I am Robert Hale, while still on the road, acupuncturist, herbalist, author, nature lover, learner, poet, walker, musical beginner, drinker of Khayyam’s wine, and some kind of healer.
I am based in Ibiza, Spain, where I run an acupuncture and herbal medicine practice serving the local community.
Bio
My interest in and love for all things natural goes way back to when I was a child exploring the local countryside and its woods, ponds and brooks… (Read more).
My Acupuncture
I studied traditional Chinese acupuncture. After graduating I was apprentice to my father-in-law, Gianfranco Miotto, a well-regarded acupuncturist of great experience, who influenced me profoundly. Each acupuncturist has to make the art his own… (Read more)
Images: 1. Japanese watercolour: A man placing an acupuncture needle in the leg of a patient. Wellcome Library, London. http://wellcomeimages.org. Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.2. Acupuncture chart of a standing man. Welcome Images. License: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). 3. Image by WolfgangMichel. Japanese (chinese technics) moxibustion depicted in the medical house-book Banshō myōhōshū, 1853. License: CC 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.fr).4. Needle placed in hand. Image by Chinese Medicine Podcast, from Pexels.com.
