Maya Acupuncture
About Me
Maya Guilmard is French-American. She has a Bachelor of Arts in biology and botany from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She was a research assistant in several laboratories, including at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.
She later travelled extensively throughout India, studying Reiki, as well as Ayurvedic massage. She has been practicing yoga and meditation for years.
Maya then studied Acupuncture, Herbology, TuiNa massage, Medical QiGong amd TaiQi at Five Branches Institute, College and Clinic of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), in Santa Cruz, California. She treated over 400 patients in the college community clinic. She was an intern in the hospitals in the Zhejiang College of TCM in Hangzhou, and in the Chengdu University of TCM in Sichuan, China. She holds a Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine (MTCM) from Five Branches Institute. She is a Diplomate of Oriental Medicine, US Board Certified (NCCAOM), and is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbologist, California State Board Certified (CAB).
From 2006 to 2008, Maya had a private practice in Barcelona, and also worked in an acupuncture clinical trial focusing on back pain as well as oncology in the Hospital de Mataro in Catalunya, Spain.
She also has volunteered extensively at Yayasan Bumi Sehat, a non-profit clinic, doing Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine for pregnant women, children, and babies, in Bali, Indonesia.
Maya now practices at the Lotus Health Center in Grass Valley, as well as at Cambiati Wellness Programs in Walnut Creek. She specializes in musculoskeletal pain management, digestive issues, weight loss, women’s health, prenatal and postpartum care, pediatrics, and emotional conditions.