12/02/2025
Student Spotlight: Venom Spade, clinical intern
Throughout my twenties it became gradually more clear that I was being called to the life of a healer, but I wasn’t sure which modality would have the right balance. I was searching for the answer of what career could allow me to offer healing that was both emotional and physical, with a process that was both methodical and intuitive. A few years ago, when I was ready for a big change, I called my Grammy and asked if she would be open to me moving to be closer to her, and she said that she was fomenting plans to move back to Gainesville where she had lived during my childhood. For some reason the first thing I did was search for acupuncture schools in the area, and lo and behold the Academy of Five Element acupuncture was right here. I owe the intuition to the blessings of the ancestors and the auspiciousness of my beloved Grammy.
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