Welcome to Way of Life Acupuncture in Asheville.
Perhaps you’ve been living with pain, stress, anxiety, digestive issues, or fatigue for longer than you’d like. You’ve tried different approaches, yet something still feels out of balance. Maybe you’ve even begun to wonder if this is simply how life is going to be.
After more than two decades of practicing Chinese Medicine, I’ve found that lasting healing rarely comes from treating symptoms alone. It begins by restoring your relationship with your body—learning to listen to it, work with it, and trust it again.
At Way of Life Acupuncture, we use the wisdom of Classical Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and personalized care to uncover the deeper patterns affecting your health. Every treatment is designed not only to relieve symptoms, but to help your body recover its natural capacity for healing.
Our goal is simple: to help you feel better, live with greater energy and resilience, and create a way of life that supports the life you want to live.
Because when your health improves, life opens up. You have more energy for the people you love, more clarity to pursue what matters, and more freedom to fully participate in your life.
If you’re ready to stop simply managing symptoms and start building lasting health, we’d be honored to walk alongside you.
Your Healing Journey
Choosing the right practitioner is an important step. My goal is to help you feel heard, understood, and confident that we’re addressing the root of your concerns—not simply managing symptoms.
90–120 Minutes
Your first visit is a comprehensive evaluation designed to understand you as a whole person. We’ll explore your health history, current concerns, lifestyle, and goals while using the diagnostic principles of Chinese Medicine to uncover the underlying patterns affecting your health.
Your visit includes:
You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of your health, a personalized treatment plan, and a clear path forward.
60 Minutes
Healing is a process, and each treatment builds on the progress of the last. As your body responds, we’ll continue refining your care to reduce symptoms, strengthen resilience, and support lasting health.
Follow-up visits are designed to help you:
My commitment is not simply to help you feel better for today, but to help you build the foundation for a healthier, more vibrant life.
If you’re ready to stop chasing symptoms and start creating lasting health, I’d be honored to work with you.
For more than twenty years, Dr. Dov Shoneman has devoted his life to understanding one essential question:
What allows people to heal, thrive, and live fully?
Through the study and practice of Chinese Medicine, Dov has learned that lasting health is not created by chasing symptoms alone. It comes from restoring our relationship with the body, paying attention to the signals it gives us, and creating a way of life that supports our deepest well-being.
His approach integrates acupuncture, herbal medicine, lifestyle guidance, and mind-body awareness to help people understand the deeper patterns affecting their health and make meaningful changes that support lasting well-being.
Dov holds advanced degrees in Chinese Medicine (DACM, MTCM) and has spent decades working with patients, teaching future practitioners, and refining his understanding of the human experience through both medicine and life itself.
What guides his work is not simply a desire to help people feel better—it is a belief that health is the foundation for living a meaningful life. When we learn to listen to the wisdom of the body, we create the possibility of living with greater clarity, energy, purpose, and freedom.
This is the heart of Way of Life Acupuncture:
creating a way of life that supports the life you want to live.
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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