Ancient Pine Healing Arts is a health and wellness practice emphasizing Zen Bodytherapy® and traditional East Asian healing methods, and Zhuang Gong health principles of full-body awareness and strength. Zhuang Gong is a traditional concept with applications in both health and the martial arts: “zhuang” which means “to stand like a post” and “gong” which means “the work.”

I’m David Engstrom, the owner of Ancient Pine Healing Arts. My clients are people who make their health, well being and longevity a priority. I am a licensed acupuncturist and massage therapist as well as a certified Zen Bodytherapy® practitioner. The tools I use are simple: needles, Moxa wool* and my hands. What excites me about my work is helping people discover just how healthy and full of life they can be.

My primary goal is to build and maintain lifelong health and well being. Rather than simply treating individual ailments and injuries, I help my clients achieve and maintain wellness by restoring energy flow and balance in the body and clearing the obstructions that prevent them from leading a long, full, healthy life. This approach is founded in the belief that given the right set of circumstances, a body will heal itself.

I get to know each of my clients deeply in order to design a thoughtful and appropriate course of treatment. We then work together in a partnership of mutual trust and respect, as active participants in the healing process.

* Compressed, dried leaves of the Mugwort, or Moxa, plant.