Practitioners

Kaleo Ching, M.A.
Kaleo has practiced Thai Chi for 25 years, and has graduated from the 850-hour Acupressure Therapy Program at the Acupressure Institute. He teaches the healing process of Chi Gung and Expressive Art at J.F.K University, Naropa University-Oakland, New College and international conferences. His private bodywork practice includes Lomilomi, Tui Na and acupressure.
(510) 237-9122

Chris Chinn
Chris is staff as well as a student at the Acupressure Institute. His private practice focuses on mixing the healing work of traditional Chinese healing and Tui Na with the structural understanding of sports medicine. His private practice is located in downtown Oakland near beautiful Lake Merritt.
(510) 451-1607
yeloson@earthlink.net

Martina Krauss
Martina is a teacher at the Acupressure Institute. In her private practice she combines Acupressure, Emotional Balancing and guided Visualizations to find the root of the problem and initiate profound change. She is located near Mills College in Oakland and in certain cases is open to outcall. Martina's deepest love is the interplay of psyche and the body and to bring them in alignement so we can move forward in life.
(510) 336-9636

Ananda Ma ERYT, ASIACT
Ananda practices Foot-Reflexology and Acupressure with Tuning Forks in Larkspur, CA. Trained under the renowned Marianne Uhl in 1995 in Frankfurt, and Margarete Teuwen, OMA in 1998 in Los Angeles. Originally from Germany Ananda is a certified Teacher with the Art and Science International Academy of Colour Technology, UK since 1997. She incorporates AURA-SOMA Colour energies and basic ACUTONICS sound vibrations in her sessions to bring Colour & Light to specific parts of the body. She teaches Acu-Reflexology and Acu-Yoga classes at the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley.
(415) 383-3089
Earthlybliss@aol.com

Estevan Sifuentes
For Estevan, Acupressure has been an integral part of his personal healing journey, and he is honored to be able to play the role of practitioner in the lives of his brethren. He prefers to work with traditional Asian therapeutic approaches to health because of they tend to work with the overall harmony of the mind/body/spirit connection, opting to support the body in maintaining its natural state of wellness and optimal health. Estevan chooses to practice and integrate styles of qi gong massage. Tui-Na (Chinese medical/meridian massage) is the yang aspect of his work, the yin aspect consisting of Acupressure energy work and/or Chi Nei Tsang (abdominal massage for the internal organs). ¡Se habla español!
(510) 830-9488

Ryn Speich, Hendrickson Method Therapist & C.A.M.T
Ryn has practiced bodywork and meditation since 1984 and has graduated from the 1000-hour Acupressure Therapy program at the Acupressure Institute and 400-hour training in Orthopedic Massage & Manual Therapy from the Hendrickson Institute. Ryn continues her studies at both institutes, and teaches anatomy and physiology at the Acupressure Institute. She has a clinical practice in Kensington and a private practice in North Oakland. Her work integrates Asian Bodywork Therapies/ acupressure with soft-tissue mobilization and neuromuscular re-education, and includes her background in Reflexology, Polarity Therapy and Rosen Method.
(510) 336-9267

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