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Dragon Rises Center for Wholeness

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Dragon Rises Center for Wholeness

East Asian Medicine and Mindfulness Counseling Clinic Founded in 2018, we provide personalized, collaborative care.

Dragon Rises Center for Wholeness is an acupuncture and holistic health clinic in Southwest Portland, Oregon. We offer Classical Chinese medicine, Japanese acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Somatic Psychotherapy, and Holistic Bodywork and Massage. Our experienced practitioners help clients address pain, stress, chronic conditions, and emotional health while supporting whole-person healing, balance, and resilience. Our Co-founders Stephen Higgins and Melinda Wheeler also offer advanced clinical mentorship and continuing education in Shen-Hammer Pulse Diagnosis and Classical Acupuncture for Chinese medicine students and practitioners.

10/03/2025

In January, we will be hosting a 2-Day Pulse Intensive for ALL students! You heard that right. No pre-requisites are required for this workshop. I repeat, come one come all! This workshop will be a hands on intensive where students of previous workshops can come to refine their skills but also a great opportunity for students who have been Shen-Hammer curious and would like a hands-on opportunity to try it out! Please join us, you can register directly through our website today!

08/22/2025

Exciting news! We are bringing our Introductory Shen-Hammer Pulse Diagnosis course to St. Louis, Missouri! We are so looking forward to this workshop and would love for you to join us! You can sign up for the course on our website (link in bio) ✨

07/16/2025

Clinical Observation Cohort Update!

Want to join a small cohort of like-minded EAM practitioners who are dedicated to deepening their clinical presence and diagnostic insights?!

We’ve already heard from a number of qualified applicants… and we’re still accepting applications!

Clinical Observation at Dragon Rises is all about:

🔍 In-person clinical observation, with “real patients” over time

🌀 Shen-Hammer pulse diagnosis in a real clinical setting

💓 Deepening acupuncture skill week by week

📣 **Who can apply?**

✅ Licensed Acupuncturists (L.Ac)

✅ Current acupuncture students

…as long as you have the requisite foundational experience in **Shen-Hammer pulse diagnosis**.

📬 DM us or tap the link in bio to learn more + apply.

07/13/2025

It's hard to believe our next Intro Seminar is already happening NEXT MONTH!! Join us here at Dragon Rises for five days of Shen Hammer Pulse immersion - all levels are welcome! Visit the link in bio for full details and to sign up. We begin August 2nd! 🌞

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07/02/2025

Healing isn’t linear—and it’s rarely tidy.

In our clinic, we don’t expect you to come in with perfect answers or the “right” language for what’s going on.

We’ll meet you in the real: the fatigue, the tension, the stuck places, the not-sure-why-you’re-here-but-you-just-know-something’s-off.

We believe in a medicine that meets people where they are. A medicine that listens first. That stays curious.

If you’ve been feeling disconnected from your body—or just ready to feel more like yourself again—we’re here.

Paul is now accepting new patients, and you can follow the link in our bio to schedule an appointment with him!

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06/30/2025

BERRY SEASON! ✨🍓🫐

In East Asian medicine, sweet-and-tart fruits like berries are said to "nourish the fluids." When foods nourish the fluids, they support hydration, smooth digestion, and provide reserves for tonifying and strengthening our vitality. This is especially true in the warmer months, when the main “climactic factors” our bodies deal with are heat and dryness.

The following recipe is for a simple, cooling berry tonic that features berries and cucumber to nourish fluids as well as mint to help cool down summer heat! Perfect for the hot Portland days that we are experiencing. 🌞

🍃🍓🥒 Berry, Cucumber, and Mint Summer Cooler

1 cup fresh berries
1 small cucumber
Juice of ½ lime
Small handful of fresh mint
Splash of coconut water (optional)

Blend thoroughly + sip slowly.

Your body (and fluids!) will thank you!

06/26/2025

From Emma: "I enjoy helping folks return to a sense of themselves by re-learning what it means to let go and be a body. I believe our bodies are infinitely wise, able to heal and re-calibrate and just need a little reminder sometimes how to do that!

Whilst I also love the scholar-physician aspect of study, in the clinic I enjoy thinking with my hands.

In this fast-paced world, I think we need places where we can drop in to our senses and and give our nervous system time to integrate and rest."

Want to receive some gentle and effective treatment from this wonderful practitioner?

Follow the link in our bio to schedule an appointment with Emma!

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06/23/2025

Welcome to Summer Solstice! 🌞💐 We've reached the time of peak Yang energy. This is a special time, when warmth, growth, and our personal energy is expanding at its greatest rate. Read the full piece by Paul (and learn more about the three symbolic occurrences he noted) at the link in our bio. 💌

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06/05/2025

Today, June 5th, marks the start of the two week "Grain in Beard" period of summer! 🌾

Swipe through for bits of this writing from Paul, and visit the link in our bio to take in the full piece.

05/27/2025

Attention all students of East Asian Medicine!! We're so excited to open our practice to student observers! 😮🤝🎉

Swipe through for more info, and send us an email to info@dragonrisesportland.com if you're interested in joining us. And please share this post with your community so we can get the word out!

We can't wait!!

05/23/2025

Welcome to the season of Budding of Grain! A welcome pause before we enter the full force of summer fullness. 🤍 Written by Paul, and there's more where this came from! Visit our blog to read about the seasonal nodes that have led us to this point. 🌿

02/21/2025

Stephen and Melinda here! We are getting so excited about all the different things we can talk about here on our little IG account everyone! Thank you so much for being a part of our community here.

Today, we’d like to introduce Episode 2 of Things We Wish We Could Spend More Time Talking About in Clinic! Last time, we talked about a fan favorite — dampness. Today, we’re talking about a different topic, one that is so close to our hearts (literally). This is the notion of Yangsheng, or “nourishing life” and that is our essential mandate as practitioners of Classical Chinese medicine.

The idea of Yangsheng originally shows up in the Zhuangzi, a Chinese philosophical text that’s known for its playful wisdom. Through the metaphor of a masterful chef effortlessly cutting up food, Zhuangzi refers to the idea of nourishing life as “緣督以為經,” a play on words which both means that 1) one must adhere to the laws of nature if one is to remain in good health; and 2) that staying close to one’s Du mai—the most yang channel in the body, that lives in the center of the spine— is the road to greatest health. Mmmkay, Zhuangzi. But what does this mean for us nowadays? We’ll share our interpretation, essentially, what this ancient Chinese philosopher means to say is that each one of us must learn to listen closely to and remain within the limits of our most core energy if we are to remain in balance in our own bodies as well as in accordance with the natural cycles around us. 🌞

Read the rest of this piece at the link in our bio! ✨

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Address

4852 SW Scholls Ferry Road
Portland, OR
97225

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 8pm
Tuesday	8am - 8pm
Wednesday	8am - 8pm
Thursday	8am - 8pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+19718087178

Website

http://www.dragonrisesportland.com/, https://dragonrisesportland.janeapp.com/

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