'Preventative Medicine and Wellness is the most Sacred Gift anyone can offer themselves.'
Dr. Catherine Argyros
Hello and welcome
Hello and Welcome
My name is Catherine Argyros, and I am a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncturist, body-worker, and yoga teacher. I am also a mother, and like many of you I have concerns regarding the impact our lifestyle choices have, not just on ourselves, but our families, and our planet.
I love modern medicine and appreciate its importance in our well-being, however there are many gentle alternatives we should be utilizing first before reaching for the medicine cabinet. By doing so, we not only avoid nasty side effects, we also end up treating the root cause, thereby resolving the issue once and for all. Its these simple, effective, and time-tested approaches I want to share with you.
Furthermore, I hear a lot of dis-empowered speak when it comes to people and their health. I want to clear that up for you and help empower you in that process.
Most importantly, it’s the preventative measures I want to share with you here. I am excited to see science is catching up and many of the practices shared here are research based, making them proven, effective, and safe.
I offer workshops, retreats and yoga classes. I cover such topics as "learning to live in accordance with nature' " our bodies natural rhythms' 'green living' 'weight loss and detox' 'balancing the energetic body'.
Why do i call myself a barefoot doctor?
Noun: A lay health care worker, especially in rural China, trained to perform tasks such as providing first aid, assisting in childbirth, and dispensing drugs.
This meant they worked in conjunction with the seasons and their immediate environment. ‘All within a day’s walk’, was the term used because the herbs and foods they utilized were sourced within that time frame.
They understood that everything the individual needed was directly available to them and that the best medicines were the ones flourishing in that season, climate, time and place.
They also understood the vital link between the human being and their environment, honouring
the microcosmic and macro cosmic connection, thus creating a seasonal approach that was intimately linked between the individual and their surroundings.
Wellness is not just about living well, it is about living in harmony with our landscape both within and without, it’s about being responsible, empowered, and self-aware.
Most importantly, in those days they were paid when their client was well not sick.
How revolutionary!
Now, this truly supports the wellness industry. I would like to see a return to this preventative measure as we all understand and appreciate, ‘prevention is far better than cure’.
Finally, as a yoga instructor and birth support person I often, literally, find myself barefooted. There are many other practitioners who have adopted this generic term, the more the merrier I say!
'This approach keeps me grounded in a role that is a service to my clients and community!'
Evolution depends
on humanity returning to a simpler life. As we increasingly live further and further away from nature our connection becomes broken and results in disease and unease on many levels, resulting in the epidemic of lifestyle-related illnesses we see in our modern world.
It's my aim to help others reclaim their connection and live with awareness. My approach is to nourish the body and spirit whilst bringing balance and harmony. This requires a returning to our natural state, the one in which we live in accordance with nature, seasonal eating, and treating the body with the respect it and we deserve.
Our bodies not only need to last us a lifetime, but we also want them to work well-bringing quality to our life. I do believe in many ways it’s not as hard or expensive as people think. I hope to share simple truths and wisdom that can help us in the short and long term.
My areas of interest include:
- women's health, pregnancy, labour support, pre, and post-natal support
- turning breech, optimal delivery, induction
- musculoskeletal conditions, lumbar pain, sciatica, sacroiliac joint pain, stiff neck, and shoulders.
- dietetics, gut health, IBS, weight loss, the art of fermentation, detox and fasting
- stress, anxiety, and depression
- palliative care
- grief, and loss
- wellness plans
- vertigo, and foggy head
- Hashimoto's and other auto immune disorders
- preventative medicine and adopting a healthy lifestyle
- meditation, mindfulness, and yoga
- living green, gardening, slow living
- working with children and the elderly
- fibromyalgia
- The Wellness Podcast
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My Message
I am passionate about the safe alternatives acupuncture and Chinese medicine can offer.
The push to make Chinese medicine a research-based medicine means we can safely follow proven protocols of treatment. Wherever possible I hope to share this research with you here.
My approach as a healer is to help you understand how to nourish your body and spirit whilst you strive for inner harmony.
This requires you live in accordance with nature, seasonal eating, and listening to your body's needs.
We cover, wholesome foods, yoga, meditation, detox, massage, ear candling, herbs, acupuncture, cupping, exercise, and lifestyle changes including ritual.
These are just some of the tools I will utilize to not only to help
and support you along your path to wellness.
Most importantly, I will also hope to teach you as much as I can so that you can be proactive, as well as, empowered within that experience.
I offer my clients support with no judgment.
We share a proactive relationship which is employed to empower you along your path.
With over 15 years of clinical experience, I continue to keep up to date with the latest information, research, and skills required
to help my clients live the healthy life they want.'
Private Rebates are Available
More about Dr. Catherine Argyros
Dr. Catherine's credential are
Bachelor of Health Science (Acupuncture) 2004
Cert IV Remedial Massage (Tui Na) 2003
Pregnancy Massage Certificate 2011
Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teaching 2014
Dr. Catherine Argyros is a member of
The Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association
The Australian Traditional Medicine Society
Dr. Catherine is registered with
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
She has under gone a Police Check
and holds a Working with Children's Check.
Dr. Catherine Argyros holds numerous certificates including:
Chinese Medicine Pearls Seminar on Infertility
presented by Prof Guo Zhi Qiang (2004)
TCM AND INFERTILITY, PART 1 & 2
presented by Jane Lyttleton (2007 AND 2008)
WOMEN'S HEALTH: THE CHILDBEARING YEARS
Presented by Tony Reid (2009)
COMMUNITY COACHING TRAINING PROGRAM
with the Australian Sports Commission (2013)
EAR CANDLING PRACTITIONER COURSE
Complete Health and Harmony (2014)
Acupuncture in Pregnancy and Childbirth
presented by Debra Betts (2014)
THE EVOLUTION OF PRACTITIONER ONLY DETOXIFICATION
presented by Metagenics (2014)
MASTER TUNG'S 3 DAY INTENSIVE COURSE
presented by Robert Chu (2015)
Auriculotherapy: Ear Acupuncture
Jim Chalmers (2016)
Integrative TCM
presented by Clare Pyers (2016)
An Introduction to the Tao of Nutrition
presented by Cathy McNease, Herbalist (2016)
Foundations in Hypnotherapy
presented by John G. Kappas, Ph.D (2017)
Hypnosis in History
presented by John Melton C.HT (2017)
Past Life Regression Therapist
presented by Michelle Gusy, C.HT,. NLP (2017)
Acupressure for Fertility, Pregnancy & Childbirth
presented by John Kirkwood (2017)
Close to the Bone: Acupuncture Treatments for Low Back Pain
presented by David Legge (2018)
Close to the Bone: Acupuncture Treatments for Neck Pain
presented by David Legge (2018)
Fighting Chronic Fatigue
presented by Dr Matt Van Benshoten (2018)
Supporting Grief with Chinese Medicine
presented by Melissa Monroe, PhD, L.Ac. (2018)
Back on Cycle: Treating Irregular Menstruation with TCM
presented by Kathleen Albertson, L.Ac. (2018)
Balancing Chakras with Acupuncture, Herbs, and Essential Oils
presented by Laura Paris, O.M.D., L.Ac. (2018)
Healing the Inner Child
presented by Cheryl O’Neil, C.Ht. (2019)
Leaky Gut, Food Allergies, & Other Modern Disorders: ACUPUNCTURE & Herbs Introduction
presented by Quinn Takei D.O.M, LAc. (2019)
Leaky Gut, Food Allergies, & Other Modern Disorders: ACUPUNCTURE & Herbs Part I
presented by Quinn Takei D.O.M, LAc. (2019)
How to Motivate Patients to Change their Lifestyle
Presented by Anne Bailey (2019)
Essential Oils to Balance the Acupuncture Meridians
presented by Michelle Meramour, CA MSOM (2019)
Mythic & Archetypal Imagery
presented by Cheryl O’Neil, C.Ht. (2019)
Metaphysical Imagery
presented by Cheryl O’Neil, C.Ht. (2019)
Grief & healing
presented by Aoife Earls ND (2020)
Allergies, IBS, & Chronic infection: Acupuncture, hara & herbs, part i
presented by dr. cole magbanua (2020)
ALLERGIES, IBS, & CHRONIC INFECTION: ACUPUNCTURE, HARA & HERBS, PART ii
presented by Dr. Cole Magbanua (2020)
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