Biography
Michael B. Ackerman pursued his undergraduate studies in pre-medicine and psychology at Whitman College in Washington State. During these years in college, he maintained a daily meditation and spiritual practice, including a discipline of Kriya Yoga. He also carried on regular physical exercise and training, opening a campus karate school and serving as a second degree black-belt instructor. Among his other extra-curricular activities were holding meditation classes and organizing campus presentations with guest lecturers on topics related to spiritual transformation and personal growth.
Two years after graduation from college with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Michael’s interest in a more holistic and preventative approach to medicine led to a decision to enter graduate school at the National University of Health Sciences in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to a very demanding course load over the next five years of schooling, he worked as a teaching assistant for more than a dozen different courses - instructing in laboratories for the departments of Anatomy, Radiology, Biomechanics, and Orthopedics.
As a result of this teaching involvement, Michael Ackerman received the honor of being published in a nationally recognized textbook of chiropractic clinical technique, and was selected as the recipient of the National University Anatomy Achievement Award. Following a one-year internship at Chicago General Health Services, Michael graduated as Class Valedictorian in 1986, receiving two degrees: Bachelor of Science in Human Biology & Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine. After graduation, the college faculty asked Michael Ackerman to accept a full-time teaching position in the Department of Pathology, but he respectfully declined their offer.
In the succeeding two years, Michael entered an associateship in a sports medicine practice in New Orlean's, Louisiana. During this time, he treated amateur, collegiate, and professional athletes from most sports backgrounds, including the New Orleans Saints football team, the Delta Festival Ballet Company, national body building title holders, international martial arts champions, tri-athletes, gymnasts, pro-golfers, pro-bowlers, etc., Michael Ackerman grew to become known as a lecturer on sports medicine, nutrition, and injury prevention at such places as the University of New Orleans, The National Physique Conference (NPC) Southern Regional Symposium, numerous martial arts schools, industries, and athletic clubs.
In 1988, Michael moved to Monterey, California, where he practiced as director of the Sports and Family Chiropractic Center, a clinic which operated with an average of eight employees, including associate doctors, massage therapists/physiotherapy aids, an exercise physiologist athletic-trainer, and front office support personnel. This clinic was well-known and successful, offering state-of-the-art care in sports medicine, nutrition, and holistic family practice. However, Dr. Ackerman also had a strong need to achieve a sense of a deep spiritual success in life, which up to this point he did not feel he had satisfied.
Thus, in 1994 he decided to fulfill a long awaited dream and chose a radical new path in his career: Michael sold his home and practice, and moved to India. There he had the great privilege of studying under a world-renowned spiritual teacher by the name of "Ammachi" (The Holy Mother), while having an opportunity to perform volunteer medical work in Her charitable institution. Over a period of three years, Michael experienced a very deep inner transformation and a remarkable opening of intuitive abilities, which fundamentally changed his approach to life as well as his approach to healing. Ammachi suggested that he not continue to use Reiki, but instead focus on the deeper intuitive healing abilities which were emerging under Her guidance.
With the wealth of knowledge and experience acquired in India, and with his Spiritual Teacher’s blessings, Michael Ackerman returned to the West and established a clinic in March of 1997, in La Jolla, California, “The Center for Depth Healing.” After 16 years, his office moved nearby to its present location near Sea World, in San Diego. As of January 1, 2024, Michael retired from over 37 years practicing as a chiropractic doctor, and now sees healing clients personally in-office, and also works via video conferencing and phone with people from around the United States, Europe, and the world. In addition to treating his clients’ physical and nutritional health needs, Michael Ackerman also offers people a rare opportunity to understand and remove the inner psychological stress and emotional root causes of their pain. This approach brings about a lasting and more profound healing of the whole person, addressing the deeper underlying emotional wounds which relate to their outward physical symptoms. Michael now achieves more rapid results with a wider scope of his client’s health problems through wedding Eastern and Western medicine, along with his intuitive insight, into a unique and powerful synthesis for holistic healing - going beyond the boundaries of most of the mainstream and alternative healing therapies available today. energy healers, reiki healing practitioner, spiritual healing, spiritual healer, body energy healing, psychic healer, healing therapy, distance energy healing, spiritual healer in USA, intuitive healer, spiritual healing therapy, healers, a healer, medical intuitive, intuitive healing, chakra clearing, energy healing practitioner, psychic healing, emotional healing
