Together, We Create your Holistic Health
We all need a recovery strategy, whether from an intense workout, stressful job, or ongoing emotional concerns. My compassionate and intuitive treatments provide pain relief, release stress, and help unblock physical, mental, emotional, and/or spiritual patterns to promote your body's naturally healthy energetic flow. Acupuncture provides a unique opportunity to address the body’s energetic processes utilizing a medical system that is rich in history and culture. My extensive personal and professional knowledge is the foundation of a very holistic approach to your health care.
Melissa Pereira Gelin, LAc
My personal healing path led me to acupuncture through two complicated autoimmune health crises. As a high school varsity athlete in a battle with Lyme Disease, I discovered that our mind/body/spirit connection is crucial to promoting sustainable holistic health. After completing my undergraduate in Psychology at Lewis and Clark College in 2000, I spent the following 15 years working in health care market research, providing strategic disease management tactics to pharmaceutical companies. Frustrated by the gaps in the traditional U.S. medical system, I embarked on my Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Five Branches University in Santa Cruz, and received my L.Ac. (License as an Acupuncturist). During my graduate studies, I had severe autoimmune complications during my first pregnancy in the midst of one of the most stressful times in my life. Despite the odds (90% chance of disease recurrence during subsequent pregnancy), I applied my integrated knowledge of health care, nutrition, stress reduction, and spiritual mindfulness to have very healthy second pregnancy. My two boys are the light of my life, and I am blessed to be their mom.