Healing Artist
Christian Totty (she/her)
Christian Totty founded Loam Ritual (formerly, LOAM Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine) located in the traditional homelands of Kickapoo, Shawnee, and Miami tribal nations in the NW Ohio region. She is of Afro-Indigenous ancestry (Cusabo) and is known for being the first woman of color to steward and nurture an integrative clinic in the area. Christian founded LOAM in 2018 as the culmination of her passion for healing justice and over 10 years of experience in community organizing. In addition to a rigorous four-year graduate education at the AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, she has advanced clinical training in orthopedics, sports medicine, and embodied somatics. She is currently studying Hellenistic astrology.
Listen to an interview with Christian on the Decolonizing Medicine Podcast hosted by Jamee Pineda to learn more about her story and journey.
Practice
Loam Ritual
East Asian Medicine utilizes diverse modalities including acupuncture and moxibustion, herbal medicine, bodywork, movement, and nutritional therapy to treat acute and chronic ailments.
After thousands of years of inquiry, exploration, and documentation, it has been instrumental to the field of medicine and medical research, honoring both the art and science of healing and health preservation.
Weaving East Asian medicine, breathwork, and astrology, Christian gives careful consideration to the various factors that can influence people over their lifetime, including intergenerational trauma, chronic pain, environmental injustice, chemical exposure, racism, addiction, stress, and anxiety.
Approach
The Four Observations
OBSERVATION | Holistic Attention
Christian utilizes a functional medicine approach paired with Chinese medicine diagnostic methods to get to the root of your health concerns.
LISTENING | Vital Signs Analysis
A baseline reading of your vital signs including blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration rate, body temperature, pain experience, and menstrual flow will be assessed.
PALPATION | Intentional Touch
Careful inspection, listening, tapping, and pressing to determine the state of health and harmony in the organs and tissues.
ASKING | Health Assessment
We’ll talk through your health history from birth to the present and address aspects that have influenced your mental, physical, and emotional well-being.