Angelica Mordecai, Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist seated in office facing forward, window behind

About

Founder + Practitioner

Angelica Mordecai, M.S., M.Ac., Dipl.OM

Master of Science

Master of Acupuncture

Diplomate of Oriental Medicine

Angie Mordecai is a doctor of Chinese medicine, an herbalist and acupuncturist. She is especially skilled at creating highly refined and precise herbal prescriptions, and specializes in the treatment of anxiety, depression, digestive disorders, and menstrual and reproductive difficulties.

Her interest in health and in the wider human experience began after discovering yoga and meditation at age 15. Since then, she has pursued training in yoga therapy, Ayurvedic bodywork and herbalism, Western herbalism, organic farming, prenatal movement and birth support, and human development. Angie’s first career as an environmental scientist and climate researcher has informed her perspective on the role of medicine in our collective culture and ecology.

Her own experiences receiving herbal medicine and acupuncture over a decade ago inspired her to pursue advanced studies in Chinese medicine. She completed a two-year training in constitutional five-element acupuncture and Shen-Hammer pulse diagnosis with Lonny Jarrett in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and a four-year Master of Acupuncture and Diploma in Chinese Herbal Medicine at the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in Gainesville, Florida.

Most recently, she completed Ann Cecil-Sterman’s Classical Chinese Medicine Mentorship Program, a six-month intensive course on the complement channels of acupuncture— the sinew, luo, divergent, and extraordinary channels.

Ongoing studentship is critical in any field if excellence and rigor are priorities. Angie continues her studies of classical herbal medicine, acupuncture channel theory, and pulse diagnosis at basically every free moment.

She is the Hermoine Granger of every group, and over the course of her Chinese medicine training, read almost every book in the student library.

Above all, what sets Angie apart as a practitioner is her core belief in the goodness and infinite potential of humanity. This is the foundation of her clinical commitment to all who cross her path in search of meaningful change.

Angelica Mordecai, Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist, facing forward and smiling

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+ Formal Education

B.A., Environmental Studies and Chemistry, New York University
M.S., Environmental Science, University of Rhode Island
Master of Acupuncture & Diploma in Herbal Medicine, Academy for Five Element Acupuncture
Diplomate of Oriental Medicine, National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

+ Additional Courses and Training

2023 - present: Visceral Manipulation Studies through the Barral Institute
- 2023: Abdomen 1 (VM1), with Kenneth Fray, PT
- 2024: Abdomen 2 (VM2), with Dee Ahern, PT
- 2024: Thorax (VM4), with Dee Ahern, PT
2024: Mahamudra Meditation Course and Personal Studies
2024: Classical Chinese Medicine Mentorship Program, with Ann Cecil Sterman and Andrew Sterman
2023: Shadows and Wholeness: Shadow Resolution Training, with Alexander Love
2023: MotherCircle & Nervous System Courses, with Kimberly Ann Johnson
2022: Tongue Diagnosis in Classical Chinese Medicine, with Ann Cecil Sterman
2021: Whole Heart Connection in the Practice of Acupuncture, with Thea Elijah
2021: Deepening Perspectives on Chinese Medicine, with Lonny Jarrett
2020: Ring of Fire Treatment, with Alexander Love
2020: Safety in Treating Anger with Herbs and Acupuncture, with Thea Elijah
2020: Classical Chinese Herbal Principles in Action in Response to COVID-19, Video Series with Sharon Weizenbaum
2019: Treating Lyme Disease with Chinese Medicine, Brendan Kelly
2019: Deepening Perspectives On Pulse Diagnosis, with Lonny Jarrett
2018: CSOE Five Element Immersion, with Niki Bilton
2018-2020: Courses on human developmental and shadow pattern resolution, STAGES International, with Kim Barta and Terri O'Fallon
- 2018: Shadow into Soul--An Introduction to the STAGES Developmental Model
- 2019: Shadow Patterns--The Evolution of Shadow Resolution
- 2019: Frontiers of Consciousness--Unfolding Four Metaware Stages
- 2020: Shadow Craft--Shadow Resolution Theory
2016-2018: “Clinical Integration of Chinese Medicine”, two-year course on Shen-Hammer pulse diagnosis and constitutional five-element diagnosis and treatment, with Lonny Jarrett
2016: Art of Attention Yoga Training, with Elena Brower
2015-2018: Studies of Alexander Technique and Jessica Wolf's Art of Breathing
2014-2015: Courses on “Spinning Babies” methodology, pre-natal yoga therapy and bodywork
2014: Doulas of North America (DONA) Birth Doula certification course
2014: Silent Meditation Retreat, Pokhara Buddhist Meditation Center, Pokhara, Nepal
2014: 500 hour course in Yoga Therapy, Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai, India
2013: Tending the Heart Fire Immersion, with Shiva Rea
2013: Feldenkrais Method Immersion
2013: Off the Mat, Into the World Leadership Training, with Seane Corne, Hala Khouri and Suzanne Sterling, Omega Institute
2013: Liquid Asana Vinyasa Immersion with Micheline Berry
2013: Pathways of Prana Flow Immersion with Shiva Rea
2012: 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training, Gopi Kinnicut, Washington, DC
2012: Yoga for the Immune System Training, Flow Yoga Center

+ Experience

2022-present: Guest instructor, Academy for Five Element Acupuncture
2019-present: Private practice (offering herbal medicine, acupuncture, health counseling)
2019-present: Assistant teacher to Laisha Canner, Level 1 course on Shen-Hammer pulse diagnosis
2018-present: Ongoing studies of Shen-Hammer pulse diagnosis, with Laisha Canner
2020: Developed and taught course on Sinew Channel pathways, pathologies, and their applications for massage therapists
2018-2021: Teaching assistant in Acupuncture and Herbal Studies, Academy for Five Element Acupuncture
2014-2017: Birth doula, prenatal yoga instructor, private yoga therapy instructor
2012-2017: Group yoga instructor