Holistic Medicine and Mindful Movement
with Jennifer Raye
Teacher || Author || Partner in Health
Welcome. I know how overwhelming the world of health and wellness can be. Concerns like stress, anxiety, pain, digestive troubles, low energy, and hormonal issues can be exhausting. Conventional biomedicine is essential for some conditions and circumstances, but it’s not usually helpful for chronic conditions or getting to the root cause (especially if you want to minimize pharmaceuticals or surgery).
As a medical provider, author, educator, and movement teacher, I aim to share an integrative, holistic, and natural approach – everything from nutrition to herbal medicine to mindfulness and movement practices that really work. You deserve real solutions; to get there, we must care for the entire system.
I draw insights from eighteen years in holistic health, including my formal study and clinical practice of Chinese Medicine – I have a postgraduate doctorate with professional licensure in acupuncture and herbal medicine, along with many thousands of hours of training and professional certifications in complementary disciplines, including Ayurveda, holistic nutrition and functional medicine. As a long-time teacher and student of yoga, somatic studies, therapeutic movement, and Buddhist and contemplative arts, I also offer movement and mindfulness practices of presence and care that address the body, mind, and spirit.
At the heart of my work is a deep reverence for the natural world – fostering a connection to our beautiful planet is a big motivating force behind my work. I believe holistic medicine and mindfulness can support a reciprocal relationship with and stewardship of the earth. The Earth-based traditions and embodiment practices I offer can help us feel and understand our bodies and psyches as intimately bound to and deeply interconnected with the planet and natural cycles. I also believe that working with our pain and disconnection helps us be more available to act compassionately on behalf of our troubled world.
Whether you’re looking for solutions to your health concerns, or you’re a yoga teacher or health practitioner looking for movement, mindfulness, and medicine inspiration and training – I’ve got you covered.
You can trust your body and mind and find simple, fun, and powerful ways to feel strong and healthy.
My work is intended to help you access your innate capacity for healing and presence within.
If you’re ready to bolster your health, feel at home in your body and mind, or address your exhaustion, gut issues, sleepless nights, anxiety, or inflammation, you’ve come to the right place. I aim to offer health care (and self-care) that goes way beyond disease management. There’s a reason you’re here. Let’s begin creating a fulfilling and healthy life, both mentally and physically today.
If you’d like to learn more, my newsletter is the best place to connect with me. That’s where I regularly send out videos, articles, and events I think you’ll enjoy. You can sign up here.
You can also get started by reading my articles, watching my videos, or joining an event or an online course. I love hearing from my readers, so make sure to find me on Facebook and Instagram (that’s where I share some of my personal life too).
With care,
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About Jennifer Raye
Jennifer Raye holds her doctorate in Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is a published author, board-certified and licensed practitioner of Chinese Medicine (acupuncturist and herbalist), holistic nutritionist, meditation teacher, and an experienced yoga and movement teacher.
Influenced and supported by her years of formal study and clinical experience, Jennifer’s offerings reflect her extensive and varied expertise in contemplative practice and integrative medicine. Her teachings are steeped in the Buddha Dharma’s wisdom and deep respect for the beauty and magic of the natural world.
Jennifer’s doctorate in Traditional Chinese Medicine was a five-year full-time program comprising Western medical sciences, diagnostic skills, and clinical training. Areas of study included: gynecology, internal medicine, chronic and stress-related illness, digestive disorders, dermatology, pediatrics, orthopedics, and sports medicine. As a part of her study, she interned at Liaoning University Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shen Yang, China. She has served thousands of patients and students over her years of clinical practice.
As an experienced yoga teacher (E-RYT-500), Jennifer has over 4000 hours of yoga teacher training and over fifteen years of dedicated personal practice and teaching. She is qualified to lead teacher training and is supported through consistent mentorship and retreat time with her primary teachers. Beyond her foundational yoga training, Jennifer graduated from and is certified to teach through several advanced multi-year programs, including the eighteen-month Mindful Yoga and Meditation Teacher Training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, the two-year Insight Yoga Institute Teacher Training which included advanced yin yoga, psychology, and Buddhist training, and Tias Little’s 500hr. Prajna Yoga Teacher Training, among others. Jennifer is also certified to teach a somatic therapeutic practice called S.A.T.Y.A (sensory awareness training for yoga) through Prajna Yoga.
Jennifer is extremely grateful to the many insightful teachers who have guided her study and practice. In particular, she is grateful to have taught alongside her Buddhist teachers Thanissara and Kittisaro during their annual month-long silent retreat and for her time volunteering in rural Nepal with the Acupuncture Relief Project.
Beyond her core credentials and certifications, Jennifer is certified with a National Ayurvedic medical association (NAMA) approved school. She has practiced Western herbal medicine and holistic nutrition for almost two decades. Some of her studies have included: the honor of studying holistic nutrition and macrobiotics with Paul Pitchford (author of “Healing with Whole Foods”), functional medicine with The Institute for Functional Medicine, and western herbal medicine study and mentorship.
In addition to writing and running her private medical practice, Jennifer teaches classes, retreats, and teacher training, locally and internationally. She’s also been faculty for Pacific Rim College of Integrative Medicine and several advanced yoga therapy training programs. She is the creator of several online programs, including Calm and Renew, Mindful Yin Yoga Online, and Chinese Medicine for Yoga Online.
Jennifer lives and works on beautiful Vancouver Island, BC, on the sacred land and traditional unceded territory of the Pentlatch, Leeksan, Sasitla, Xa’xe, Sathloot, and K’òmoks First Nation.
