Meet Our Family
Hello and welcome. We're the Day family, owners of Turtle Tree Acupuncture. Below, we've written some ideas about our family and The Bale (our community) so that you can get to know us. Read on or contact us to talk about how we can help you.
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~ Hillary, Jonathan, & Esme
Our Family's Story
by Hillary
Jonathan and I met in Seattle where I was studying eastern medicine and he was a university fellow. We shared many things, including a deep love for the natural world. After a time, we married and set up a life together in the Pacific Northwest while Jonathan took up a university faculty position.
One day, we realized that the hustles of Seattle and academia were making us feel ill and lose connection with what we loved. So we let it all go. Jonathan left his university position, and we moved to Louisville, KY to set up a balanced life and raise our new daughter, Esme.
Louisville is a city that feels like a small town. We love that about it. Turtle Tree is our way of giving back to that town for opening its heart and its opportunities to us. But it's also our vehicle for living sustainable, regenerative, healthful lives and finding others who want to join us.
2015
Our Providers
Jonathan and Hillary are National Board Certified Acupuncturists and Licensed Acupuncturists in Kentucky. They have taught graduate courses in acupuncture safety and clean needle technique.
Jonathan Day
Credentials: DAOM, LAc, NCCAOM Dipl. OM
Specialty Areas: Pain, immune wellness, autoimmune diseases, asthma, family medicine.
Personal Interests: Writing, reading, creativity, good business, planet activism, travel, good food, tall trees, mountains.
Favorite Thing About Chinese Medicine: It holds the family as the foundation for all of society. Harmony within families begets harmony everywhere.
Hillary Day
Credentials: MSAOM, LAc, NCCAOM Dipl. OM
Specialty Areas: Pain, pediatrics, women's health, fertility and postpartum, family medicine.
Personal Interests: Gardening, crocheting, sustainability, planet activism, cooking, camping, old forests, waterfalls.
Favorite Thing About Chinese Medicine: It always brings me back to nature and the joy that comes from living in harmony with the natural world.
The Bale
by Jonathan
When Hillary gave birth to our daughter, Esme, we still had so much to learn. Over time, we have picked up age-old tricks for calming a newborn, handy remedies for teething and diaper rash, cry-free sleep solutions, and so much more.
All of this came from the inherited wisdom of our wonderful community of family, friends, patients, and colleagues.
A group of turtles = a 'bale'
Human beings need community. It is a source of knowledge, support, and well-being. It is also one of the things slipping away in the modern age.
At Turtle Tree, we plan to hold onto it. We affectionately call our community "The Bale," the name for a group of Turtles.
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The Bale is a source of enormous support and a key ingredient in our recipe for health and happiness.
2019
