Meet Andrea Valencia (she/her)
Licensed Acupuncturist, Herbalist, and Somatic Guide
As a guest practitioner of East Asian medicine (as a non-East Asian person), my goal is to help our community reconnect and reclaim their embodiment. I utilize traditional and modern schools of medicine to support your healing and provide you with tools for maintained well-being. My intention during our sessions is to create a compassionate space for the understanding and manifestation of your health care needs.
My training in dance, yoga, and qigong helped cultivate my somatic centered approach to healing. During our sessions I provide reflective prompts, mindfulness practices, and various resources to engage the relationship between your body, behavior, and nervous system. Although my interests evolve and are influenced by our collaboration, I focus on supporting mental and emotional health, musculoskeletal pain, digestive discomforts, and pelvic health.
My role as a practitioner is to create space for the body to do what it innately does so well – heal. I offer acupuncture, individualized herbal formulas, bodywork, movement recommendations, nutritional and lifestyle counseling as tools to support you and your body’s equilibrium.
Insurance: I am currently not in-network with any insurance companies. I do accept most PPO plans and bill directly for out-of-network benefits. Upon scheduling your appointment, fill in your insurance information and email me a picture of your insurance card. Verification may take up to 48hrs on weekdays.
Why Acupuncture?
It can help with
Psychosomatic health
Chronic stress, frustration, anger, fear, and anxiety are quite capable of affecting our nervous systems profoundly, to the point where we develop disease. Acupuncture directly stimulates the sensory nervous system. - Body Mind Wellness Center
Digestive health
Acupuncture helps by balancing the gut-brain axis and the nervous system to reduce stress, which in turn improves digestive function. One of the side effects of an overactive sympathetic nervous system is decreased digestive function. Acupuncture also help reduce pain and inflammation which helps regulate stomach acid and studies have shown that acupuncture promotes peristalsis. -Morningside Acupuncture
Pelvic health
Acupuncture stimulates the central nervous system. This, in turn, creates biochemical changes that facilitates hormonal balance and blood flow throughout the body, including the pelvic area. Acupuncture along with Chinese herbs can treat pelvic health concerns such as: low libido, PMS, painful menstruation, menopause, erectile dysfunction, and vaginal dryness.
Musculoskeletal pain
In the 1970s, research appeared in medical literature suggesting that acupuncture reduced pain sensations through direct stimulation of nerves, which changed the quality of signalling along nerve cells. Further studies supported the idea, and said that acupuncture directly stimulated the release of endorphins. Endorphins are our body’s natural pain killers and are 1000 times stronger than morphine. - Centre 4 Health
Say hello!
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Hours:
Tue 10:00am - 6:00pm
Wed 10:00am - 6:00pm
Fri 10:00am - 6:00pm
Golden Folk Wellness
4900 York Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90042