Mystic Mandala Medicine is a holistic healing and creative wellness center envisioned by Tucson integrative physician Kayse Budd, MD. It is named "Mystic" because Dr. Budd loves magic and believes we are all part of one grand mysterious Dream. "Mandala" is an ancient Sanskrit word that can be translated as "essence" + "containing" or "completed". Mandalas are geometric forms or patterns that draw us to ❃ center ❃.
They can be seen in nature as flowers, nautilus shells, and raindrops in a puddle. Ancient cultures have drawn and constructed them for thousands of years. Powerful symbols for the "Journey of Awakening", mandalas represent the healing that we experience by gently and patiently learning who we are.
A little more about Kayse...
Dr. Kayse "Starshine" Budd is a heart-centered and play-FULL artist-healer-physician with years of study in traditional and complementary medicine. Formally, she has a medical degree and has trained as an allopathic physician. Dr. Budd is a graduate of Duke University (BS in biology, minor in art)and the University of Michigan Medical School. She completed her internship in Family Practice at Swedish Hospital (a private hospital and U of Washington affiliated program) in Seattle and her residency in Psychiatry at the University of Arizona. Dr. Budd's choice of Swedish Family Practice for internship gave her a strong foundation in general medicine, and the University of Arizona offered relatively unique integrative medicine opportunities (including time with Andrew Weil, MD's Integrative Medicine Program and the Canyon Ranch health spa). Dr. Budd has a particular interest in psychodynamic (insight-oriented) psychotherapy and has received extra training and supervision in this style of therapy. She is also trained in Emotion-Focused Therapy, Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and some basic Gestalt and Hakomi therapy methods.
But... that's just part of the story. In her work she draws from and utilizes aspects of healing systems from all over the world and many different cultures.
"The unifying force for my work is ☯INTEGRATION☯--
integration of mind-body-spirit, integration of multiple healing
modalities, integration of all parts of ourselves, integration of
personal darkness into light, integration of all beings in our lives,
and on and on... "
"At the most fundamental level, my
work is about Spirit."
Dr. Budd is knowledgeable about Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda (traditional medicine of India), Native American Spirituality (and other shamanic traditions--Peruvian, Mexican, Mayan, etc.), herbalism, and homeopathy. She has studied mindfulness and Vipassana meditation, dance therapy, art therapy, sound/music therapy, yoga, whole foods nutrition, and several forms of body/energy work. She works readily with myth, symbolism, imagery, dreams, and archetypes, and makes a habit of incorporating play whenever possible.
As a healer, Kayse is grateful to have been blessed with intuitive gifts (including a degree of psychic vision/insight and strong energetic sensitivity) she is continuing to hone and develop.
Kayse states, "My connection to nature is very important to me; thus, I dedicate a significant portion of my personal and professional energy towards healing for Mother Earth ."
"I also
have a deep passion for the role of
creativity in healing
and strive to
help everyone find that place of inspiration within ☀."
