Jane Grissmer, M.Ac, L.Ac., Dipl.Ac., (301) 565-4924 ext. 314
email: jgrissmer@crossingshealing.com
Jane practices and teaches the art of healing and the movement of life. She is dedicated to helping people recover and restore their unique source of well-being. As an acupuncturist since 1980 she brings a wealth of clinical experience to support personal transformation as well as an ongoing scholarship in the philosophical and energetic foundations of chinese medicine, herbology and the bodywork traditions.
A pioneer in the recovery of the healing arts in our American culture, Jane has devoted herself to the creation of organizational structures to anchor their ongoing presence here. She co-founded Crossings: A Center for the Healing Traditions in 1992 and currently guides their integrative health care practices and body/mind/spirit awareness education program. She is a Faculty Division Chair at Tai Sophia Institute where she is privileged to engage in the creation of cutting edge experiential curricula for training acupuncture students. She served as Dean of Faculty there from 1988-92.
Jane has a love for the beauty of language and nature and an ongoing wonder for their role in healing. She has authored numerous articles on Chinese medicine, healing, emotions and the seasons. Her publications include: Another View: Cholesterol; Notes of a Qi Tender; When Anger Rises; Walking Fearward; The Gift of Autumn.
Jane lives and breathes the air in the Potomac watershed with her daughter and circles of kindred spirits.