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Amy Kuretsky
L.Ac., M.OM., Dipl.OM., trained breathwork facilitator, Constellation co-owner
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Specialties: Breathwork, digestive disorders (including Crohn’s, Colitis, IBS, and SIBO), headaches and migraines, anxiety and depression
Amy's (she/her) life drastically changed when she began incorporating acupuncture, herbs, and mindfulness to her daily life to help manage the symptoms of Crohn's Disease - an autoimmune disease that had been dominating her life for many years. Within a relatively short amount of time, she was able to stop the expensive pharmaceutical treatment doctors had told her she would be on for the rest of her life, and began living medication-free in 2011. This experience shaped her interest in treating the overlap between digestive and emotional wellness and led to her specializing in digestive diseases of all kinds.
Amy earned her Masters degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, MN in 2013 and graduated summa cum laude. She is licensed with the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice and is certified through the NCCAOM. As a continuation of her studies, she also traveled abroad to Tianjin, China to study at the Tianjin Traditional Chinese Medicine University Teaching Hospital in the areas of stroke rehab, pain and pediatrics under the guidance of Dr. Tao Gong.
As an eternal student, Amy has continued her studies in several other areas of healing. She is an NBHWC board-certified health coach trained through Wellcoaches, studied Pranic Healing with Dr. Jason Calva, Reiki levels I and II with Tanya Boigenzahn from Devanadi Yoga, and Soul Tarot with Lindsay Mack.
In 2018 she completed a 12-month Breathwork Healer training with David Elliott and in 2020 organized with a handful of his past students to call for the the trainings to be more trauma informed and anti-racist. (You can visit Breathwork for the People for further information and to read the letters.) For people looking to become trained in breathwork, she now recommends, and is a guest teacher for, the Breathwork Liberation Society.
Amy works to honor and acknowledge the Indigenous roots of East Asian and Southeast Asian medicine in her patient care, facilitation work, and ethical business practices. The more recent lineage of community care that has been practiced as part of Chinese medicine (including the Barefoot Doctors of China in the 1960s and the use of acupuncture in detox recovery centers by Black Panthers and Young Lords in New York in the 1970s) continues to be a source of inspiration for her and she holds deep gratitude for the teachers, mentors, elders, and ancestors of this work who came before her.
Outside of clinical practice, Amy is passionate about helping small business owners do business differently. She practices this passion through her group coaching programs, retreats, and podcast, Breathe Into Business, and Patreon community. Her love of working with creative professionals struggling to build a business they love within capitalism stemmed from her own experience struggling to align her values, ethics, and professional desires while building her previous, solo acupuncture practice.
“What started as preventive care for chronic digestive issues has evolved over several years to a complete health and wellness practice, helping me manage stress and anxiety, pregnancy and postpartum, and ongoing inflammation. Amy has become an invaluable resource and support system, changing and empowering me throughout my health journey.”
“I desperately reached out to Amy a few months back when my chronic symptoms became unmanageable. I was tired of traditional Western doctors who simply wrote off my symptoms and sent me on my way with a lousy prescription. I’m in my 20s and live a healthy and active lifestyle and was eager for someone to evaluate these factors - as well as my symptoms - in a holistic way. My first appointment with Amy was as mentally rewarding as it was physically. It was refreshing to have someone interested in all my symptoms! I went to Constellation thinking I was only signing up for acupuncture but was pleasantly surprised how much the cupping helped in addition to acupuncture. The first time I had cupping done I left more relaxed and calm than I had been in months. It was really something else. Amy has also educated me on supplements, herbs, diet and exercise and how these are all equally important pieces of self-care. I’ve become more in-tune with what my body needs on a given day, knowing that one day is likely different than the next. The mix of Amy’s magic and self-care education has helped reduce my headaches and get my GI back on track. The best part - it wasn’t with any prescriptions!”
