were judged fairly, evil was punished, and goodness was rewarded. The early Greeks feared him and did not speak directly of death; instead a person who had died might be referred to as departed, or blessed, which is perhaps why Hades was also called Pluton, the wealthy or wealth giver. This title most likely refers to the blessings that are received from deep within the Earth, such as minerals and gems. Demeter, Persephone, and Hades are all identified with the rich harvest.

The ever-repeating cycles of life and death, transformation and resurrection can be found in the dissolution and decay of old patterns into fertilizer for our gardens. With the changing seasons, we are able to plant new seeds so that new life can be formed. Our most serious failures can transform into our greatest insights, rising from the dark night of the soul into the creation of a new life. Pluto provides us with gifts that have the potential to animate our soul and to transcend our liminal existence.

Pluto Archetype: Pluto represents the soul or psyche, the shadow and father, all aspects of things that are buried, sexual taboos, fertilization, decay, fiery volcanic eruptions, criminal behavior, and things that lurk deep below the surface, including the unconscious and the collective unconscious. Just as Pluto was not the god of death, this archetype is not necessarily representative of a physical death but can relate to all types of loss, including dismemberment and the loss of memories, hope, and purpose. The shadow aspect of Pluto can also be identified in the time of its discovery. It was 1930, between two wars, the time of the Great Depression, when there had been a tremendous loss of material wealth, resulting in many suicides and providing the perfect fertile ground for a rise in organized crime. World War Two, the splitting of the atom, the creation of the atom bomb in Los Alamos, the Nazi death camps, and the deaths at Hiroshima are all representative of the darker more shadowed aspects of Pluto.

Treatment Suggestions: Although the highly dissonant Ohm/Pluto Microtone is excellent for penetrating deep into the body to promote change the interplanetary intervals that you learn to work with in Acutonics Level IV provide tremendous depth to promote deep transformation and regeneration.

Psycho-Spiritual Issues: Pluto’s energy for destruction, transformation, and regeneration has significant clinical applications. It is through this process of breakdown and reemergence that growth takes place on the personal and transpersonal levels. Through Pluto, we find ourselves placed in situations of conflict that challenge us to face ourselves at our deepest emotional and spiritual levels. Pluto also provides the energy to liberate us from the restrictive hell of problems and obstacles of the past, allowing our spirits to emerge from the depths transformed into higher awareness. It also provides energy to liberate hidden treasures that lay buried within us.

Emotional Pain Associated with Sexual Abuse: To treat the emotional pain associated with sexual abuse, use the Chong Mai Extraordinary Vessel, starting with the Solar 7th Interval to bring light to the issue. Open with the Sun fork on SP 4, Grandparent’s Grandchild and balance with Low Ohm on P 6, Inner Gate. Follow with the Pluto/Mercury Microtone to identify hidden issues, Mercury wakes up deep issues and allows the pain to come to the surface. Place Pluto on SP 4 and Mercury on P 6 for access and to allow the pain to surface. End with the Ohm/Chiron 2nd Interval (Chiron on SP 4 and Ohm on P 6) to promote healing.

Deeply Buried Grief: Pluto allows us to reach deeply to bring out buried grief. Apply the Ohm/Pluto Microtone to LU 3, Heavenly Residence, the Spirit of the Lungs point. Follow with the Ohm/Mercury Microtone for Mercury’s help in communicating the feelings that were buried.

Use Pluto/New Moon on the Three Treasures, DU 20, REN 4 and REN 17 to open up to the wisdom of our ancestors follow with Mercury/New Moon to integrate the messages received.

Addictions: Pluto is also connected with the aspect of addictions that reveals a self-destructive nature. It allows us entry to the shadow self that obscures our true nature.

To Transform Self-Destructive Behaviors Associated with Addictions: Use the Ohm/Pluto Microtone on the Chong Mai Extraordinary Vessel. Place Pluto on SP 4, Grandparent’s Grandchild and Ohm on P 6, Inner Gate. Follow with the Pluto/Neptune 5th to access deeply buried emotions associated with addictions and follow with the Pluto/New Moon 5th to release. Complete the sequence with the Ohm/Saturn 2nd to use the restrictive and controlling energy of Saturn (Saturn on SP 4 and Ohm on P 6).

To Uncover Treasures Buried Deep Within: Pluto, the guardian of mines and precious jewel can support the creative journey.  Apply the Ohm/Pluto Microtone on the third chakra to gain deep access to personal power. Follow with the Ohm/Venus 6th to energize creativity, artistic abilities, and passions. Finish with the Ohm/Jupiter 4th to provide expansiveness to these qualities.

A Few Interplanetary Pluto Intervals:

Pluto/Mercury Microtone – A carrier wave of sound providing access to deeply buried issues.

Pluto/New Moon 5th provides an opening to help access deep hurts and to break the cycle of victim perpetrator and other patterns of abuse. Use on KID 21, Dark Gate the point where the Kidney and Chong channel meets.

Pluto/Uranus 5th can be used to gain deep access into the meridian to expand vision and open deep blocks. With hidden emotional issues and old abuse patterns open with Pluto/New Moon follow with Pluto/Uranus. GB 37, Bright Light brings light to support the process of transformation.

Pluto/Neptune 5th opens to very deep emotions, Neptune relates to the archetype of the mystic, may be useful for intimacy issues and addictions. A progression of the Full Moon 6th followed by Pluto/Neptune 5th on the Ren Mai for inspiration.

This is a time of seasonal transition, here in the north, we move from the Autumnal Equinox to the Winter Solstice. The abundant harvest has been stored for the long winter months and we begin the process of return to the depths of our being, an inward time when we are able to access the energy of transformation. 

This is also a time where the energy of Scorpio is strong, promoting the journey to the underworld and an opportunity to explore themes such as birth, death and transformation. Even though we pass from the time of Scorpio near the end of November, we continue to use this powerful influence for transformation and renewal throughout the year. Winter Solstice, the darkest time of the year also invites this inward journey to access deep wisdom and ignite the seed of potential that will evolve and grow in the springtime.

In the stories of many cultures the underworld is brought into balance through the merging of male and female energies. In Greek mythology, Hades kidnapped Persephone and brought her to rule with him in the underworld, which introduced feminine energy to offset his patriarchal realms. The Sumerian myths tell of Ishtar traveling to the underworld in search of her lover Tammuz. This joining together of primordial complementary opposites points to unification and non-duality. In Taoism, the path is moving from the duality of yin and yang to merge with undifferentiated oneness, the Tao.  In the Vedic tradition, we see the merging of Shakti and Shiva combining into a powerful energy of Kundalini. Kundalini, described as the uncoiling serpent, reflects Scorpio’s association with the symbolism of the snake. This powerful symbol represents renewal through shedding of skin to allow for growth and expansion. For us, this points to moving beyond the restrictions that hold us back from transformation.

Here are some suggestions for accessing the transformational and unifying potentials made available at this time in the yearly cycle.

The Ren Mai and Du Mai Extraordinary Vessels activate the microcosmic orbit and merge the energies of yin and yang, Shakti and Shiva, to allow balanced expression of the expanded consciousness of Kundalini.

For the Ren Mai Sedna’s non-dual nature can be combined with Venus to create the Sedna/Venus interval, follow with the Full Moon/Venus microtone.

On the Du Mai work with the Sedna/Mars 2nd and follow with Mars/Venus 5th.

These combinations can be used to amplify activation and balance.

The Huato Jiaji Points help to access the energy of potentiality for transformation and expansion.

Nibiru/Jupiter 2nd combines the expansive nature of Jupiter with the energy of potentiality expressed through Nibiru.

The Mountain of Balance Points: KID 23, Spirit Seal, KID 24, Spirit Ruins and KID 25, Spirit Storehouse are excellent points for mixing and balancing the primordial yin and yang energies as these points bring together the energy of Kidney water and Heart fire.

Mars/Venus 5th merges primordial energies on these transformational points

ST 25, Celestial Pivot is the front associated point of the large intestines and allows for letting go of old patterns and energies that are impediments to moving forward. Pluto is useful here as it corresponds to the bowels and the energy of letting go. Additionally, Pluto allows access to the deepest parts of our personal underworlds.

Pluto/New Moon 5th opens to these deep energies and allow us to let go of patterns that are not serving us.

The Three Treasures: DU 20, Hundred Convergences, REN 17, Original Child, REN 4 Origin Pass, bring together the Yang energy of the Heavens, and the Yin energy of the Earth to converge in our body. 

Work with the Mars/Venus 5th to unite the energies of Yin and Yang in the body. Place the Mars fork on DU 20 and the Venus fork on REN 4. Then bring the two forks together on REN 17.

The vibrational information provided by the combination of our Acutonics tuning forks, the power of the points and the energy available at this time in the seasonal cycle can help to provide powerful momentum for transformation.

By Jude Ponton DC, LAc, MAc. and Paul Ponton LAc, MAc, Senior Licensed Acutonics® Practitioners and Teachers

We are writing this on the Autumnal Equinox and just after Mercury retrograde. What a great time of the year. Harvest is still being gathered, but you can see the cycle of waning in the plants and leaves. It is a time of balance, a pivot point between the yang energy of Summer and yin of Winter. In Chinese medicine Autumn is related to the metal element, but right now there is much Earth bounty as well.

The pagan tradition recognizes Hermes (Mercury) as one of the prominent deities of the celebration of Mabon (which coincides with the Autumn Equinox). The metal element rules the lungs, which are, in turn, ruled by Mercury in medical astrology. Mabon is also a time of rest and of enjoying the fruits of the harvest that we have toiled to bring in. In Roman mythology Autumn also corresponds to the time when the goddess Persephone made ready for her descent into the underworld, signaling the coming of winter.

As daylight shortens, the energy of the Sun gives way to the energy of the Moon. In this part of the world, both September and October full moons are referred to as “harvest” moons. Octobers’ full moon arrives on October 5th is also called a “hunters” moon, named for the expectation of bountiful hunting at this time.

It is said that the Po, the spirit of the Lungs, guides us to appreciate our life’s treasures, the things we hold most precious and the abundance we experience with our senses. At this bountiful time of harvest, we can expand our appreciation to include all that stimulates and delights us in our environment – good food, music, visually beautiful things, and connection with beings that we love, both human and animal.

Seasonal transitions are times of energetic shifting both in our environment and in our bodies. Moving into Autumn, our energy begins to consolidate and move deeper. This is a good time for easing ourselves and our clients into resonance with the developing autumnal/Metal phase and for celebrating the abundance of the gathered bounty of the harvest.

Here are some suggestions for connecting with the abundance of the harvest and easing into autumn:

LU 1, Central Treasury/LIV 14, Cycle Gate – connects the sprit of the Lung, the Po, with the Spirit of the Liver, the Hun, allowing smooth flow of our appreciation of the beauty and perfection of our lives. Mercury/Jupiter LU 9, Great Abyss—The source point of the Lung meridian. Mercury/New Moon 5th to open connection to Source through the portal of the Po (Lung Spirit). Mercury/Earth Day 5th to support the energy of the Lung

Activating the Microcosmic Orbit using the Conception Vessel and the Governing Vessel balances the yin and yang as the yang of Summer gives way to the yin of the coming Winter. Full Moon 6th and Sedna/Venus can be used on the Conception Vessel to embrace the yin time. Mars/Venus and Low Ohm Octave can be applied to the Governing Vessel for balancing the yang in preparation for movement to yin.

UB 23, Kidney Shu – Mars/Venus balances both yin and yang at their source, followed by the Venus/Full Moon for full experience of Venus’ appreciation of the abundance and joy of life.

ST 36, Leg Three Mile – ED 5th – Debra Kaatz tells us that the nourishment of the harvest is stored here to insure survival through the winter.

High Octave ED and Jupiter forks woven in the subtle fields helps to entrain with the abundant harvest of the Earth.

Katie Mink and Laurie Herron of West Coast Acutonics hosted the 4th Annual Acutonics Camp in Mt Shasta, California, July 28th – 31st. Campers came from as far away as Taiwan and the Yukon and it was a wonderful, harmonious event with great food, excellent teaching, and mentoring. Jill Davis wrote: “Thank you so much for sharing your camp experience and beautiful lake with me! I took away a sense of peace and greater self-awareness that I truly needed. I'm looking forward to next year’s camp”.

This year’s programs explored Vibrational Dowsing and Bio Geometry with Ling Chen, PhD, and Deb Smith, LMT brought a fresh new way of perceiving and working with the autonomic nervous system. Deb also shared a valuable technique to address stubborn soft tissue issue with Low Chiron and Low Uranus. It was remarkable to see the immediate shifts that occurred with this interval. Laurie Herron shared advanced techniques for working with the Crystal Palace and healing specific endocrine glands. Katie Mink guided campers in how to create a self-care plan for themselves or a client. Katie and Laurie also did two demonstration treatments working together to demonstrate how to blend perspectives of Chinese Medicine and energy work, working on a client's past, present and future in the energetic realm. All of these sessions were highly interactive and stimulating. As always, there was plenty of time for fun including visits to three different lakes for swimming and paddle boarding.

Will Vukmanic a major contributor to past Acutonics camps was very much missed this year we look forward to his return in 2018.

Mark your calendars next year Acutonics Camp will take place Thursday, July 19th to Monday, July 23rd, 2018. Come for the weekend or all 5 days! Receive credit for clinical hours or an elective!

As senior licensed Acutonics faculty, Katie and Laurie are committed to building community with their students. Acutonics Camp, monthly Acutonics forums and an approach to teaching the entire Acutonics Certification Program that supports students on their journey to full certification. They will be starting a new pod of students with Acutonics Level I, September 22nd-24th, and Acutonics Level II October 13th-15th at the Bancroft Center for Chinese Medicine in Berkley, California. In addition to their California classes they will be in Taipei, Taiwan in November with senior faculty member Ling Chen, who has translated the curriculum into Chinese. In Taiwan, they will be teaching Clinical Documentaries and the Five Elements, Five Spirits Elective. (Classes will be taught in English and translated into Chinese by Ling).

For more information about 2018 Acutonics Camp or upcoming Acutonics Classes with Katie Mink and Laurie Herron they can be contacted at westcoastacutonics@gmail.com; westcoastacutonics.com.

By Jude Ponton, DC, LAc and Paul Ponton, LAc, Licensed Senior Acutonics Teachers and Certified Acutonics^® Practitioners

In Acutonics classes we emphasize the importance of the Microcosmic Orbit as a Taoist practice of inner alchemy. The co-mingling of heavenly and earthly energies facilitated by the activation of the orbit is considered to expand our connection to Source and the knowledge of the eternal nature of our being. It’s a reflection of this eternal nature, manifesting in temporal reality. The practice of circulating qi in the Microcosmic Orbit acts to transform the denser energy of three-dimensional reality to a more etheric, higher frequency form of energy. It elicits conscious awareness of our nature as beings made up of light and information.

Source energy, the oneness of Wu Qi first separates into yin and yang (tai qi). The Ren and the Du extraordinary vessels are the expressions of ultimate yin and yang in the body. We utilize the Ren and the Du vessels to merge and balance the yang of heaven and the yin of earth within ourselves. This balancing affects us on many different levels of our physical, emotional and spiritual experience.

Located on the midline of the front and the back of the body, the Ren and the Du create the supportive energy for the body’s central core. Support of the central core can be achieved through balancing the yin and the yang utilizing the Ren and the Du vessels. A very basic way of doing this is the application of the Full Moon 6th interval to the Ren Mai Vessel. Place the Full Moon on LU 7, Broken Sequence (opening point) and Ohm on KID 6, Shining Sea (balance point). On the DU Mai use the Solar 7th interval. Place the Sun on SI 3, Back Ravine (opening point) and place the Low Ohm on UB 62, Extending Vessel (balance point).

The seven major chakras also line up along this central core of the body. The strength and balance of the Du and Ren are instrumental in the proper functioning of the chakras in their capacity for refining psycho-emotional and spiritual energies.

One suggestion to facilitate this refinement is to expand capacity for love and nurturance using the Venus/Jupiter combination applied to the Ren Vessel and the Chiron/Neptune combination to the Du Vessel to initiate flow toward spiritual transformation.

The chakras also help to regulate the endocrine and nervous systems (said to be the two most important regulatory mechanisms of the physical body) by virtue of their correspondence to glands and major nerve plexuses. To balance the endocrine system the Ohm/Venus 6th can be applied to the Ren to enhance the influence of the Kidney yin and the Ohm/Mars 2nd to the Du for the facilitation of the Kidney yang. Proper balance of the Kidney yin and yang energies provides support and balance of the endocrine system through the microcosmic orbit.

In addition to activating the microcosmic orbit, individual endocrine imbalances can then be addressed by using the corresponding planetary tuning forks on the appropriate chakra. For example, Mercury/New Moon 5th can be applied on the 5th chakra for thyroid imbalances.

For support and stabilization of the nervous system the Low Ohm Octave can be applied to the Ren vessel for deep grounding and stabilizing. On the Du the Mercury/Saturn 2nd provides structure and control.

Another benefit of balancing the Microcosmic Orbit is its potential for harmonizing Kundalini arousal. Smooth flow in this cycle of celestial and terrestrial forces allows this transformational energy a clear and balanced pathway for Kundalini movement. Saturn/Neptune on both the Ren and the Du gives controlled flow to this process.

These are a few suggestions for tuning into the extraordinary power of the Microcosmic Orbit. They can be used as a jumping off point for your own intuition and inspiration.

Edited by Ellen F. Franklin, PhD

Excerpt from Hymn of Apollo by Percy Bysshe Shelley

I am the eye with which the Universe
Beholds itself and knows itself divine;
All harmony of instrument or verse,
All prophecy, all medicine are mine,
All light of Art or Nature;—to my song
Victory and praise in their own right belong.

The Sun is the center of our universe, around which all other planets evolve. The most basic qualities of the Sun relate to the self, vision, illumination, numinosity, enlightenment, consciousness, collective consciousness, the father, the divine child, and the solar hero. The movement of the Sun through the zodiac also provides a perennial reenactment of the cycles of life, birth, death, and rebirth. The Sun helps us be fully aware and truly conscious, able to access the prophetic nature of Apollo to find our own truth and innate potential.

The Sun is one of more than 100 billion stars in our galaxy and it is the largest object in the solar system. To put it in perspective, there are millions and millions of similar stars in the Milky Way galaxy and billions of galaxies in the universe. But our Sun is special—it supports life on our planet, powers photosynthesis in green plants, and provides the energy and capacity for food and fuel. The connectivity and interactivity of Sun and Earth drive the seasons, ocean currents, weather, and climates.

Some astrophysicists have put forth theories regarding binary star systems (as discussed in Acutonics Level IV) hypothesizing that our sun had a binary partner. While some alarmists have identified this star as Nemesis, we postulate that our sun’s binary partner may well be Nibiru. As we examine the qualities of Nibiru we might liken it to the Shekinah, the feminine aspect of divinity often depicted as inner light or holy fire. Combinations of the Sun and Nibiru in treatment have been compared to a Taos sunrise a beautiful awakening to the light within.

Myths and Archetypes

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine in Apollo, because the office of medicine is but to tune this curious harp of man’s body, and to reduce it to harmony.—Frances Bacon

Deities:
Greek: Phoebus Apollo, Sun, Hyperion, Helios
Roman: Apollo
Sumerian: Utu

Helios the all-seeing god is a source of vision and higher consciousness; his rising signified the renewal of life, and his setting was related to the underworld or death. The myths of Helios are eventually identified with Apollo the god of light, truth, harmony, divination, prophecy, medicine, and archery. He is a giver and interpreter of law, punisher of wrongs, and, as leader of the Muses, a patron of intellectual pursuits, music, poetry, and the arts. Apollo is one of the twelve great Olympian gods, the son of Zeus and Leto, and twin brother to Artemis. Like the Sun itself, Apollo’s hair is depicted as golden rays. As patron of archery, he and his twin sister, Artemis, are associated with the bow and arrow, weapons that symbolize the male and female principle. Historically the arrow also represents the rays of the Sun and like the herm, associated with Hermes, is viewed as a phallic symbol of power.

Apollo’s associations with healing are tied to two of the greatest healers in Greek mythology: his son, Asclepius, and the centaur Chiron, the wounded healer, whom he fosters. The myths of Apollo and Hermes are also interwoven, for these half brothers share an association with music, the arts, and healing. At some point the staff of Hermes, a gift from Apollo, becomes the snake-entwined Caduceus, which is also associated with Asclepius. Throughout the Greek and Roman world, there were temples of healing erected in honor of Apollo and Asclepius. Their relationship to healing was illuminated in numerous early versions of the Hippocratic oath: “I swear by Apollo the physician, by Asclepius, Hygeia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses.”

The most basic archetypal qualities of the sun relate to the self, vision, illumination, numinosity, enlightenment, consciousness, collective consciousness, the father, the divine child, the solar hero, and the triumph of light over darkness or evil. Although the Sun is linked with yang energy in the Tao there is interplay between light and dark and no judgment on whether light is better than dark. Rather balance of yin and yang, male and female, light and dark, where neither one nor the other is stronger or more powerful, but together form a cohesive whole.

A healthy level of respect when working with the Sun tools is important as research supports the Sun’s potential for destruction as witnessed through a parched Earth, deforestation, loss of crops, and rising global temperatures. Additionally, increased solar flares and sunspot activities have the capacity to significantly interrupt modern technology and may also result in disruption of the human heart and other regulatory systems. A recent study conducted by the Heart Math Institute supports findings that document ways in which changes in solar and geomagnetic activity impact the human nervous system.

"Human regulatory systems are designed to adapt to daily and seasonal climatic and geomagnetic variations; however, sharp changes in solar and geomagnetic activity and geomagnetic storms can stress these regulatory systems, resulting in alterations in melatonin/serotonin balance, blood pressure, immune system, reproductive, cardiac, and neurological processes."
Click here to read the full study

Tuning Fork Properties
Color: Sunflower yellow
Approximate Musical Note: B
Interval with Low Ohm/Solar 7th

Intervallic Personality: The Solar 7th Interval is a conveyor of strong yang energy. Powerful, warming, strongly tonifying, and initiatory, it seeks resolution and strives for completion. The Sun helps to overcome limiting environmental conditions and to put us in touch with the divine seed.

Healing Themes and Archetypal Keywords: Perception of life, self-identity, creative potential, urge to create, vitality, individuality, essential being or nature, radiation of spirit, essence of self, ego and will, consciousness, individuality, desire to achieve significance, leadership potential

Specific Disharmonies: Disorders of the heart and circulatory system, imbalances of the thymus gland, weakness of the spine and back, low self-worth, depression, seasonal affective disorder, immune system deficiency, cold conditions, yang deficiency, significant lack of energy and vitality, arthritis

Anatomical Correspondences: Heart, thymus, spine, back, physical essence

Other Correspondences: Masculine (yang) energy, unconditional love

Physiological Actions: Heat generating, drying, vitalizing, activating, circulating, combustive

Therapeutic Applications (to learn more about working with the Sun refer to Acutonics There’s No Place Like Ohm and Acutonics from Galaxies to Cells)

Fatigue: Apply the Solar 7th Interval to UB 23, Kidney Shu, REN 4, Origin Pass, DU 4 Life Gate, and KID 3, Great Ravine for extreme fatigue, especially when accompanied by a sense of feeling cold or chilled,

Enhance Immune Function: Apply the Solar 7th to ST 36, Leg Three Li and follow with the Ohm/Mars 2nd interval on ST 36 as the defensive energy of Mars is vitalizing and activating.

Peripheral Neuropathy: Apply the Solar 7th Interval to points at the webs of the fingers (eight pathogens) and toes (eight winds). The energy of activation can be directed more specifically to the nerves with an application of the Ohm/Mercury Microtone to these points. Follow with high-frequency Solar 7th in the subtle fields around the hands and feet. It can also be helpful to add the Earth Day 5th Interval on points for general tonification such as ST 36, Leg Three Li and REN 4, Origin Pass.

Watery Diarrhea: Apply Solar 7th Interval to ST 25, Celestial Pivot and REN 4, Origin Pass. The high-frequency Solar 7th Interval can also be held in the field above the navel.

Edema: Apply the Solar 7th Interval to SP 6, Three Yin Intersection and SP 9, Yin Mound Spring.

Swollen Ankles: Apply Solar 7th to KID 3, Great Ravine) and UB 60, Kun Lun Mountain

Arthritis Worse in Cold Damp Conditions: Apply Solar 7th Interval on and around the affected joints. Follow with Ohm/Saturn 2nd Interval to consolidate the joint and then the high-frequency Solar 7th and Ohm/Saturn 2nd in the subtle field over the joints. Note: The Solar 7th Interval should not be used in arthritis cases where the joint is red, swollen, and hot, or when the pain is aggravated by heat.

Seasonal Affective Disorder and Depression: The Solar 7th Interval can bring joy and enthusiasm to the heart as the energy of the Sun brings unconditional love that is warming and protective. Apply to REN 17, Chest Center, also the location of the heart chakra. Apply high-frequency Solar 7th in the subtle fields around the entire body to treat seasonal affective disorder. This can be followed by the high-frequency Ohm/Jupiter 4th to expand the joyful and nurturing energy of the Sun.

Low Self-Esteem, Lack of Confidence, or Shyness: Apply the Solar 7th Interval to the third chakra, located at REN 12, Central Venter to inspire confidence, self-assurance, and pride. Follow with the Mars/Venus 5th for self-love and decisiveness.

Illuminate Inner-self and Expose Negative Patterns: Apply the Solar 7th on the Yin Wei Mai, place the Sun fork on P 6, Inner Gate and the Low Ohm on SP 4, Grandparent’s Grandchild and the Yang Wei Mai, apply the Sun fork to SJ 5, Outer Gate and the Low Ohm, to GB 41, Near to Tears.

How blessed we are to embrace the light of the Sun. May it fill your hearts with love, joy and boundless enthusiasm for this medicine, which has positively impacted the lives of so many.

Students are introduced to the qualities and therapeutic uses of the Sun in Acutonics Level I & II and throughout Acutonics training additional examples are provided. Also, refer to Acutonics There’s No Place Like Ohm and Acutonics from Galaxies to Cells to learn more about working with the Solar 7th Interval.

By Jude Ponton, DC, LAc and Paul Ponton, LAc, Senior Acutonics® Practitioners and Licensed Teachers

As Acutonics practitioners, we use sound as a vehicle to create vibratory states that aid in healing and transformation. From Acutonics Level I, we work with intervals created through the combination of two tuning forks to create “spaces in between”. These spaces contain overtones that create portals into other realms of being and extra-dimensionality.

In Acutonics Level II, we access ancient wisdom traditions and introduce shamanic tools as a way to connect with frequencies of divine vibration. Tibetan bowls and bells, drums, didgeridoos and other healing instruments from a variety of cultures are explored. These sound tools are often used in daily shamanic practices as a method for shifting consciousness, and reaching higher level of resonance with the divine realms.

Fortunately, today we have growing awareness and vision within science that has moved beyond Newtonian principles to incorporate these ancient wisdom practices that were previously classified as religious, spiritual, or superstitious.

The Taoists refer to the Wu Qi, which is commonly translated as “the infinite”. It describes a ground state of undifferentiated oneness from which the duality of yin and yang emerge to separate further into “the myriad” or “the millions”, the material or shared reality that makes up our physical existence. We see this same concept defined as “zero point field” in quantum physics, or as the “field of infinite potential” or “the field of all possibilities” in more common usage.

This is the field that fills the “spaces in-between”. It is the place we can access through vibration, assisted by conscious intent to shift patterns of information that manifest both physically and non-physically. Accessing the field with frequencies of planetary tuning forks, Tibetan bowls, drums, rattles and other instruments opens portals to possibilities of transformation and well being beyond what we, or our clients can imagine.

Sometimes clients reach a sort of “plateau” while working with an imbalance. They may have experienced consistent shifts and then things seem not to change much. We have found that if we deliberately direct our attention to working in their subtle fields, we can access information that revives and expands change. For example, sometimes after treatment for physical trauma, like an auto accident or a fall there is remaining discomfort that doesn’t seem to resolve. Disruption of the subtle energy fields often accompanies physical trauma, so working to repair the fields will release patterns that interfere with full recovery.

The field also contains old thought forms and beliefs that can create emotional, spiritual and physical manifestations. When people are working on expanding consciousness and creating transformation, we can use our planetary frequencies and vibrational tools to help break up old patterns and facilitate expansion and smooth flow of energy. We can illuminate new pathways and activate access to new grids and templates.

It’s been said that everything is light and information. We often use the high frequency Mercury and Sun2 to connect these essential elements. Additionally, high frequency intervals to use include: Ohm/Uranus 5th to break up old patterns, Ohm/Neptune 5th to allow easy flow into new ways of becoming, Sun/Jupiter 5th to help access the expansive fields of our hearts (especially if done over the heart chakra) and the Ohm/Sedna microtone to access connection between the liquid crystal matrix, our body’s connective tissue system, and the matrix of the field of all possibility. The high frequency New Moon 5th opens portals of possibility and expands the capacity to allow for or invite shifts. These are just a few examples of how we use these high frequency planetary intervals to work with the etheric field.

The forks can be directed over specific points or chakras. The Huato Jiaji points integrate new frequencies and, so, are often useful. We often work in areas of the field that draw our attention energetically. Sometimes we connect an area directly over a point on the body with a point a distance off the body where the vibrations of the forks seem to have a special resonance with each other. Paying attention to the feeling of the energy guides us to the proper locations.

While the high frequency forks are especially suited to the frequencies of the subtle fields, middle frequencies also have an effect. Remember to pay attention to grounding the client’s energy in their body and working with the middle and low frequency forks on the body as well.

Helping to create energy communication and integration with the field of all possibilities creates potential for expanded physical, emotional and spiritual well being.

By Jude Ponton, DC, MAc, LAc & Paul Ponton, MAc, LAc, Senior Acutonics^® Instructors and Practitioners.

Non-duality can be described as non-separation—what we might think of as the Wu Qi or the Tao, the undifferentiated oneness. It is in this field of oneness that we find the origins of our commonality. It’s here that we are free from the distinctions of self and other, that we realize our connection to the universal expression of life force. We have found the frequency of Sedna to be extraordinarily resonant with this energy and often include her in sessions with this in mind. Sedna manifests the confluence of the active energy of super-conduction and the energy of grounding, nurturing, and connection to the deepest yin. She is both activating, upward and outward moving and consolidating, cooling and grounding. Sedna manifests the stillness that brings forth powerful awakening, the seed that after stillness and consolidation, germinates and rises upward to express its full potential. 

As we advance into expression in three dimensional reality and experience the awareness of yin and yang separation, we carry with us the access to the memory of this common Source. This coherence of Source inspires us to seek the resonance of unity in community. The light of Source within each of us seeks to shine brighter through connection with each other. This awareness of oneness extends beyond just human interconnection. Everything comes from this oneness, this Source, the other beings, the trees, the mountains, the oceans and all of creation. As we evolve in our journey we realize that we are one of, and one with, the many manifestations that make up the matrix we live in. We relate Sedna’s energy to the Zhi, the spirit of the kidney, the energy of potentiality and life force, the energy of becoming. The Kidneys are the residence of the Yuan Source Qi, our direct connection to universal consciousness.

Increasingly, our clients are working toward a consciousness of connection to the One and a realization that there is no separation. They are seeking to focus their energy on the fullest alignment of heavenly and earthly energies and a true experience of “heaven on earth”. We use Sedna to open a portal to this experience.

We have found Sedna’s energy helpful in both manifesting and concentrating the full potential of other frequencies that she is combined with. When used as the tonic in the interval, Sedna expands the expression of the other planetary archetype of the interval. Sedna/Jupiter creates powerful energy of abundance and expansion. Sedna/Nibiru amplifies creation of a new matrix and connection to Source. Sedna/Venus intensifies expression of grace and beauty. 

Sedna can also amplify the energy of potentiality that resides in the Extraordinary Vessels and expand expression of Source energy that is contained there. The use of the Yin and Yang Wei (Linking Vessels) creates connection between the Yin and Yang energies in the body as well as between the body and the field. Sedna/Mercury and Sedna/Neptune intervals applied to these vessels can assist in integration and flow into the collective. 
 
Using Sedna as the ground for intervals applied to the Huato Jiaji and Balio points also creates increased capacity for accessing connection to the higher energies emanating from Source.

As a super-conductor, Sedna increases the speed and efficiency of communication through the connective tissue matrix of the body. She also amplifies communication between this matrix and the subtle energy fields and field of all possibilities.

Planetary frequencies manifest in our consciousness at those times when resonance with them is most useful. As we find ourselves increasingly seeking connection to unity consciousness, Sedna is a frequency for this time.