Owen Parnell

Owen Parnell

Visual Arts & Healing Arts

Visual Arts & Healing Arts

As you may know, before enrolling in Acupuncture College, I graduated from Camosun College’s Visual Arts Program. It was quite a lateral move, going from my primary interests of drawing, painting, and sculpture, to studying how the mind and body…

My story with ICBC

My story with ICBC

It has been over a year now since my bike on car accident September 26th 2019. I was cycling along Hillside Ave in a hurry on my way from one job to another. A vehicle was signalling right at the…

Why Acuity?

Why Acuity?

I am sometimes asked why I chose the name “Acuity” Acupuncture. Acuity by definition is “sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing.” In Traditional Chinese Medical diagnosis, we rely heavily on the sharpness of our senses to detect signs…

Martial Arts & Healing Arts

As long as both have existed, martial arts and healing arts have had an important relationship. The roots and modern branches of these arts may appear separate, but they are deeply connected. This is an essay intended only to introduce…