Happy Lunar New Year!

May the Wooden Horse year 2014 bring you lots of joys and insights of acupuncture, moxibustion and your life!!!

Tisha Mallon, who has been practicing Shakuju Therapy for a long time and teaching Shakuju Therapy at AIMC, Berkeley came to Japan and is now studying Shakuju Therapy more in Taishido Acupuncture Clinic.

Kobayashi sensei, Tisha and Kato sensei (from left)

Talking about acupuncture

New Stage

Taishido Acupuncture Clinic has just moved from Daizawa, Setagaya to Komae! Saturday, 12th was the final day of Daizawa Taishido, and today (14th) and yesterday (13th) were moving days. And at the same time, Shakuju Association Office moved to Momo Acupuncture Clinic at Sumiyoshi, Koto-ku. 

Kobayashi sensei has been working at Daizawa Taishido Acupncture Clinic for 30 years and before that, he worked at Taishido near Daizawa for 11 years.

The new Komae Taishido Acupuncture Clinic is opening from 21st, Monday. The new stage of Shakuju Therapy has just started!!!

Daizawa Taishido Acupuncture Clinic

Moving Moving!

Moving out!

New Taishido Acupuncture Clinic @ Komae

"CURRENTS"

The article about "Shakuju Therapy 10th Anniversary" is on the issue of NESA's magazine, "CURRENTS"(p.8-9, June 2013, the article was written by Abigail Michaud and Diane Iuliano).

This year is the landmark of 10th anniversary of teaching Shakuju Therapy in USA. As Diane sensei mentioned in "CURRENTS", Shakuju therapy has been evolving and more streamlined for these 10 years. We are so happy to have this milestone seminar in NESA! Thank you very much!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! It is said that the year of the snake is the good year to start anything new. May this year be filled with lots of joy and happiness (and acupuncture and moxibustion)!

Merry Christmas!

Wishing everybody happy holidays!!! 

The reception of Taishido Acupuncture Clinic. Uncle Shakuju turns Shakuju Clauss??

The window of Taishido Acupuncture Clinic

Gourd

As some of you might remember the Taishido green curtain project, it was the gourd "the green thumb of Taishido" planted at the outside of Taishido Acupuncture Clinic. It grew so fast fast until July, but after the typhoon, it stopped growing, so he decided to harvest gourds!

These are the first year cropping, not bad, innit? :)

NAJOM November 2012

There are three articles about Shakuju Therapy in the newly published NAJOM (November 2012)! Please check it out!

"Thoughts on Japanese Acupuncture" by Shoji Kobayashi
"Shakujyu Therapy: Case Study" by Cynthia Quattro
"Seminar Report: Shakuju Therapy, Hawaii, Spring 2012" by Ehrland Truitt

Taishido Greenization Project

Outside of Taishido Acupuncture Clinic, there is a bus stop heading to Shibuya station. There is some space between the clinic and the bus stop, so we began "Taishido greenization project".

This is the photos taken on May 19th. 

and this one was taken on May 26th. Now everybody is coming to the outside and check how it grows everyday! and this becomes our new good habit! !

and this was on June 5th! Can you see how fast it grows? I wish our skill of acupuncture progress  in such a speed:)　

When I was cleaning the clinic in the morning, those who are waiting for the bus are talking like this. 

"Oh, were there these plants before? "

"Hmm, I don't know what these are. Is this a cucumber or a pumpkin?"

Here is a question. What is this plant??? (The answer will be on this blog sometime this year:) )

   

Happy 70th Birthday, Kobayashi Sensei♪♪♪

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Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Dear Kobayashi Sensei
Happy Birthday to You!!!!!

Kobyashi Sensei turned 70 years old!
By the way, Taishido Acupuncture Clinic is 40 years old as well!!

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Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday  Dear Taishido Acupuncture Clinic
Happy Birthday to You!!!!!

NAJOM March 2012

There are two articles related to Shakuju Association in NAJOM (North American Journal of Oriental Medicine), Volume 19, Number54, March 2012.

Noriyuki Fujiwara
"The Yi Jing (I Ching) and Oriental Medicine" (p19-20)

Pamela Sokach
"Seminar Report: Shakuju Therapy with Kobayashi Shoji Sensei" (p31)

http://www.najom.org/