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In 1976, our father opened the Tao of Wellness clinic in the hills of Malibu, California. Outside, America was celebrating its Bicentennial, and healthcare was entering an era of rapid technology and specialization. That same year, California became one of the first states to formally license acupuncture. Still, to most Americans, the practice remained an oddity. Patients arrived quietly, wondering if they should tell their physicians they were trying “that Chinese treatment.”

None of that discouraged us. Our family had already traveled much farther than the distance between China and California. We are the sons of Hua-Ching Ni, who carried our family’s medical and Taoist lineage through one of the most turbulent chapters of Chinese history. When Communist forces took control of mainland China, placing traditional culture at risk, our father left for Taiwan. He preserved not only generations of clinical knowledge but also the Taoist philosophical foundation of Chinese medicine, eventually bringing both to America.

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