Sher Demeter, LAc, is a licensed acupuncturist and faculty clinician at the Natural Care Center at Woodwinds. She holds a Masters of Acupuncture from the Minnesota College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at Northwestern Health Sciences University. Demeter is licensed through the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice and is registered as a Diplomate of Acupuncture with the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She is a member of the Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alliance, the Society for Acupuncture Research, and the American Association of Oriental Medicine.

Demeter's introduction to acupuncture was more than a decade ago, when it became an important tool in her own self care. The positive effects of acupuncture treatment deepened her commitment to the principles of a balanced lifestyle. She believes that Oriental medicine's important contribution is in its early recognition of patterns of seemingly unrelated symptoms. Treatment can intervene and hopefully prevent or slow down further development of these patterns into destructive disease processes.

"New choices in healthcare treatment are not simply 'alternative'…they are essential," Demeter believes. "We cannot afford to ignore the potent tools that lie within our reach, the messages that are continually given by our bodies, and the beauty of the transformative powers that reside within us all."