Manu is the sole proprietor of Agape Acupuncture, has studied Chinese medicine and Chinese martial arts for more than 30 years, and been in practice for 25 years. He is a licensed acupuncturist and East Asian Medical Practitioner in the state of Washington and nationally certified by the NCCAOM. He has also studied and received certification in Toyohari acupuncture by the international Toyohari Association. Manu studied Toyohari in Tokyo, Japan and received certification as an instructor of the Toyohari style. He has served on the national board of the North American Toyohari Association, taught acupuncture in Seattle, Colorado, Texas, Chicago, and Florida, and served as a member of the Japanese acupuncture faculty at the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. He is well versed in several different styles of acupuncture. In addition, Manu has experience with craniosacral therapy and various massage techniques, including Shiatsu and Chinese Tuina, is a Reiki master, and has training in Richard Bartlett’s unique method of Matrix Energetics. Like many Toyohari practitioners, Manu is trained in and uses a gentle method of treatment especially for children called Shonishin, which is entirely painless and non-invasive, and very effective.