LIZ ASCH GREENHILL
National and Oregon State certified licensed acupuncturist and herbalist since 2009
Writer, artist, embodied creativity consultant, and educator
EDUCATION
1998 Vassar College, BA in English with Honors
2009 Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, MAcOM, Master of Science in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine
2016 Eastern Oregon University, MFA in Literature, Creative Nonfiction
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & EDUCATION
2023-2024 Certification for Psilocybin Facilitation, Synaptic Institute, 234 hrs
2022 Holistic Pelvic Care, 27 hr certification with Tami Kent
2021 Integrative Somatic Therapies for Trauma 60 hr Certificate, Embody Lab
2021 Somatic Experiencing with Peter Levine 10 hr, Embody Lab
2021 Somatic Abolitionism with Resmaa Menakem, 10 hr, ERE
2019 Subtle Body Work Certificate Program, 60 Hrs, Body Wisdom Academy
2010-present , 20 hrs/year of varied Continuing Ed. in acupuncture, acupressure, herbal medicine, CNT, CPR, public health, hospice care
2002-2005 Full-time student at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM)
WORK IN MEDICINE
2009-present Acupuncturist, Herbalist, Shiatsu Practitioner in Private Practice at Night Sky Acupuncture + Ideaphoria
2016-present Guest Educator on Eastern Medicine and Embodiment, workshops at MFA programs, and various writing schools and orgs. See below.
2019-present Creator and voice of BODY LAND Metaphor Medicine, a public archive of guided visualizations informed by Surrealist art and Chinese Medicine designed to help listeners self-regulate, cultivate qi, and practice embodiment
2017-2018 Staff Acupuncturist at Golden Hour clinic
2017 Subtle Body Guide at Body Wisdom Academy
2010-2012 Staff Acupuncturist at Reed College Health and Counseling Center, worked with the Dean as a strategist to integrate holistic health care into the campus clinic
2009-2011 Staff Acupuncturist at Quest Center for Integrative Health
2004-2007 Shiatsu Teacher’s Assistant and Herbs Tutor at OCOM and PCOM
AWARDS IN MEDICINE
2023 Best Acupuncturist and Complementary Therapist Award, LUXLife
2022 Top Docs Acupuncturist, Women in Medicine
2016 Top Acupuncturists in Portland, Willamette Weekly
TEACHING
2023 The Opposite of Anxiety: Guided Visualization for Self-Regulation, NWNM Collaborative
2022 Embodied Eros: Writing with the Five Senses, Corporeal Writing
2022 Embodied Metaphors: Earth Based Writing with the Five Elements, Corporeal Writing
2020 Guest teacher on embodiment and creative writing at EOU and PSU
2019 Creativity and Embodiment workshop, The Sou’Wester Lodge
2019 Embodied Creativity: Source your Ideas from the Renewable Resource of your Own Body, Lidia Yuknavitch’s Corporeal Writing Center
2018 Creative Embodiment: A Tool for Art-Making, Self-Care, and Resistance, Northwest Narrative Medicine Collective
2018 Self-Care Now: Experiencing Embodied Lyric Language, presentation at the Feminist Poetics and Emerging Pedagogies Symposium, LA, CA
2017 Discovery sessions with Inuit creative thinking team
2016 Unlock Yourself: Applied Imagination, Memory, Discovery, course taught at Portland Underground Graduate School
Work in LITERARY & VISUAL ARTS
2024 Reading and Visual Art in Queer Love exhibition at Salem Art Association
2018-present Writing Mentor on memoir and essay, various students
2016-present Creativity Consultant, guiding artists of all genres through embodiment techniques to enhance their creative process, in Portland and from afar
1998-2003 Studio Assistant to the late painter Frank Moore and the Gesso Foundation (his estate), Barry Moser, Roberta Smith, Carroll Dunham, Grenfell Press, Brighton Press, Claudia Cohen, and Joan Grubin
2018 Archive builder of Frank Moore’s paintings for Google Arts and Cultural Institute, NYC, California, and Portland
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Your Salt on My Lips, Cleis Press, 2021 (+ two print editions)
“Star Girl,” Pigeon Pages, 2019, honorary essay award
“Spine to Edge / Anatomy of a Book,” Brain Mill Press
"Trompe L'Oeil," Phoebe journal, 2017, winner of CNF award
“To Leave These Grounds,” Sinister Wisdom, 2017
"Paper Birds," The Rumpus, 2014
Step Lightly: Poems for the Journey, Harcourt Brace, Nancy Willard, ed. 1998
AWARDS IN WRITING and art
2024 PLAYA artist residency recipient
2022-23 Artist Fellow, Writer, Art/Lab Co/Lab, 9 month residency
2022 RACC Make Build Learn grant recipient
2022 CRAFT Literary, shortlist, creative nonfiction award
2020 Centrum artist in residency
2018 Pushcart Nomination, Brain Mill Press, “Spine to Deckle”
2017 Phoebe Creative Nonfiction Contest, Winner
2017 Willamette Writer's Kay Snow Contest, 1st Place in Nonfiction
1998-2000 Film “The Love Seat” toured festivals in the US and Canada