Spenta Kandawalla, L.Ac. MSTCM (she/they)

Acupuncture has the potential to restore, remedy, and support any suffering. It is part of a full medical system that leads us back home to ourselves.

I am a California-licensed and nationally certified acupuncturist and herbalist. I received my Masters of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco.

I treat a range of issues with a focus on systemic inflammation, individually and collectively. I have worked with many people at the intersection of autoimmune disease/chronic illness, and the impacts of trauma and oppression. People who have long suffered from many parts of themselves feeling off, unwell, and overwhelmed. This includes: anxiety, depression, poor sleep, grief, anger, agitation, gut disturbances, chronic pain, menstrual issues, frequent colds, fatigue, brain fog, and the many pangs of stress and inflammation. I am moved to watch people, over and over again, use this work to find more ease and options in their lives.

Many paths, including my own personal experience, have led to me to focus on healing from trauma and chronic illness. One of my main approaches is the practice of Sa’am acupuncture, or the acupuncture of wandering monks, as taught to me through my teacher, Toby Daly. I use the eight extraordinary meridians in my work healing trauma. I have spent nearly 20 years in the study of somatics, including co-founding the organization, generative somatics. As a long-time community organizer, I am committed to practicing healing that is pragmatic, effective, and affordable so people are well enough in themselves to take on the bigger task of liberating our peoples from oppression.

Jaadu: jadu, jadhu, jadoo means magic. It is a word from farsi (persian/iranian), urdu (pakistani), hindi (indian). My peoples roots trace back to ancient Persia/Iran (Zoroastrianism), and my family has called Pakistan home for many generations. I call on my ancestry, old land, and ancient knowing to guide me in my work - to keep me grounded and humble to the ways people have healed for centuries before us. I call this clinic Jaadu for the magic that I see acupuncture offers time and again.