The Harrowing & Miraculous Journey of Coming Home to Your True Self with Daoist Shaman, Paul K. Alexander

It has been such a long time since my last session with acupuncturist, energy healer and Daoist shaman, Paul K. Alexander, so coming together for this episode felt especially potent. We tapped into a truly organic flow and traversed so, so many layers during our conversation. 

Paul opens up about his literal and metaphorical journey “back home” during the pandemic and how his family reunion brought many suppressed memories to the surface. The experience soothed his ancestral wounds and threaded back to his current life, his relationship, and his martial arts practice. 

We also walk along his career path, exploring the many twists and turns he took along the way, from deciding to become a monk, to his time spent as a police officer before finally dedicating his heart to mastering Chinese medicine, acupuncture, energy healing and shamanism – a blended practice I’ve had the good fortune of receiving first hand. 

Like me, Paul is invested in the power of animals and is one of the contributors to my upcoming book, Animal Power: 100 Animals to Energize Your Life and Awaken Your Soul. I read aloud his transformative story with the raven and how it infused Paul with purpose and helped him navigate the mystery of life, here on Earth and beyond. Sit with us until the very end, where you’ll have the opportunity to join a signature Daoist ritual that is so powerful, I now incorporate into my daily life.

The Ceremonial Offering

Join us for a microcosmic orbit meditation which will awaken your inner eye and awaken and clear your chakras. Allow yourself to be guided as Paul takes us through a traditional Daoist ritual that sends the body transformational energies to enhance your life. 

We talk about:

  • Childhood and ancestral healing during the pandemic 

  • Removing malevolent energies or entities 

  • Breaking the cycle of abuse and healing ancestral links 

  • First-hand experiences with Ascended Masters and Archangels

  • Embodying your truth & power no matter what others think

  • The wild career journey that led him where he is today  

  • Miracles, spiritual interventions, and energy healing 

  • My book, Animal Power, and Paul’s connection to the raven

  • Exploring Daoist shamanism 

  • Microcosmic orbit meditation

  • Tips + energetic themes of summer according to ancient Chinese traditions

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Guest Bio:

Paul Kemawikasit Alexander, a New York City acupuncturist who is nationally board certified in Traditional Oriental Medicine, knows that there is a lot more to healing than sticking needles into patients. His unique cultural background coupled with his extensive experience in the martial arts have created what some may call an unconventional wellness system – one which New Yorkers are lining up to experience.

Though a New Yorker, born and raised, Paul’s family comes from Thai royalty. In fact, Paul’s great, great grandfather was none other than King Rama IV (famously portrayed in The King and I). Name dropping aside, Paul’s parents moved to America after completing medical school in Bangkok, where they built a life together as pediatricians. They raised a healthy and robust little Paul, whom they occasionally brought to work with them, allowing him to witness trauma care and patient interaction. Paul remembers seeing his father treat a child whose fingers had been blown off after playing with fireworks, as well as his mother's kindness towards a terminally ill, seven-year-old cancer patient. Early memories like these helped shape Paul's compassion towards treatment.

Paul's martial arts training began with muay Thai at the age of eight. Empowered by his newfound sense of strength, he went on to train in kung fu, earned a black belt in Okinawan gōjū-ryū, and studied under some of the great masters in the martial arts world. All teachers had a profound influence on him, not only for their superior skill, but also by demonstrating how to lead a healthy life through disciplined training. Paul became obsessed with this training and fully immersed himself in his life-long study of how to balance and strengthen the mind, body, and spirit.

Paul continued his love of the martial arts while enrolled in NYU, which developed into a passion for health and fitness. As a martial arts instructor, he found great fulfillment in empowering his students. He graduated with a double major in East Asian Studies and Psychology, a combination which prepared him well for both his master’s degree in Chinese Medicine and his profession as an acupuncturist.

Paul officially began his education in Eastern Medicine in 2005 at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, an institution well known for its integrative approach with Western medicine. There, he became proficient in orthopedic disorders, internal medicine, and both Western and Eastern nutrition. He supplemented his four-year degree with intensive weekend seminars led by Tom Bisio and Frank Butler, and became certified in their world-renowned zheng gu tui na system of treating musculo-skeletal disorders.

Since graduating in 2009, Paul maintains a busy and successful practice which has come to encompass not only medical care and sports injuries, but also a dynamic, holistic approach to self-improvement of the individual. Patients who originally came to Paul for headaches or knee pain, for example, have discovered that not only can they live a pain-free life, but also a life which is more balanced, healthy and stress-free. Paul is dedicated to bringing out the best in everyone who walks through his door. Whether it be through acupuncture, nutritional advice, or life coaching, he helps them to focus on lifetime goals and strategies for achieving them. Dispensing with negative patterns and focusing on positivity are essential in Paul’s system of healing, and his treatments are never run of the mill.

Alyson Charles