Our Team

Acupuncturists & Ayurvedic Specialists

Emily MS, LAC, Acupuncturist

Emily has been practicing as a primary health care provider and licensed Acupuncturist in Classical Five Element Acupuncture/Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbal Medicine for over a decade. She holds specialty certifications in Acupuncture for Fertility, and Integrative Nutrition. She is licensed with the California Board of Acupuncture and board certified nationally with the NCCAOM (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine).

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Kathryn CMT, CYT, Ayurvedic Specialist, Licensed Esthetician

Kathryn is a Licensed Esthetician with over 20 years experience in resort spas, cutting-edge skin care studios and Holistic Healing environments. She continues her education with the most current skincare technology and industry techniques. She specializes in both organic and clinical skincare, makeup, color coordination and treatment. She is also a Certified Massage Therapist, Yoga Instructor and Ayurvedic Medicine Specialist, focusing on nutrition, herbal remedies and lifestyle techniques for anti-aging and wellness. Her dynamic treatment style is thorough and her massage will leave you feeling rested and relaxed. She customizes each treatment to address your specific needs and will always share with you the best ways to maintain healthy, gorgeous skin.

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Estheticians

Holly Licensed Esthetician

Holly is a Licensed Esthetician with over 9 years of experience in the beauty industry. Her mother was a passionate Cosmetologist and inspired her at a young age to go to seek a Cosmetology career. She decided to become an Esthetician and graduated from Milan Institute of Cosmetology in 2012 studying Skincare. She previously worked at Nob Hill Spa at the Huntington Hotel in San Francisco, and other reputable spas and skincare centers throughout the San Francisco, Bay Area. She specializes in waxing, chemical peels, hydra facials, lymphatic drainage, microdermabrasion, LED therapy, and oxygen treatments. She has a passion for skincare and desires to help her clients find solutions for their skincare needs. Our clients also love her massage and genuine personality. Outside of work, she is a beauty content creator who loves reviewing makeup and skincare lines, creating digital art, and spending time with her cat, Oreo.

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Massage Therapists

HANS CMT, CYT,orthopedic massage

Hans is a well-rounded and gifted massage therapist with over 25 years of experience in bodywork. He graduated from the McKinnon Institute in Oakland California as well as the Novato Institute of Somantic Research in Novato CA and the Accupressure institute in Berkeley CA to name a few. His experience includes notable luxury resorts as well as integrative medical clinics.

Hans therapeutic techniques range from deep tissue, connective tissue/Myofascial, Orthopedic and Medical massage therapies for pain management. He integrates relaxing Swedish Esalen massage, Sports massage, Accupressure, Ayurvedic, Shiatsu and Thai Yoga stretch massage for maximum relaxation and benefits.

Hans is thorough and tunes in quickly to each guest’s needs assuring his clients satisfaction.

Additionally, Hans is a Watsu Therapist, Yoga and Qigong instructor as well as a Naturopath trained in Germany.

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Susan, Massage Therapist

Susan is a dedicated massage therapist who began her healing arts career at SFSU with a degree in Asian Culture and it’s Healing Arts. While there she studied Japanese dietary therapies, Qi Gong, Chinese herbology, dance and meditation. Following college she dove into a massage career developing her specialties in Western Therapeutic massage: Swedish, Aromatherapy and sports massage, as well as prenatal massage and “Tui Na” or Chinese Acupressure. Later into her career she began to include Ayurvedic massage and associated therapies after she was introduced to the Science of Ayurveda through Dr. Vasant Lad. Her sincere respect for Eastern healing infuses her services where she integrates Western with Eastern techniques and weaves Tibetan healing sound therapy and chakra crystals with each customized healing service.

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Sharon, Massage Therapist

Sharon began her journey with massage in the early 90s helping with hospice. She then branched out into working in spas, fitness centers and providing massage at special events. While having a passion for organic farming, for the last 20 years she has provided massage services to the food healers at the Eco-farm conferences. Her specialties include Shiatsu, Swedish, deep tissue, sports massage and chair massage while continuing to study eastern Ayurvedic massage and principles . She integrates stretching and reflexology while tailoring the service to address her clients special requests. She always considers each massage to be an opportunity to co-create a path to better mental and physical health. Sharons’s technique infuses each session with a zenlike rhythmic flow that relaxes even the most stressed nervous system. In her free time Sharon loves to swim, meditate and is an avid gardener who regularly finds ways to trick the squirrels out of eating her avocados.

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Christina, Massage Therapist

Christina is a talented certified massage therapist & graduate of the National Holistic Institute in Emeryville, CA where she trained for 800 hours in Shiatsu, Swedish, Deep Tissue, Myofascial Therapies & more. Through her own healing journey, she has found that bodywork is a powerful way to facilitate the release of stress & trauma stored in the body. She creates a safe space with her kind spirit & therapeutic touch so her clients can relax & let go of whatever no longer serves them. In this spirit, she has worked with non-profits throughout the East Bay to provide massage for community members with the highest need. Prior to becoming a massage therapist she was a high school biology teacher & loves to take an investigative & scientific approach to helping relieve people’s pain & tension. Christina is a dynamic & compassionate individual. She employs a variety of modalities to customize a thorough & relaxing massage session to best serve each of her client’s individual needs.