(828) 777-8804
378 Haywood Road
Asheville
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The health care practitioners at Asheville Community Acupuncture are Cat Finks, Todd Walker, and Jess Mund. Read more about them below:
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Cat Finks, L.Ac., is a licensed acupuncturist and is certified by NCCAOM in
both acupuncture and Chinese herbology. She teaches Chinese Herbal
Medicine at the Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts.
Cat is also trained in Western clinical herbology. She is respected by
her peers for her knowledge and skills in acupuncture and herbalism, as
well as for her ability to establish warm, supportive relationships with
her patients.
After graduating from Warren Wilson College in 1990, Cat began her formal
studies in alternative medicine by attending the California School of Herbal
Studies in 1994. There she received certificates in Foundations and Therapeutics
of Herbal Medicine. In 1995 she participated in a clinical internship with
Tierona Low Dog, M.D., at the New Mexico Institute of Herbal Studies and
completed the program as a Certified Clinical Herbalist.
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Cat
received her Master of Oriental Medicine degree from the International
Institute of Chinese Medicine (I.I.C.M.) in Santa Fe, N.M., in 1999. This program
included an internship in the hospital of Chengdu University of
Traditional Chinese Medicine, in Chengdu, China. She was one of I.I.C.M.'s
outstanding students, graduating with a grade point average of 3.9 out of
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After establishing Community Acupuncture in 2000, Cat practiced
with the
Chinese Acupuncture and Herbology Clinic in Asheville from 2001 until 2006, when she resumed Community Acupuncture. In 2007, Community Acupuncture was renamed Asheville Community Acupuncture. |
 Todd Walker, L. Ac., is a North Carolina licensed and nationally board certified (NCCAOM) Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbalist. Todd received his Master’s from Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts in Asheville, N.C. Todd once heard vocation described as, “When the heart’s calling wakes up to the world’s great need”. Providing affordable care to our community on a sliding-scale has given Todd the perfect opportunity to answer a great need of our world: accessibility to health care. This encourages better treatment follow-through, leading to greater relief and restored balance in body, mind and spirit. And by receiving acupuncture in a shared space, health is a collective journey rather than a solitary one.
Todd upholds the belief that good medicine supports the conditions for health to thrive. He particularly enjoys treating acute and chronic pain, stress (anxiety and depression), respiratory, and digestive challenges. Fueled by passion for the role of whole foods in healing, Todd offers guidance and classes in these subjects. Todd has taught Qi Gong and meditation workshops, based on the teachings of Jeffrey Yuen, world-renowned teacher of Oriental Medicine and 88th generation Daoist priest with whom Todd Studied for four years. Todd is highly influenced by the Global Balance method of acupuncture as taught by Richard Teh-Fu Tan.
Todd holds a B.A. in English from the University of New Hampshire, and a diploma from the Outdoor Leadership Program/ Greenfield Community College in Massachusetts. Todd worked extensively with at-risk youth for nearly nine years in the field of wilderness therapy. He supported their emergence from self-defeating behaviors and identities to more self-assured, caring and responsible young adults.
Todd lives in Black Mountain with his wife, Katie, daughters, Clare and Lillian, and two lovable pooches, Oakley and Pema. Todd’s role as husband, father and small business owner has deepened his connections to many friends, families, and businesses throughout our mountain towns. Todd is intent on upholding green business principles and strives to support local sustainable business. Todd is grateful to offer “medicine for the people”.
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Jess Mund, L.Ac., is an acupuncturist and herbalist. She earned her Master’s at Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts in Asheville.
Jess grew up in Baltimore. She received her B.A. from Bowdoin College in Maine. Prior to relocating to Asheville in 2005, she spent five years living on an ecovillage and organic farming commune in Missouri. Jess thrives on broadening her knowledge around living an environmentally sustainable lifestyle and alternative medicine.
She moved to Asheville to study Chinese medicine in order to better serve her family and community. She is passionate about herbal medicine, both eastern and western, and hopes to foster cooperation in the community to cultivate more herbs locally and responsibly. She has been studying western herbalism for the last decade.
Jess lives just outside of Asheville with her seven-year-old son, her partner and his two children, two goats, 20+ chickens, and their dog. |
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378 Haywood Road
Asheville
(828) 777-8804 |
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