Zen Bio

What is health? If we were to take the Webster’s Dictionary definition it would be defined as follows: A state of being free from illness and injury.  While this may seem to sum it up for most of us, I would like to offer up another, shorter one: Empowerment.  To be empowered is to have the power to change any aspect of one’s life.  The first condition, which must be met in order to achieve this, is self-knowledge.  Knowing when we feel ill or well is fairly evident to all of us, but knowing how to stay well is beyond many.  There are many tools that can be used to achieve health and stay healthy including Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs, Supplements, Nutritional counseling, Therapeutic Shiatsu Massage and Yoga.  It is through the use of these modalities that I help others achieve empowerment.  The exceptional healing environments of the multi-disciplinary Anello Clinic and Norfolk Healing Arts Center provide me with the ideal places to deliver high-quality patient-centered medical care.

Dr. Alexander Audette

Dr. Alex Audette began his post secondary education in Chemical Engineering, graduating from McGill University. Dr. Audette completed training in Acupuncture and Massage Therapy at Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Pharmacology (Tokyo Branch) while spending 7 years in Japan studying martial arts. This program was followed by a 2 year apprenticeship with Matsumoto Acupuncture Research Group (DTLA) and a 1 year apprenticeship in Shiatsu and Tuina massage therapy. In 2000 Alex returned to Calgary and completed a further 2 years study at Alberta College of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr. Audette is an Alberta Health and Wellness Board Certified Acupuncturist and has practiced Chinese Medicine for 5 years in Calgary in private practice as well as having taught at Alberta College of Acupuncture and TCM before moving his practice to Ontario where he continues to practice in the multi-disciplinary Anello Clinic in Cambridge and Norfolk Healing Arts Center in Guelph.