Welcome to Way of Life Acupuncture in Asheville, where healing is more than a treatment—it’s a return to yourself.
If you’ve been feeling stretched thin, tired, anxious, or not quite like yourself, you’re not alone. Life’s demands can leave your body tense and your spirit weary. Our work helps you rebuild your resilience—so you can feel calm, clear, and strong again.
Led by Dr. Dov Shoneman, our clinic blends acupuncture, bodywork, and intuitive care to address the root of stress, pain, and emotional imbalance. Every session is personalized, unhurried, and guided by years of study and deep listening.
You’ll be met where you are—with warmth, presence, and genuine skill. Through this process, your body begins to unwind, your mind settles, and your natural vitality returns.
Discover the freedom that comes when balance is restored—and life feels like yours again.
Every treatment is personalized, grounded, and designed to help your body remember how to heal.
Initial Acupuncture Consultation | 2 Hours
Your first visit is where we begin to understand you—not just your symptoms.
During this comprehensive session, Dr. Dov Shoneman takes time to listen deeply, exploring your health history, lifestyle, and the patterns that may be contributing to imbalance. Through gentle observation and traditional pulse and tongue diagnosis, he uncovers the root causes behind what you’re experiencing.
Treatment includes an integrative blend of acupuncture, massage, and cupping, seamlessly woven together to calm your nervous system, release tension, and support your body’s natural healing rhythm.
You’ll leave feeling grounded, lighter, and more at ease—already beginning to move toward genuine, lasting relief.
Healing unfolds over time, and each follow-up visit builds upon the last.
These sessions are focused, intentional, and uniquely tailored to your ongoing needs. As your system begins to shift, Dov refines each treatment with precision—adjusting techniques, offering herbal or nutritional guidance, and helping you integrate changes in body and mind.
Each visit deepens your connection to balance, resilience, and clarity—so you can continue living with greater freedom and vitality.
For more than twenty years, Dr. Dov Shoneman has devoted his life to helping others find steadiness and strength through the natural rhythms of healing. His approach is rooted in presence, patience, and a genuine respect for the body’s own wisdom.
Drawing from a lifetime of study and hands-on experience, Dov integrates acupuncture, herbal medicine, and bodywork to support each person’s unique path toward balance. His care reflects both dedication and humility—born from years of working with real people, real challenges, and the continual practice of staying grounded through life’s demands.
Dov holds advanced degrees in Chinese Medicine (DACM, MTCM) and has served as a teacher, educator and clinical mentor, sharing practical insight with future practitioners. Clients describe his work as steadying, clear, and deeply restorative—a reflection of someone who truly walks the path he teaches.
At the heart of his work is a simple belief: healing is possible when we slow down, listen, and reconnect to what matters most.
Dov is an absolute master at his craft. He took the time to really listen and get to know and understand my issues. He offered great feedback and questions. And his work is a blend of massage and acupuncture and cupping. I went for overall stress and anxiety and after several sessions I’m feeling so much better that I am tempted not to go back, which is the best testament for his work aside from recommending him — which I wholeheartedly do.
~Gregory K.
Four years ago, Dov treated my frozen shoulder with 100% success, so when I developed severe carpal tunnel and lost feeling in my hand, I knew exactly who to turn to. His work has been nothing short of miraculous. Through his masterful skill and deep understanding of the mind-body-spirit connection, he not only restored sensation and movement to my hand but also brought me back into balance on every level. Sessions with Dov feel like a reset — calm, intuitive, and profoundly healing. I’m deeply grateful for his care and can’t recommend him highly enough.
~Judy C.
I have done acupuncture for over 30 years in my life, and I would say that Dov is one of the most compassionate and caring healers I have ever worked with. His attention to detail and his willingness to give of his time is unique among healers. He allows me space to feel heard and cared about. Wonderful!
~Alisa G.
I’ve seen Dov as a client for a few years now. He is a compassionate and attentive listener, and really seeks to get to the root of issues by asking great questions and using all the tools at his disposal to treat the presenting issue, but to find the underlying concern. I have experienced both immediate and longer lasting relief from complaints after his work. I recommend him consistently to friends and to the clients who come to see me for body work.
~Joel G.
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