Practice Philosophy

Hi, I’m Tanya. I’m a Chinese medicine practitioner in Tkaronto, or Toronto, which is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat. I have roots in west Chinatown, where my family has worked, lived and celebrated.

My practice Numinous Acupuncture is built on a praxis of holistic community healing. I believe in healthcare for all, regardless of genders, age or resident status.

As a child of Chinese settlers who has benefitted deeply from living in Toronto, I would like to shine a light on the land on which I practice.

Many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples now call this place home. It is covered by Treaty 13 and is native land to many deeply healing food and plant medicines.

As a Chinese practitioner, I’m grateful to practice my ancestral medicine here knowing that the original stewards of this land were and, in deeply systemic ways, still are forcibly forbidden from practicing their own ancestral medicine.

I’m inspired by those Indigenous knowledge-keepers who endeavour to pass their healing wisdom on to future generations. I’m also endlessly motivated by the work of civil rights activists such as the late Mutulu Shakur and the founders of Lincoln Detox, who recognized the power of acupuncture as a grassroots tool and oversaw North America’s first acupuncture detox clinic.

Continuing the work of those who came before me, I practice this medicine through an inclusive, de-colonizing scope and will endeavour to do so in curiosity and reciprocity with the land, my patients and my peers.