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The following are communications from my patients regarding their acupuncture experience. Some were written in the office journal and others sent to me via email. "Jori, Thank you so much for all that you did to help my daughter. You literally saved her life, I believe. The doctors at the hospital were only able to give her high doses of pain medication and had nothing else to offer. You took her into your beautiful office within hours of her release from the hospital... with only a phone call from me. You were able to teach her how to care for herself. You gave her treatments that helped the severe pain she was feeling. You saw her every single day until she was able to manage on her own. You were amazing!
I hope your clients appreciate all that they have in you. We need to get the word out to the entire community so that others can benefit from your incredible services.
May God Bless You." – J.W. MI
"I enjoyed my acupuncture treatment. You have a great technique. That evening I had an uncomfortable sensation in the solar plexus area, particularly the right side. It really felt like a shift. Since then the discomfort had completely vanished. The murmur I had felt in the heart area stopped as well. I also confronted (spouse) on a couple of issues I was having difficulty with that evening. All squared away. All in all I would say I had a very fruitful experience." – M.B. Fox Point, WI
"Hello Jori,
This is J.R. I have been a client of yours. How are you?
Your treatments helped me very much, along with our discussions we had. You always have been an inspiration for me. You would always say the right words to make me think more deeply in my thought. We talked in the past about making changes. Well I did make the change. I have changed my job to a better environment. I have moved to Tucson, AZ. We have been here now for about 2 months and love it. I thank you for all your help. I have not had any major problems with my sinus, since I last saw you. Being here has made it even better.
I believe that while I was receiving my acupuncture treatments I would be able to go into a deep state of mind and the think more clearly about where I need to take my life. Which has brought me to where I am today. I believe that the power of our minds will take us to where we need to be if we slow down and take the time to look at what we have and what we are blessed with. Some people would be very surprised of what they might see.
If you want something bad enough you can get there. I get up every day now and I am very thankful for what I have; my wife and her love, my health, sun light, the mountains, and everything that I can see. Again I thank you for all your help of inspiration and my treatment of acupuncture. You're a blessing to have known, I am very grateful to meet and have such a wonderful person like you in my life. Hope to hear from you, and have a wonderful day." – J.R. Tuscon, AZ
"Dearest Jori,
Just a note to let you know how precious are those "HeartSpace" hours in my life, and how grateful I am for your presence in my life, your generous and loving spirit, your openness in sharing your thoughts and wisdom, your loving care not only of me, but of my daughter. All of these are appreciated so very much and have had a profound and healing effect not only on our bodies, but our hearts, minds and souls. I deeply appreciate our talks, and your honesty and insight into my circumstances and life have truly been like the shade going up on the window, and the light which has poured in has been so desperately needed and so greatly appreciated. You are a gift in my life, and I thank you so much for all you have done for me, all you have shared, and all you continue to do. You are awesome, and I am blessed to know you, and so grateful. God bless you always,
Love and light" – D.B. Cedarburg, WI
"Jori, I just wanted to thank you for doing what you do. I feel like a whole new person today! What you do and the way you do it is not a job – it's a calling. Blessings" – N.N. Fredonia,WI
"Jori,
I just had to let you know that after I saw you, we got water in the basement and my mantra was "don't be a victim!"
You have helped me SO much!
Thanks and have a great day!
Blessings" – B.M. Cedarburg, WI
"Hi Jori,
I think of you often and I hope to see you as soon as I can. Thank you so much for bringing this into my life. Sincerely" – J.F. Grafton, WI
"After over thirty years of chronic depression, lots of therapy, self help books and various healthful practices such as meditation, yoga and good nutrition, I was fired by my most recent therapist (with whom I had been working sporadically for 5 years) for my continued refusal to consider anti-depressants. Several years ago, I had been on Paxil for a few months and I knew I did not ever want to take drugs for depression again, unless I was suicidal or completely non-functional.
I felt VERY discouraged after my experienced therapist (backed by all of her colleagues) gave me the message that in her opinion, without chemicals I would never be able to do more than just cope – even with all of the diligent work I was doing to care for my mental, physical and spiritual health. That night, knowing that consuming alcohol was the absolute worst plan, I decided to do just that. Much to the surprise and dismay of my husband (whom I frequently lecture about healthy habits), I drank most of a bottle of wine and then a rapid succession of multiple martinis. It wasn’t pretty.
The next morning, I was in no condition to go to Nia (joyful leaping was out of the question!) and then out to breakfast afterward with Jori as planned. Unfortunately, (or as it turned out, very fortunately) I didn’t crawl out of bed in time to cancel, so I sat out in the HeartSpace parking lot with my sunglasses on until after class.
After hearing my tale of woe, Jori convinced me that I should try acupuncture.
In desperation (but without a whole lot of faith) I began seeing her twice a week. Within a very short period of time, I went from the worst depression I had experienced in almost a decade (and allow me to assure you that it was quite grim) to a state of intense joy.
I felt an amazing physical opening in my upper back and chest area (I have always carried what felt like a large metal vault of tension, anxiety and pain in my upper back and my posture has been hunched forward as if protecting my heart.) I heard little popping noises in my shoulders and neck and I was able to move better. My breathing deepened (bringing an enormous sense of relief and well being), my hands tingled and I felt a spiritual opening of my heart as well.
Suddenly, every time I picked up anything to read, listened to music, watched a movie or talked to anyone, I got the same messages to open my heart and connect my body, mind and spirit.
I renewed my commitment to accepting and observing with compassion whatever I was experiencing (including depression) without resisting or running for medication with drugs, food or alcohol.
This is not to say that I have become an ascetic or that I will always sail blissfully through every challenge. I know this is a life’s work, but acupuncture helped me break through the blockages in my energies that were exacerbating my suffering, and started me on a new path of true healing. I am profoundly grateful." – M.S. Milwaukee, WI
"Hello Jori,
Thanks again for the session this afternoon. I am very pleased with the results. Thanks again, and God Bless You." – T.R. Milwaukee, WI
"Jori,
There’s no question in my mind that acupuncture shortened my labor and made it more tolerable for me. There’s no question in my mind that it was incredibly helpful to have you there and have acupuncture during labor. If I didn’t mention that before, know that I’ve been thinking that all along!" – A.H. Saukville , WI
"Hi Jori,
I had such an interesting experience last night that I had to shoot off an e-mail to you. I can hardly wait for my next treatment!!!
First, I couldn’t believe that 30 minutes went so quickly – I really thought I’d only been on the table for about 10 minutes when you came back in to take out the needles. As I was heading home, I noticed that there was no pain shooting down my leg, no aching – which has been pretty much non-stop for several weeks. Driving only aggravates it, so I noticed that these issues were not present. All the discomfort was now located in that area on my right posterior hip area (the place that breaks out in herpes). It was very present, swirling, tingling, still hot and very sensitive to the touch. Later in the evening, the herpes began to break out – it has since quieted down a bit, but still very sensitive and very present. (The herpes episodes have not been present for maybe a year...so it would seem that something broke loose).
I took the American Ginseng last night (and again this morning). I slept quite soundly – I did wake up to go the bathroom but evidently went easily back to sleep and woke up at 5:45 a.m. this morning!!! That’s about 45 minutes later than my typical rise time. As I was drifting off to sleep last night there was a soothing (but somewhat mysterious) internal rocking motion in my upper body – like being rocked softly and gently in a body of water. When I tried to emulate the motion in my lower body by actually physically rocking my lower body, the upper body sensation stopped. As soon as I quieted my own manipulative movements, the upper body began to gently rock again. It was so soothing.
So my dear friend – I’m so looking forward to my next treatment. I don’t know what you were planning for the next treatment, and I in no way wish to manipulate your intuition (not that I could anyway!), BUT I would be very interested in doing something surrounding the sensitive area on my posterior!!! If I remember right, you would get to that area eventually anyway – just thought I’d put my bid in now!!!
Love and healing light" – J.C. Hartland, WI
"Hello Jori,
Thanks so much for taking me as a new patient. I am so excited I needed to tell you -how things are from my end.
For the first time in months my stomach was great – No Pepto Bismol today. My hands were warm for 45 minutes after I left you yesterday. My right hand is less numb, my right hip is less aching and I feel a little better. My left side doesn’t feel ANY BETTER. My left side is not on circuit yet the connection is broken between the halves. Also no terrible headache today.
I really felt like I was dying inside since April and no where to turn. I know you are the answer to my prayers – No pressure there – Ha Ha!
Sincerely" – K.B. Cedarburg, WI
"I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. Over the years since I was diagnosed the pain in my legs has gone from aggravation to excruciating. I had already increased the dosage of the pain patches prescribed to 75 mil. every three days.
The next step would be a morphine regimen that could lead to dependence and addiction. This was someplace I did not want to go.
I then heard about acupuncture and decided to give it a try. After all I had nothing to lose but my pain. After a couple of treatments, it was like a miracle. My pain has subsided to where it is minor and tolerable and with each session seems to keep on improving. I believe it will be completely eliminated in the near future with continued treatments." – A.D. Kewaskum, WI
"Thank you again for the treatment last week. For about 2 1/2 hours my back continued to hurt and feel strange and unstable. Then it got great." – G.C. Milwaukee, WI
"Dear Jori,
You are such a blessing!
I just wanted to let you know how well Friday's treatment went: My pain level is greatly reduced, although my neck is still very limited in mobility etc. Thank you so much for providing me with some pain-free moments!" – E.L. Mequon, WI
"Hey Jori,
I just wanted to tell you, I actually had totally forgotten about my neck. I can’t believe whatever you did was absolutely fantastic. I just - I feel wonderful. And I - I just wanted to say thank you so very much!
Talk to you later.
Thanks again Jori" – C.B. Mequon, WI
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