The Therapist, Rene Magritte
“We have forgotten that life holds a unique story for us all. A thread made up of faint signs that lead to the manifestation of something unique. What the native people call ‘your medicine way.’ Something that only you can give to the world.”
Boyd Varty
Meet
Kyndl R Mueller
L. Ac, Dipl. OM, NCCAOM
Medicine for the Region
I am Kyndl R Mueller, L.Ac. and founder of Tavataak Acupuncture Clinic. I earned my Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine from the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CSTCM) in Denver in 2015.
My life experience has unfolded and evolved in the shadows of mount Tava, or “Sun Mountain” in respect to the original inhabitants of this area, the Colorado Mountain Ute people — the Tabeguache — who journeyed up Tava in ceremony and ritual to seek wellness in the body and peace in the mind.
Running around the foothills of mount Tava during my formative years taught me of the importance of ecosystems, namely the human body’s ecosystem in relation to nature’s — it can be a truly symbiotic dance. This fuels my current dedication to whole-body, whole-ecosystem care.
The body has a genetic intelligence that can be enhanced and accentuated through holistic lifestyle choices in order to keep with the natural cycle and frequencies that resonate throughout the earth and within our environments.
Specialties in the practice of TCM include internal medicine, acupuncture, cupping and moxibustion in treatment of the whole body comprehensively and efficiently.
I am a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Colorado and am certified in acupuncture and Chinese herbology by the NCCAOM.
La Fenêtre de Mélusine, Rene Magritte
“Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch another human soul be just another human soul.”
Carl Jung
Tavataak in the Rockies
Tavataak represents medicine of the sun and snow, healing support throughout the seasons.
“ One who would nourish life surely follows the changes of the four seasons.” - Nei Jing
This concept has influenced my practice and inspired me to turn my therapeutic medicinal practice philosophy that is Tavataak — Medicine of the Sun and Snow — into an acupuncture clinic, place of wellbeing and herbal apothecary.
In Ancient Greece, Mt Pilio was said to be the healing grounds to Cheiron, the Centaur and the Healer and a great mountain holds great healing energy. For me, the southern foothills of the Rockies became the site in which I chose to settle into practice, under Mt Tava, where the sun shines, the air thins, snow falls and spring water bubbles up tonifying minerals from deep within the ground.
Welcome to Tavataak Acupuncture clinic right here in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the Colorado Salt Cave.
Nepal Clinic, Bajra Barahi Spring 2017
The beautiful people that made up our clinic team
Double rainbow appearance on the day we arrived in Bajra
Kiddos on mainstreet Bajra
Beginning of spring rice paddies, Bajra Barahi
Acupunturists studying X-ray's and discussing treatment strategies
Getting started in clinic for the day
Patients walking to clinic in the morning
Gram and Gramps waiting for treatment
Community style clinic
Needles for carpal tunnel
Traveler from the next village over waiting for a treatment
Sushila assisting with moxibustion
Cupping for shoulder pain
More acupuncture for back pain
Prayer flags in the breeze at a buddhist stupa
Discussing muscle involvement in neck pain
Treating knee pain, a common complaint
Electroacupuncture for back pain
Acupuncture for back pain
Misty morning view of the hindu temple entrance from the clinic
Bells at the temple after a jatra (festival)
View of the vegetable fields from above the clinic
Happy patient treating her knee pain
Classic acu-nap
Routine blood pressure check
The team of trusty translators
Points around the ear for tinnitus
Electro acupuncture for upper back pain
Moxibustion for digestive troubles
Curious kids coming by the clinic after school
Walking Gunaraj home after clinic
Brick house, classic Nepali architecture
Treated to popcorn during a visit to Sita's home
Gunaraj translating with a patient for me
Dr. Rob performing a vision test
Needles for back pain
Dao Ma (three needles) for scapular pain
Facial acupuncture for trigeminal neuralgia
Electroacupuncture to help motor function after stroke
Girl's trip down to the village
Textile shopping with the girls
Cauli field starting to take off in spring
Sorting foraged lalliguras (rhododendron) blooms
Have fun, the Nepali way on one of our hikes
Temple of the village goddess, Bajra Barahi
Bibek the clinic chef, taught me all about Nepali cooking
Morning time view from the clinic rooftop
Needling an arm with nerve damage
E stim treatment after motorbike accident
Testing motor function with one of our stroke patients
Master Tung hand and foot protocol for plantar fasciitis
Morning walk with Chandra and Ritesh
Cauli fields in full bloom
Madhu and his sweet little girl
My case study patient
When departing on a journey the Nepali say 'bisatari janus' - go slowly
Wishing us fond farewells at the end of our time in clinic
Saying goodbye to patients on the last day of clinic
The rice paddies of Bajra Barahi transforms in late spring
Lifelong colleagues and comrades