About Manu Saxena, MA, LAc.
Manu is the sole proprietor of Agape Acupuncture. He became interested in the field of
acupuncture through his practice of Tai Chi Ch'uan (with Sifu Maurice Haltom), other martial arts like Aikido, and the study of ancient Chinese philosophy while at Cornell University.
Manu also earned a Master's degree in philosophy from the University of Washington,
where he was an instructor for several years.
Manu began studying acupuncture in Seattle at the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 1993. He
is a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Washington and nationally certified by the NCCAOM. He has
also studied and received certification in Toyohari acupuncture by the international Toyohari Association.
Manu has studied Toyohari in Tokyo, Japan on several occasions and received certification as an instructor in Toyohari. He has served on the national board of the North American Toyohari Association, taught acupuncture in the Toyohari training program in Seattle, Colorado, and Florida, and served as a member of the Japanese acupuncture faculty at the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
He is well versed in three different styles of acupuncture: traditional Chinese acupuncture, Manaka-style acupuncture (another Japanese style of acupuncture), and Toyohari Meridian-style acupuncture. In addition, Manu has experience with craniosacral therapy and various massage techniques, including Shiatsu and Chinese Tuina. He specializes in helping people enhance their health with Chinese medicine. Individuals with painful neuromusculoskeletal disorders, allergies, emotional challenges, and in particular children are frequent clients. Toyohari practitioners use a gentle method of needling especially for children called Shonishin, which is entirely painless and yet very effective.
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