About Susannah

Background

Susannah is a native Marylander born in Baltimore and raised on a farm in Carroll County. In her twenties she moved to Florida for graduate school and then to Colorado where she completed her education in Chinese Medicine in 1999. She was in private practice in Colorado and in the midwest from 1999-2022. In 2022, she returned to Baltimore with her spouse to be closer to family and friends.

Altogether she has over 25 years experience in acupuncture, Chinese herbal therapy, abdominal massage, and Reiki. She also has completed 200 hours of yoga instructor training and is an advanced student of Neelakantha meditation with the Blue Throat Yoga School.

Education and Scope of Practice

Susannah graduated from the Colorado Chinese Medicine University in 1999 and has maintained her credentials with the National Certfitication Board for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine from 1999-current. She has completed 100’s of hours in continuing education including Tung style acupuncture, women’s health, and pain management.

Her education at the Chinese Medicine University included the study of chinese herbal and dietary therapy. She is an experienced herbalist who has prescribed formulas in her private practice for a wide range of health and wellness concerns. She primarily uses herbs in pill, tincture or tea form.

She also studied the use of nutritional supplementation as part of her private practice and also as an employee of Pharmaca in Boulder, CO. She maintains the highest standards of excellence and only uses professional and safe vendors for herbs and supplements.

She has additional training in the Arvigo Techniques of Maya Abdominal Massage and traveled to San Ignacio, Belize, to study with Dr Rosita Arvigo in the early 2000’s. She completed the certification of the program in 2005. She also has studied Chi Nei Tsang, a gentle abdominal organ massage technique with Gilles Marin.

Susannah’s signature treatment in her private practice includes acupuncture, abdominal massage, and herbal consultation.

Reiki and Meditation

Energy work and meditation are a personal source of healing and vitality that forms the basis of her healing arts practice. She is a Usui/Karuna Reiki Master initiated by Karen Harrison in Kansas City, MO in 2011. She has taught reiki at the request of her clients and uses Reiki regularly while practicing acupuncture and abdominal massage.

In 2016 she received initiation into Neelakantha Meditation by Paul Muller-Ortega in Boulder, CO. Since then she has completed multiple years of study of meditation and has been accepted as an Acharya-in training with Dr Muller-Ortega and the Blue Throat Yoga School.

Work Experience

She has worked in a variety of settings including private practice in Fort Collins, CO (1999-2009), McKee Medical Center in Loveland, CO (2001-2005), the Southwind Health Collective in Lawrence, KS (2009-2013). and was Director at the Southwest Acupuncture College, Boulder, CO (2013-15) and in private practice in Iowa City (2017-2021).

In 2022 she joined Mend Acupuncture at the Remington location and also has a private practice at BlueGreen Acupuncture and Bodywork in Roland Park.

Personal

In her spare time she loves going to botanic gardens, museums, live music, and visiting with family and friends. She practices daily meditation and continues her study of healing arts and science.