Active TCM

Dr. Melissa Carr, B.Sc., Dr.TCM has the highest standing with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Association of British Columbia as a registered Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She began her career in health with a Bachelors degree in Human Kinetics from the University of Guelph in Ontario. After two years in Japan, one of which was spent doing research at Ehime Medical University, she returned to Canada to complete the 4-year training for Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine. As part of the program, she interned at two hospitals in China. During her schooling in Vancouver she worked as a nutritional consultant where she advised people on the use of western herbs and supplements. She also taught nutrition at the West Coast College of Massage Therapy. 

Dr. Carr has been recommending yoga to her patients for years, but was not personally sold on regular practice until she went on a yoga and surf retreat taught by a Vinyasa Flow teacher. She thought she would love the surfing, but it was the yoga that grabbed her. Soon after she took a 40 day yoga challenge, doing yoga daily, and was hooked. Her recommendations for yoga are now a regular part of her daily advice to almost all of her patients.