What I do is
not so much my job as it is who I really am, and I love every
minute of it! I don't wear different hats at home and at work,
there is only one hat I wear and that is the hat of...George
Dominguez.
I am very
interested in, and love the artwork and history of, the three
most amazing civilizations (in my opinion) in history. Ancient
Egyptians, Polynesian Kahuna Healers and the Chinese were the
most advanced as far as philosophy, technology and healing
knowledge. Hence my Oriental decor, affinity for Hawaiian
shirts, and choice of the Egyptian Ankh as my logo and business
name. We have lost far more than we now know of the healing
knowledge of these three civilizations.
I knew I
had a gift of healing most of my life, yet I chose to develop my
fighting skills early on (Yin/Yang balance you know). I am a
veteran of the Martial Arts since 1984, who learned to heal on
the "field of battle so to speak", since I learned Kung Fu the
real Chinese way. I learned to first fix the damage I would
later learn to do, then I learned to evade and block, then after
a year of mastering that I finally learned to throw my first
punch! Four years later I was an accomplished Kung Fu Black
Belt, and healer of sports injuries.
Since the
field of Natural Medicine was young at the time, I did not even
think about considering it as a career. In High School I was
dual enrolled in College level Electronics Engineering and
Microprocessor Technology, as well as programming classes. I
figured that was the wave of the future and would enable me to
easily find work and make good money. I worked my way up the
ranks in a bank, from teller to Assistant Manager trainee, to
Information Technology were I could use my education on hardware
and software issues. I loved that career until the Savings and
Loan crash, when we were all laid-off and our little bank was
swallowed by Barnett Bank.
At the age
of 21 I opened my first business, an electronics repair and
installation shop called All About Electronics, in Miami
Florida. My partner and I had a wonderful 2 years or so before
Hurricane Andrew devastated the city and our little business.
We chose to move north to Melbourne Florida and open the shop
there, and six months later we folded and the only thing I had
to show for it was a tan and some great body surfing and shark
near-miss stories.
I tried securing work in the electronics or programming field
but nothing panned out.
Over the
next 5 years or so I married my first wife, had my first son,
and tried my hand at various careers with varying degrees of
success. I felt fundamentally empty, knowing I should be doing
something else in my life and not admitting the fact that I
should have been healing others. After burning out in the
corporate world, and not knowing what else to do, the
opportunity to study Natural Healing and get a Master's Degree
literally fell in my lap. I finally acquiesced to my calling,
asked God for help in making it happen, and embarked on a five
year mission starting September 1998.
In order to
learn everything I felt I needed to be the best healer I could
possibly be, I have:
Attended classes
at Louisville School of Massage.
Completed my
Master's in Natural Health with honors through Clayton College
of Natural Health.
Attended
Acupuncture school at the International Academy of Medical
Acupuncture one weekend a month in Indianapolis.
Interned/apprenticed with a Naturopathic Doctor and
Acupuncturist full time for 2½ years..
Completed my
Doctorate Degree in Naturopathic Medicine through Trinity
College of Naturopathic Medicine.
Trained
myself in Kahuna and Reiki energy healing systems
It all
just happened almost on its own, and don't ask me how I had the
energy for all that and a second son with a subsequent divorce!
What
really impressed upon me the true power of natural healing is
the fact that I suffered from chronic pain for years. After the
car accidents, fighting injuries, and general "I am invincible"
stupidities I was a physical mess. My entire spine felt like it
was on fire all the time, and my congenital scoliosis and
degeneration made it worse. I was treated for 6 months while
interning; I experienced what I was learning to do for others.
After 6 months I awoke one day with absolutely no pain
whatsoever. That was in 2001 and other than minor discomfort
from time to time, I am still free from pain and my scoliosis is
gone!
After
taking about a year to recover and get my head on straight
again, I met my soon to be second wife and soul mate/best
friend. We decided to move in together a few months before our
wedding, and WHAM!, the office I was working in took a nose dive
financially and I was laid off indeterminately in May of 2003.
I have always had tough circumstances and decisions to make in
my life, yet this one took the cake. I had no money, no
clientele, a non-compete contract, and the knowledge that
statistically speaking women have a much greater chance of
making it in this field than men.
My soon to
be wife sat me down one day and said the words that energized my
determination to make it no matter what! She told me I was one
of the best at what I did, I had a gift from God and He would
not let me down. I had the bedside manner and personality to
make it, and this was the opportunity to go it alone and do it
my way! So I put my nose to the grindstone and started working
from home to build my practice. As a blessing and confirmation
that I had made the right choice, I ended that year making a
little more than I would have if I had not been laid-off. God
is so good!
Advanced Naturopathy & Komplementary Healthcare
7410 New Lagrange Road, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40222
Phone: 502-235-7584
Email: acuphys@yahoo.com