Staff
Misha Cohen - Clinical Director
Meghan Francisco - Client Services Manager
Suzie Sherman - Accountant
Corrina Rice - Community Services Coordinator
Erin Antunez - Community Services Practitioner
Laura Bresler - Qi Gong Services & Movement Education Services
Eric Bemberess - Promotional Design
Acupuncture
Elisa Angelone
Elisa grew up in Toronto, Canada, where she completed her Master’s Degree of Oriental Medicine at the Institute of Traditional Medicine. Her clinic experience includes internships with Tak Tsurusaki and Martin Inn, where she learned first hand Japanese palpatory diagnosis in the style of Kiiko Matsumoto. Elisa worked with Dr. Lifang Liang, gaining experience in the management of women's health including pregnancy, conception, and acupuncture in conjunction with IVF, postpartum care, and postmenopausal symptoms. In addition she has had the fortune of working in public health through her work with the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic, the Immune Enhancement Project and Quan Yin Healing Arts Center. She has been inspired by the work and accomplishments of Misha Cohen since first beginning her love affair with Chinese Medicine in the later 1990’s. She is thrilled to continue her training and practice in Asian medicine through her work as a mentored practitioner at Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine & QYHAC.
Erinn Terry
Erinn Terry received her Master of Science degree in TCM from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences, Oakland, Ca in 2004. She is a California State Board licensed acupuncturist and a certified Diplomate in Oriental Medicine by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). She studied with Misha Cohen, OMD, to complete the Quan Yin HCV Certification course in preparation to treat people living with hepatitis C as well as HIV and other chronic conditions..
Erinn Specializes in womens' health, preventative wellness, stress management, sobriety maintenance, cancer support, trauma and recovery. Simple, gentle treatments are tailored to individual needs. Erinn emphasizes TCM dietary therapy, stress management, and has experience working with survivors of sexual abuse.
Erinn offers this perspective on her approach to acupuncture treatment and health care:
“ Acupuncture and modern medicine combined have the potential to support, strengthen, and nurture a person back to vital health and well-being. I emphasize preventative care through TCM dietary therapy, stress management, and self-awareness. I consider it to be an honor and a blessing to be able to share this knowledge and encourage others to realize their potential to heal themselves.”
Massage
Renee Brittell
In her time at the National Holistic Institute in San Francisco, Renee Brittell developed an appreciation for the benefits of both Zen Shiatsu and Swedish styles of massage in addition to a wide variety of other modalities. Renee’s extensive training in massage assisted her in becoming California Certified. She is happy to utilize her training in both Eastern and Western modalities to help you achieve your goals, both for your health and in the pursuit of pleasure and fitness. Renee has a very natural healing touch and will listen and respond to your individual needs, making each session both relaxing and therapeutic. Her specific skills are a match for people that suffer from stress and tension due to overwork and under activity. Renee is skilled in addressing chronic pain that can limit the ability to enjoy life to it’s fullest.
Renee shares this perspective with her many clients: “I believe that the energetic and the physical body have equal importance in the pursuit of health and relaxation. Many people overlook the importance of balance in their approach to wellness and I offer Zen Shiatsu as a wonderful and effective way to achieve and maintain that balance.”
Rebecca Coolidge
Rebecca intuitively blends many modalities into a deeply relaxing and therapeutic massage. She custom-tailors the session to best meet each person’s needs, combining integrative strokes and detailed spot work. Rebecca focuses on stress- and work-related musculo-skeletal issues. Her modalities include Myofascial Release, Deep Tissue, Swedish, and Trigger Point. She uses Craniosacral Therapy to release tension and relieve nerve-related pain. Rebecca’s gentle presence informs her work in Pre-and Perinatal massage. Her talents extend to the subtle, spiritual work of Reiki for those wishing to work on the body-mind continuum. As a former teacher, Rebecca shares this: “I am inspired by the mind and body’s innate ability to re-learn and heal.” Rebecca’s healing touch helps your body restore itself to balance and ease.
Katie Owens
Katie received her training at the World School of Massage and Holistic Healing Arts in San Francisco, CA and has studied Swedish, deep tissue, foot reflexology, structural foot balancing, and Vibrational Healing Massage Therapy ® (VHMT). She uses specific stretches, compressions, torques, rocking, and gentle shaking to bring more fluidity and freedom of movement that releases stuck energy patterns and pain in the body. Katie specializes in a combination of Swedish/deep tissue that provides relaxation and relief from sore muscles and VHMT ® to provide freedom of movement and a sense of spaciousness in the joints. “I particularly delight in assisting people in finding relief from neck and shoulder tension and pain in the hips, legs and feet. I individuate every massage to best support a person in their healing journey and to provide compassionate and intuitive touch to each bodywork session.”.
Liz Reilly
Liz is a certified practitioner of Esalen® massage. Her foundation in Esalen's flowing style of massage allows for integration of other appropriate modes of bodywork based on the client’s needs. Currently, Liz is completing a 1000-hour Master Bodyworker program and has cultivated skills in Deep Tissue, Lymphatic Massage, Foot Reflexology, Vibrational Healing Massage Therapy®, and Cranial Sacral Balancing. Focused on providing deeply relaxing sessions, she creates a safe and nurturing experience for her clients by using slow, deliberate movements while incorporating rhythmic and repetitive motions to help release stress and tension.
About Massage
Therapists at Quan Yin Clinic use only the highest quality of oil and lotions with no unnatural additives. You can be assured that your choice of a beautifully scented, or fragrance-free massage, will sooth your body and replenish your spirit.
Qi Gong
Laura Bresler
Laura Bresler has taught qigong at Quan Yin Healing Arts Center for 6 years. She was certified to teach by Qigong Master Lawrence Wong, and continues to study with him. As a meditator, she spent many years tuning in to how we express our deep feelings and beliefs, both verbally and bodily. She brings this experience, and that of acknowledging conflict and seeking harmony, to her teaching. “I love introducing people to qigong, and sharing my pleasure in it. My teaching style blends encouragement, compassion, and humor.”
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