Grainne McKeown is a practitioner of Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, and Thai bodywork and has been studying and practicing various healing modalities for over a decade. Following a BA in Psychology from Boston College, Grainne devoted the next years to her study of healing teachniques of the East. Her journey began with three years in Thailand studying Thai Massage and Chinese Medicine in Chiang Mai as well as meditation in the forest monasteries of Northern Thailand. Along the way, she spent months in South India, learning Ayurveda, and deepening her yoga practice with masters in Mysore, and spending a year with Tibetan monks learning about meditation and Buddhism in Kathmandu, Nepal.
 
In 2008 Grainne completed a four year Masters of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MSAOM) from the Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine. Subsequently, she traveled back to Asia to volunteer in free clinics in Bali and Nepal, finally founding a non-profit of her own called Mindful Medicine Worldwide whose intention is to improve health care around the world by setting up free integrative health clinics in developing countries. Grainne divides her time between seeing patients in Chicago, and at clinics in Nepal.

Grainne's healing practice combines many of her skills and interests. For over a decade she has been an avid lover and practitioner of Thai Massage, yoga, and meditation, all of which she bring to her patients, along with Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. Grainne frequently follows treatments with advice on yoga postures, breathing techniques, and meditation advise. She has worked extensively with fertility and gynecology, musculoskeletal disorders and chronic pain, anxiety, depression, and many other disorders. Grainne is a Licensed Acupuncturist in IL as well as a Board Certified Chinese Herbal Medicine practitioner.