Dr. Lauren Parish is an acupuncturist and practitioner of Chinese medicine. Lauren completed their master’s at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland, OR after which they had the amazing opportunity to intern at the Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Nanjing, China. They recently returned to school where they were awarded their doctorate from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine here in the Bay Area.

Lauren loves nerding out on Chinese medicine with anyone who will listen. Lauren practices acupuncture through a social justice lens and believes in empowering patients to take control of their own health and wellness. They specialize in queer and trans health and they are trained in survivor-centered care and Health At Every Size.

Outside of work, Lauren loves to cook vegan feasts and hang with their sweet little old puppy, Oshi. They can often be found reading sci-fi or trying out a new fermentation project.

Dr. Lauren Parish is an acupuncturist and practitioner of Chinese medicine. Lauren completed thei... Read More

Dr. Mandy Chan believes in living with passion, giving with love, and serving with purpose. Having been a lifelong athlete, Dr. Mandy sustained various sports injuries over the years that cultivated an insatiable curiosity about the body and its amazing ability to heal. This led her to explore chiropractic and ultimately attend Life Chiropractic College West. During her time there she trained with Kairos Training Culture and dedicated weekends to seminars in both osseous and tonal techniques. 

Dr. Mandy approaches each individual as a unique mind-body-spirit system. As a facilitator of healing, she employs chiropractic adjustments, soft-tissue and integrative tonal/energy work to invite your body to unravel patterns of tension, allowing for increased brain-body connection and optimal life expression. Dr. Mandy is certified in the Webster Technique and has extensive training in extremities as well as lighter force techniques/systems such as Biogeometric Integration, craniosacral, and spring-loaded instrument. 

Outside of the office, Dr. Mandy is an avid Ultimate Frisbee player, CrossFitter, cat-lover, and camping enthusiast. She has previously served as Team Doctor for Oakland Guerrilla, an elite Ultimate Frisbee team, and for two professional Ultimate Frisbee teams (SF Flamethrowers and Oakland Spiders) in the AUDL. She continues her involvement in the Ultimate community through coaching. Possessing a playful spirit and full of dynamic energy, Dr. Mandy is passionate about working with families, office professionals and athletes alike and enjoys holding space for others to show up as their most authentic selves.

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Kerrie first became interested in bodywork after a car accident left her experiencing chronic pain and tension in her late teens. She enrolled at East West College of the Healing Arts in Portland, Oregon in 2019 and became licensed to practice massage therapy in the state of Oregon in 2021. After a decade in Portland, Kerrie became a certified massage therapist in California and returned to her hometown of Oakland to continue her practice and spend time with family.

Kerrie considers her massage practice to be vocational and prioritizes nervous system regulation with the intention of reducing both anxiety and physical discomfort. She values autonomy, informed consent, and patient input and favors myofascial work as well as Swedish and deep tissue techniques.

When she’s not practicing massage, Kerrie can be found hiking the Berkeley Fire Trails, drawing, or attempting to cook a vegan meal for friends and family without first looking at a recipe.

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Jo has been practicing therapeutic bodywork for ten years, formerly studying at the National Holistic Institute in Emeryville, CA. They graduated with a student service award and additional hours in sports therapy training as they discovered a deep appreciation for working with athletes and fitness enthusiasts with a passion for optimizing preventative care.

Jo has also studied energetics, herbalism, and centers a trauma informed approach for the safety and well being of those receiving support.

They specialize in sports rehabilitation, trigger point therapy, deep tissue, and tension reduction techniques that ultimately support chronic tension and injury rehabilitation. Jo also specializes in supporting queer and trans clients through post op recovery and postural effects as a result of PTSD and body dysmorphia/dysphoria.

Jo is passionate about supporting folks with sensitive nervous systems and chronic tension and trusts that therapeutic bodywork is one of many supportive tools that can help offer relief to both the body & mind.

For more information www.touchwithintentions.com

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