Discover the rejuvenating therapies at Tao to Wellness, a leading acupuncture and holistic health center in Berkeley, CA, committed to enhancing your health through personalized and effective treatments. Our experienced team offers specialized acupuncture services designed to relieve pain, manage stress, and promote natural healing. With a focus on patient well-being in a tranquil setting, Tao to Wellness is your partner in achieving sustained health and comfort.

Our Services Include:
• Acupuncture: Utilizing ancient techniques to alleviate pain, reduce stress, and promote natural healing.
• Chinese Herbal Medicine: Offering customized herbal remedies to support various health conditions.
• Virtual Wellness: Providing remote consultations and guidance to support your health journey from anywhere.
• Detoxification Program: A comprehensive approach to cleanse and rejuvenate your body.

Specialized Care Areas:
• Pain Management: Addressing issues such as headaches, migraines, musculoskeletal pain, and fibromyalgia.
• Women’s Health: Focusing on menstrual disorders, fertility, pregnancy and postpartum support, perimenopause, and menopause.
• General Health: Enhancing energy levels, digestive health, sleep quality, and emotional wellness.

Our dedicated practitioners include:
• Christina Martin, L.Ac., FABORM, CPCC: Founder of Tao to Wellness with over 25 years of experience in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, specializing in fertility and women's health.
• Deanna Tasi, L.Ac.: A dedicated acupuncturist focusing on stress relief, pain management, and fertility support.
• Marny Culpepper, L.Ac.: Emphasizes the importance of the nervous system in healing, offering treatments for pain management and emotional well-being.
• Dr. Kim Wu, DAOM: Holds a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, committed to restoring balance and health through Chinese medicine and acupuncture.

Licensed acupuncturist with 15 years of bodywork experience. Located across the beach in Pacific Beach.

I will work with you to achieve your ideal of health. I bring a big bag of tricks to the table to achieve this.

Karta also known as Ibolya E. Laar, completed The Master of Science in Acupuncture (MS-Ac) program at New York’s Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM), the biggest acupuncture college in the USA. In this program where East meets West, Karta studied the clinical practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in our modern world. She is well trained in the practical application of cupping, gua sha (a scraping technique), moxibustion (heat therapy), the use of electric stimulation (e-stim) and the Chinese body work Tui Na. In addition, Karta is a recent graduate of massage therapy from PCOM as well. Upon completion of this hands-on program she refined her sensitivity to the muscles and joints of the human body enhancing her therapeutic touch.
In her private acupuncture practice Karta teaches her patients pain management and successfully treats shoulder pain, back pain, knee pain, sprains or strains and post-surgery pain including joint replacements. She also treats any type of emotional disturbances such as, anxiety, nervous disorders or the inability to sleep. She promotes and supports fruitful fertility, alleviates painful menstruation, and eliminates PMS symptoms like irritability, anger, cramps, headaches or bloating. In addition she balances the digestive system by relieving constipation, acid reflux, bloating, nausea or gas, and has great results in the management and prevention of allergic reactions such as runny nose, burning eyes, itching, sneezing and/or skin rashes such eczema or acne. Her specialty is assessing and successfully implementing lasting lifestyle modifications that will suite your specific needs.
Last but not least, Karta through the practice of Kundalini Yoga for the past 15 years has been able to consolidate inner virtues such as patience, personal integrity, self-esteem, and compassion for the soul purpose of promoting a healthy happy life. The practice of this self-cultivating discipline is the distinguishing factor of her healing arts. After a good days work she enjoys long conversations with her daughter, who is currently a student in Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, about the mysticism of Chinese Medicine and spirituality.

Five Element Acupuncture treats the person as a whole; something that can be absent from Western medicine where we see several doctors to tend our whole person. Five Element acupuncture is natural, ancient, and simple form of medicine that works to help the person find their natural balance. Instead of looking at a person like a list of separate symptoms, Five Element Acupuncture looks at the person as a whole. Taking in the physical, the mental, and the spiritual; it is all encompassing way of looking at life and healing. Acupuncture is an ancient system of health care based on natural laws of healing, involving the movement of vital energy. This energy, called qi (pronounced chi), moves in pathways called meridians which support the functions of the body, mind, and spirit. When qi is not moving smoothly in the body; imbalances begin to surface in the form of symptoms. Acupuncture addresses the root cause of these symptoms, and creates a deep and lasting healing.

Acupuncture assists in treating immediate acute symptoms, as well as underlying chronic imbalances to a person’s well being by improving overall health and immunity. Many people say they have greater energy and focus following treatment. Early treatment can help prevent more serious health problems from arising. Many people committed to a healthy lifestyle use acupuncture to help them maintain their well being. Treatments are uniquely designed for each patient in this highly personal form of medicine.