John G. Myerson
Dr. John G. Myerson (born April 18, 1952) is an alternative therapy health practitioner, President of the LifeArts Center for Healing and Shamanic Studies in Framingham, MA.
A 1974 graduate of Harvard College with an AB in East Asian History, he was one of the founders and first President of the New England School of Acupuncture 1. He earned a Ph.D. in psychology from the Union Institute in 1992. In 2000, the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine namedhim “Acupuncturist of the Year.”
He is the co-author of two books: Riding the Spirit Wind, Stories of Shamanic Healing and Voices from the Other Side of the Couch, A Warrior’s View of Shamanic Healing.
Among other positions, he was the Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine’s Committee on Acupuncture (the licensing body for Acupuncture) for 17 years. He was a founding member of the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine , the first Chairman of the Accreditation Commission for Schools and Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicineand has been President of the Federation of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Regulatory Agencies.
He is an empowered shaman in his aboriginal East African healing tradition. He practices shamanic healing, psychology and Oriental medicine at the LifeArts Center for Shamanic Healing. He studied Zen Buddhism under the late Maurine Stuart, Roshi, and has practiced and taught Zen, yoga, Taoist cultivation and martial arts for more than 40 years.
Books
Myerson, John & Robbins, Judith: Voices from the Other Side of the Couch, A Warrior’s View of Shamanic Healing, Framingham, MA, LifeArts Press, 2008 2
Myerson, John, co-author:Riding the Spirit Wind, Stories of Shamanic Healing, Framingham, MA, LifeArts Press, 2003 3
References
The Boston Globe, “Psychotherapist Use Shamanic Traces,” 4 by Richard Barlow, February 28, 2004
The Boston Globe, “Acupuncturist Myerson,” by Thanassis Cambanis, July 8, 2001
The MetroWest Daily News, “A Healing Force, Framingham Psychotherapist uses Eastern and Western Ideas in Practice,” by Chris Bergeron, April 6, 2004