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About: Abdi

Abdi Assadi, M.S., Lic. Ac., is an acupuncturist and spiritual counselor. Raised in Africa, Asia and New York city, he studied a range of healing practices including shamanism, psychotherapy and acupuncture. His work centers on helping his clients use their disease and dysfunction as a doorway to spiritual serenity. He presently divides his time between New York city and Upstate New York, spending time with his wife and motorcycles.

Recent Posts by Abdi

Shadows On The Path 2.0

A revised and re-edited 2nd edition of Shadows On The Path is now available on Kindle.

Written on May 16, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Categories: blog

Abdi Assadi Podcast: Q & A session with Poppy de Villenueve

This is a podcast recording of an interview with Abdi by Poppy de Villenueve held in NYC on April 23, 2012. In email or via RSS, you may use the following link to access/download the podcast directly to your computer (warning: approximately 13.1 MB): http://abdiassadi.com/podcasts/abdi_assadi_podcast_interview_with_poppy_de_villenueve.mp3 Or, you may access this podcast episode via your iTunes →

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Written on May 1, 2012 at 4:41 pm
Categories: blog, guru, interviews, podcasts, self healing
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Online chat with Janera Soerel of 24thletter.com

JS. You call yourself an acupuncturist and spiritual counselor. I’ve seen you for treatment twice now and in both cases have felt a real shift toward healing. Could you please explain your process for the members? AA. My process stems from the varied background of the healing modalities that I have studied. They include bodywork, →

Written on April 3, 2012 at 9:58 am
Categories: blog

Abdi Assadi Podcast: Sitting with Anxiety at The Shala NYC

This is a podcast recording of a talk and question/answer session with Abdi held at The Shala Yoga House in New York (Union Square) on February 6, 2012. Thanks to everyone who came out on a Monday night to talk about anxiety. And thanks to Barbara Verrochi for the invitation. In email or via RSS, →

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:33:38 — 85.8MB)

Written on February 24, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Categories: blog, meditation, podcasts, self healing, shadow work, workshops
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Perfection: the wet dream of all control freaks

In a culture that strives to eradicate anxiety with perpetual movement and busyness, the act of simply being in and accepting the present moment is terrifying. This fear leads to increased difficulty in finding intimacy with our selves, and in turn with others – hence our clinging to such notions as perfection being an event →

Written on February 9, 2012 at 10:17 am
Categories: blog

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