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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

Kate has been a licensed Doctor of Oriental Medicine in the state of New Mexico since 2002 y se habla espanol. She has worked and studied in hospitals in Bejing and Chengdu, China. She has a general medicine practice with a focus on pediatrics, adolescent and women’s health. She uses many modalities in her practice including acupuncture, classical Chinese herbal medicine, homeopathy, cranio-sacral techniques and grounding body-breath awareness practices. She has been offering breast thermography in New Mexico since 2008. Kate has been learning about and practicing Sa’am acupuncture since 2018 and finds it to be a beautifully simple and profoundly effective style of acupuncture which gives her joy to practice. She lives in Santa Fe with her two daughters and her dogs.

I have been practicing complementary therapies for over 20 years, including Chi Nei Tsang, Acupressure, Bowen Therapy, Jin Shin Jyutsu…etc. Because in Romania acupuncture can only be practiced by doctors, I adapted the techniques from acupuncture to acupressure and I can say that I have the same benefits. I took the courses with Toby Daly online starting in 2019 or 2020 on <https://healthyseminars.com> and <https://www.qiological.com/> and since then SAAM has been the main part of my therapies with very good results.

I was first introduced to acupuncture following a shoulder surgery, and continued treatment to relieve chronic headaches and debilitating migraines. I became a licensed and board certified acupuncturist in 2011, and board certified herbalist in 2013.

Much of my post-graduate acupuncture training has been in sports medicine acupuncture. I studied first with Whit Reaves (2012), and later became Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certified through Matt Callison’s program (2017). Early in my practice I studied with Dr Richard Tan and spent several weekends learning Master Tung-style acupuncture.

I have been studying classical herbal medicine and diagnostics with Sharon Weizenbaum since 2018 and became certified through her Graduate Mentorship Program in 2020. I learned about Saam acupuncture from her in late-2018 and began taking classes from Toby Daly in 2019. I have found Saam to be incredible for a wide variety of cases.

My practice is informed by all of my learnings.

I am endlessly curious about how humans work and the interconnectedness of all things. Through my desire to relieve suffering and my joy in testing East Asian medical theory to solve puzzles of the human body and psyche, I create a healing space to bring about positive results for my patients.

Talia encountered this medicine through a decade of living and working in China and Southeast Asia, with a background in Mandarin, East Asian studies, dance and somatic studies. Talia specializes in acupuncture for fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, menstrual and hormonal disorders, menopause, respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders.

Fang Cai (pronounced “Fong Tzai”) is a licensed practitioner of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in North Carolina, nationally certified in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology, and has a specialty certification from the International TCM Dermatology Association.

Fang obtained a B.A. in Biology from Swarthmore College. She began to study Chinese medicine in Shanghai, China, and received a Master’s degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from the New England School of Acupuncture. She has been involved with various aspects of acupuncture research at academic institutions, but her primary love is figuring out clinical puzzles that improve her patients’ quality of life.

Fang sees a wide variety of internal medicine conditions. She has specialty dermatology training for issues such as acne, eczema, and psoriasis, and is passionate about helping people feel comfortable in their own skin. Her other specialties include allergies; vision support; women’s health; and immune system regulation including post-viral/bacterial lingering illness.

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.

Kiki is a licensed Acupuncturist practicing in Colchester, Vermont since 2003. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at San Francisco State University in 1996. In 2003, she earned a Masters of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine from the Pacific School of Oriental Medicine in San Diego. From 2012-2022, Kiki attended Sharon Weizenbaum’s Graduate Mentorship Program and was introduced to Sa’am Acupuncture during this time. In 2020, Kiki began studying Sa’am with Toby Daly, PhD., LAc. and has seen a remarkable shift in her patients’ healing ever since.

My exposure to Asian medicine and healing began with the study of Tai Ji Quan in Boston’s Chinatown in the 1980s. When finally ready to work with people full time I began an engaging three years of study at The New England School of Acupuncture, graduating in 2001. Since 2002 I have had a private practice in the Cleveland, OH area specializing in fertility, but also treating many other conditions. In addition to my private practice, I have, in the past, also worked five years at The Cleveland Clinic Center for Integrative Medicine and three years at University Hospitals’ Center for Women’s Health. My curiosity has led me to devoted study with an acupuncturist who specialized in Korean Hand Therapy, and also with Jeffrey Yuen, and more recently to study this Sa’am system with its emphasis on constitutional treatment.

A few years after starting my practice in in 2000, I was ignited by the community acupuncture model. Years of holding space in community clinics have given me an infinite awe for our bodies’ innate ability to heal, particularly when assisted by a few well-placed needles and a safe environment. To access this self-regulation, we need to begin to inhabit our bodies. As someone who re-learns that lesson frequently, I bring my own mindfulness practice to clinic. I often see my most important job as helping patients to befriend and trust their bodies, whatever their health concerns.

In 2021 I fell in love with Saam acupuncture, which continues to teach me about the dance of simplicity and intricacy. Patients love Saam treatments too! I’ve also been drawn back to the deep study of classical Chinese herbalism via Sharon Weizenbaum’s Graduate Mentorship Program. Both disciplines are endlessly challenging and enriching.