I am absolutely grateful and humbled to have been a part the Heartwood community for the last 4 years, surrounded by some of the finest practitioners in the country in the unique and well-functioning model of a wellness clinic that Heartwood Center is and has been for over 15 years. Through the Founder’s, Nancy Floy, vision, Heartwood Center has provided for us all the balance of support, space, and structure, while allowing members their independence, freedom, and choice to run their own show, so to speak. That freedom fosters personal growth, the growth of our individual practices, and even the maturation of wilder ideas and public works projects within Chicago’s North Shore and abroad.
Heartwood Center has been the home base for my acupuncture practice, Red Coral Acupuncture, since 2010, it has simultaneously played a central role in the development and fruition of Himalaya Project, the non-profit I founded in 2011 along with another Heartwood Center member, Dr. Lori Howell, along with other professionals in the Chicago area. While working together locally in Evanston, we hashed out a plan to improve the lives of another community, half-way around the world, along the border of Nepal and Tibet, high in the Himalaya, by starting a school there for Tibetan medicine.
More specifically the objectives of Himalaya Project and the Dolpo School of Tibetan Buddhist Medicine, which we are founding in Nepal, are to provide sustainable education and healthcare to an entire region of Nepal through the use of traditional Tibetan medicine, while preserving the unique and rare practices of Tibetan medicine so that they may one day benefit the world as other forms of integrative medicine have.
Through our planned 5-year school for Tibetan medicine, Himalaya Project will provide the necessary medical training thereby improving public health in an extremely impoverished region.
Nancy Floy, Founder of Heartwood, has continuously offered her support by making connections for our project to key influencers, offering her advice, by being a good example of a Buddhist practitioner and entrepreneur, and even offering up Heartwood Center to Himalaya Project after-hours, to film our soon to be released, Indiegogo promotional film, which will be released on October 26th at Revolution Brewing.
AND… You’re all invited!
On October 26h, Himalaya Project is throwing a fundraising party at Revolution Brewing in Chicago, to launch our 30-day Indiegogo campaign.
Tickets to the Rev Brew event include an open bar of 5 beers on tap, 3 delicious appetizers, live music, and a silent and live auction.
At the event, we’ll be premiering our Indiegogo short film, produced by David Schmudde and filmed by local photographer and videographer, Doug Haight of Fortune Fish, right here at Heartwood Center.
Say yes to providing underserved communities with education and healthcare.
Say yes to preserving rare lineages and practices of medicine.
Say yes by joining us October 26th.
Highest Joy,
Mark Sobralske
Register here.
Mark Sobralske
I specialize in men’s health, internal medicine, and sports medicine. I believe that traditional medicine and modern medicine are not in contention with one another, but when used to complement one another, better the health of the individual in the alleviation and prevention of illness and disease. My expertise is in providing gentle, non-invasive assistance with Chinese medicine that readily complements care from other physicians. In general, I prefer an integrative approach to medicine, and feel that a synergy of standard medical care and traditional forms of medicine can bring great benefit to the patient’s health and quality of life. I received my masters degree in Chinese medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in 2009, followed by volunteer work at an integrative medical clinic in Kathmandu. In 2010 I started my practice, Red Coral Acupuncture, where I continue to serve the Evanston and greater North Shore community.
Credentials: LAc, Dipl OM, MSTOM