Joy Esler, MAc, AP, Chinese Herbalist, MQT, RYT
NCCAOM Board Certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Joy's path to her true self began in 1999 when she started to practice
yoga. After several
years of practicing yoga, she started to teach
yoga classes in 2002. Joy completed her
certification in Discovery,
Kripalu, and Pregnancy Yoga in 2003 at Discovery Yoga, a Kripalu
affiliate, in St. Augustine, Florida. This training included yoga
philosophy, anatomy and
physiology, and teaching techniques for asanas
(postures), pranayama (breathing exercises),
and meditation. Joy is a
Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200-hours) with the Yoga Alliance.
After experiencing dramatic healing with acupuncture, Joy decided her life's path was to
help people on their own road to health and healing. Joy
competed her Master's Degree in
Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs at the
Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in Gainesville, Florida. In Five
Element treatments, health is viewed as the smooth flow of vital energy
or "qi" (pronounced "chee"). Qi affects not only our physical body, yet our mind,
emotions, and spirit. The essence of Chinese medicine is that all of these levels need to be balanced and free
flowing to achieve total health. During her education, Joy was also
trained in and provided detoxification treatments based on the National
Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) protocol. Joy then expanded
her healing knowledge by studying the eldest Chinese medicine modality
- Medical Qigong. As a Medical Qigong Therapist (MQT 500-hours),
Joy is certified with the International Institute of Medical Qigong.
As part of this certification, she studied medical qigong therapy,
diagnosis, and treatment of the internal organ diseases. Joy is currently enrolled in the third of four years for a Doctoral degree in Medical Qigong. Joy is nationally board certified
in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She
is a Diplomate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine with the National Certification
Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). Joy is
licensed through the Florida Department of Health Board of
Acupuncture. She is also licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine as a Practitioner of Oriental Medicine.