I started coming to Paul three years ago (six years after back surgery) as a result of my husband’s encouragement that his friend, Paul, knew of my pain and believed he could help me. Although I was skeptical (being a nurse who believes in the medical model) my pain was holding me captive at home, so I answered the hope and encouragement Paul was offering.
In May 2017 as I began with Paul, I was so grateful for having come. Paul’s optimism, happiness, and friendliness were a balm for my sadness and frustration. His intelligence, energy, and creativity stimulated my thinking and gave me strength and hope. As I continued coming, I grew more inspired by his professionalism and his passion within it. It was obvious he loved helping people toward better well-being through his life work of acupuncture.
Of course, Paul’s degrees, certification, and experience impressed me as I observed them on his office walls along with complex charts, images, and correlations reflecting biophysical and metaphysical interrelationships. Paul referred to these frequently when explaining –in laymen’s terms—their meaning. I believe Paul is exceptionally gifted in his field, with his intelligence, intuition, spirituality, and tactile and sensory capacities.
By the end of May, I could ride again for three hours in a car with lessened back pain to see our grandkids. By early summer I could travel to Nebraska to see our other grandkids. And by late summer my husband and I travelled to Michigan to stay with friends a week! Then, in fall of 2018 I felt strong enough to go with my husband on a Norwegian cruise! How wonderful to have my joy and life back. Paul’s acupuncture regenerated my energy and lessened pain in my damaged sciatic nerve. This has been a miracle!!!
Paul has taught within every physical treatment the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
concepts and principles and their meaning. This coaching about the relational dynamics between body, mind, emotions and spirit has been transformational and effective in my life. He has taught that to reach a healthier balance of well-being. I needed to learn how to be grounded in my authentic self with awareness of my attitudes, values, behaviors, etc. He has offered me examples, stories, recommendations, and resources as helps. Paul has shown the way by doing the work toward balance of body, mind, spirit and emotion with the result that he is our true example: Paul. A humble, spiritual person with love, joy, honesty, generosity, courage, compassion, etc. living graciously in the present --radiating being grounded in healthy balance.!!!
Currently I have been practicing Paul’s teaching about balance. I am very encouraged and grateful that my pain no longer dominates my true self; I have placed it to the sidelines as a minor thing I live with =a transformational feat!!! I keep learning to live in the present-- pursuing relationship to God, myself and others, goodness, generosity, laughter, newness, miracles, and the many virtues that can be developed within.; I have also used a resource Paul enthusiastically encouraged about nutrition and nerve disease. It is excellent and transformative!!!
I whole-heartedly recommend Paul!!!His knowledge and teaching of how mind, body, emotion and spirit all work together and his knowledge and artful skill in physically
assessing. diagnosing, and treating the patient with needles are exceptional!!! YOU ARE THE BEST, PAUL! BK
by B.K. Decker
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October 19, 2020