Yiska is a compassionate listener and and intuitive practitioner who encourages clients to connect with their bodies & emotions, finding the connection between heart, mind, & body through embodied awareness & experience. Her approach engages people in all aspects of their being, body, mind and spirit. She works together with her clients to create the kind of lifestyle shifts that will improve their quality of life, approaching symptoms as invaluable teachers, messengers of the body’s innate wisdom, believing that the power to heal lies within each of us.



Five element acupuncture specifically uses the 5 elements (wood, fire, earth, metal & water) as a diagnostic lens with which to understand the nature of energy in each client. This lens in turn is used in treatment planning as Yiska works with each client to determine how best to nurture and preserve that individual’s dynamic balance of energy for optimum health and personal growth.

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For pregnant women specifically, acupuncture can be used throughout pregnancy for support on any level. Acupuncture also helps prepare a woman's body for birth as her estimated due date approaches. Acupuncture is becoming more and more well known as a natural induction method for encouraging labor and optimizing readiness for birth by easing the nerves of expectant mothers and stimulating blood flow to her uterus and pelvis. Moxibustion (a method of applying herbal heat to acupuncture points) in particular is often helpful for turning breech babies as well. 

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Finally, Yiska's approach to massage therapy, prenatally and otherwise, is equally therapeutic & nurturing. She works deeply applying mixed modalities drawing from deep tissue massage, rolfing, & thai bodywork techniques for a deeply restorative treatment that will leave you feeling lighter, longer & more grounded and connected to yourself. Expect deep work! Private and group classes for couples to learn how to massage each other are also available.