WHITNEY BIRD ACUPUNCTURE
Hello! I’m so glad you’re here!
You’re in the right place if:
You’re curious how Chinese medicine & acupuncture can benefit you
You have not been feeling 100% and want to heal from an illness or injury
You HAVE been feeling 100% and want to stay that way
You have tried other types of modalities but didn’t find meaningful results
You need support for being alive (and someone to throw musical theater references at you)
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I'm quite passionate about the medicine and my responsibility not just to treat, but to encourage and educate folks to make positively changes for better health.
Life is complex, at times challenging, but always changing. Experiencing the human condition in all its fullness is a privilege, but none of us can get through it alone. Aligning our mental, emotional, and physical states takes awareness and continual tending, so I'm here to support and guide you along your healing journey.
TREATMENTS OFFERED
Each individualized treatment is designed for you and your unique needs. Whether your goals are to relieve pain, manage stress, balance hormones, improve fertility, recover from or prevent dis-ease, acupuncture can help.
The Chinese medicine approach to health focuses on your body's structure, physiological systems, diet + nutrition, and your emotional and psychological state to help you live a happier, healthier life.
This is a holistic approach to health, so we go in depth to understand and identify patterns and imbalances, address each of your concerns, and make a treatment strategy.
Most sessions involve acupuncture, and depending on what's needed at that moment, could include cupping, moxibustion, breathwork, ear seeds, or acupressure.
Sessions are offered in the Blithedale office in Mill Valley, or via Telehealth, wherever you are.
What to expect
We’ll have a written and verbal check in where we discuss how you’re feeling, health history, behaviors and goals. I’ll take your pulses, inspect your tongue, and palpate the meridians along your body to make a diagnosis and plan.
As I insert the hair thin acupuncture needles, most folks don’t notice, occasionally there is brief zing, but not pain. As you rest with the needles, some people feel buzzing or warmth and tingling up and down the body.
Many folks take a nap.
After the needles are removed, you might require cupping or moxa, and I will talk you through each step of the process. I see each session as a dialogue or a dance between us, and your input and observations are more than welcome, they are required!
The treatments are generally painless, patients often feel relaxed immediately after, sleep better that night.
Depending on your situation, herbs might be prescribed, or you may need a bit of nutritional consultation, or guided movement/ stretches.
The number of treatments required depends on your particular case, and will be evaluated each session. A more acute a situation requires fewer session than a chronic condition.
I am dedicated to the most effective ways to provide safe, personalized care for every patient. I will err on the side of caution every time.
BOOK AN APPOINTMENT
Book your appointment online with the button below, or email me.
As of mid 2023, I'll no longer be accepting insurance, but can provide you with a superbill if requested.
Gift certificates available, or you can donate a treatment to a pro-bono patient if you feel called to pass it forward.
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Feeling Ill?
As always, your health & safety remains my priority, and I take this responsibility to heart.
As we are a medical office and treat folks of all ages/ health conditions, and I'd like to continue caring for you fine folks, if you’re actively ill, I'd be glad if your wore your mask in the office. There are air filters in each room, patients encouraged to reschedule if testing positive for Covid, strep, or any contagious illness.
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Acupuncture is for every body, and EVERY BODY is welcome and safe here; which means there is no tolerance for derogatory remarks towards any peoples, or the medicine. This is a place for healing, and we can all do our part to ensure the well-being of each other. I am happy to discuss any questions you may have, and understand we're all working to grow, heal, and learn together.
Your privacy & safety mean more to me than political decree, and if you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask.
WHITNEY JACQUELINE BIRD
Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
NCCAOM # 844642
CA #18305
Hello!
Feel free to call me Whitney, or as most of my little pals do, Auntie Whitney. She/Her, if you please.
My formal education in this medicine was from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco, where I received both my master's and doctorate. Since then I have been humbled to learn from and work under the the brilliant and generous TCM doctors Raymond Himmel and Danny Geren, and my very best teachers; my patients. I'm licensed by the California Acupuncture Board and nationally certified by the NCCAOM for acupuncture and herbal medicine.
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If you've met me, you know my passion for the medicine is enthusiastic to say the least, and I treat every body that crosses through my door with that energy and care. My treatments often include acupuncture, cupping, shonishin, moxibustion, gua sha, breathwork, nutritional and emotional consultations, herbal formulas, and occasionally tuina or qi gong. I love homework, and prescribe plenty of it.
Outside of private practice I have worked with Paradigm Treatment Centers, and volunteered with the Integrative Healers Action Network and Acupuncture Without Borders- which utilize the power of group healing for emotional and spiritual health.
I'm originally from Vallejo, spent the last decade on Coast Miwok Territory (Marin.)
I am grateful every day to have the opportunity to practice the medicine I love in a place of such extraordinary natural beauty. When not in the office I can be found birding and exploring alongside my beloved partner Ed, our comedic Frenchies, and their devoted cat, The Doctor.
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