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Darya is a committed life-long student and practitioner of East Asian medicine and yogic studies. She is on the path to attaining and maintaining optimal health and wellness to maximize quality and joy of life.
On the pursuit to mind-body harmony and inner balance she discovered yoga, Ayurveda, vipassana meditation, Eastern philosophies, and holistic healing in 2006. She started passionately sharing her acquired knowledge and personal success stories with others, which gradually evolved into wellness and lifestyle coaching practice by 2014.
After discovering immense benefits of Chinese Medicine first hand, she made a life-changing decision to study East Asian Medicine and received her advanced Diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
As a licensed and registered TCM Practitioner and Acupuncturist she supports her patients via health and wellness advocacy, lifestyle counselling rooted in ancient classical wisdom.
Her professional skills include: acupuncture, herbal medicine, diet therapy, health preservation, cupping, moxibustion, auricular therapy, and acupressure.
She continues advancing and enhancing her skills to offer a true holistic healing experience to her patients.

Accreditations and Training History:
• R.TCMP / R. Ac
• Thai Yoga Massage Level II with Lotus Palm Institute of Thai Massage and Traditional Bodywork, Bahamas, 2014
• Yoga Teacher Training, YTT-200 International Sivananda Vedanta Centre, Ashram and Yoga Retreat, Bahamas, 2014
• Sa’am Korean acupuncture, 2022
• Facial Rejuvenation/ Cosmetic Acupuncture

Jeanne is a NCCAOM board certified, licensed acupuncturist in both PA and NJ. She
completed her B.A at Binghamton University in Economics and completed her
Master’s Degree in Acupuncture from the Won Institute of Graduate Studies in
Glenside, PA. She has also undertaken post-graduate certificate programs in sports
acupuncture with the Whitfield Reaves Apprenticeship program and the Sloane
Kettering Memorial Hospital in Advances in Oncology Acupuncture. Jeanne is highly
proficient in orthopedic and ashi/trigger point acupuncture as well as continuing in her learning of SAAM acupuncture techniques to further a deeper healing and access the root causes of disharmony and pain in her patients. Jeanne has recently completed a certificate program in Fertility, Pregnancy and Postpartum with Dr. Deb Davies, L.Ac of PUSH Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine to support her patients through the entire journey of pregnancy and the healing necessary after giving birth, and is quite passionate about birth justice.

Kate August was born and raised in the Bay Area and finds inspiration by our diverse communities and landscape. She is a graduate of ACCHS in Oakland, where she received a Masters in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. During her last year in graduate school she met Toby Daly and was quickly inspired by the Sa’am Four Needle technique. She comes to the field with ten years experience as an educator and clinical western herbalist and is staff faculty at the California School of Herbal Studies. As an herbal medicine practitioner and acupuncturist, she believes in the body’s innate ability to heal when provided the correct support and environment. The ebb and flow of the seasons is a guiding force for our well being & our emotional and physical bodies are deeply connected. With a particular interest in pain management and elderly support, Kate is honored to treat people during all stages of life. She believes that all people have the right to live comfortably in their minds & bodies. When not in the clinic you can find her playing in nature, preferably by the water’s edge.

Jennifer (she/her) is a Licensed Acupuncturist living and working in the Highland Park neighborhood of East Los Angeles. Jennifer studied at both the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM) in New York City and Emperor’s College in Santa Monica, CA where she graduated summa cum laude. She has been studying Herbal Dermatology with Mazin Al-Khafaji since 2014, and is a member of the International Registry of Chinese Medicine Dermatology & Inflammatory Disease. In 2021 she fell in love with the Sa’am Korean 4-needle technique acupuncture style, which she continues to learn from Toby Daly. Jennifer’s clinical interests include dermatology work, pain management, psycho-emotional issues, digestive disorders and internal medicine.

Angelique is a registered nurse with over 20 years of clinical experience. Graduating with a BSN from UMass, Amherst in 2003, Angelique spent the majority of her nursing career working in the specialties of oncology and hospice, with hospice holding a particularly special place in her heart. Most recently, she has worked in mental health and feels especially drawn to helping those who are struggling with their mental and emotional well being. A 2024 graduate of the New England School of Acupuncture, she was honored with “The Compassionate Healer” award for “high level clinical skill in addition to creating a safe, sure and trusting environment for patients”. She was also chosen for the “Earth Element” award for embodying the qualities of being “nurturing, centered, stable, hardworking, an advocate and creative”. Blending her nursing skills with Chinese medicine, she is working to bridge the gap between the Eastern and Western medical paradigms. She is currently completing her doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine at Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts.

Jason has been practicing acupuncture and herbal medicine since 2003.

My interest in traditional East Asian medicine grew out of a background in ecology and conservation biology, as well as a long-standing curiosity about health and wellness that led me to my first acupuncture experience in my early 20s. I am continually inspired by the philosophies of traditional medicines, which are grounded in our connection to the natural world and the importance of living in harmony with our environment.
I completed my four-year degree at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland, OR in 2013 and became a national board-certified Diplomate of Oriental Medicine later that year. During and after school, I studied the Shen-Hammer system of Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis, primarily under Gwen Lovetere and Brian LaForgia, which has become an important foundation for my clinical practice. My post-graduate acupuncture studies have focused on myofascial release acupuncture and Sa’am acupuncture. I also completed Dr. Heiner Fruehauf’s Master Herbal Certificate Program, which has allowed me to deepen my understanding of a school of herbalism I have practiced for the last 10+ years.
I am passionate about a simple, balanced approach to diet and nutrition as an essential element of good health, and as a lifelong cook and food-enthusiast, I am always excited to talk about how to create a delicious and nutrient-dense meal! As a student of yoga and meditation for over 20 years, I often draw on yogic philosophies and practices when offering home exercises and incorporate mindfulness techniques into my work with patients whenever possible. I believe that cultivation of inner listening is fundamental to health and wellness, and love to support each individual in learning to trust his or her own intuition and innate healing capacity.

Aaron received acupuncture for the first time as a teenager and was instantly taken by it’s multidimensional effect on the mind and body. Numerous acupuncture and herbal medical treatments later, Aaron was drawn to Asia and lived in India and several East Asian countries for more than 5 years.

While living in Seoul in 2006, teaching English to allopathic medical students, Aaron began a deeper investigation into the broader, comprehensive system of East Asian medicine (EAM). He began to understand that EAM is a complete health care system that is sometimes broken into parts and diluted here in the west.

After numerous discussions with his medical students on the benefits and cultural understanding of the EAM system, Aaron decided EAM would be an ideal vocational choice.

Ann specializes in pediatrics, people of all genders hoping to conceive a child, gynecology, andrology, fertility, pregnancy, perinatal and postpartum care, menopause, uterine bleeding, difficult to treat diagnoses and chronic illness, including with history of trauma.

Toby received his undergraduate degree in Food Science from the California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. He began studying Chinese medicine in 1997 with a Korean Buddhist monk trained in the Saam tradition. He earned his master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2002 upon completion of training at the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco and Chengdu University in China.

During his four years of training in San Francisco, he interned with the prominent acupuncturist Dr. Angela Wu and learned to apply the lofty theories he was studying in school into the pragmatic setting of a busy clinic. In 2013, he developed the Chinese Nutritional Strategies app to provide digital access to the wealth of Chinese dietary wisdom.

In 2016, he completed a PhD in Classical Chinese Medicine under the guidance of 88th generation Daoist priest Jeffery Yuen. In 2021, he developed the Chinese Medical Characters app to enable direct access to foundational Chinese medical terms and concepts. In 2023, he published his first book An Introduction to Chinese Medicine.

In 2024, he published The Saam Acupuncture Tradition: Classical Roots & Clinical
Application and his current focus is on sharing his 25 years of clinical experience with the Saam tradition.